Mature rabbits were investigated to examine the changes in ovarian histology after successive administrations of charcoal-treated porcine follicular fluid (CTPFF).
In experiment 1, treatment groups were injected with CTPFF 10 times at 12-hour intervals. Control group received saline in the same manner as the treatment group. In experiment 2, four groups were injected with CTPFF in the same manner as in experiment 1, and each group received hCG 0 (simultaneously with final injection of CTPFF), 12, 36 and 96 hours after the final injection of CTPFF, respectively. One group received saline and hCG simultaneously with the final injection of saline. All does were laparotomized 4 days after hCG injection.
In ovaries of does which had received CTPFF treatment, the mean ratio of number of healthy large antral follicles to total number of all large antral follicles (H/T) was significantly lower than in controls.
In ovaries of does which received hCG simultanuously with the final injection of CTPFF (experiment 2), the H/T was lower than that of any other groups, and was significantly lower than the H/T in groups which received hCG 12, 36, and 96 hours after the final administration of CTPFF. Interstitial cells with cytoplasmic vacuolation were found in all ovulated does to some degree. However, degeneration and destruction of interstitial cells were markedly prominent only in does receiving hCG simultanously with the final administration of CTPFF (Group 0F). No vacuolation in interstitial cells was evident in non-ovulatory does. I11 does receiving hCG simultanously with or 12 and 36 hours after CTPFF treatment, number of luteal cells was significantly fewer than in controls. In does which received hCG simultanously with or 12 hours after CTPFF treatment, fibroblast-like cells appeared frequently among luteal tissues.
These results indicate that successive administrations of CTPFF give rise to defects in ovarian morphology directly or indirectly in rabbits. It is suggested that these suppressive effects have been restored within 36 hours after the final injection of CTPFF.