Effect of a novel recombinant bovine interferon and trophoblast secretory products on protein metabolism by endometrial explants from cattle and sheep

• Published in: Research in veterinary science Vol. 64; no. 1; pp. 79 - 83
• Main Authors: Peiris, I.D., Grewal, T.S., Jeacock, M.K., Sawa, D., Shepherd, D.A.L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier India Pvt Ltd 1998
• Subjects: Animals; Antiviral Agents - pharmacology; Blastocyst - drug effects; Blastocyst - physiology; Cattle; Endometrium - drug effects; Endometrium - physiology; Female; Fetal Death - prevention & control; Fetal Death - veterinary; Interferon Type I - pharmacology; Leucine - metabolism; Organ Culture Techniques; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Proteins - pharmacology; Pregnancy Tests - veterinary; Proteins - metabolism; Recombinant Proteins - pharmacology; Sheep; Trophoblasts - drug effects; Trophoblasts - physiology

The effect of a novel recombinant bovine interferon on the rate of protein synthesis, as measured by the rate of leucine incorporation, in endometrial explants from cows and ewes was investigated and compared with the effect of trophoblast secretory proteins and of a recombinant bovine interferon-α1...