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TANAKA, Jun; ACOSTA, Tomas J.; BERISHA, Bajram; TETSUKA, Masa; MATSUI, Motozumi; KOBAYASHI, Shuichi; SCHAMS, Dieter; MIYAMOTO, Akio; 松井, 基純; 宮本, 明夫. |
Local angiogenesis and angiolysis in the corpus luteum (CL) relate to the luteal function. Recent studies indicate that angiopoietins (ANPT) and their receptors Tie regulate remodeling of microvasculature. We therefore examined 1) the relative changes in the expression of mRNA for ANPT-1, ANPT-2, Tie1 and Tie2 in bovine CL by semi-quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) during the estrous cycle and prostaglandin F2α (PGF2α)-induced luteolysis, and 2) the effect of ANPT-2 on progesterone (P4) release from CL at the late stage of the estrous cycle by an in vitro microdialysis system (MDS). The CLs were classified into 4 stages (early: Day 2-5, n=7, mid: Day 8-12, n=15, late: Day 15-17, n=9, regressing: Day >18, n=19). The... |
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Palavras-chave: Angiopoietin; Angiolysis; Luteolysis; Corpus luteum; Cow. |
Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://ir.obihiro.ac.jp/dspace/handle/10322/2977 |
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