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BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION
Volume 102, Issue 2, Pages 316-326Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/biolre/ioz165
Keywords
luteolysis; oxytocin receptor; estradiol receptor; progesterone receptor; uterus
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- Eutheria Foundation [B1-RD-17]
- WI Experiment Station as Hatch Project [WIS01240]
- Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grant from USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture [2019-67015-29704]
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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. Summary Sentence Increased endometrial oxytocin receptor mRNA was later for estrous cycles with three vs two follicle waves and synchronous with luteolysis, but mRNA for P4, ESR1, and ESR2 receptors decreased much earlier than luteolysis and similar in 2 and 3 wave cycles.
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