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Endocrinology, Vol 122, 665-672, Copyright © 1988 by Endocrine Society

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Effects of diabetes on uterine condition, decidualization, vascularization, and corpus luteum function in the pseudopregnant rat

DR Garris
Department of Anatomy, Cleveland Research Laboratory, Kansas City, Missouri 64131.

The effects of alloxan-induced diabetes on uterine decidualization and the associated changes in uterine blood flow (UBF) and corpus luteum activity were evaluated in rats between days 4-9 of pseudopregnancy (day 0 = ovulation). Rats were made diabetic (D) with a 40 mg/kg injection (iv) of alloxan on day 1 of pseudopregnancy. Saline-treated rats served as controls (C). Uterine weights were depressed in D rats between days 6-7 of pseudopregnancy in association with elevated blood glucose levels (greater than 300 mg/dl) relative to control values. UBF rates were also depressed in D rats between days 6-7 of pseudopregnancy compared with control values. Insulin replacement therapy (6 IU bovine/day) effectively normalized both uterine weight and UBF in diabetic rats. Decidual tissue (DT) growth was impaired in D rats between days 7 and 9 of pseudopregnancy (DT induction on day 4 of pseudopregnancy) compared with controls. Tissue blood flow rates were severely depressed throughout pseudopregnancy in D rats, but insulin treatment normalized both uterine parameters to control levels. Serum progesterone levels were lower in D rats than in controls between days 7 and 9 of pseudopregnancy. Daily insulin treatment normalized luteal function to control levels. The depressed DT weights in D rats were mimicked by the experimental reduction of DT blood flow in control rats. These results indicate that the uterine atrophy and poor endometrial decidualization that characterized the D rat are accompanied by impaired UBF and luteal activity. These findings suggest that the D-associated depression in female reproductive performance is related to the lack of proper hormone support of tissue vascular dynamics.


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