Maternal recognition of pregnancy in the horse: a mystery still to be solved
C. Klein A B and M. H. T. Troedsson A
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A University of Kentucky, Department of Veterinary Science, 108 Gluck Equine Research Center, Lexington, KY 40546, USA.
B Corresponding author. Email: claudia.klein@uky.edu
Reproduction, Fertility and Development 23(8) 952-963 https://doi.org/10.1071/RD10294
Submitted: 4 November 2010 Accepted: 31 May 2011 Published: 30 September 2011
Abstract
Maternal recognition of pregnancy in the horse is the sum of events leading to maintenance of pregnancy; in a narrow sense, maternal recognition of pregnancy refers to the physiological process by which the lifespan of the corpus luteum is prolonged. The horse is one of the few domestic species in which the conceptus-derived pregnancy recognition signal has not been identified. The presence of the conceptus reduces pulsatile prostaglandin F2α secretion by the endometrium during early gestation in the mare, partly attributed to the reduced expression of cyclooxygenase-2. Cyclooxygenase-2 has therefore been suggested as one of the regulators of endometrial prostaglandin F2α release modified by the antiluteolytic factor secreted by the conceptus. In addition, altered oxytocin responsiveness has been implicated in the adjustment of prostaglandin release in pregnant mares. While conceptus mobility has proven to be essential for establishment of pregnancy, conceptus-derived oestrogens and prostaglandins, principally prostaglandin E2, have not been confirmed as the critical antiluteolytic factor. Various ways to induce prolonged luteal function in the non-pregnant mare will be highlighted in the current review, specifically, how they may pertain to the process of maternal recognition of pregnancy. Furthermore, recently published microarray experiments comparing the transcriptome of pregnant and non-pregnant endometria and different stages of conceptus development will be reviewed. Findings include the prevention of conceptus adhesion, the provision of nutrients to the conceptus and the avoidance of immunological rejection, among others.
Additional keywords: conceptus, equine, luteloysis, uterus.
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