Abstract
The rate of release of cyclic AMP by sheep ovaries containing a corpus luteum was determined at different stages of the cycle before and up to 60 min after an intra-arterial (ia) injection of 500 IU human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG). The median cyclic AMP concentration in arterial plasma and of ovarian venous plasma following hCG stimulation was 93.2 and 98.0 pmol/ml, respectively. The ovaries of ewes examined at Days 1 and 2 of the cycle showed no response to hCG, whereas in 2 sheep at Day 3, hCG caused a slight response, and in 13 sheep examined between Days 5-18, hCG caused a marked increase in cAMP release. In 5 of the sheep in which both ovarian veins were cannulated, only the ovary with a corpus luteum responded to hCG with an increased secretion rate of cyclic AMP and progesterone. The results indicate a lack of responsiveness in the newly formed corpus luteum to hCG.
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