Prolactin as a factor in the uterine response to progesterone in rabbits

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The direct effect of prolactin on uteroglobin production and on uterine endometrial oestrogen and progesterone receptor concentrations was tested by using ovariectomized rabbits (at least 12 weeks) treated with prolactin; prolactin + progesterone; prolactin + oestradiol + progesterone; oestradiol + progesterone; or progesterone alone. Prolactin treatment produced a significant (P < 0.05) increase in the concentration of cytosolic oestrogen and progesterone receptors, restoring the concentrations to values found at oestrus. However, the concentration of nuclear receptors remained low. In the remaining treatment categories there was no significant (P > 0.05) increase in the concentrations of oestrogen and progesterone receptors compared with those in ovariectomized controls. However, the sequential treatment of ovariectomized animals with prolactin + progesterone stimulated uteroglobin production to a concentration equal to that found in intact rabbits on the 5th day of pregnancy. This was not achieved by prolactin or progesterone alone or with oestradiol. These results suggest that prolactin acts as an essential factor in the rabbit uterine response to progesterone, perhaps by the modulation of progesterone receptor activity.

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Daniel, J. C., Jetton, A. E., & Chilton, B. S. (1984). Prolactin as a factor in the uterine response to progesterone in rabbits. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility, 72(2), 443–452. https://doi.org/10.1530/jrf.0.0720443

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