Intracytoplasmic injection of porcine, bovine, mouse, or human spermatozoon into porcine oocytes.

abstract：:Fertilization in invertebrates results in tyrosine (Tyr) phosphorylation of several egg proteins. However, the involvement of Tyr phosphorylation in mediating mammalian egg activation has not yet been investigated. Using an antibody specific for phosphotyrosine (P-Tyr), immunoblotting, and densitometric analysis, we f...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ben-Yosef D,Talmor A,Shwartz L,Granot Y,Shalgi R

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrinological pathology among women of reproductive age, and is characterized by abnormalities in ovarian angiogenesis, among other features. Consistent with this association, follicular fluid (FF) concentration and ovarian expression of vascular endothelial growt...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Scotti L,Parborell F,Irusta G,De Zuñiga I,Bisioli C,Pettorossi H,Tesone M,Abramovich D

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been proposed that the viability of early mammalian embryos is associated with a metabolism that is "quiet" rather than "active" (Leese HJ, 2002:BioEssays 24:845-849). The data on which this hypothesis was based were largely drawn from measurements on the depletion and appearance of amino acids from the culture...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Baumann CG,Morris DG,Sreenan JM,Leese HJ

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro growth of preantral follicles has the potential to produce considerable numbers of competent oocytes for use in medicine, agriculture, and even wildlife conservation. The critical regulatory role of growth factors and hormones in the development of preantral follicles has been established. This study investig...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Esmaielzadeh F,Hosseini SM,Nasiri Z,Hajian M,Chamani M,Gourabi H,Shahverdi AH,Vosough AD,Nasr-Esfahani MH

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycoprotein hormone receptors contain large extracellular domains encoded by multiple exons that can be alternatively spliced. Using human ovarian surface epithelium, we cloned two new splice variants of the human follicle-stimulating hormone receptor (FSH-R) gene, hFSH-R2 and hFSH-R3. The hFSH-R2 splice variant diff...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Zhou J,Huang Y,Li L,Zhu L,Zhang D,Zhang S,Chen Y

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to investigate the effect of recipient activation time on the chromatin structure and development of bovine nuclear transfer embryos. Serum-starved skin cells were electrofused to enucleated oocytes, activated 1-5 hr after fusion, and cultured in vitro. Some fused eggs were fixed at each time ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Choi JY,Kim CI,Park CK,Yang BK,Cheong HT

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of two glycoproteins (estrus-associated glycoprotein [EGP] and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase [TIMP-1]) secreted by bovine oviduct cells on in vitro bovine embryo development was assessed. A first set of experiments was conducted to determine whether the embryotrophic activity of the bovine oviduct-c...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Vansteenbrugge A,Van Langendonckt A,Massip A,Dessy F

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the lizard Podarcis sicula, the major vitellogenin (VTG)-derived yolk proteins, lipovitellins and phosvitins, were extracted from the yolk globules of laid and fertilized eggs at different periods of incubation up to 44 days close to hatching. Embryonic development was almost over at this time. Yolk proteins were i...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Romano M,Rosanova P,Anteo C,Limatola E

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are known to play an important role not only in various stress conditions such as exposure to heat shock, but also in normal development and/or differentiation. The role of small heat shock proteins such as HSP25 in early embryo development remains largely unknown. In the present study, we e...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Kim M,Geum D,Khang I,Park YM,Kang BM,Lee KA,Kim K

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Basigin, a transmembrane glycoprotein belonging to the immunoglobulin superfamily, has been shown to be essential for fertilization and implantation. The aim of this study was to determine the expression and hormonal regulation of basigin gene in mouse uterus during the peri-implantation period. Basigin immunostaining...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Xiao LJ,Chang H,Ding NZ,Ni H,Kadomatsu K,Yang ZM

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diandric and digynic triploid mouse embryos were isolated in the morning on day 10 of gestation. The embryos were separated from their extraembryonic membranes, and the latter were analysed cytogenetically by G-banding to establish the ploidy and sex chromosome constitution of these embryos. The diandric triploid embr...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Kaufman MH,Lee KK,Speirs S

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study possible role and regulation of apoptosis occurred in primate endometrium, the expression of apoptosis-related molecules, Fas, FasL, B cell lymphoma/leukaemia-2 (Bcl-2), and Bax were analyzed in relation to occurrence of apoptosis and proliferation in the cycling endometrium of the rhesus monkey using immunoh...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Wei P,Jin X,Tao SX,Han CS,Liu YX

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phthalate esters are considered endocrine disruptors that interfere with the endocrine balance and development of the mammalian testis. Mono-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (MEHP), the active metabolite of the ubiquitously used plasticizer di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP), acts upon Sertoli cells as initial target. By subtract...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Mizrak SC,Bogerd J,Lopez-Casas PP,Párraga M,Del Mazo J,de Rooij DG

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal epididymal function, such as protein expression and secretion, is primarily regulated by testicular androgens and temperature. However, the role of spermatozoa in this critical process has never been studied. In order to determine whether sperm itself could regulate epididymal function, we have developed a cell...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Reyes-Moreno C,Laflamme J,Frenette G,Sirard MA,Sullivan R

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following Northern analysis, GGT mRNA was found predominantly within the caput epididymides and kidney. The size of mRNAs for kidney, caput, corpus, and ductus deferens were 2.2, 2.3, 2.2, and 2.3 kb, respectively, whereas cauda showed a doublet of 2.2 and 2.3 kb. GGT transpeptidation and hydrolytic activity within ep...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Hinton BT,Palladino MA,Mattmueller DR,Bard D,Good K

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis participates in the sex change of hermaphrodite teleosts, and gonadal steroid hormones mediate this physiological process. The secretion of gonadal steroids is directly regulated by signaling pathways involving gonadotropins (GtHs) and gonadotropin receptors (Gt...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Hu X,Liu X,Zhang H,Zhang Y,Li S,Sang Q,Wang Q,Luo W,Liu Q,Lu D,Meng Z,Lin H

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro studies have suggested that the Cables1 gene regulates epithelial cell proliferation, whereas other studies suggest a role in promoting neural differentiation. In efforts to clarify the functions of Cables1 in vivo, we conducted gain- and loss-of-function studies targeting its ortholog (cables1) in the zebraf...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Groeneweg JW,White YA,Kokel D,Peterson RT,Zukerberg LR,Berin I,Rueda BR,Wood AW

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormones (GnRHs) are decapeptides well known to regulate the reproductive cycle. They are expressed not only in the brain, but also in other tissues including the gonads. It is believed that they may be involved in the endocrine and paracrine regulation of the reproductive cycle. To date, two fo...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Uzbekova S,Lareyre JJ,Madigou T,Davail B,Jalabert B,Breton B

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For mammalian organism, fertilization begins with species-specific recognition between sperm and egg, a process depending upon egg zona pellucida glycoproteins and putative sperm interacting protein(s). In mouse, zona pellucida glycoprotein ZP3 is believed to be the primary receptor for sperm and inducer of sperm acro...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Li D,Cao S,Xu C

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the origin of the sperm motility inhibitor (SPMI) from boar seminal plasma. SPMI was measured by its capacity to inhibit the motility of demembranated spermatozoa and by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Among the various reproductive and now reproductive tissues and fluids tested, onl...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Iwamoto T,Tanaka H,Osada T,Shinagawa T,Osamura Y,Gagnon C

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the epididymal environment promotes the maturation and survival of spermatozoa, not all spermatozoa remain viable during passage through the epididymis. Does the epididymis has a protective mechanism(s) to segregate the viable sperm from defective spermatozoa? Previously, we identified 260/280 kDa oligomers (...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Nagdas SK,Wallace S,Eaford D,Baker R,Carr K,Raychoudhuri SS

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Discoglossus pictus oocytes, the germinative area (GA) contains long and irregular microvilli where actin microfilaments are located. In the egg, the funnel-shaped dimple that originates by invagination of the GA is present. In the dimple both microvilli and microfilament bundles have a very orderly appearance. Thi...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Campanella C,Chaponnier C,Quaglia L,Gualtieri R,Gabbiani G

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was reported that a hamster protein, called "oscillin," with a sequence related to that of an Escherichia coli GNPDA triggered Ca(2+) oscillations in mammalian oocytes when introduced into their cytoplasm upon fertilization. Recently, it was shown that GNPDA/oscillin is ubiquitously expressed in rat tissues and tha...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Amireault P,Dubé F

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously described a hamster sperm glycoprotein, P26h, which is implicated in the cascade of events occurring during the interaction between mature spermatozoa and the oocyte's zona pellucida. The P26h is acquired on the acrosomal cap of the spermatozoon during its maturation arising within the epididymis. L...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Lamontagne N,Légaré C,Gaudreault C,Sullivan R

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian reproductive processes involve spermatogenesis, which occurs in the testis, and fertilization, which takes place in the female genital tract. Fertilization is a successive, multistep, and extremely complicated event that usually includes sperm survival in the uterus, sperm migration through the uterotubal ju...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Xiong W,Wang Z,Shen C

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cattle consuming endophyte-infected tall fescue grass have an associated reduction in circulating progesterone and reduced reproductive rates. In this study, commercially available rat microarrays were used to analyze the gene expression in luteal tissues from heifers fed endophyte-free fescue, endophyte-infected fesc...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Jones KL,King SS,Iqbal MJ

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis is a well-established cellular mechanism for selective cell deletion during development. However, little is known about the expression of an apoptotic pathway and its role in determining the relative sensitivity of the early, pre-gastrula, avian embryo to stress-induced cell death. We examined the sensitivit...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Muscarella DE,Rachlinski MK,Bloom SE

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Annexins are a family of Ca(2+)-binding proteins involved in the exocytotic process. The presence and the role of annexins in mammalian spermatozoa have not been well established. Two annexin-like proteins were obtained from guinea pig testis, a doublet of Mr 31-33 kD (p31/33) and a protein of Mr 50 kD (p50). Both pro...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Othón Hernández E,Roa-Espitia AL,Cruz Trejo J,Mújica A

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fertilization in Bufo arenarum requires the sperm to penetrate the egg envelopes. The incubation of isolated vitelline envelopes with sperm induces the acrosome reaction, releasing proteases and glycosidases to the media. In the present work N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase, beta-D-galactosidase, beta-D-glucosidase, al...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Martínez ML,Martelotto L,Cabada MO

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myeloid cell leukemia-1 (MCL1), an anti-apoptotic member of the BCL2 family, is expressed abundantly in the testis. Previous characterization revealed that MCL1 is expressed exclusively in the Leydig cells in the mouse testis, yet what it does in these cells remains unknown. We therefore analyzed testosterone biosynth...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Guang-Yu L,Hai-Yan L,Ji-Hong L,Yun-Cong M,Xue-Lian D,Chun-Yu L,Wen-Yong S

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00