Effects of gonadotrophins, growth hormone, and activin A on enzymatically isolated follicle growth, oocyte chromatin organization, and steroid secretion.

abstract：:Insulators are located at the boundaries of differentially regulated genes and delimit their interactions by establishing independent chromatin structures. Recently, an insulator sequence has been found in the 5'-flanking region of arylsulfatase (ARS) gene from sea urchin. To investigate functional conservation of thi...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Takada T,Iida K,Akasaka K,Yasue H,Torii R,Tsujimoto G,Taira M,Kimura H

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oocyte meiosis is arrested at prophase I by factors secreted from surrounding somatic cells after oocytes acquire meiotic competence at an early antral stage, and meiosis resumes in preovulatory follicles as a result of the luteinizing hormone (LH) surge. Recently, signaling by C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) through...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Tsuji T,Kiyosu C,Akiyama K,Kunieda T

更新日期：2012-11-01 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：:The use of unrestricted somatic stem cells (USSCs) holds great promise for future clinical applications. Conventionally, mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) or other animal-based feeder layers are used to support embryonic stem cell (ESC) growth; the use of such feeder cells increases the risk of retroviral and other p...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Keshel SH,Soleimani M,Tavirani MR,Ebrahimi M,Raeisossadati R,Yasaei H,Afsharzadeh D,Behroz MJ,Atashi A,Amanpour S,Khoshzaban A,Roozafzoon R,Behrouzi GR

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hoechst 33342 (H342), in combination with ultraviolet (UV) irradiation, is frequently used to aid or confirm the enucleation of porcine oocytes in somatic cell nuclear transfer programs. The exposure of oocytes to H342 and UV irradiation has a deleterious effect on the development of in vitro-fertilized porcine oocyte...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Gil MA,Maside C,Cuello C,Parrilla I,Vazquez JM,Roca J,Martinez EA

更新日期：2012-09-01 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：: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：:An organized microtubular cytoskeleton was discovered in the cytoplasm of Xenopus laevis oocytes. The microtubules were observed in 10- to 30-micron cryostat sections by indirect immunoperoxidase labeling using an antibody to tubulin. A gradual extraction of cells with a nonionic detergent was essential for good penet...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Tourte M,Besse C,Mounolou JC

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study we analyse the nature and the functional significance of the spherical and fibrillo-granular structures appearing in the oocyte nucleus of the lizard Podarcis sicula, following the disappearance of the typical nucleolus. By LM and TEM approaches, we demonstrate that the fibrillo-granuli, containin...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Tammaro S,Andreuccetti P,Filosa S,Indolfi P,Prisco M,Motta CM

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A high efficient and simple transgenic technology on mice and rabbits to transfect spermatozoa with exogenous DNA/DMSO complex to obtain transgenic offspring, which is namely called DMSO-sperm mediated gene transfer (SMGT). Mouse sperm could be either directly transfected via injection into testis or cultured in vitro...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Shen W,Li L,Pan Q,Min L,Dong H,Deng J

更新日期：2006-05-01 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：:The role of extracellular matrix (ECM) in the differentiation of tissue types was examined in embryos of Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. We have examined the expression of various tissue-specific molecular markers after disrupting the ECM by culturing embryos in the presence of beta-aminoproprionitrile fumarate (BAPN),...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Benson S,Rawson R,Killian C,Wilt F

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Earlier work from this laboratory has determined that glucose plays an important role in the mechanisms regulating meiotic maturation in mammalian oocytes. In the current study, we have further explored the role of glucose in hormone-induced germinal vesicle breakdown (GVB) in an effort to better understand how glucos...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Downs SM,Humpherson PG,Martin KL,Leese HJ

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study is to investigate the effect of insulin-like growth factor (IGF-I) on the development of cultured rat pre-antral follicles. Pre-antral follicles with a diameter between 140 and 160 microm are mechanically isolated from ovaries of 10-day-old rats and cultured in groups for 6 days in FSH and...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Zhao J,Taverne MA,Van Der Weijden GC,Bevers MM,Van Den Hurk R

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, a combination of RNAi and endoscopic transfer to the oviduct of synchronized heifers has been used to investigate the effect of suppression of Cx43 and E-cadherin on the development, mRNA and protein expression of bovine blastocysts cultured in vitro or in vivo. In vitro matured and fertilized bovine zy...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Tesfaye D,Lonergan P,Hoelker M,Rings F,Nganvongpanit K,Havlicek V,Besenfelder U,Jennen D,Tholen E,Schellander K

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Development of female gonads in the chicken is asymmetric. This asymmetry affects gene expression, morphology, and germ cell development; consequently only the left ovary develops into a functional organ, whereas the right ovary remains vestigial. In males, on the other hand, both gonads develop into functional testes...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： de Melo Bernardo A,Heeren AM,van Iperen L,Fernandes MG,He N,Anjie S,Noce T,Ramos ES,de Sousa Lopes SM

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Src family kinase (SFK) is important in normal cell cycle control. However, its role in meiotic maturation in mammalian has not been examined. We used confocal microscope immunofluorescence to examine the in vitro dynamics of the subcellular distribution of SFK during the mouse oocyte meiotic maturation and furthe...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Zheng KG,Meng XQ,Yang Y,Yu YS,Liu DC,Li YL

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small noncoding RNAs that orchestrate numerous cellular processes both under normal physiological conditions as well as in diseases. This review summarizes the functional roles and transcriptional regulation of the highly evolutionarily conserved miRNA, microRNA-31 (miR-31). miR-31 is an importa...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Stepicheva NA,Song JL

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed in this study to explore if sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) reduces apoptosis of primordial follicles during cryopreservation of human ovarian cortical samples. Ovarian cortical tissue fragments obtained from young patients who underwent laparoscopic excision of benign ovarian cysts were used for the experiment...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Guzel Y,Bildik G,Dilege E,Oktem O

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Configuration of germinal vesicle (GV) chromatin has been studied and found correlated with the developmental competence of oocytes in several mammalian species. A common feature in the configuration of GV chromatin in the species studied so far is that the diffuse chromatin (the so called "NSN" pattern) condenses int...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Sui HS,Liu Y,Miao DQ,Yuan JH,Qiao TW,Luo MJ,Tan JH

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sperm must undergo capacitation to become fertilization competent. Here we validated that monosialotetrahexosylganglioside (GM1 ) localization patterns, which were assessed in the Cap-Score™ Sperm Function Test, reflect a capacitated state in human sperm. First, we defined patterns representing sperm that do or do not...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Moody MA,Cardona C,Simpson AJ,Smith TT,Travis AJ,Ostermeier GC

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a means of determining whether ovarian follicular fluid reaches the functional sperm reservoir in the caudal isthmus of the Fallopian tube shortly after ovulation, 0.01-0.02 ml aliquots of whole or steroid-free follicular fluid were introduced into the distal extremity of the isthmus within 1 hr before ovulation. E...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Hunter RH,Petersen HH,Greve T

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mammals, the nucleolus of full-grown oocyte is essential for embryonic development but not for oocyte maturation. In our study, the role of the growing oocyte nucleolus in oocyte maturation was examined by nucleolus removal and/or transfer into previously enucleolated, growing (around 100 µm in diameter) or full-gr...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Kyogoku H,Ogushi S,Miyano T,Fulka J Jr

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oocyte maturation is dependent on a complex program of morphological, ultrastructural, and biochemical signaling events, and if disrupted could lead to decreased fertility and population decline. The in vitro sensitivity of amphibian oocytes and oocyte maturation to plant growth factor and widely used hormonal herbici...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Stebbins-Boaz B,Fortner K,Frazier J,Piluso S,Pullen S,Rasar M,Reid W,Sinclair K,Winger E

更新日期：2004-02-01 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：:Pigs have a unique, non-invasive epitheliochorial placenta where maternal and fetal layers lay in apposition. Indentation of fetal capillaries into the trophoblasts and maternal capillaries into the uterine epithelium reduce the distance between the fetal and maternal blood, ensuring nutrient transfer for proper conce...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Bidarimath M,Tayade C

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) oocytes were incubated for 3 hr in ovarian fluid alone (CC), or cortisol-enriched ovarian fluid [100 or 1,000 ng ml(-1) (CL and CH, respectively)], after which they were fertilized; the growth and development of the embryos reared from these oocytes was monitored until first feed, a...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Li M,Bureau DP,King WA,Leatherland JF

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human ejaculate spermatozoa contain multiple mRNA species carried over from earlier stages in spermatogenesis. To date, gene-specific RT-PCR or in situ hybridization has detected transcripts for beta-actin, heat shock proteins (HSP) 70 and 90, protamines (PRM) 1 and 2, transition protein (TNp) 2, HLA II, beta-integrin...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Miller D

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was conducted to reveal effects of in ovo injection of nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitor (Fadrozole) or estradiol at day 3 of incubation on mRNA levels of P45017alphahydroxylase (P450c17), P450 aromatase (P450arom) and anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) in the chicken gonads. The mRNA levels in the gonads a...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Nishikimi H,Kansaku N,Saito N,Usami M,Ohno Y,Shimada K

更新日期：2000-01-01 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