Objective: To evaluate the ability of rabbit endometrial or endosalpingeal cells to support implantation in vitro and to assess the effects of endosalpinx and endometrium-conditioned media (CM) on blastocyst-endometrial cell interaction.
Design: In one experiment, rabbit blastocysts were co-cultured in vitro with endometrial or endosalpingeal cells growing on Matrigel-coated plastic culture plates or Millicell-HA inserts. In a second experiment, rabbit blastocysts were co-cultured with endometrial cells in the presence of fresh medium or of endosalpinx- or endometrial-CM. After 48 or 72 hours attachment to the cell monolayer was evaluated.
Results: Blastocysts in co-culture attached to endometrial but not to endosalpingeal monolayers. The addition of CM from cultured endosalpinx significantly decreased embryo attachment to endometrial cells in culture.
Conclusions: These findings in vitro agree with the observation that rabbit endosalpinx in vivo does not support embryo implantation and support the hypothesis that rabbit endosalpinx secretes a factor that prevent tubal implantation.
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