reproductive system
• ovariectomized female homozygotes treated with a low dose of estrogen (E2) and a high dose of progesterone (P4), followed by mechanical stimulation of the left uterine horn, showed little or no detectable decidual responses relative to similarly-treated wild-type and heterozygous females, as determined by uterine histology and uterine weight changes
• in vitro, endometrial stromal cells (ESCs) from wild-type mice became morphologically decidualized when cultured in the presence of E2+P4 for 5 days, whereas ESCs from female homozygotes remained morphologically unchanged
• however, prolonged treatment with E2+P4 for 10 days elicited both functional and morphological decidualization even in homozygous mutant ESCs
|
• female homozygotes are severely subfertile or infertile, partly due to impaired decidualization resulting from the loss of maternal function in endometrial stromal cells
|
embryo
• ovariectomized female homozygotes treated with a low dose of estrogen (E2) and a high dose of progesterone (P4), followed by mechanical stimulation of the left uterine horn, showed little or no detectable decidual responses relative to similarly-treated wild-type and heterozygous females, as determined by uterine histology and uterine weight changes
• in vitro, endometrial stromal cells (ESCs) from wild-type mice became morphologically decidualized when cultured in the presence of E2+P4 for 5 days, whereas ESCs from female homozygotes remained morphologically unchanged
• however, prolonged treatment with E2+P4 for 10 days elicited both functional and morphological decidualization even in homozygous mutant ESCs
|