
%0 Journal Article
%A Curlewis, JD 
%A Stone, GM 
%T Effects of Oestradiol, the Oestrous Cycle and Pregnancy on Weight, Metabolism and Cytosol Receptors in the Oviduct and Vaginal Complex of the Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)
%J Australian Journal of Biological Sciences
%D 1987/09/01
%V 40
%N 3
%P 315-322
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/BI9870315
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/BI9870315 
%X Weight, RNA, DNA and protein content of the oviduct, vaginal cul-de-sac, lateral vagina and urogenital sinus and oestradiol and progesterone cytosol receptor concentrations in vaginal cul-de-sac, lateral vagina and urogenital sinus were examined after administration of oestradiol to ovariectomized animals and on days 0, 5, 9 and 13 of the non-pregnant cycle and on day 13 of the pregnant cycle. In ovariectomized animals, oestradiol induced an increase in weight, RNA: DNA and protein: DNA ratios and a decrease in DNA: tissue weight ratio for each organ and in addition an increase in total DNA in vaginal cul-de-sac and urogenital sinus. There was no effect of oestradiol on oestradiol cytosol receptor concentration but there was a significant increase in progesterone cytosol receptor concentration in all organs that were examined. 
