Abstract:
BACKGROUND:Impaired reproductive function accompanies chronic renal insufficiency (uremia) in both the human and experimental animal. Clinical hypogonadism occurs in both genders. The present studies were designed to investigate possible anti-ovulatory effects of uremia in the female rat, a species that produces multiple ova during the normal estrous cycle. METHODS:Renal insufficiency (uremia) was induced by 5/6 nephrectomy. Two control groups comprised sham-operated animals fed ad libitum (sham) or pair-wise with the uremic animals (pair-fed). Estrous cycles were determined by cytology of vaginal lavage. We examined concomitant changes in the preovulatory luteinizing hormone (LH) surge by radioimmunoassay (RIA), immunoradiometric assay (IRMA), and bioassay. Repetitive LH measurements were made from blood samples taken by intra-atrial catheter throughout the afternoon and evening of proestrus. The following morning (estrus), ovaries were collected, and ova were enumerated per oviduct. RESULTS:Experimentally uremic animals manifested a threefold elevation of plasma creatinine and urea nitrogen and concomitantly a more than 50% impoverishment of ova production. Analyses of a large group of animals (N = 83) by RIA revealed uremia-associated attenuation of the preovulatory LH surge. Further measurements of the preovulatory LH surge by independent IRMA and LH bioassay (N = 26) corroborated this attenuation. Additional experiments indicated that these hormonal changes, but not changes in ovulation, might further reflect modulation of LH release by the anesthesia used in the preparative nephrectomy and catheterization surgeries. When normalized to body weight, the ovaries of uremic rats were found to weigh more than those of either the sham or pair-fed animals. CONCLUSIONS:The present experiments take advantage of an experimental uremic model to document a consistent decrease in the number of ova released during estrus in the uremic animal. Possible disruption of hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian regulation is further highlighted by attenuation in the preovulatory LH surge. These results provide a basis for further studies of neuroendocrine pathophysiology in a rodent model of uremia-associated ovulatory disruption.
journal_name
Kidney Intjournal_title
Kidney internationalauthors
Krieg RJ,Tokieda K,Chan JC,Veldhuis JDdoi
10.1046/j.1523-1755.2000.00203.xsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2000-08-01 00:00:00pages
569-74issue
2eissn
0085-2538issn
1523-1755pii
S0085-2538(15)47137-6journal_volume
58pub_type
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 评论,杂志文章
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
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pub_type: 共识发展会议,杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
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