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Domingues RR, Ginther OJ, Gomez-León VE, Wiltbank MC. Up-regulation of endometrial oxytocin receptor is associated with the timing of luteolysis in heifers with two and three follicular waves†. Biol Reprod 2021; 102:316-326. [PMID: 31504215 DOI: 10.1093/biolre/ioz165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2019] [Revised: 08/02/2019] [Accepted: 08/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Initiation of luteolysis in ruminants is variable due to ill-defined mechanisms. Cycles of two follicular waves are shorter and have earlier luteolysis than three-wave cycles. This study validated a cytobrush technique for evaluating dynamics of endometrial gene expression and associated changes in mRNA with timing of luteolysis, based on circulating progesterone and ultrasound-determined changes in blood flow and volume of corpus luteum (CL). On day 8 (ovulation = day 0), Holstein heifers were randomized into two groups: cytobrush group (n = 9) had an endometrial sample collected every 48 h from day 8 until end of luteolysis (CL blood flow ≤ 20%) and control group was sampled only once either before (day 12; n = 4) or at the end of luteolysis (n = 5). Concentrations of progesterone, CL blood flow, CL volume, and the frequency of two and three-wave cycles were similar between groups. Endometrial mRNA for progesterone receptors and estradiol receptors 1 and 2 was greater on day 8 and decreased thereafter similarly in two and three-wave cycles. Oxytocin receptor mRNA increased earlier in two vs three-wave cycles (day 14 vs 18), and the increase was associated with the onset of luteolysis. In conclusion, the cytobrush technique allowed in vivo collection of multiple endometrial samples during the estrous cycle. Endometrial mRNA expression of steroid receptors did not explain the variability in timing of onset of luteolysis in heifers while the later onset of luteolysis in three-wave cycles was associated with later up-regulation of oxytocin receptor mRNA.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rafael R Domingues
- Eutheria Foundation, Cross Plains, Wisconsin, USA.,Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.,Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.,Endocrinology and Reproductive Physiology Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Eutheria Foundation, Cross Plains, Wisconsin, USA.,Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Eutheria Foundation, Cross Plains, Wisconsin, USA.,Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Dairy Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.,Endocrinology and Reproductive Physiology Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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Ginther OJ, Dangudubiyyam SV. Role of intraovarian mechanisms and side of ovary on characteristics of follicle selection in Bos taurus heifers. Theriogenology 2019; 135:56-64. [PMID: 31201997 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2019.05.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2019] [Revised: 05/28/2019] [Accepted: 05/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Intraovarian effects on diameter of future dominant follicle (DF or F1) and future largest subordinate follicle (F2) during the few days before selection of the future DF and subordinate follicles were studied in 147 bovine interovulatory intervals. Follicle selection involves diameter deviation or the beginning of separation of growth rates between F1 and F2. Diameter deviation is classified as conventional (F2 ≥ 7.0 mm when F1 is 8.5 mm or at expected deviation) and as undersized (F2 < 7.0 mm when F1 is 8.5 mm). Diameter separation of F1 and F2 in conventional and undersized deviations is characteristically abrupt and gradual, respectively. The predeviation diameter of F2 when located in an ovary that later becomes the F1 intraovarian patterns of DF-CL, devoid (ovary without a DF or CL), DF alone, or CL alone and in left or right ovaries (LO, RO) was compared between conventional and undersized deviations. In conventional deviation, ovaries with the future DF (combined DF-CL and DF patterns) were associated with greater (P < 0.02) predeviation growth rate of F2 when the DF was in the right ovary (DF/RO, 1.6 ± 0.1 mm/d) than when in the left ovary (DF/LO, 1.2 ± 0.1 mm/d). The F2 was in DF/RO more frequently (75%, P < 0.002) than in non-DF/RO. When F2 was in the future devoid F1 pattern and F1 was 6 mm, F2 was smaller (P < 0.002) in the undersized class (5.3 ± 0.2 mm) than in the conventional class (6.3 ± 0.1) but not when F2 was in one of the other future F1 patterns. Only the devoid pattern was greater in frequency (P < 0.03) in the undersized class than in the conventional class. The novel hypothesis was supported that location of F2 in ovaries with different future F1 intraovarian patterns and on different sides affects the predeviation diameter and growth rate of F2 and thereby the frequencies of conventional and undersized deviations during follicle selection.
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Affiliation(s)
- O J Ginther
- Eutheria Foundation, Cross Plains, WI, 53528, USA; Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 53706, USA.
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Follicle blood flow and FSH concentration associated with variations in characteristics of follicle selection in heifers. Theriogenology 2019; 125:93-101. [DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2018.10.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2018] [Revised: 10/12/2018] [Accepted: 10/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Gomez-León V, Ginther O, Araujo E, Guimarães J, Wiltbank M. Hormonal mechanisms regulating follicular wave dynamics I: Comparison of follicle growth profiles under different physiological conditions in heifers. Theriogenology 2019; 123:194-201. [DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2018.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2018] [Revised: 09/08/2018] [Accepted: 09/10/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Domingues R, Ginther O. Angiocoupling between the dominant follicle and corpus luteum during waves 1 and 2 in Bos taurus heifers. Theriogenology 2018; 114:109-115. [DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2018.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2017] [Revised: 03/13/2018] [Accepted: 03/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Variations in follicle-diameter deviation and a growth spurt in the dominant follicle at deviation in Bos taurus heifers. Anim Reprod Sci 2018; 188:155-164. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2017.11.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2017] [Revised: 11/21/2017] [Accepted: 11/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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