Open AccessOvarian Carbonyl Reductase Delayed Onset of Persistent Estrus in the Offspring of Parathyroidectomized Mother Rats
Author(s) -
Norihisa Inazu,
Tomoko Fujii
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
japanese journal of pharmacology/japanese journal of pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1347-3506
pISSN - 0021-5198
DOI - 10.1254/jjp.69.17
Subject(s) - offspring , ovary , endocrinology , estrous cycle , medicine , immunostaining , pregnancy , in utero , biology , fetus , immunohistochemistry , genetics
We investigated the effects of maternal parathyroidectomy on day 5 of pregnancy on the ovarian carbonyl reductase (CR) in the offspring of rats. Changes in the ovarian CR of the offspring were examined at 4 and 8 months of age. In 8-month-old female offspring, the ovarian weight and the ovarian CR activity were significantly higher in rats from parathyroidectomized mothers than in rats from sham-operated mothers, and the offspring of the parathyroidectomized mothers showed the regular 4-day estrous cycles at 8 months of age, while the offspring of the sham-operated mothers were in the state of persistent estrus. Furthermore, intense immunostaining was found in the theca interna cells and the interstitial gland cells in the ovary of rats from the parathyroidectomized mothers, whereas in the ovary of the age-matched normal rats, immunostaining was faint. These results suggest that the maternal parathyroidectomy affect the activity and localization of CR in the ovary of female offspring.