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1. LE Steadman, GA Johnson, EL Belden, WJ Murdoch, Decline in sialic acid composition of cellular membranes isolated from ovine corpora lutea during prostaglandin-induced luteolysis: apparent independence of autoimmune recognition., American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989), vol. 19 no. 1 (January, 1989), pp. 1-2 .
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   Abstract:
   Sialic acid was quantified in plasma membranes of corpora lutea isolated during prostaglandin (PG) F2 alpha-induced luteolysis in sheep. Concentrations of sialic acid within membranes decreased after injection of PGF2 alpha, and before signs of luteal regression (i.e., a decline in tissue concentrations of progesterone) were manifested. Removal of residues of sialic acid from luteal membranes was not associated with cellular binding of gamma globulin, as monitored by indirect immunofluorescence microscopy. We suggest that desialylation of luteal membranes could be an important aspect of the mechanism of luteolysis. Such a process does not appear to involve participation of autoantibody.

   Keywords:
   Animals • Autoantibodies • Cell Membrane • Corpus Luteum • Dinoprost • Female • N-Acetylneuraminic Acid • Sheep • Sialic Acids • analysis • analysis* • drug effects • pharmacology* • physiology*