The efficacy of recombinant equine follicle stimulating hormone (reFSH) to promote follicular growth in mares using a follicular suppression model.

Autor: Jennings MW; Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA., Boime I, Daphna-Iken D, Jablonka-Shariff A, Conley AJ, Colgin M, Bidstrup LA, Meyers-Brown GA, Famula TR, Roser JF
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Animal reproduction science [Anim Reprod Sci] 2009 Dec; Vol. 116 (3-4), pp. 291-307. Date of Electronic Publication: 2009 Jan 31.
DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2009.01.013
Abstrakt: The efficacy of a recently engineered single chain recombinant equine follicle stimulating hormone (reFSH) was investigated in estrous cycling mares whose gonadotropins and follicular activity had been suppressed by concurrent treatment with progesterone and estradiol (P&E). Time of estrus was synchronized in 15 estrous cycling mares during the breeding season with prostaglandins F(2alpha) (PGF(2alpha)). The day after ovulation, mares were treated once daily with P&E for 14 days. Mares received a second injection of PGF(2alpha) on day 6 of the synchronized estrous cycle to induce luteolysis. On day 8 post-ovulation mares were randomly assigned to three groups: small dose reFSH-treatment group (0.5mg reFSH IV, twice daily); large dose reFSH-treatment group (0.85mg reFSH IV twice daily); control group (saline IV, twice daily). reFSH treatment occurred concurrently with the last week of P&E treatment. After a follicle or cohort of follicles reached 35mm in diameter, mares were injected with 0.75mg of recombinant equine luteinizing hormone (reLH) to induce ovulation. Post-treatment ovulation was assessed. Daily blood samples were collected for analysis of FSH, LH, estradiol, progesterone, and inhibin by radioimmunoassay (RIA). On the first day of reFSH/saline treatment, blood samples were collected periodically from 1h prior to treatment to 6h post-injection via an indwelling jugular catheter to determine acute changes in FSH concentrations. Monitoring of follicular activity, estrus, and ovulation was performed daily by utilizing a stallion and transrectal ultrasonography. A difference (por=35mm follicles (days 16-21) than controls. Mares treated with reFSH, at either dose, took less time (average: 2.95+/-0.42 days) to develop 2-3 times more pre-ovulatory follicles than control mares (7.8+/-0.51 days) (p
Databáze: MEDLINE
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