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Melatonin Promotes Superovulation in Sika Deer (Cervus nippon)
In this study, the effects of melatonin (MT) on superovulation and reproductive hormones (melatonin, follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH) and PRL) were investigated in female sika deer. Different doses (40 or 80 mg/animal) of melatonin were subcutaneously implanted into deer...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4139832/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25007067 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms150712107 |
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author | Wang, Liang Zhuo, Zhi-Yong Shi, Wen-Qing Tan, Dun-Xian Gao, Chao Tian, Xiu-Zhi Zhang, Lu Zhou, Guang-Bin Zhu, Shi-En Yun, Peng Liu, Guo-Shi |
author_facet | Wang, Liang Zhuo, Zhi-Yong Shi, Wen-Qing Tan, Dun-Xian Gao, Chao Tian, Xiu-Zhi Zhang, Lu Zhou, Guang-Bin Zhu, Shi-En Yun, Peng Liu, Guo-Shi |
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description | In this study, the effects of melatonin (MT) on superovulation and reproductive hormones (melatonin, follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH) and PRL) were investigated in female sika deer. Different doses (40 or 80 mg/animal) of melatonin were subcutaneously implanted into deer before the breeding season. Exogenous melatonin administration significantly elevated the serum FSH levels at the time of insemination compared with levels in control animals. During superovulation, the serum LH levels in donor sika deer reached their highest values (7.1 ± 2.04 ng/mL) at the point of insemination, compared with the baseline levels (4.98 ± 0.07 ng/mL) in control animals. This high level of LH was sustained until the day of embryo recovery. In contrast, the serum levels of PRL in the 80 mg of melatonin-treated group were significantly lower than those of control deer. The average number of corpora lutea in melatonin-treated deer was significantly higher than that of the control (p < 0.05). The average number of embryos in the deer treated with 40 mg of melatonin was higher than that of the control; however, this increase did not reach significant difference (p > 0.05), which may be related to the relatively small sample size. In addition, embryonic development in melatonin-treated groups was delayed. |
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spelling | pubmed-41398322014-08-21 Melatonin Promotes Superovulation in Sika Deer (Cervus nippon) Wang, Liang Zhuo, Zhi-Yong Shi, Wen-Qing Tan, Dun-Xian Gao, Chao Tian, Xiu-Zhi Zhang, Lu Zhou, Guang-Bin Zhu, Shi-En Yun, Peng Liu, Guo-Shi Int J Mol Sci Article In this study, the effects of melatonin (MT) on superovulation and reproductive hormones (melatonin, follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH) and PRL) were investigated in female sika deer. Different doses (40 or 80 mg/animal) of melatonin were subcutaneously implanted into deer before the breeding season. Exogenous melatonin administration significantly elevated the serum FSH levels at the time of insemination compared with levels in control animals. During superovulation, the serum LH levels in donor sika deer reached their highest values (7.1 ± 2.04 ng/mL) at the point of insemination, compared with the baseline levels (4.98 ± 0.07 ng/mL) in control animals. This high level of LH was sustained until the day of embryo recovery. In contrast, the serum levels of PRL in the 80 mg of melatonin-treated group were significantly lower than those of control deer. The average number of corpora lutea in melatonin-treated deer was significantly higher than that of the control (p < 0.05). The average number of embryos in the deer treated with 40 mg of melatonin was higher than that of the control; however, this increase did not reach significant difference (p > 0.05), which may be related to the relatively small sample size. In addition, embryonic development in melatonin-treated groups was delayed. MDPI 2014-07-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4139832/ /pubmed/25007067 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms150712107 Text en © 2014 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Wang, Liang Zhuo, Zhi-Yong Shi, Wen-Qing Tan, Dun-Xian Gao, Chao Tian, Xiu-Zhi Zhang, Lu Zhou, Guang-Bin Zhu, Shi-En Yun, Peng Liu, Guo-Shi Melatonin Promotes Superovulation in Sika Deer (Cervus nippon) |
title | Melatonin Promotes Superovulation in Sika Deer (Cervus nippon) |
title_full | Melatonin Promotes Superovulation in Sika Deer (Cervus nippon) |
title_fullStr | Melatonin Promotes Superovulation in Sika Deer (Cervus nippon) |
title_full_unstemmed | Melatonin Promotes Superovulation in Sika Deer (Cervus nippon) |
title_short | Melatonin Promotes Superovulation in Sika Deer (Cervus nippon) |
title_sort | melatonin promotes superovulation in sika deer (cervus nippon) |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4139832/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25007067 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms150712107 |
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