Isolation of cell populations from the mare corpus luteum: comparison of mechanical and collagenase dissociation
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Corpora lutea were obtained from mares at days 3, 10 and 14 after ovulation, and examined histologically. The morphology of isolated luteal cells obtained by either mechanical or collagenase dissociation of the tissue was examined and the cells stained to detect the steroidogenic enzyme Δ5, β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase. The ratio of large:small cells was significantly higher for cells obtained from mechanically dissociated luteal tissue than for cells obtained by collagenase dissociation (P < 0.01). Cells obtained by both mechanical and collagenase dissociation secreted progesterone, although neither cell population responded to exogenous gonadotrophin with an increase in progesterone secretion. Homogenates of equine luteal tissue bound 125I-labelled human LH with high affinity and specificity, and the specific activity and binding affinity of luteal LH receptors did not change significantly from day 3, to days 10 and 14 after ovulation. However, mechanically dissociated cells on days 10 and 14 bound significantly more LH than did collagenase-dissociated cells on these days (P < 0.05). These results indicate that (i) collagenase dissociation of mare luteal tissue yields a population of cells that is unrepresentative of the corpus luteum, and (ii) the mare corpus luteum is not responsive to LH in vitro at the stages examined.
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