Spermatogenesis in the golden hamster during the first spermatogenic wave: a flow cytometric analysis.

abstract：:To study self-renewal, genetic modification, and differentiation of avian spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs), we isolated chicken SSCs from fetal testes on the 16th hatching day via enzyme digestion, and then cultured the SSCs over 2 months after purification in vitro. SSCs were identified by alkaline phosphatase staini...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Yu F,Ding LJ,Sun GB,Sun PX,He XH,Ni LG,Li BC

更新日期：2010-04-01 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：:The oviduct is a dynamic organ which modulates gamete physiology. Sperm-oviduct interaction provides the formation of a sperm storage reservoir and allows the selection of sperm with certain qualities in eutherian mammals. In sows, the oviductal sperm binding glycoprotein (SBG) has been proposed to be involved in sper...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Teijeiro JM,Ignotz GG,Marini PE

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was undertaken to evaluate the effects of hyperstimulation and aging on the number and proportion of oocytes in the metaphase II stage in female Wistar rats. It explored the validity of the hypothesis that a combination of hyperstimulation with pregnant mare serum gonadotrophins (PMSG) and age could ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Tain CF,Goh VH,Ng SC

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously we demonstrated that lines of transgenic mice carrying the herpes simplex type 1 virus thymidine kinase (HSV1-tk) reporter gene are male-sterile. Ectopic transcription of the HSV1-tk reporter in the testis was initiated downstream of the normal translation initiation codon and truncated proteins consistent ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ellison AR,Wallace H,al-Shawi R,Bishop JO

更新日期：1995-08-01 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：:The analysis of differences in gene expression, responding to cryopreservation may explain some of the observed differences in further development of the preimplantation stage embryos. The aim of this study was to create a link, for the first time, between morphological/developmental observations and gene activity cha...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Boonkusol D,Gal AB,Bodo S,Gorhony B,Kitiyanant Y,Dinnyes A

更新日期：2006-06-01 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 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：:Copulation produces different stimuli in the female reproductive tract in camelids, which lead to ovulation. Expression of β-nerve growth factor (β-NGF) and its specific receptor, tropomyosin receptor kinase A (TrKA), was studied comparing the oviductal microenvironment of mated and nonmated llamas. β-NGF and TrKA wer...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Sari LM,Zampini R,Argañaraz ME,Ratto MH,Apichela SA

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During bovine embryogenesis, bovine growth hormone (bGH) contributes to proliferation, differentiation, and modulation of embryo metabolism. Pituitary-specific transcription factor-1 (Pit-1) is a transcription factor that binds to promoters of GH, prolactin (PRL), and thyroid-stimulating hormone-beta (TSHbeta) encodin...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Joudrey EM,Lechniak D,Petrik J,King WA

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear import of plasmid DNA mediated by a nuclear localization signal (NLS) derived from SV40 T antigen was investigated in a cell-free extract. In vitro assembled sea urchin male pronuclei were incubated in a 100,000g supernatant of a zebrafish fertilized egg lysate, together with fluorescently labeled plasmid DNA ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Collas P,Aleström P

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seminiferous tubules of the testis and epididymal tubules in adult rodents are enveloped by contractile myoid cells, which move sperm and fluids along the male reproductive tract. Myoid cells in the testis influence Sertoli cells by paracrine signaling, but their role in the epididymis is unknown. Electron microscopy ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Oliveira RL,Parent A,Cyr DG,Gregory M,Mandato CA,Smith CE,Hermo L

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The completion of spermiogenesis requires condensation of the haploid spermatid genome. This task is accomplished in a gradual and relentless manner by first erasing the nucleosomal organization of chromatin while the DNA is protected by transient nuclear proteins TP1 and TP2. Then, the more permanent protamines come ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Kierszenbaum AL

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to examine the effect of bovine oocyte maturation, fertilization or culture in vivo or in vitro on the proportion of oocytes reaching the blastocyst stage, and on blastocyst quality as measured by survival following vitrification. In Experiment 1, 4 groups of oocytes were used: (1) immature oo...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Rizos D,Ward F,Duffy P,Boland MP,Lonergan P

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

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：:Klinefelter syndrome (KS) is the most common genetic cause of human infertility, but the mechanism(s) responsible for its phenotype remain largely unknown. KS is associated with alterations in body composition and with a higher risk of developing metabolic diseases. We therefore hypothesized that KS men seeking fertil...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Alves MG,Martins AD,Jarak I,Barros A,Silva J,Sousa M,Oliveira PF

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multicolor procedure employing fluorescence in situ hybridization is described for detecting chromosomal domains and germinal aneuploidy in late-step spermatids in mice using DNA probes specific for repetitive sequences near the centromeres of chromosomes 8 and X. These probes were nick-translated with biotin- or di...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Wyrobek A,Lowe X,Pinkel D,Bishop J

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mouse metallothionein (MT) gene family consists of four known members (MT-I through IV) clustered on chromosome 8. Studies reported herein examine the expression and regulation of the MT-III and MT-IV genes in specific cell types in the maternal reproductive tract, developing embryo, and fetus known to express the...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Liang L,Fu K,Lee DK,Sobieski RJ,Dalton T,Andrews GK

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of synthetic arginine-glycine-aspartic acid (RGD)-containing peptides to induce intracellular calcium transients similar to those observed at fertilization by spermatozoa in the bovine has been reported (Campbell et al., 2000: Biol Reprod 62:1702-1709; Sessions et al., 2006. Mol Reprod Dev). These results ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： White KL,Passipieri M,Bunch TD,Campbell KD,Pate B

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plasmid DNA, pAcZ, containing Escherichia coli beta-galactosidase (lacZ) gene under the control of chicken beta-actin gene promoter was injected in a linearized form into the germinal disc of fertilized chick ova at the single-cell stage. The manipulated embryos were cultured by the method of Naito et al. (1990) u...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Naito M,Sasaki E,Ohtaki M,Sakurai M

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytoplasmic beta-actin promoter, commonly used as strong promoter in many gene regulation studies, produces a pattern of male germ cell and preimplantation, embryonic gene expression in transgenic mice. In seven of ten expressing transgenic lines, a chicken beta-actin-lacZ fusion gene was expressed in adult testes...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Sands AT,Hansen TN,Demayo FJ,Stanley LA,Xin L,Schwartz RJ

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3) is a highly conserved serine/threonine protein kinase implicated in diverse cellular processes. Activity of GSK-3 is essential for meiotic chromatin segregation in oocytes, yet expression and/or function of GSK-3 have not been reported in mammalian preimplantation embryos. Objectives...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Acevedo N,Wang X,Dunn RL,Smith GD

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this research was to evaluate if DNA hypomethylation in cells used as karyoplasts would improve development of bovine nuclear transplantation (NT) embryos. DNA from serum-fed (SF), serum-starved (SS), and 1, or 5 microM 5-azacytidine (5-aza-CR) treated cells was digested with a methylation sensitive e...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Jones KL,Hill J,Shin TY,Lui L,Westhusin M

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Artificial activation is required for successful intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) to induce haploidy pronuclear formation with extraction of second polar body. The present study showed that an additional treatment with Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) followed by Ca(2+) ionophore treatment improved the rat...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ito J,Shimada M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homozygous deletion of the Lis1 gene (Lis1(-/-)) in mouse resulted in early embryonic lethality immediately after embryo implantation by an undefined mechanism. We seek to define the nature of this demise. LIS1 (pafah1b1) is a 46 kDa protein with seven tryptophan-aspartate (WD) repeats. It docks with many proteins and...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Cahana A,Jin XL,Reiner O,Wynshaw-Boris A,O'Neill C

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The non-neuronal monoamine transporters (OCT1, OCT2, EMT, and PMAT) play a key role in the clearance of monoamines from extracellular compartments. In a previous report we described endometrial distribution and cyclic variation of the vesicular monoamine transporter (VMAT2) mRNA and the neuronal norepinephrine transpo...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Bottalico B,Noskova V,Pilka R,Larsson I,Domanski H,Casslén B,Hansson SR

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in the level of transcriptional activity in 32-cell stage morula nuclei were studied after blastomere electrofusion to enucleated oocytes. Nuclear transplant recipients were pulse labelled with 3H-uridine during cultivation in vitro, embryos were then fixed and processed for autoradiography and electron micros...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Kanka J,Hozák P,Heyman Y,Chesné P,Degrolard J,Renard JP,Fléchon JE

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We hypothesized that the testis-specific isoform of angiotensin-converting enzyme (tACE) is released during bovine sperm capacitation, and its peptidase activity is required for capacitation. Specific objectives of this study were to (i) develop an anti-tACE antibody; (ii) characterize expression of tACE in bovine tes...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ojaghi M,Kastelic J,Thundathil J

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased oxidative stress is one of the main causes of poorly developed embryos in assisted reproductive technologies. Nicotinamide (NAM) has been shown to suppress reactive oxygen species (ROS) production through its potent antioxidative and anti-senescent effects. In the present study, we explored the effects of sh...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Yuan YG,Mesalam A,Song SH,Lee KL,Xu L,Joo MD,Kong IK

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00