Stage-specific expression of rat transition protein 2 mRNA and possible localization to the chromatoid body of step 7 spermatids by in situ hybridization using a nonradioactive riboprobe.

abstract：:Treatment of in vitro matured bovine oocytes with colcemid results in a membrane protrusion that contains maternal chromosomes, which can be easily removed by aspiration. Four experiments were designed to evaluate the overall and temporal effects of conditioned medium (CM) by bovine cumulus cells on development of nuc...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Li GP,Bunch TD,White KL,Aston KI,Meerdo LN,Pate BJ,Sessions BR

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of cryopreservation on the frequency and type of chromosomal abnormalities in human sperm were investigated. Employing a technique that enables direct visualization of human sperm chromosomes following in vitro penetration of hamster oocytes, sperm samples from 10 normal men were examined before and after ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Martin RH,Chernos JE,Rademaker AW

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ran, a Ras-related GTPase, is required for transporting proteins in and out of the nucleus during interphase and for regulating the assembly of microtubules. cDNA cloning shows that rat testis, like mouse testis, expresses both somatic and testis-specific forms of Ran-GTPase. The presence of a homologous testis-specif...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Kierszenbaum AL,Gil M,Rivkin E,Tres LL

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen receptor (ER)- (alpha, beta, and both alpha and beta) and aromatase (Ar) knockout (KO) mice have been created to assess the biological effects of estrogens. This review article discusses the ovarian and uterine phenotypes of these mice. The data obtained have confirmed some older inferences about how the ster...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Rosenfeld CS,Roberts RM,Lubahn DB

更新日期：2001-07-01 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：:The timing of the transition from maternal to zygotic control of development (MZT) and the initiation of transcription was studied in domestic cat embryos to determine if there is a temporal association between these phenomena and the development block observed in cat embryos fertilized in vitro. Embryos were derived ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Hoffert KA,Anderson GB,Wildt DE,Roth TL

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endometriosis is defined as endometrial tissue outside of the uterine cavity. The pathogenesis of this common disease remains poorly understood. However, the implantation and invasion of the viable cells from retrograde menstruation into the peritoneum is a widely accepted theory. To date, the mechanisms by which cell...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Chen GT,Tai CT,Yeh LS,Yang TC,Tsai HD

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have cloned and sequenced cDNAs encoding autoantigen 1 (AA1), a testis-specific protein and the major autoantigen of the guinea pig sperm acrosome. The cDNA predicts a precursor protein of 244 amino acids including a 21 amino acid hydrophobic, secretory signal sequence. The mature polypeptide is predicted to have a...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Foster JA,Gerton GL

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of progesterone (P4), estradiol (E2), and cortisol (CO) at intraoviductal concentrations on bovine embryo development and quality in vitro. After fertilization of in vitro matured oocytes, zygotes were cultured for 8 days in synthetic oviductal fluid, supplemented...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Banliat C,Dubuisson F,Corbin E,Beurois J,Tomas D,Le Bourhis D,Salvetti P,Labas V,Mermillod P,Saint-Dizier M

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the mammalian egg results in cortical reaction (CR), which is correlated with an increase in intracellular Ca2+ concentration and PKC activation. The CR is a gradual rather then an "all or none" response, and can be regulated by different concentrations of parthenogenetic activators. To evaluate the biol...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Raz T,Skutelsky E,Amihai D,Hammel I,Shalgi R

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Full-length cDNA of a novel mouse gene upregulated in late stages of spermatogenic cells was cloned from mouse testis using overlapping RT-PCR and RACE. The mRNA of the gene was expressed mainly in diplotene/pachytene spermatocytes, round and elongating spermatids. We named this gene as SRG-L (Spermatogenesis Related ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ma Q,Wang H,Guo R,Wang H,Ge Y,Ma J,Xue S,Han D

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported metabolic cooperation between Sertoli and peritubular myoid cells in terms of synthesis of one of the main testicular extracellular matrix (ECM) constituents, glycosaminoglycans (GAG). This study concerns Sertoli cell ECM-peritubular myoid cell interactions in terms of GAG synthesis. We hav...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Raychoudhury SS,Blackshaw AW,Irving MG

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Selection of transgenic embryos prior to embryo transfer is a means to increase the efficiency of transgenic livestock production. Among transgenic reporters, cytoplasmic expression of green fluorescent protein (GFP) has features that make it ideal for transgenic embryo selection. The primary objective of this study w...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Chan AW,Kukolj G,Skalka AM,Bremel RD

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spermatogonia of fish can be classified as being either undifferentiated type A spermatogonia or differentiated type B spermatogonia. Although type A spermatogonia, which contain spermatogonial stem cells, have been demonstrated to be a suitable material for germ cell transplantation, no molecular markers for dist...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Yano A,von Schalburg K,Cooper G,Koop BF,Yoshizaki G

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro oocyte maturation followed by in vitro fertilization (IVM/IVF) success in the domestic cat remains inferior to commonly studied livestock or laboratory species. The objectives here were (1) to histologically assess atresia status of freshly excised follicle/oocyte complexes, and (2) to evaluate taphonomic cha...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Wood TC,Montali RJ,Wildt DE

更新日期：1997-02-01 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：:In the dasyurid marsupial, Sminthopsis crassicaudata, the mature spermatozoon has an inner homogeneous (C1) and a peripheral indented (C2) region. Using DNase-gold conjugates, and biotinylated genomic DNA probes, DNA was found to occur in both C1 and C2 regions. The morphogenesis of the spermatozoon nucleus was invest...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Soon LL,Breed WG

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the present study was to determine whether glucocorticoid (GC) and its receptor (GC-R) are expressed in the porcine corpus luteum (CL), and whether GC influences porcine luteal hormone production. The gene expressions of 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11-HSD1), type 2 (11-HSD2), GC-R, and...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Sakumoto R,Ito S,Okuda K

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the Binder of SPerm (BSP) superfamily have been identified in both human and mouse epididymis. These proteins are known to bind sperm membrane and promote sperm capacitation. Studies suggest that BSPH2 might play a different role in sperm functions from its counterparts; however, the role of BSPH2 remains m...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Eskandari-Shahraki M,Prud'homme B,Manjunath P

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Remodeling and relaxation of the mouse pubic symphysis (PS) are central events in parturition. The mouse PS remodels in a hormone-controlled process that involves the modification of the fibrocartilage into an interpubic ligament (IpL), followed by its relaxation prior to parturition. It is recognized that nitric oxid...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Moro CF,Consonni SR,Rosa RG,Nascimento MA,Joazeiro PP

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MAP kinase (MAPK) and its activator, MAP kinase kinase (MAPKK), are commonly activated by a variety of extracellular stimuli in mammalian cells and in the process of Xenopus oocyte maturation. In order to investigate the function of the MAPK cascade in oocyte maturation, we produced an anti-Xenopus MAPKK which specifi...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Gotoh Y,Nishida E

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Integrins are a family of cell adhesion receptors involved in many cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions. Some of these heterodimeric receptors, such as alpha 5 beta 1 and alpha v beta 1, specifically recognize the amino acid sequence Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) within their ligands. The RGD sequence is found in fibronectin, v...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Fusi FM,Vignali M,Gailit J,Bronson RA

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins in the seminal fluid of animals with internal fertilization effect numerous responses in mated females that impact both male and female fertility. Among these proteins is the highly represented class of proteolysis regulators (proteases and their inhibitors). Though proteolysis regulators have now been identi...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Laflamme BA,Wolfner MF

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protectin (CD59) is a complement regulatory protein which blocks the membrane attack complex during complement activation. CD59 was identified on the human sperm surface by means of H19, an IgG1 anti-protectin mouse monoclonal antibody. Using indirect immunofluorescence, flow cytometry and immunoperoxidase, CD59 was f...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Fenichel P,Cervoni F,Hofmann P,Deckert M,Emiliozzi C,Hsi BL,Rossi B

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) plays a crucial role in meiotic maturation of mouse oocytes. In order to understand the mechanism by which MAPK regulates meiotic maturation, we examined the effects of the MAPK pathway inhibitor U0126 on microtubule organization, gamma-tubulin and nuclear mitotic apparatus prot...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Lee SE,Kim JH,Kim NH

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study cytoskeletal antigens common to brushtail possum and tammar wallaby spermatozoa were characterised using a monoclonal antibody (PSA-10). Using indirect immunofluorescence, the PSA-10 antibody detected antigens predominantly associated with the midpiece and principal piece of mature, permeabilised marsupi...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Harris MS,Rodger JC

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies have shown that aberrant expression of IL-12p40, which is encoded by the interleukin-12B (IL-12B) gene, may be involved in the development of endometriosis. In this study, we investigated the role of aberrant methylation of the IL-12B promoter region and its associated expression in the development of ovarian ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Zhao W,Kang S,Zhao J,Wang L,Cao S,Li Y

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNase MRP is a ribonucleoprotein endoribonuclease found predominantly in nucleoli, but which has been associated with mitochondria and mitochondrial RNA processing. In order to analyze the intracellular localization of specific RNA components of ribonucleoproteins of this type, a whole-mount method for in situ hybridi...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Davis AF,Jeong-Yu S,Clayton DA

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Under the influence of gonadotropins or growth factors, a close cooperation develops between cumulus cells and the oocyte that is implicated in transmitting signals involved in maintaining or releasing the meiotic arrest in the oocyte. While cyclic adenosine 5'-monophosphate (cAMP) is a key molecule in maintaining the...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Silvestre F,Boni R,Fissore RA,Tosti E

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) regulates folliculogenesis in the ovary and spermatogenesis in the testis via specific, high affinity membrane-bound receptors (FSHR). To assess the role of FSHR gene expression in regulating expression of FSHR protein in the plasma membrane, the effects of a porcine FSHR cDNA antise...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Zhu C,Wang Y,Nixon MD,La Barbera AR

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00