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Corpora lutea were obtained from pig ovaries on Day 18 of pregnancy or pseudopregnancy. Pseudopregnancy was induced by the administration of oestradiol benzoate on Days 11-15 of the oestrous cycle or by the administration of hCG on Day 12. The luteal cells were prepared for morphometric analysis and investigation of steroid production in vitro by dispersion with 0.25% trypsin. A blood sample from each sow was collected at slaughter for measurement of progesterone, oestradiol-17 beta and testosterone. The concentrations of these steroids were also estimated in luteal tissue and in the medium after incubation. Progesterone concentration was significantly higher (P less than 0.01) in luteal tissue and in plasma of pregnant than of pseudopregnant sows. Testosterone content of luteal tissue from all sows was 20-fold higher than oestradiol, although plasma concentrations of these hormones were not different. The luteal cells from hCG-treated sows produced more progesterone (P less than 0.01) in vitro than did those from the other groups. The luteal cells from oestradiol-treated sows generally released smaller amounts of steroids during incubation. Treatment with hCG increased the proportion of large luteal cells and decreased the proportion of small luteal cells. These results demonstrate that hCG or oestradiol benzoate injections altered the steroidogenic activity of luteal cells and that treatment with hCG was also associated with changes in the diameter of the luteal cells and thus in the ratio of small to large luteal cells.

Effect of pregnancy, injection of oestradiol benzoate or hCG on steroid concentration and release by pig luteal cells