Sixteen crossbred gilts were assigned randomly to receive either an i.m. injection of sesame oil (control) or estrogen (E), 5 mg of estradiol valerate, on d 9 and 10 of pregnancy. Gilts were unilaterally hysterectomized on either d 12 and 14 or 16 and 18. Uterine horns were flushed with 20 ml of .9% sterile NaCl solution to recover conceptus tissue. Conceptuses and endometrial explants were cultured for 24 h with 100 microCi [3H] leucine in 15 ml of minimum essential media. After dialysis, culture media were submitted to 2D-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and incorporated proteins were analyzed by fluorography. Normal, intact conceptus tissue was recovered from control gilts. Estrogen-treated gilts flushed on d 12 and 14 contained intact conceptuses; however, uteri from two gilts on d 16 and three on d 18 contained degenerating conceptus tissue. Comparison of endometrial polypeptides synthesized in vitro indicated an alteration in E-treated gilts on d 12 through 18. Although similar polypeptides were present, a band of polypeptides with a Mr of approximately 30,000 and pI from 7.9 to 8.9 and a larger, acidic polypeptide (Mr = 100,000, pI 3.5 to 5.0) were faint or absent in E-treated gilts. Conceptuses elongated normally in the altered uterine environment, but failed to survive past d 14 in E-treated gilts. Although loss of specific polypeptides in E-treated gilts coincides with conceptus death, their function in conceptus development or attachment is unknown.
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Gries, L. K., Geisert, R. D., Zavy, M. T., Garrett, J. E., & Morgan, G. L. (1989). Uterine secretory alterations coincident with embryonic mortality in the gilt after exogenous estrogen administration. Journal of Animal Science, 67(1), 276–284. https://doi.org/10.2527/jas1989.671276x
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