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Abstract:
The effects of clomiphene citrate (CC) on ovulation and ovum maturation were studied using the isolated perfused rabbit ovary. CC (10(-5) M) added to the perfusate with human chorionic gonadotropin (50 IU) did not affect ovulatory efficiency, ovulation time, oocyte maturation, or degeneration of ovulated ova and follicular oocytes. During perfusion without human chorionic gonadotropin, the percentage of follicular oocytes with germinal vesicle breakdown was significantly increased in response to CC (10(-5) M or 10(-7) M); a greater percentage of follicular oocytes was degenerated. Estradiol (100 ng/ml) added to the perfusate reversed the effect of CC on degeneration of follicular oocytes. Of follicular oocytes from ovaries perfused with CC, 79.3% were degenerated; in contrast, 25% were degenerated in ovaries treated with CC plus estradiol. These data suggest that CC has a direct ovarian effect and that ovum degeneration associated with CC may be related to an antiestrogenic action.
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