Effects of cycloheximide on the uterine refractory state induced by 'nidatory' oestrogen in rats

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F. Leroy
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Summary. After priming with oestradiol, ovariectomized rats were given 6 days of progesterone treatment in which two doses of 50 ng oestradiol were given on Days 3 and 6. This basic treatment allows the oestradiol-induced (1st injection) disappearance of uterine sensitivity to decidual stimuli to occur. Cycloheximide could not mimic oestrogen action in the production of the uterine refractory state. However, a high dose (500 μg per animal) of this inhibitor given with the first injection of oestradiol allowed the uterus to remain in a neutral state and to respond to decidual induction after the second dose of oestradiol. By delaying the injection of cycloheximide after the first oestrogen treatment, protein synthesis requisite to the occurrence of uterine refractoriness would not take place within 12 h after the 'nidatory' oestrogen injection.

 

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