Dynamic changes in the localization of five members of the methyl binding domain (MBD) gene family during murine and bovine preimplantation embryo development.

abstract：:We report use of an in vitro assay (Barbato et al., 1998: Biol Reprod 58:686-699) to assess binding ability of cauda epididymal mouse sperm to a surrogate zona pellucida and effect of a synthetic peptide (Amann et al., 1999: J Androl 20: 42-46) on fertilization ability in in vitro fertilization (IVF) tests. Sperm from...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Magargee SF,Cramer PG,Hammerstedt RH

更新日期：2000-12-01 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：:Mitochondrial metabolic capacity and DNA replication have both been shown to affect oocyte quality, but it is unclear which one is more critical. In this study, immature oocytes were treated with FCCP or ddC to independently inhibit the respective mitochondrial metabolic capacity or DNA replication of oocytes during i...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ge H,Tollner TL,Hu Z,Dai M,Li X,Guan H,Shan D,Zhang X,Lv J,Huang C,Dong Q

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutamine (GLN) is a metabolic precursor for hexosamine synthesis and its inclusion in culture medium has been reported to improve cumulus expansion. Glutamine and cysteine share the same transport system. Excess external GLN may act as a competitive inhibitor for the uptake of cysteine and stimulate loss of cellular ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Furnus CC,de Matos DG,Moses DF

更新日期：1998-09-01 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：:Epigenetics includes the study of external factors that can influence the expression of genes by altering the accessibility of DNA through methylation. To investigate the epigenetic influence of season, sperm head shape, and semen storage on placental and fetal tissues, pregnancies were generated in the summer or wint...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Rempel LA,Krautkramer MM,Parrish JJ,Miles JR

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activins, the dimeric polypeptides of inhibin beta-subunits, exhibit paracrine effects on cell proliferation, differentiation, and various other cell functions. The complex biological response to activin appears to involve multiple receptors. In the present study, we examined the isoform mRNA expression of both activi...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Wu TC,Jih MH,Wang L,Wan YJ

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:EPPIN (epididymal protease inhibitor; SPINLW1), an antimicrobial cysteine-rich protein containing both Kunitz and whey acidic protein (WAP)-type four disulfide core protease inhibitor consensus sequences, is a target for male contraception because of its critical role in sperm motility. Here, we characterized EPPIN's ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Silva EJ,Patrão MT,Tsuruta JK,O'Rand MG,Avellar MC

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three monoclonal antibodies against human protamines were obtained by immunization with total human basic nuclear proteins or purified protamine HP3. The specificity of antibodies was assessed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and Western blot. They recognized three distinct epitopes: One was specific for t...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Le Lannic G,Arkhis A,Vendrely E,Chevaillier P,Dadoune JP

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:p53, p21, and Rb are proteins with an important role in cell-cycle control. The expression and distribution of these gene products and the apoptotic rate were studied in the marbled-newt testis along the annual cycle to know the role of these factors in the control of spermatogenesis and glandular tissue formation. Th...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ricote M,Alfaro JM,García-Tuñón I,Arenas MI,Fraile B,Paniagua R,Royuela M

更新日期：2002-10-01 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：: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：:Tcp-11 is a candidate for a distorter gene within the t-complex on mouse chromosome 17; although t-complex genes appear to affect sperm function, relatively little is known about mechanisms whereby these genes might play a specific physiological role. We present evidence that the protein TCP-11 is found on the surface...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Fraser LR,Hosseini R,Hanyalogou A,Talmor A,Dudley RK

更新日期：1997-11-01 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：:Mouse and rabbit preimplantation embryos with intact zona pellucida were incubated for 3 hr with DNA-carrying constructs containing insulin as an internalizable ligand: (insulin-polylysine)-DNA and (insulin-polylysine)-DNA-(streptavidin-polylysine)-(biotinylated adenovirus). Video-intensified microscopy demonstrated t...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ivanova MM,Rosenkranz AA,Smirnova OA,Nikitin VA,Sobolev AS,Landa V,Naroditsky BS,Ernst LK

更新日期：1999-10-01 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：:The sperm nucleus has a unique chromatin structure where the DNA is highly condensed and associated with specific proteins, the protamines. It is a nondividing cell which is also transcriptionally inactive. After fusion with an oocyte, the sperm nucleus undergoes decondensation and, in the same time, starts replicatio...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Hazzouri M,Rousseaux S,Mongelard F,Usson Y,Pelletier R,Faure AK,Vourc'h C,Sèle B

更新日期：2000-03-01 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：:DNA methylation/demethylation of donor genomes in recipient ooplasm after nuclear transfer occurs in a species-specific way. In cloned rabbit and bovine embryos, repetitive sequences maintain the donor-type methylation status, but typical demethylation of repetitive sequences takes place in cloned porcine embryos. To ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Chen T,Zhang YL,Jiang Y,Liu JH,Schatten H,Chen DY,Sun QY

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Testis-specific protein kinases are important because of their potential role in spermiogenesis, sperm maturation, and sperm function. In the present study, a novel serine-threonine kinase with high identity to human serine-threonine kinase 31 (STK31) was cloned from equine testis and expression of the protein was cha...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Sabeur K,Ball BA,Corbin CJ,Conley A

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the sea urchin, some other marine invertebrates, and the frog, Xenopus, egg activation at fertilization is accompanied by an increase in intracellular pH (pHi). We measured pHi in germinal vesicle (GV)-intact mouse oocytes, ovulated eggs, and in vivo fertilized zygotes using the pH indicator dye, SNARF-1. The mean ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Phillips KP,Baltz JM

更新日期：1996-09-01 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：:Fresh cytosols extracted from unfertilized amphibian eggs contain a cytostatic factor (CSF) which arrests the cell cycle at metaphase when microinjected into cleaving blastomeres. This CSF is sensitive to Ca2+, and is designated primary CSF (1 degree CSF). During storage of Ca(2+)-containing cytosols at 2 degrees C, s...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Zhang J,Masui Y

更新日期：1997-07-01 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：:Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) belong to the transforming growth factor-beta (TGFβ) superfamily. BMPs mediate a highly conserved signal transduction cascade through the type-I and type-II serine/threonine kinase receptors and intracellular Smad proteins, which regulate multiple developmental and homeostatic proces...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Tian C,Liu J

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acrosin is thought to fulfill several different roles in fertilization including that of a serine protease and in secondary zona pellucida (ZP) binding. However, acrosin's importance as a fertilization protein has been questioned. Especially since it was discovered that acrosin knockout mice are fertile. In this study...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Raterman D,Springer MS

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the presence of four sperm glycosidases, alpha-mannosidase, alpha-L- fucosidase and two beta-hexosaminidase isoforms, in 11 species of the genus Drosophila spanning approximately an evolutionary 60 MY period, and in Scaptodrosophila lebanonensis, belonging to the ancestor genus Scaptodrosophila. These ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Intra J,Cenni F,Pavesi G,Pasini M,Perotti ME

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the mammalian testis the cytoplasmic beta and gamma actins are expressed in all stages of germ-cell differentiation, whereas gamma enteric actin is expressed in germ cells solely in postmeiotic stages. Northern blot analysis of mouse testicular RNAs reveals actin mRNAs of about 2.1, 1.5, and 1.4 kB. The 2.1-kB mRNA...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Gu W,Kwon YK,Hecht NB

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results of previous studies indicate that culture of preimplantation mouse embryos in SOM medium containing 85 mM NaCl promotes better development in vitro, as well as supporting higher rates of protein synthesis, when compared to culture in SOM containing 125 mM NaCl (Anbari and Schultz, 1993, Mol Reprod Dev 35:24-28...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ho Y,Doherty AS,Schultz RM

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of ovine interferon-tau (oIFNtau), a factor essential for the process of maternal recognition of pregnancy in ruminant ungulates, is restricted to the trophoblast. However, the molecular mechanisms by which oIFNtau expression is restricted to the trophectoderm have not been fully elucidated. The objective o...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Imakawa K,Kim MS,Matsuda-Minehata F,Ishida S,Iizuka M,Suzuki M,Chang KT,Echternkamp SE,Christenson RK

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00