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ABSTRACT
Administration of flumethasone (3·5 mg i.m.) to six cows on day 260 of pregnancy induced parturition in only one animal. In the other five cows circulating concentrations of epitestosterone and conjugated oestrogens increased to reach maximum values (epitestosterone, 13·73 ± 2·81 nmol/l; conjugated oestrogens, 33·59 ± 6·87 nmol/l) 2–3 days after treatment. Concentrations of these steroids were raised as long as the synthetic glucocorticoid was present in the circulation (as judged by depression of cortisol concentrations). After clearance of the drug, concentrations of these steroids declined to values present in the control group. Concentrations of unconjugated oestrogens were only slightly raised after flumethasone.
In contrast to the effect observed after administration on day 260, treatment on day 270 induced parturition in four of six treated animals. In these cows, mean circulating concentrations of epitestosterone, unconjugated and conjugated oestrogens increased to 9·50 ± 2·96, 9·62 ± 1·48 and 36·51 ± 4·8 nmol/l respectively to reach concentrations observed in the control group at parturition. After parturition the concentrations of epitestosterone and oestrogens declined rapidly in all groups.
J. Endocr. (1985) 105, 121–126
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Cortisol concentration in both serum and saliva sharply increases and reaches a peak within the first hour after waking in the morning. This phenomenon is known as the cortisol awakening response (CAR) and is used as an index of hypothalamus–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis function. We examined whether ovarian steroid concentrations increased after awakening as with the CAR in the HPA axis. To do this, cortisol, estradiol-17β (E2), and progesterone (P4) concentrations were determined in saliva samples collected immediately upon awakening and 30 and 60 min after awakening in women with regular menstrual cycles and postmenopausal women. We found that both E2 and P4 concentrations increased during the post-awakening period in women with regular menstrual cycles, but these phenomena were not seen in any postmenopausal women. The area under the E2 and P4 curve from the time interval immediately after awakening to 60 min after awakening (i.e. E2auc and P4auc) in women with regular menstrual cycles were greater than those in the postmenopausal women. E2 and P4 secretory activity during the post-awakening period was influenced by the phase of the menstrual cycle. E2auc in the peri-ovulatory phase and P4auc in the early to mid-luteal phase were greater than in the menstrual phase. Meanwhile, cortisol secretory activity during the post-awakening period was not influenced by menstrual status or the phase of menstrual cycle. These findings indicate that, as with the CAR in the HPA axis function, ovarian steroidogenic activity increased after awakening and is closely associated with menstrual status and phase of menstrual cycle.
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The concentration of total unconjugated oestrogens in the peripheral plasma of cows increased from 2·00±0·20 (s.e.m.) ng/ml 7 days before to 3·87±0·50 ng/ml 1 day before parturition and declined to values below 0·30 ng/ml on day 2 post partum. The concentrations of androstenedione, epitestosterone and testosterone remained approximately constant at 0·90±0·10,0·92±0·08 and 0·40±0·20 ng/ml respectively during the last week of pregnancy. After parturition the concentration of the three androgens declined rapidly.
Similar to data obtained in goats we did not find a marked increase in androgen levels in the peripheral blood of cows before parturition.