THE INFLUENCE OF FETECTOMY AT MID-GESTATION UPON THE SERUM CONCENTRATIONS OF PROGESTERONE, ESTRONE, AND ESTRADIOL IN BABOONS
THE INFLUENCE OF FETECTOMY AT MID-GESTATION UPON THE SERUM CONCENTRATIONS OF PROGESTERONE, ESTRONE, AND ESTRADIOL IN BABOONS
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DOI:
10.1210/endo-107-3-766
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
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4.8
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PEPE, GJ
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ALBRECHT, ED;HASKINS, AL;PEPE, GJ
The influence of fetectomy at midgestation in baboons upon the peripheral serum concentrations of progesterone (P), estrone (E1) and estradiol (E2) was determined. Maternal saphenous venous blood was collected at 1-4 day intervals between 90 days gestation and the 24 h postpartum period in 5 baboons in whom the fetus but not the placenta was removed at 100-109 days gestation and in 4 untreated baboons. Serum P, E1 and E2 concentrations were determined by radioimmunoassay. Baboons fetectomized at midgestation spontaneously delivered their placentas on day 169 .+-. 8 (mean .+-. SE) of gestation. The mean length of gestation for the baboon colony is 184 days. Fetectomy resulted in a marked decline (64-80%; P < 0.001) in serum P concentrations from mean values of 6.9-9.7 ng/ml in the 5 baboons before fetectomy to 1.7-3.5 ng/ml thereafter. Between 90 days gestation and term the mean (.+-. SE) serum P concentration in untreated baboons was 7.7 .+-. 0.3 ng/ml, and although P concentrations fluctuated in value, no significant progressive rise or fall in concentrations occurred. Serum E1 and E2 concentrations rapidly decreased from mean values of 0.38-0.75 and 0.8-3.2 ng/ml, respectively, before fetectomy to very low and, in most cases, undetectable levels thereafter. Serum E2 concentrations in untreated baboons increased (P < 0.001) with progressing gestation, attaining maximum values of 6.4-12.8 ng/ml near term. Serum E1 concentrations in untreated animals ranged between 0.20-2.00 ng/ml throughout the study period and no significant progressive rise or fall in these levels occurred. The elevated concentrations of P and the progressive rise in the concentrations of estrogen in the peripheral circulation during mid to late gestation of the baboon apparently are dependent upon the presence of the fetus.