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Triacylglycerols in the rat uterine epithelium during the oestrous cycle and early pregnancy

Summary. Specific histochemical techniques showed triacylglycerols to be the predominant neutral lipid in intracellular lipid droplets of uterine epithelial cells. After their extraction from pure samples of uterine epithelial cells, triacylglycerols were in lower concentration (µg/µg DNA) during pro-oestrus (0·4) than at any other stage of the oestrous cycle (0·73–0·86), decreased during Days 3 (0·5), 4 (0·25) and 5 (0·24) of pregnancy, and were lower in ovariectomized females receiving oestradiol (0·18) than in those receiving medroxyprogesterone acetate (0·93). It is suggested that these triacylglycerols could be used by the blastocysts and their contiguous endometrium as a readily available energy and metabolite source during implantation.

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