Czekala N M, Roser J F, Mortensen R B, Reichard T, Lasley B L
Research Department, Zoological Society of San Diego, CA 92112.
J Reprod Fertil. 1988 Jan;82(1):255-61. doi: 10.1530/jrf.0.0820255.
Daily urine samples were collected from 4 adult female gorillas over 7 menstrual cycles. Urinary oestrone conjugate and pregnanediol-3-glucuronide (PDG) were measured by radioimmunoassay; LH was measured by enzyme immunoassay and each hormone was indexed by creatinine. The quantity of urinary LH during the ovulatory surge was positively correlated with the quantity of PDG excreted during the luteal phase (r = 0.87, P = 0.0013). The observations indicate a relationship between the quality of the LH surge and the levels of PDG in the luteal phase and suggest that both the LH surge and subsequent luteal phase function may be predictable from the oestrogen excretion profile during the follicular phase.
在7个月经周期内，从4只成年雌性大猩猩身上收集每日尿液样本。通过放射免疫分析法测定尿雌酮结合物和孕二醇-3-葡萄糖醛酸苷（PDG）；通过酶免疫分析法测定促黄体生成素（LH），并以肌酐对每种激素进行指数化。排卵高峰期间尿LH的量与黄体期排出的PDG量呈正相关（r = 0.87，P = 0.0013）。这些观察结果表明，LH高峰的质量与黄体期PDG水平之间存在关联，并表明LH高峰和随后的黄体期功能都可以从卵泡期的雌激素排泄情况预测出来。
