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The current findings that intrauterine lipopolysaccharide is absorbed in systemic circulation and attenuates ovarian cyclic activities could provide a basis for developing novel treatments to improve fertility.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Abstract<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Uterine inflammatory diseases are a major cause of infertility in humans and domestic animals. Circulating lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a bacterial endotoxin causing uterine inflammation, reportedly downregulates the hypothalamic\u2013pituitary\u2013gonadal axis to mediate ovarian dysfunction. In contrast, the mechanism whereby intrauterine LPS affects ovarian function has not been fully clarified. This study aimed to elucidate whether uterine exposure to LPS downregulates hypothalamic kisspeptin gene (Kiss1) expression, gonadotropin release, and ovarian function. Uterine inflammation was induced by intrauterine LPS administration to ovary-intact and ovariectomized female rats. As a result, plasma LPS concentrations were substantially higher in control rats until 48 h post injection, and the estrous cyclicity was disrupted with a prolonged diestrous phase. Three days post injection, the number of Graafian follicles and plasma estradiol concentration were reduced in LPS-treated rats, while numbers of Kiss1-expressing cells in the anteroventral periventricular nucleus and arcuate nucleus (ARC) were comparable in ovary-intact rats. Four days post injection, ovulation rate and plasma progesterone levels reduced significantly while gene expression of interleukin1\u03b2 and tumor necrosis factor \u03b1 was upregulated in the ovaries of LPS-treated rats that failed to ovulate. Furthermore, the number of Kiss1-expressing cells in the ARC and pulsatile luteinizing hormone (LH) release were significantly reduced in ovariectomized rats 24 h post injection. In conclusion, these results indicate that intrauterine LPS is absorbed in systemic circulation and attenuates ovarian function. 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