Contrasting effects of oestradiol-17β and human chorionic gonadotrophin on steroidogenesis in the rabbit corpus luteum
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Summary. On Day 10 of pseudopregnancy, rabbits were given an i.v. injection of hCG (10–20 i.u.) that was sufficient to cause new ovulations and the loss of follicular oestradiol secretion. There was an immediate 3–4-fold rise in serum progesterone which returned to near prestimulation values (∼ 27 ng/ml) within 12 h in the presence of an implant containing oestradiol-17β. In the absence of oestradiol, serum progesterone continued to decline to reach low values ( ∼ 4 ng/ml) within 24 h and the original corpora lutea subsequently regressed. The administration of oestradiol 24 h after injection of hCG, when progesterone secretion was low, arrested any further decline in progesterone and then restored serum progesterone to normal values. This steroidogenic effect of oestradiol in vivo was a function of enhanced luteal steroidogenesis; corpora lutea removed and incubated for 12 h produced progesterone at high, linear rates, whereas the corpora lutea from animals that did not receive oestradiol produced low or insignificant quantities of progesterone in vitro. We conclude that hCG at these doses is compatible with continued responsiveness of the corpora lutea to oestrogen and that hCG produces its luteolytic effect primarily by ovulating follicles, thus stopping the secretion of the luteotrophic hormone, oestradiol.
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