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Endocrinology, Vol 126, 1143-1155, Copyright © 1990 by Endocrine Society

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Progesterone-induced avidin as a marker of cytodifferentiation in the oviduct: comparison to ovalbumin

TK Joensuu, TJ Ylikomi, DO Toft, RA Keinanen, MS Kulomaa and PJ Tuohimaa
Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Tampere, Finland.

Immunohistochemical analysis of avidin and ovalbumin expression in the normally developing chick oviduct was compared to those changes induced by exogenous estrogen. Oviduct maturation was found to occur in two consecutive phases: slow proliferation and rapid differentiation. Mitosis was induced in the epithelium by estrogen, whereas it was inhibited by progesterone. Endogenous progesterone may retard the proliferation and prevent the differentiation, an effect that is overridden by increased estrogen concentration at the beginning of differentiation. Short secondary stimulation was shown to closely mimic normal maturation. When chicks treated with diethylstilbestrol (DES) for 1 month were allowed to mature, there were marked alterations in oviduct histology and laying behavior. The tubular glands were found to form from the surface epithelium as budlike invaginations, and these cells also contained avidin and ovalbumin. Ovalbumin production was stable in tubular glands. In contrast, the intensity of avidin staining was variable between gland cells even in the same sections. It was conspicuous that the number of avidin-expressing gland cells diminished markedly when estrogen treatment was prolonged over 1 week. After 2- week stimulation with DES, avidin was expressed predominantly by cells of the basal layer of pseudostratified surface epithelium, and ovalbumin mainly by tubular glands and cells of the luminal layer of surface epithelium. Neither of these proteins was expressed by goblet cells. Expression of progesterone receptor, characterized by two antibodies (polyclonal IgG-RB and monoclonal PR6), did not explain the heterogeneity of expression of avidin and ovalbumin, but probably reflects various differentiation stages of epithelial cells.


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