Magnesium as a regulator of thrombin formation in bovine ovarian follicular fluid
| Autor: | Junichi Sakai, Koichi Inoue, Manabu Yamada, Kayo Hirakushi, Isamu Sugie, Tadashi Okada, Toshitaka Horiuchi |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Thrombin Time chemistry.chemical_element Thrombin time Calcium Follicle chemistry.chemical_compound Thrombin Ovarian Follicle Internal medicine Follicular phase medicine Animals Magnesium Ovarian follicle General Veterinary medicine.diagnostic_test Chemistry Factor X Follicular fluid Follicular Fluid Endocrinology medicine.anatomical_structure Prothrombin Time Cattle Female medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of veterinary medical science. 60(7) |
| ISSN: | 0916-7250 |
| Popis: | In the ovarian follicular fluid (FF) of Holstein cows, calcium (Ca) and magnesium (Mg) levels and their roles on thrombin generation were examined and compared with the blood samples. Total Ca levels in FF increased while the total Mg levels decreased with follicular development from preantral to preovulatory stage of follicles. These changes resulted in Ca values being significantly (p < 0.05) higher in FF from the most developed follicles and the Mg values being significantly higher (p < 0.05) in the least developed follicles. To determine whether the high level of Mg might function to regulate thrombin generation in FF as occurs in plasma, the influence of Mg supplementation of FF from various types of follicles was examined. In FF from small size follicles, Mg accelerated the prothrombin time, an estimation of the overall rate of thrombin production, although a similar effects was not observed in FF from medium and large size follicles. The addition of Mg to FF from all sizes of follicles resulted an inhibition in factor X activation. Since activation of factor X is a precursor step for thrombin formation it is concluded that Mg can function as a slow accelerator of thrombin generation in FF from follicles at the antral stage of development. It is likely to have a more important role in regulating the rate of thrombin generation as the follicle develops. |
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