Evaluation of the uterine environment early in pregnancy establishment to characterise cows with a potentially superior ability to support conceptus survival
A. M. Ledgard A C , S. Meier B and A. J. Peterson A
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A AgResearch, Ruakura Research Centre, East Street, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand.
B DairyNZ Limited, Cnr Ruakura and Morrinsville Roads, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand.
C Corresponding author. Email: anita.ledgard@agresearch.co.nz
Reproduction, Fertility and Development 23(6) 737-747 https://doi.org/10.1071/RD10183
Submitted: 22 July 2010 Accepted: 29 January 2011 Published: 21 June 2011
Journal Compilation © CSIRO Publishing 2011 Open Access CC BY-NC-ND
Abstract
During previous investigations, the capacity of the cow to secrete prostaglandin in response to oxytocin has been linked with pregnancy outcome. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the predictive value of prostaglandin release to identify groups of cows as potentially superior (SR, low prostaglandin release) or inferior (IR, high prostaglandin release) for pregnancy outcome and to utilise these cows to investigate factors that contribute to optimum uterine conditions for early pregnancy. Animals were synchronised and received an in vitro-derived blastocyst on Day 7 post-oestrus. Tissues (trophoblast and endometrial) and uterine luminal fluid (ULF) were recovered 10 days later. Pregnancy rates were 94 and 78% for SR and IR cows, respectively. Of the pregnant SR cows, 69% had larged conceptuses (>24 cm) in contrast to 43% IR of cows. IR cows with small conceptuses (<12 cm) had significantly lower mean Day 3 and 5 post-oestrous progesterone concentrations than cows with large conceptuses. The expression of factors involved in the prostaglandin pathway, pregnancy and conceptus development were analysed via quantitative RT-PCR and Western blot analysis. Investigation of 16 endometrial gene transcripts indicated no differences between IR and SR cows except for osteopontin expression which, in uteri with large conceptuses, was 2-fold greater in SR than IR cows (P = 0.02). There was greater expression of CTGF, OXTR, PGES, PGHS2 and UTMP mRNA in uteri of SR and IR cows that had large compared with small conceptuses (P < 0.05). More IFNT protein was recovered in SR compared with IR ULF (P < 0.03). SR cows with large conceptuses had less TIMP2 and legumain protein in their gravid, compared with their non-gravid horns (P ≤ 0.02) whereas IR cows did not. The predictive value of prostaglandin release in response to oxytocin challenge does not appear to be an effective indicator of subsequent pregnancy rates in cows. Differences between the two groups appear to be associated with subtle differences in progesterone and uterine protein concentrations that may be related to differences in conceptus size.
Additional keywords: CTGF, endometrium, legumain, osteopontin, prostaglandin pathway, TIMP2, trophoblast.
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