Pregnancy Block Elicited by Urinary Proteins of Male Mice
- 1 December 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Biology of Reproduction
- Vol. 17 (5) , 729-732
- https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod17.5.729
Abstract
Pregnant mice exposed to male urinary proteins isolated by salting out of excreted urine, bladder urine, or urine from castrated and testosterone-treated males blocked pregnancy in 3-4 days after treatment. Also homogenates of preputial glands evoked the Bruce effect. Females exposed to urinary proteins had shortened oestrous cycle. The results suggest that male mice produce only one pheromone which can evoke different effects depending on a physiological state of the female.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
- Chromatographic Separation of Puberty Accelerating Pheromone from Male Mouse Urine1Biology of Reproduction, 1976
- Androgen Control of the Sexual Maturation Pheromone in House Mouse Urine1Biology of Reproduction, 1976
- OESTRUS-ACCELERATING PHEROMONE OF MICE: ASSAY, ANDROGEN-DEPENDENCY AND PRESENCE IN BLADDER URINEReproduction, 1968
- Effect of the Presence of a Male on the Sexual Maturation of Female MiceEndocrinology, 1967
- THE ORIGIN OF THE PHEROMONES CAUSING PREGNANCY BLOCK IN MICEReproduction, 1965
- Major Urinary Protein Complex of Normal Mice: OriginScience, 1965
- MODIFICATION OF THE OESTROUS CYCLE OF THE MOUSE BY EXTERNAL STIMULI ASSOCIATED WITH THE MALEJournal of Endocrinology, 1956
- PROTEIN MEASUREMENT WITH THE FOLIN PHENOL REAGENTJournal of Biological Chemistry, 1951