The effect of melatonin on the secretion of progesterone in sheep and on the development of ovine embryos in vitro
The effect of melatonin on the secretion of progesterone in sheep and on the development of ovine embryos in vitro
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DOI:
10.1023/a:1014099719034
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发表时间:
2002-03-01
影响因子:
2.2
通讯作者:
Zúñiga, O
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作者:
Abecia, JA;Forcada, F;Zúñiga, O
Two experiments were carried out in order to determine whether melatonin can improve secretion of progesterone in vivo, and its effect on embryonic development in vitro. In the first experiment, blood samples were collected from 5 ewes at 15 min intervals for 2 h at 7 and 10 days after withdrawal of progestagen pessaries. The first hour constituted a control period, which ended with an intravenous administration of 3 mug/(kg bw)(0.75) melatonin. All the ewes on day 7 and three of the ewes on day 10 showed a progesterone response to melatonin challenge, defined as an increase in the plasma progesterone concentration in at least two consecutive samples during the post-treatment period above the mean+2SD of the values in the pre-treatment period. A paired t-test revealed a significant effect of melatonin on the overall plasma progesterone concentrations before and after the challenge, both on day 7 (pre, 0.61+/-0.11; post, 0.73+/-0.13 ng/ml; p