The effects of endometrial scarification on uterine steroid receptors, bacterial flora and histological structure in the bitch

G. K. Dhaliwal, Gary England, D.E. Noakes
In: Animal Reproduction Science · 2002 · vol. 69(3-4) , pp. 239–249 · doi:10.1016/s0378-4320(01)00183-x · PMID:11812633 · W1976750316
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Endometrial scarification in bitches altered glandular structure and significantly increased progesterone receptor expression in the glandular epithelium, though its role in cystic endometrial hyperplasia or pyometra pathogenesis remained unclear.

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Following laparotomy, the endometrium of six nulliparous Beagle bitches was scarified at the base of one uterine horn during early metoestrus, when the peripheral plasma P(4) concentration was >10 ng/ml; intrauterine swabs were taken at the same time for bacteriological culture. Twenty-one days later, a bilateral ovariohysterectomy was performed and segments of the scarified and non-scarified parts of the tubular genital tract removed; at the same time, swabs were taken from the uterine lumen. Tissue samples were collected and examined for histopathological structure, and the presence of nuclear oestrogen (ER) and progesterone (PR) receptors using an immunocytochemical method. The immunoreactivity was scored semiquantitatively, incorporating both the intensity and distribution of specific staining of the receptors using a simplified histoscore (H-score). All uterine swabs were sterile, and in three of the six bitches there were noticeable changes with distension of the uterine lumen with secretions and debris and distension of the endometrial gland ducts of the scarified uterine segment. There were no statistically significant differences in the H-scores of ER or PR between scarified and non-scarified segments, except for PR H-scores in the glandular epithelium where the values for the scarified were significantly higher than for the non-scarified endometrium (mean+/-S.E.M. is 129.9+/-22.8 versus 59.5+/-12.6; P<0.05). Thus, trauma can modify the structure of the endometrium and the characteristics of the PR. Whether changes in PR expression are involved in the pathogenesis of CEH/pyometra in the bitch could not be ascertained from this study.

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