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Biology of Reproduction, Vol 29, 472-478, Copyright © 1983 by Society for the Study of Reproduction

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Smooth muscle of the quail oviduct functions as a stretch receptor during ovum transport

O Arjamaa and A Talo

The present experiments were conducted to test the hypothesis that ovum transport in the quail oviduct is regulated by a time-dependent, stretch-mediated feedback cycle which alters the frequency of contractions. According to this hypothesis, a ligature preventing the forward movement of ovum should reverse the direction of the feedback cycle and an artificial ovum should be transported like the normal ovum. When the ligature was placed in the borderline between magnum and isthmus, it caused the reversal of transport direction after a delay of several minutes. Once the direction had changed, it persisted until the ovum was expulsed through the fimbrial end or until a second reversal was caused by either a second ligature or a minor mechanical impediment at the proximal end of the magnum. The ovum was transported between the ligatures at the mean speed of 1.7 +/- 0.17 mm/min (n = 7) until the ovum broke. An artificial ovum placed in the proximal magnum from which the natural ovum had been removed, was transported like the natural ova. Myoelectrical activity recorded with suction electrodes was statistically similar in both types of experiments and the direction of the frequency gradient changed when the transport direction was reversed. The frequency of the electrical activity of oviductal smooth muscle was significantly higher behind the ovum than in its front whether ova were transported in the direction of shell gland or infundibulum; in the segment maximally stretched by the ovum the activity was significantly lower than in other segments. These observations confirmed the hypothesis and suggest that the quail oviduct functions like a stretch receptor.


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