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Kawashima, Chiho; Fukihara, Saori; Maeda, Mayumi; Kaneko, Etsushi; Montoya, Carlos Amaya; Matsui, Motozumi; Shimizu, Takashi; Matsunaga, Nobuyoshi; Kida, Katsuya; Miyake, Yoichi; Schams, Dieter; Miyamoto, Akio; 川島, 千帆; 松井, 基純; 清水, 隆; 木田, 克弥; 三宅, 陽一; 宮本, 明夫. |
Recent studies suggest that IGF-I is a crucial regulatory factor in follicular growth during early post-partum period. The aim of the present study was to determine in detail the changing profiles of metabolic and reproductive hormones in relation to ovulation of the dominant follicle (DF) of the first follicular wave post-partum in high-producing dairy cows. Plasma concentrations of related hormones in 22 multiparous Holstein cows were measured from 4 weeks pre-partum to 3 weeks post-partum, and the development of DF was observed with colour Doppler ultrasound. Thirteen cows showed ovulation by 15.2 days post-partum. Anovulatory cows showed higher GH and lower IGF-I levels than those in ovulatory cows during the peri-partum period. Each DF developed... |
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Palavras-chave: GROWTH-FACTOR-I; COMPETITIVE ENZYME-IMMUNOASSAY; ENERGY-BALANCE; OVARIAN ACTIVITY; STIMULATING-HORMONE; ESTRADIOL PRODUCTION; BODY CONDITION; MESSENGER-RNA; HOLSTEIN COWS; IGF-I. |
Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/1658 |
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Watanabe, Sho; Shirasuna, Koumei; Matsui, Motozumi; Yamamoto, Dai; Berisha, Bajram; Schams, Dieter; Miyamoto, Akio; 白砂, 孔明; 松井, 基純; 宮本, 明夫. |
Endothelin-1 (ET-1) is a luteolytic mediator in the bovine corpus luteum (CL), and its action appears to be via endothelin type A receptor (ETR-A). Thus, the aim of the present study was to determine the effect of ETR-A antagonist on PGF(2)alpha-induced luteolysis in the cow. Cows on days 1012 of the estrous cycle were subjected to five intraluteal injections of the ETR-A antagonist LU 135252 in saline or only saline at -0.5, 2, 4, 6, and 8 h after PGF(2)alpha administration (=0 h). Serial luteal biopsies were conducted to determine the expression of mRNA in the luteal tissue. There were no significant differences in the decrease in plasma progesterone (P) concentrations and the mRNA expressions of steroidogenic acute regulatory protein and 3... |
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Palavras-chave: Apoptosis; Blood flow; Corpus luteum; Cow; Endothelin-1. |
Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/922 |
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