Human Reproduction, Vol 12, 914-920, Copyright © 1997 by Oxford University Press
D Ghosh, DR Stewart, NR Nayak, BL Lasley, JW Overstreet, AG Hendrickx and J Sengupta
The present study was undertaken to assess the temporal association between
the profiles of serum concentrations of oestradiol-17beta, progesterone,
chorionic gonadotrophin (CG) and relaxin in pregnancies established
naturally, and after embryo transfer, as well as in failed pregnancies in
rhesus monkeys. In naturally mated cycles (group 1) a conception rate of
75% was obtained. In group 1, the mean day of CG detection in serum was
11.5 +/- 1.9 day post-ovulation, and for relaxin, 9.0 +/- 2.5 day
post-ovulation. In group 2, embryo transfer to synchronous, non-mated
surrogate recipients was performed; seven embryo transfer cycles yielded
three pregnancies which were allowed to continue to term and normal infants
were delivered. In embryo transfer cycles the mean day of CG detection was
14.8 +/- 1.8 day post- ovulation, and for relaxin, 11.4 +/- 2.6 day
post-ovulation. A delay of about 3 days was observed in the appearance in
circulation of CG (P < 0.05) and also of relaxin (P < 0.05) between
natural mated and embryo transfer conception cycles. Significant
differences (P < 0.05 for progesterone and P < 0.03 for oestradiol)
were obtained for the areas under the curves for progesterone and
oestradiol between days 12 and 16 in conception cycles compared with failed
pregnancies. These data provide the first observation of the normal
hormonal signals associated with maternal recognition of transferred
embryos during the peri- implantation period, and suggest that the use of
such an experimental primate embryo transfer model may help to elucidate
components of maternal and embryonic signal-response mechanisms during
embryo implantation.
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Serum concentrations of oestradiol-17beta, progesterone, relaxin and chorionic gonadotrophin during blastocyst implantation in natural pregnancy cycle and in embryo transfer cycle in the rhesus monkey
Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
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