Cleavage rate of haploid and diploid parthenogenetic mouse embryos during the preimplantation period.

abstract：:The distribution of microtubules was studied during fertilization of the rabbit oocyte by immunofluorescence microscopy after staining with an anti-alpha-tubulin antibody. In ovulated oocytes, microtubules were found exclusively in the meiotic spindle. At fertilization, the paternal centrosome generated sperm astral m...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Yllera-Fernández MM,Crozet N,Ahmed-Ali M

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse oocyte maturation inhibitory factors, on the basis of inhibitory activity of spontaneous germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD) of denuded mouse oocytes in culture, were extracted and partially purified by reversed-phase resin adsorption and Sephadex G-100 and G-50 column chromatographies from the urine of pregnant w...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Sakakibara R,Sakai K,Sakurai Y,Kohnoura T,Ishiguro M

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plac1 is a recently identified, X-linked gene whose expression is restricted primarily to cells of the trophoblast lineage. It localizes to a chromosomal locus previously implicated in placental growth. We therefore sought to determine if Plac1 is necessary for placental and embryonic development by examining a mutant...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Jackman SM,Kong X,Fant ME

更新日期：2012-08-01 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：:Semen analysis lacks a functional component and best identifies extreme cases of infertility. The ganglioside GM1 is known to have functional roles during capacitation and acrosome exocytosis. Here, we assessed whether GM1 localization patterns (Cap-Score™) correspond with male fertility in different settings: Study 1...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Cardona C,Neri QV,Simpson AJ,Moody MA,Ostermeier GC,Seaman EK,Paniza T,Rosenwaks Z,Palermo GD,Travis AJ

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aluminum hydroxide gel (Al-gel), which is used as an adjuvant, can absorb macromolecules. We investigated the applicability of Al-gel to the sustained release of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) as a simplified method of superovulation (SOV) in rabbits. The responsiveness of rabbits to SOV by a single injection of F...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Hashimoto S,Kimura K,Kuramochi T,Aoyagi K,Hirako M,Kawaguchi M,Iwata H,Hirao M,Kitada K,Hirasawa K,Ueda M

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decades worth of research have consistently shown the adverse effects of elevated temperatures on reproductive parameters of livestock species. The objective of this study was to evaluate the developmental and apoptotic responses of porcine in vitro fertilized (IVF) and parthenogenetically activated (PA) embryos heat ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Isom SC,Prather RS,Rucker EB 3rd

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Global warming represents a major stressful environmental condition that compromises the reproductive efficiency of animals and humans via a rise of body temperature above its physiological homeothermic point (heat stress [HS]). The injuries caused by HS on reproductive function involves both male and female component...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Boni R

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to elucidate the relationship between protein tyrosine phosphorylation state and sperm characteristics in frozen-stored spermatozoa of Japanese Black bulls. The spermatozoa were washed with PBS containing polyvinyl alcohol and then incubated with cell-permeable cAMP analog cBiMPS to induce fl...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Harayama H,Nishijima K,Murase T,Sakase M,Fukushima M

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gamete membrane interaction is critical to initiate the development of a new organism. The signaling pathways governing this event, however, are poorly understood. In this report, we provide the first evidence that protein kinase C activity in mouse eggs plays a crucial role in the regulation of this process. Stimulat...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Akabane H,Fan J,Zheng X,Zhu GZ

更新日期：2007-11-01 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：:Amino acid analyses of nuclear basic proteins of an anuran amphibian, Rana catesbeiana, revealed that they are comprised of a full set of core histones and three types of lysine-rich, sperm-specific proteins. On the basis of their amino-acid compositions and partial amino-acid sequences of their trypsin-resistant core...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Itoh T,Ausio J,Katagiri C

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We produced four transgenic founder rats (F0) by introducing into rat embryos a fusion gene, which consisted of rat growth hormone (GH) promoter containing with four copies of thyroid hormone response element (TRE) and antisense cDNA sequences for rat GH. This transgene promoter directed 2.8-fold stimulation of CAT ge...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Matsumoto K,Kakidani H,Takahashi A,Nakagata N,Anzai M,Matsuzaki Y,Takahashi Y,Miyata K,Utsumi K,Iritani A

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study propidium iodide was used as a fluorescent dye to stain DNA of cells of hamster testicular origin and fluorescent intensities were analyzed by flow cytometry. We used hamster testicular cells from the first spermatogenic wave to observe the consecutive appearance of the different types of cells du...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Golan R,Weissenberg R,Oschry Y,Shochat L,Lewin LM

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among Sicilian stick insects, two hybridogenetic complexes have been discovered: Bacillus rossius-grandii benazzii and B. rossius-grandii grandii, which also produce androgenetic offspring. The egg maturation of the former is analyzed here through DAPI fluorometry, which, besides the assessment of the meiotic stages, ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Tinti F,Scali V

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:These experiments were designed to test the effects of an electrofusion and an electroporation pulse on bovine sperm-hamster egg development. In experiment 1, single motile sperm were injected into the perivitelline space of each egg. A 4,500 V/cm, 30 microseconds fusion pulse (FP) was applied while sperm-egg membrane...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Rickords LF,White KL,Wiltbank JN

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zona pellucida thickness was measured daily in zygotes and cleavage stage embryos. Measurements were performed on a Nikon inverted microscope equipped with Hoffman modulation optics, using an ocular micrometer. Zona thickness of each zygote/embryo was measured four times, the zygote/embryo was then "rolled over," and ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Garside WT,Loret de Mola JR,Bucci JA,Tureck RW,Heyner S

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pannexins (Panxs) are channel-forming proteins that have homology to the invertebrate gap junction proteins, the innexins. These proteins form membrane channels implicated in ATP release. To evaluate the role of Panxs in the male reproductive tract, we investigated the distribution and regulation of Panx1 and 3 in the...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Turmel P,Dufresne J,Hermo L,Smith CE,Penuela S,Laird DW,Cyr DG

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have cloned and sequenced the bovine NALP9 cDNA, which contains a 2991 bp long open reading frame with 76% homology to its human counterpart. The putative 996 amino acids protein presents the domain organization typical of the Nacht, Leucine rich repeat and Pyrin domain containing (NALP) family that includes the ma...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Dalbiès-Tran R,Papillier P,Pennetier S,Uzbekova S,Monget P

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the present study was to determine whether Fyn kinase participated in signaling events during sperm-egg interactions, sperm incorporation, and meiosis II. The functional requirement of Fyn kinase activity in these events was tested through the use of the protein kinase inhibitor SKI-606 (Bosutinib) an...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Luo J,McGinnis LK,Kinsey WH

更新日期：2009-09-01 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：:In poikilothermic vertebrates, sex determination is sometimes influenced by environmental factors such as temperature. However, little is known about the molecular mechanisms underlying environmental sex determination. The medaka (Oryzias latipes) is a teleost fish with an XX/XY sex determination system. Recently, it ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Hayashi Y,Kobira H,Yamaguchi T,Shiraishi E,Yazawa T,Hirai T,Kamei Y,Kitano T

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spindle positioning is an imperative cellular process that regulates a number of different developmental events throughout embryogenesis. The spindle must be properly positioned in embryos not only for the segregation of chromosomes, but also to segregate developmental determinants into different daughter blastomeres....

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Moorhouse KS,Burgess DR

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The homeobox-containing gene family plays a pivotal role in regulating, patterning, and axial morphogenesis in the developing embryo. But there is still very little known about the expression and function of these genes in mammalian oocytes and preimplantation stage embryos. In this study we have used degenerate prime...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ponsuksili S,Wimmers K,Adjaye J,Schellander K

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear transplantation studies demonstrated the importance of paternal contribution to embryogenesis. Paternal treatment with agents like cyclophosphamide and 5-azacytidine has been shown to cause an increase in pre-implantation loss (PIL) and post-implantation loss (POL). Studies from our laboratory have shown that ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Kedia N,Gill-Sharma MK,Parte P,Juneja HS,Balasinor N

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel restriction fragment differential display (RFDD) RT-PCR has been used to compare patterns of mRNA expression in bovine oocytes matured in vitro in the presence (10%) or absence of fetal calf serum (FCS). Total RNA extracted from matured and denuded oocytes was processed using display Profile kit (Display Syste...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Rzucidlo SJ,Gibbons J,Stice SL

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal oocyte spindle due to the improper function of ooplasm is associated with female infertility of advanced maternal age. A possible way to overcome this problem is to transfer an oocyte germinal vesicle (GV) which contains genetic materials of a patient with a history of poor embryo development to the cytoplast...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Li GP,Chen DY,Lian L,Sun QY,Wang MK,Liu JL,Li JS,Han ZM

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carp hyosophorin (HSP) is purified from oocytes. It is a highly glycosylated protein (10% protein and 90% carbohydrate) of high molecular weight (>100 kDa) and is localized in the cortical granules of oocytes. During cortical reaction carp HSP is exocytosed into the perivitelline space and is rapidly cleaved to the lo...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Tsao CC,Huang FL,Chang YS

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) has long been considered as a neuropeptide involved in the control of the reproductive cycle. However, the presence of GnRH and its receptors in various tissues, including ovary and testis, suggests a role as autocrine/paracrine factor. In the present study, we report the expr...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Uzbekova S,Ferrière F,Guiguen Y,Bailhache T,Breton B,Lareyre JJ

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to examine the effects of colcemid treatment during oocyte in vitro maturation (IVM) and embryonic development after parthenogenetic activation (PA) and somatic-cell nucleus transfer (SCNT) in pigs. Immature oocytes were treated with colcemid from 0 to 22, 38 to 42, or 0 to 22 hr follow...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Lee J,Park JI,Lee GS,Choi JH,Lee ST,Park CK,Kim DY,Hyun SH,Lee E

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00