Structure and function of the bovine fetomaternal unit in relation to the causes of retained fetal membranes

Veterinary Record

Volumn 165, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 615-622

  McNaughton, A P ^a   Murray, R D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE;

EID: 73349142964     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.165.21.615     Document Type: Article

References (103)

1. AL-SADI, H. I., MAJEED, A. F. & RIDHA, A. M. (1994) Histopathology of retained bovine fetal membranes. Theriogenology 42, 273-278
2. AZAWI, O. I., RAHAWY, M. A. & HADAD, J. J. (2008) Bacterial isolates associated with dystocia and retained placenta in Iraqi buffaloes. Reproduction in Domestic Animals 43, 286-292
3. BAINBRIDGE, D. R. J., SARGENT, I. L & ELLIS, S. A. (2001) Increased expression of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class i transplantation antigens in bovine trophoblast cells before fusion with maternal cells. Reproduction 122, 907-913
4. BJÖRKMAN, N. & BLOOM, G. (1957) On the fine structure of the foetal-maternal junction in the bovine placentome. Zeitschrift für Zellforschung 45, 649-659
5. BLOOD, D. C, STUDDERT, V. P. & GAY, C. C. (2007) Retained placenta. In Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary. 3rd edn. Elsevier, p 1397
6. BOLANDER, F. F., ULBERG, L. C. & FELLOWS, R. E. (1976) Circulating placental lactogen levels in dairy and beef cattle. Endocrinology 99, 1273-1278
7. BOOS, A., JANSSEN, V. & MÜLLING, C. (2003) Proliferation and apoptosis in bovine placentomes during pregnancy and around induced and spontaneous parturition as well as in cows retaining the fetal membranes. Reproduction 126, 469-480
8. BOOS, A., KOHTES, J., JANSSEN, V., MÜLLING, C, STELLJES, A., ZERBE, H., HÄSSIG, M. & THOLE, H. H. (2006) Pregnancy effects on distribution of progesterone receptors, oestrogen receptor alpha, glucocorticoid receptors, Ki-67 antigen and apoptosis in the bovine interplacentomal uterine wall and foetal membranes. Animal Reproduction Science 91, 55-76
9. BOOS, A., KOHTES, J., STELLJES, A., ZERBE, H. & THOLE, H. H. (2000) Immuno- histochemical assessment of progesterone, oestrogen and glucocorticoid receptors in bovine placentomes during pregnancy, induced parturition, and after birth with or without retention of fetal membranes. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 120, 351-360
10. BORSBERRY, S. & DOBSON, H. (1989) Peripartal diseases and their effect on reproductive performance in five dairy herds. Veterinary Record 124, 217-219
11. BOSHIER, D. P. & HOLLOWAY, H. (1977) The sheep trophoblast and placental function: an ultrastructural study. Journal of Anatomy 124, 287-298
12. 2a concentrations in Holstein cows with or without retained fetal membranes. Animal Reproduction Science 7, 497-510
13. BRZEZINSKA-SLEBODZINSKA, E, MILLER, J. K., QUIGLEY, J. D. & MOORE, J. R. (1994) Antioxidant status of dairy cows supplemented prepartum with vitamin E and selenium. Journal of Dairy Sciences 77, 3087-3095
14. CHAMI, M., OULÈS, B., SZABADKAI, G., TACINE, R., RIZZUTO, R. & PATERLINI-BRÉCHOT, P. (2008) Role of SERCAI truncated isoform in the proapoptotic calcium transfer from ER to mitochondria during ER stress. Molecular Cell 32, 641-651
15. 2 and α-tocopherol at 1.8 Å resolution. Journal of Molecular Biology 320, 215-222
16. CLATER, F. (1839) Clater's Cattle Doctor. Milner and Company, pp 138-141
17. DALRYMPLE, A., MAHN, K., POSTON, L, SONGU-MIZE, E & TRIBE, R. M. (2007) Mechanical stretch regulates TRPC expression and calcium entry in human myometrial smooth muscle cells. Molecular Human Reproduction 13, 171-179
18. DAVIES, C. J., FISHER, P. J. & SCHLAFER, D. H. (2000) Temporal and regional regulation of major histocompatibility complex class I expression at the bovine uterine/placental interface. Placenta 21, 194-202
19. DAVIES, C. J., HILL, J. R., EDWARDS, J. L, SCHRICK, F. N., FISHER, P. J., ELDRIDGE, J. A. & SCHLAFER, D. H. (2004) Major histocompatibility antigen expression on the bovine placenta: its relationship to abnormal pregnancies and retained placenta. Animal Reproduction Science 82-83, 267-280
20. DELUYKER, H. A., GAY, J. M., WEAVER, L D. & AZARI, A. S. (1991) Changes in milk yield with clinical diseases for a high producing dairy herd. Journal of Dairy Science 74, 436-445
21. DIETZ, A. B., GEORGES, M., THREADGILL, D. W., WOMACK, J. E. & SCHULER, L. A. (1992) Somatic cell mapping, polymorphism and linkage analysis of bovine prolactin-related proteins and placental lactogen. Genomics 14, 137-143
22. DOANE, R. M. & HURLEY, W. L. (1989) Recent developments in the roles of vitamins and minerals in reproduction, Journal of Dairy Science 72, 784-804
23. DRILLICH, M.J REICHERT, U., MAHISTEDT, M. & HEUWIESER, W. (2006) Comparison of two strategies for systemic antibiotic treatment of dairy cows with retained fetal membranes: preventive vs selective treatment. Journal of Dairy Science 89, 1502-1508
24. EGER, S., DRORI, D., KADOORI, I., MILLER, N. & SCHINDLER, H. (1985) Effects of selenium and vitamin E on incidence of retained placenta. Journal of Dairy Science 68, 2119-2122
25. EILER, H. & HOPKINS, F. M. (1993) Successful treatment of retained placenta with umbilical cord injections of cottagenase in cows. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 203, 436-443
26. ERWICH, J. J. H. M., JOOSTEN, I., HOVIUS, J. & KEIRSE, M. J. N. C. (1988) Prostaglandin catabolism in the bovine placenta. Placenta 9, 297-302
27. FTHEN AKIS, G. C. (2004) Effects of retention of fetal membranes on subsequent reproductive performance in dairy ewes. Theriogenology 61, 129-135
28. GREENSTEIN, J. S., MURRAY, R. W. & FOLEY, R. C. (1958) Observations on the morphogenesis and histochemistry of the bovine preattachment placenta between 16 and 33 days of gestation. Anatomical Record 132, 321-341
29. GREVEN, H., KOWALEWSKI, M. P., HOFFMANN, B., GEYER, J., REX-HAFFNER, M., UGELE, B. & SCHULER, G. (2007) Bovine placental steroid sulphatase: molecular cloning and expression pattern in placentomes during gestation and at parturition. Placenta 28, 889-897
30. GROSS, T. S. & WILLIAMS, W. F. (1988) Bovine placental prostaglandin synthesis: principal cell synthesis as modulated by the binucleate cell. Biology of Reproduction 38, 1027-1034
31. GROSS, T. S., WILLIAMS, W. F., MANSPEAKER, J. E., LEWIS, G. S. & RUSSEK-COHEN, E (1987) Bovine placental prostaglandin synthesis in vitro as it relates to placental separation. Prostaglandins 34, 903-917
32. GROSS, T. S., WILLIAMS, W. F. & MORELAND, T. W. (1986) Prevention of the retained fetal membrane syndrome (retained placenta) during induced calving in dairy cattle. Theriogenology 26, 365-370
33. GROSS, T. S., WILLIAMS, W. F. & RUSSEK-COHEN, E. (1991) Cellular changes in the peripartum bovine fetal placenta related to placental separation. Placenta 12, 27-35
34. GRUNERT, E. (1986) Etiology of retained bovine placenta. In Current Therapy in Theriogenology. 2nd edn. Ed D. A. Morrow. W. B. Saunders, pp 237-242
35. GUNNINK, J. W. (1984a) Retained placenta and leucocyte activity. Veterinary Quarterly 6, 49-51
36. GUNNINK, J. W. (1984b) Pre-partum leucocytic activity and retained placenta. Veterinary Quarterly 6, 52-54
37. HALPERN, N. E, ERB, H. N. & SMITH, R. D. (1985) Duration of retained fetal membranes and subsequent fertility in dairy cows. Theriogenology 23, 807-813
38. HILL, J. R., SCHLAFER, D. H., FISHER, P.J. & DAVIES, C. J. (2002) Abnormal expression of trophoblast major histocompatibility complex class i antigens in cloned bovine pregnancies is associated with a pronounced endometrial lymphocytic response. Biology of Reproduction 67, 55-63
39. HOFFMANN, B. & SCHULER, G. (2002) The bovine placenta; a source and target of steroid hormones: observations during the second half of gestation. Domestic Animal Endocrinology 23, 309-320
40. IRWIN, J. C, UTIAN, W. H. & ECKERT, R. L. (1991) Sex steroids and growth factors differentially regulate the growth and differentiation of cultured human endometrial stromal cells. Endocrinology 129, 2385-2392
41. IZHAR, M., PASMANIK, M. & SHEMESH, M. (1992) Bovine placental progesterone synthesis: comparison of first and second trimesters of gestation. Biology of Reproduction 46, 846-852
42. JOOSTON, I. & HENSEN, E. J. (1992) Retained placenta: an immunological approach. Animal Reproduction Science 28, 451-461
43. JOOSTON, I., SANDERS, M. F. & HENSEN, E J. (1991) Involvement of major histocompatibility complex class I compatibility between dam and calf in the aetiology of bovine retained placenta. Animal Genetics 22, 455-463
44. JOOSTON, I.. VAN ELDICK, P., ELVING, L. & VAN DER MAY, G. J. W. (1987) Factors related to the etiology of retained placenta in dairy cattle. Animal Reproduction Science 14, 251-262
45. JOSWIG, A., GABRIEL, H., KIBSCHULL, M. & WINTERHAGER, E (2003) Apoptosis in uterine epithelium and decidua in response to implantation: evidence for two different pathways. Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology 1, 44-52
46. JULIEN, W. E, CONRAD, H. R., JONES, J. E & MOXON, A. L. (1976) Selenium and vitamin E and incidence of retained placenta in parturient dairy cows. Journal of Dairy Science 59, 1954-1959
47. KANKOFER, M. (2001a) Antioxidative defence mechanisms against reactive oxygen species in bovine retained and not-retained placenta: activity of glutathione peroxidase, glutathione transferase, catalase and superoxide dismutase. Placenta 22, 466-472
48. KANKOFER, M. (2001b) The leveb of lipid peroxidation products in bovine retained and not retained placenta. Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids 64, 33-36 (Pubitemid 32142554)
49. KANKOFER, M. & GUZ, L (2003) Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase in bovine retained and not retained placenta. Reproduction in Domestic Animals 38, 390-393 (Pubitemid 37215979)
50. KANKOFER, M., GUZ, L & WIERCISKI, J. (2004) Poly (ADP-ribose) glycohydrolase in bovine retained and not retained placenta. Reproduction in Domestic Animals 39, 39-42
51. KANKOFER, M. & SCHMEROLD, I. (2002) Spontaneous oxidative DNA damage in bovine retained and non-retained placental membranes. Theriogenology 57, 1929-1938
52. KANKOFER, M., WIERCISKI, J. & FIDECKI, M. (1998) Activity of hyaluronidase in placental tissues from cows with and without retained fetal membranes. Zentralblatt für Veterinärmedizin Reihe A 45, 337-341 (Pubitemid 128531217)
53. 2 9-keto reductase activity in bovine retained and not retained placenta. Prostaglandins, Leukotriene; and Essential Fatty Acids 66, 413-417
54. KANNEKENS, E. M., MURRAY, R. D., HOWARD, C. V. & CURRIE, J. (2006) A stereo- logical method for estimating the feto-maternal exchange surface area in the bovine placentome at 135 days gestation. Research in Veterinary Science 81, 127-133
55. KIMURA, K., GOFF, J. P., KEHRLI, M. E. & REINHARDT, T. A. (2002) Decreased neutrophil function as a cause of retained placenta in dairy cattle. Journal of Dairy Science 85, 544-550
56. KINSEL, M. L, MARSH, W. E., RUEGG, P. L. & ETHERINGTON, W. G. (1998) Risk factors for twinning in dairy cows. Journal of Dairy Science 81, 989-993
57. KLISCH, K., HECHT, W., PFARRER, C., SCHULER, G., HOFFMANN, B. & LEISER, R. (1999) DNA content and ploidy level of bovine placental trophobtast giant cells. Placenta 20, 451-458
58. KNOWLSON, J. C. (1834) Yorkshire Cattle Doctor. William Walker and Sons, pp 108-109
59. KOSSAIBATI, M. A. & ESSLEMONT, R. J. (1997) The costs of production diseases in dairy herds in England. Veterinary Journal 154, 41-51
60. LAVEN, R. (2006) NAD1S Cattle Diseases. Retained foetal membranes, www.nadis.org.uk/DiseasesCattle/RFM/Retained%20Foetal%20Membranes.htm. Accessed June 23, 2009
61. LAVEN, R. A. & PETERS, A. R. (1996) Bovine retained placenta: aetiology, pathogenesis and economic loss. Veterinary Record 139, 465-471
62. LAVEN, R. A. & PETERS, A. R. (2001) Gross morphometry of the bovine placentome during gestation. Reproduction in Domestic Animals 36, 289-296
63. LUCY, M. C, BY ATT, J. C, CURRAN, T. L, CURRAN, D. F. & COLLIER, R. J. (1994) Placental lactogen and somatotropin; hormone binding to the corpus luteum and effects on growth and functions of the ovary in heifers. Biology of Reproduction 50, 1136-1144
64. MAJ, J. G. St KANKOFER, M. (1997) Activity of 72-kDa and 92-kDa matrix metallo-proteinases in placental tissues of cows with and without retained foetal membranes. Placenta 18,683-687
65. MATAMOROS, R. A., CAAMANO, L, LAMB, S. V. & REIMERS, T. J. (1994) Estrogen production by bovine binucleate and mononucleate trophoblastic cells in vitro. Biology of Reproduction 51, 486-492
66. MILLER, J. K. & BRZEZINSKA-SLEBODZINSKA, E. (1993) Oxidative stress, antioxidants, and animal function. Journal of Dairy Science 76, 2812-2823
67. MIYOSHI, M. & SAWAMUKAI, Y. (2004) Specific localization of macrophages in pregnant bovine caruncles. Reproduction in Domestic Animals 39, 125-128
68. MIYOSHI, M., SAWAMUKAI, Y. & IWANAGA, T. (2002) Reduced phagocytic activity of macrophages in the bovine retained placenta. Reproduction in Domestic Animals 37, 53-56
69. MULLER, L. D. & OWENS, M. J. (1974) Factors associated with the incidence of retained placentas. Journal of Dairy Science 57, 725-728
70. MURRAY, R. D., NUTTER, W. T., WILMAN, S. & HARKER, D. B. (1982) Induction of parturition in a commercial dairy herd: clinical management and treatment. Veterinary Record 111, 363-365
71. PATEL, O. V., HIRAKO, M., TAKAHASHI, T., SASAKI, N. & DOMEKI, I. (1996) Plasma bovine placental lactogen concentration throughout pregnancy in the cow; relationship to stage of pregnancy, fetal mass, number and postpattum milk yield. Domestic Animal Endocrinology 13, 351-359
72. PFARRER, C, HIRSCH, P., GUILLOMOT, M. & LEISER, R. (2003) Interaction of integrin receptors with extracellular matrix is involved in trophoblast giant cell migration in bovine placentomes. Placenta 24, 588-597
73. PRIOR, R. L. & LASTER, D. B. (1979) Development of the bovine fetus. Journal of Animal Science 48, 1546-1553
74. REIMERS, T.J., ULLMAN, M. B. & HANSEL, W. (1985) Progesterone and prostanoid production by bovine binucleate ttophoblastic cells. Biology of Reproduction 33, 1227-1236
75. SANDALS, W. C. D., CURTIS, R. A., COTE, J. F. & MARTIN, S. W. (1979) The effect of retained placenta and metritis complex on reproductive performance in dairy cattle - a case control study. Canadian Veterinary Journal 20, 131-135
76. SCHLAFER, D. H., FISHER, P. J. & DA VIES, C.J. (2000) The bovine placenta before and after birth: placental development and function in health and disease. Animal Reproduction Science 60, 145-160
77. SCHULER, G., ÖZALP, G. R., HOFFMANN, B., HARADA, N., BROWNE, P. & CONLEY, A. J. (2006) Reciprocal expression of 17 a-hydroxy!ase-C17, 20-lyase and aromatase cytochrome P450 during bovine trophoblast differentiation: a two-cell system drives placental oestrogen synthesis. Reproduction 131, 669-679
78. SCHULER, G., WIRTH, C, KLISCH, K., PFARRER, C, LEISER, R. & HOFFMANN, B. (1999) Immunolocalization of progesterone receptors in bovine placentomes throughout mid and late gestation and at parturition. Biology of Reproduction 61, 797-801
79. SCHULER, G., WIRTH, C, TEICHMANN, U., FAILING, K., LEISER, R., THOLE, H. & HOFFMAN, B. (2002) Occurrence of estrogen receptot α in bovine placentomes throughout mid and late gestation and at parturition. Biology of Reproduction 66, 976-982
80. SHARPE, K. L, EILER, H., CULLEN, W. C. & HOPKINS, F. M. (1989) Morphometry analysis of collagen in gestational and retained bovine placentomes. Theriogenology 32, 485-491
81. SHARPE, K. L, EILER, H. & HOPKINS, F. M. (1990) Changes in the proportion of type 1 and type III collagen in the developing and retained bovine placentome. Biology of Reproduction 43, 229-235
82. SHELDON, I. M., BARRETT, D. C. & BOYD, H. (2007) The postpartum period. In Bovine Medicine: Diseases and Husbandry of Cattle. 2nd edn. Ed A. H. Andrews. Blackwell Publishing, pp 508-529
83. SHEMESH, M., HANSEL, W. & STRAUSS, J. F. (1984) Calcium-dependent, cyclic nucleotide-independent steroidogenesis in the bovine placenta. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 81, 6403-6407
84. STAATS, D. A., LOHR, D. P. & COLBY, H. D. (1988) Effects of tocopherol depletion on the regional differences in adrenal microsomal lipid peroxidation and steroid metabolism. Endocrinology 123, 975-980
85. TAKAGI, M., FUJIMOTO, S., OHTANI, M., MIYAMOTO, A., WIJAGUNA WARDANE, M. P. B., ACOSTA, T. J., MIYAZAWA, K. & SATO, K. (2002) Bovine retained placenta: hormonal concentrations in fetal and maternal placenta. Placenta 23, 429-437
86. TAKAGI, M., YAMAMOTO, D., OHTANI, M. & MIYAMOTO, A. (2007) Quantitative analysis of messenger RNA expression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMP-2 and MMP-9), tissue inhibitor-2 of matrix metalloproteinases (T1MP-2) and steroidogenic enzymes in bovine placentomes during gestation and postpartum. Molecular Reproduction and Development 74, 801-807
87. TAKAGI, M., YAMAMOTO, D., OGAWA, S., OTOI, T., OHTANI, M. & MIYAMOTO, A. (2008) Messenger RNA expression of angiotensin-converting enzyme, endothelin, cyclooxygenase-2 and prostaglandin synthases in bovine placentomes during gestation and the postpartum period. Veterinary Journal 177, 398-404
88. TERADA, N., YAMAMOTO, R., YAMAMOTO, T., NISHIZAWA, Y., TANIGUCHI, H., TERAKAWA, N., KITUMURA, Y. & MATSUMOTO, K. (1991) Effect of dexa-methasone on uterine cell death. Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 38, 111-115
89. VAN WERVEN, T., SCHUKKEN, Y. H., LLOYD, J., BRAND, A., HEERINGA, H. J. & SHEA, M. (1992) The effect of duration of retained placenta on reproduction, milk ptoduction, post-partum disease and culling rate. Theriogenology 37, 1191-1203
90. WALTER, I. & BOOS, A. (2001) Matrix metalloproteinases (MMP-2 and MMP-9) and tissue inhibitor-2 of matrix metalloproteinases (T1MP-2) in the placenta and interplacental uterine wall in normal cows and in cattle with retention of fetal membranes. Placenta 22, 473-483
91. WARD, J. W., WOODING, F. B. P. & FOWDEN, A. L. (2002) The effects of Cortisol on the binucleate cell population in the ovine placenta during late gestation. Placenta 23, 451-458
92. WETHERILL, G. D. (1965) Retained placenta in the bovine. A brief review. Canadian Veterinary Journal 6, 290-294
93. WILLIAMS, W. F., MARGOLIS, M. J., MANSPEAKER, J., DOUGLASS, L. W. & DAVIDSON, J. P. (1987) Peripartum changes in the bovine placenta related to fetal membrane retention. Theriogenology 28, 213-223
94. WILSON, A. (1934) Applied obstetrics. In Encyclopedia of Veterinary Medicine, Surgery and Obstetrics. Vol II. 2nd edn. Ed G. H. Woolridge. Oxford University Press, pp 1577-1617
95. WOESSNER, J. F. (1998) The matrix metalloproteinase family. In Matrix Metalloproteinases. Eds W. C. Parks, R. P. Mecham. Academic Press, pp 1-4
96. WOODING, F. B. P. (1982) The role of the binucleate cell in ruminant placental structure. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 63, 31-39
97. WOODING, F. B. P. (1992) The synepitheliochotial placenta of ruminants: binucleate cell fusions and hormone production. Placenta 13, 101-114
98. WOODING, F. B. P. & BECKERS, J. F. (1987) Trinucleate cells and the ultrastructural localisation of bovine placental lactogen. Cell and Tissue Research 247, 667-673
99. WOODING, F. B. P. & FLINT, A.P.F. (1994) Placentation. In Marshall's Physiology of Reproduction. 4th edn. Vol III. Chapman and Hall, pp 233-460
100. WOODING, F. B. P., MORGAN, G. & ADAM, C. L. (1997) Structure and function in the ruminant synepitheliochorial placenta: central role of the trophoblast binucleate cell in deer. Microscopy Research and Technique 38, 88-99
101. WOODING, F. B. P., MORGAN, G., MONAGHAN, S., HAMON, M. & HEAP, R. B. (1996) Functional specialization in the ruminant placenta: evidence for two populations of fetal binucleate cells of different selective synthetic capacity. Placenta 17, 75-86
102. WOODING, F. B. P. & WATHES, D. C. (1980) Binucleate cell migration in the bovine placentome. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 59, 425-430
103. YAMADA, O., TODOROKI, J., KIZAKl, K., TAKAHASHI, T., IMAI, K., PATEL, O. V., SCHULER, L. A. & HASHIZUME, K. (2002) Expression of prolactin-related protein 1 at the feto-maternal interface during the implantation period in cows. Reproduction 124, 427-437