Partial development of the steroidogenic ultrastructural features in degenerative corpora lutea after a single injection of pituitary extract in the Western painted turtle (Chrysemys picta)

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 171-176

  Mahmoud, I Y ^a   Ba Omar, T ^a   AlKindi, A ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Corpora lutea; Lutein granulose; Western painted turtle

Indexed keywords

FAT DROPLET; GONADOTROPIN; HYPOPHYSIS EXTRACT; PROGESTERONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; XANTHOPHYLL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; DONOR; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; LUTEOLYSIS; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL MATURATION; SMOOTH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SPECIES; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEROIDOGENESIS; TURTLE;

CHRYSEMYS PICTA; CHRYSEMYS PICTA BELLII; TESTUDINES; TUBULOCRISTATA;

EID: 33744520607     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Abraham G.E., Hopper K., Tulchinsky D., Swedloff R.W., and Odell W.D. Simultaneous measurement of plasma progesterone, 17-hydroxyprogesterone and estradiol-17β by radioimmunoassay. Anal. Lett. 4 (1971) 325-335
2. Al-Kindi A.Y., Mahmoud I.Y., and Woller M.J. Ultrastructural changes in granulosa cells and plasma steroid levels after administration of luteinizing hormone-releaseing hormone in the Western painted turtle, Chrysemys picta. Tissue Cell 33 4 (2001) 361-367
3. Callard I.P., Callard G.V., Lance V., and Eccles S. Seasonal changes in testicular structure and function and the effects of gonadotropins in the freshwater turtle, Chrysemys picta. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 30 (1976) 347-356
4. Callard I.P., and Lance V. The control of reptilian follicular cycles. In: Calaby J.H., and Tyndale-Biscoe C.H. (Eds). Reproduction and Evolution (1977), Australian Academy of Science, Canberra City 199-210
5. Cyrus R.V., Mahmoud I.Y., and Klicka J. Fine structure of the corpus luteum of the snapping turtle Chelydra serpentina. Copeia 4 (1978) 622-627
6. Everett J.W. Pituitary and hypothalamus: perspectives and overview. In: Knobil E., and Neill J.D. (Eds). The Physiology of Reproduction (1988), Raven Press, New York 1143-1159
7. Kalra S.P. Mandatory neuropeptide-steroid signaling for the preovulatory luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone discharge. Endo. Rev. 14 (1993) 507-538
8. 14 by turtle corpus luteum. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 19 (1972) 367-369
9. Klicka J., and Mahmoud I.Y. Conversion of cholesterol to progesterone by turtle corpus luteum. Steroids 21 (1973) 483-495
10. Klicka J., and Mahmoud I.Y. The effects of hormones on the reproductive physiology of the painted turtle, Chrysemys picta. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 31 4 (1977) 407-413
11. Licht P., and Crews D. Gondotropin stimulation of in vitro progestrone production in reptilian and amphibian ovaries. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 29 (1976) 141-151
12. Mahmoud I.Y., and Licht P. Seasonal changes in gonadal activity and the effects of stress on reproductive hormones in the common snapping turtle, chelydra serpentine. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 107 (1997) 359-437
13. 14C) progesterone by corpora lutea of the snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentine. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 41 (1980) 274-277
14. Moll E. Reproductive cycles and adaptations. In: Harless M., and Morlock H. (Eds). Turtles: Perspectives and Research (1979), Wiley, New York 305-331
15. Sherwood N.M., Lovejoy D.A., and Coe I.R. Origin of mammalian gonadotropin-releasing hormone. Endo. Rev. 14 (1993) 241-254