Histochemical Study of the Rat Uterine Glycoconjugate Alteration following Treatment with Exogenous Gonadotropic Hormones during the Implantation Period

Figure 3

Intensity of the reaction of rat endometrium in apical membrane, Golgi zone, and basement membrane to different lectins in experimental (4, 8, 16, 24, and 40 IU PMSG) and control (distilled water+HCG) groups. Significant differences in the intensity of the reaction to different lectins were as follows: to WGA between 16 IU and control () in the apical membrane and Golgi zone, to DBA between 24 IU with 40 IU and control () in the apical membrane, between 24 IU with 16 IU, 40 IU and control (, 0.0001, and 0.001, respectively) in the Golgi zone, and between 4 IU with 16 and 40 IU in the basement membrane ( and 0.0001, respectively), to ConA between 4 IU and control with 24 and 40 IU ( and 0.0001, respectively) in the apical membrane and the Golgi zone, to SBA between 4 IU and 16 IU () in the apical membrane and between control with 8, 16, and 24 IU (, 0.1, and 0.01, respectively) in the basement membrane and to UEA between 24 IU with 8 IU and control in the apical membrane ( and 0.0001, respectively) and Golgi zone ( and 0.0006, respectively).