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Expression of the oxytocin gene in the large cells of the bovine corpus luteum
Author(s) -
Fehr S.,
Ivell R.,
Koll R.,
Schams D.,
Fields M.,
Richter D.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
febs letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/0014-5793(87)81295-4
Subject(s) - corpus luteum , oxytocin , luteal phase , estrous cycle , in situ hybridization , ovary , messenger rna , endocrinology , gene expression , medicine , gene , luteolysis , biology , neurophysins , andrology , chemistry , hormone , biochemistry
In the bovine ovary there is a delay of 4–6 days between the observed maximum of oxytocin mRNA and the peak in the luteal levels of oxytocin nonapeptide. This implies a maturation process involving components of the post‐translational processing pathway. In situ hybridization shows the oxytocin gene to be transcribed exclusively in the large cells of the corpus luteum at the beginning of the estrous cycle.