Do catecholamines play a physiologic role in regulating corpus luteum function in the pseudopregnant rabbit?
Do catecholamines play a physiologic role in regulating corpus luteum function in the pseudopregnant rabbit?
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儿茶酚胺在调节假孕兔黄体功能中是否发挥生理作用?
DOI:
10.1095/biolreprod32.4.907
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发表时间:
1985
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
Lucchesi,B
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作者:
Gadsby,JE;Keyes,PL;Schwartz,TS;Bill2nd,CH;Lucchesi,B
In these studies the 13-adrenergic receptor antagonist propranolol was administered to estrogentreated hypophysectomized pseudopregnant rabbits in vivo, and serum progesterone concentratiOns were measured to monitor luteal function. In Experiment 1, which was designed to determine an effective dose of propranolol, 1 mg/(kg’h) sc propranolol for 3 h (‘\80 ng/ml in serum) gave an adequate level of a-adrenergic receptor blockade, ie, a 1000-fold inhibition of the blood pressure/isoproterenol dose-response relationship. In Experiment 2,“acute” administration of propranolol(P; 1 mg/(kg’h) sc) or saline(control, C) for 24 h on Days 7-8, 10-11, and 13-14 of pseudopregnancy did not produce any marked differences in serum progesterone concentrations in P or C animals on any of the days tested, although hourly fluctuations were observed. In Experiment 3,“chronic”(4-day) treatment with propranolol was achieved by the use of propranolol-containing pellets placed sc (‘.. 200-600 ng/ml in serum), on Days 13-17. Control animals received pellets of vehicle only. Serum progesterone concentrations were very similar in P and C animals throughout the period of treatment(Days 13-17) and on Days 18 and 20. We conclude that endogenous catecholamines play no major role in regulating luteal steroidogenesis or corpus luteum regression in the pseudopregnant rabbit.