Effects of the size and number of zona pellucida openings on hatching and trophoblast outgrowth in the mouse embryo.

abstract：:The present study was designed to determine the effects of vitrification on promoter methylation and the expression levels of pluripotency and differentiation genes in mouse blastocysts. Promoter region CpG methylation patterns and the expression levels of octamer-binding transcription factor (Oct4), Nanog homeobox (N...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Zhao XM,Du WH,Hao HS,Wang D,Qin T,Liu Y,Zhu HB

更新日期：2012-07-01 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 objective of the present study was to investigate the ultrastructural consequences of vitrification of bovine oocytes at the metaphase II (MII) stage by the so-called "Open Pulled Straw" method. Oocytes were matured in vitro for 22 hr and cryopreserved by vitrification. After warming and additional 2 hr of culture...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Hyttel P,Vajta G,Callesen H

更新日期：2000-05-01 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：:Teleost fish exhibit remarkably diverse and plastic patterns of sexual development. One of the most fascinating modes of plasticity is functional sex change, which is widespread in marine fish including species of commercial importance; however, the regulatory mechanisms remain elusive. In this review, we explore such...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Liu H,Todd EV,Lokman PM,Lamm MS,Godwin JR,Gemmell NJ

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that in adult male mice, expression of the meg1 gene is restricted to meiotic and early postmeiotic testicular germ cells. We have now analyzed the expression of meg1 during postnatal testicular development and the comparable meiotic stages in the female. The 0.75 kb transcript for meg1 beg...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Don J,Winer MA,Wolgemuth DJ

更新日期：1994-05-01 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：: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：:Infusion of seminal plasma in the uterus is known to elicit an instant inflammatory response in the porcine uterus, but whether or not it prepares a uterine immunological response to the presence of conceptuses is not well understood. Seminal plasma induced long-term modulatory effects and conceptus-induced immune cha...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Jalali BM,Kitewska A,Wasielak M,Bodek G,Bogacki M

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Testis induction is associated with gonadal Sry and Sox9 expression in mammals, and with Sox9 expression in vertebrates where Sry is absent. In mammals, Sry might initiate testis induction by upregulating Sox9 expression; however, direct evidence supporting this hypothesis is lacking. Models of Sry-negative XX sex rev...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Meyers-Wallen VN

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Connexin 43 (Cx43), a gap junction protein expressed in differentiated granulosa cells, is necessary for normal follicular development. Cx43 expression and regulation by epidermal growth factor (EGF) were characterized in immature rabbit granulosa cells. Cx43 mRNA was expressed in the granulosa cells of primary follic...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Kennedy KL,Floyd AA,Clarkson AM,Lee VH

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：: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：:Prostaglandins could be involved in various aspects of final differentiation of ovarian follicles. Prostaglandins are generated by the cyclooxygenase (cox) pathway. Until now, the expression pattern of isoforms cox-1 and cox-2 of cyclooxygenase in bovine cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs) was unknown. Using immunodetecti...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Nuttinck F,Reinaud P,Tricoire H,Vigneron C,Peynot N,Mialot JP,Mermillod P,Charpigny G

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, immunogold labeling of ultrathin sections of ejaculated sperm was used to obtain insight into the ultrastructural localization and presumable function of type II cAMP-dependent protein kinase in sperm motion. In the flagellum, a human-specific isoform of the RII alpha subunit was located on the a...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Pariset C,Weinman S

更新日期：1994-12-01 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：:Using alpha and beta spectrin mammalian antibodies on Western blotting, we demonstrated that lizard ovarian follicles contain two isoforms of alpha spectrin, Mr 94 and 134 kDa, and a 230 kDa beta spectrin, and that their pattern modifies in relation to pyriform cell differentiation. In fact, a positive immunoreaction ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ricchiari L,Carmela VM,Marina P,Rosa C,Annamaria L,Piero A

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Superovulated hamster oocytes were cryopreserved and thawed according to our carefully designed procedures. More than 90% (92 +/- 4%) of oocytes survived freezing and thawing. They were proven to be well conserved, showing excellent performance comparable to freshly ovulated oocytes in the human sperm penetration test...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Tateno H,Kamiguchi Y,Mikamo K

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hyperactivated motility was studied in guinea pig spermatozoa. In the presence of the local anesthetic procaine, a high number of sperm cells (64%) showed hyperactivation when incubated in minimal culture medium with pyruvate, lactate, and glucose. Hyperactivated motility was dependent on glucose in the medium. Sperm ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Mújica A,Neri-Bazan L,Tash JS,Uribe S

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Germinal vesicle (GV) breakdown in mammalian oocytes is regulated by the activation of maturation promoting factor (MPF). We investigated a specific cdc2 kinase inhibitor, roscovitine, to maintain pig oocytes in the GV stage. Cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs) were aspirated from slaughterhouse ovaries and cultured for 4...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ju JC,Tsay C,Ruan CW

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of adiponectin in the delayed embryonic development of Cynopterus sphinx. Adiponectin receptor (ADIPOR1) abundance was first observed to be lower during the delayed versus non-delayed periods of utero-embryonic unit development. The effects of adiponectin treatment on emb...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Anuradha,Krishna A

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oocyte maturation is an important process required to achieve optimal oocyte quality, and later affects fertilization potential and subsequent embryo development. The maturation process includes synchronized nuclear and cytoplasmic remodeling, in which cytoskeletal and centrosome dynamics play an important role and si...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Schatten H,Sun QY

更新日期：2011-10-01 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：:Recent studies have independently shown that cyclic adenosine 3'5'-monophosphate (cAMP) modulation prior to in vitro maturation (IVM) and epidermal growth factor (EGF)-like peptide supplementation during IVM improve subsequent oocyte developmental outcomes. This study investigated the effects of an IVM system that inc...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Richani D,Wang X,Zeng HT,Smitz J,Thompson JG,Gilchrist RB

更新日期：2014-05-01 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：:For mammalian organism, fertilization begins with species-specific recognition between sperm and egg, a process depending upon egg zona pellucida glycoproteins and putative sperm interacting protein(s). In mouse, zona pellucida glycoprotein ZP3 is believed to be the primary receptor for sperm and inducer of sperm acro...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Li D,Cao S,Xu C

更新日期：2007-10-01 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：:Implantation is a complex process that requires the interaction of the blastocyst, and subsequently, that of the developing embryos with the endometrium. Several growth factors and cytokines are involved in implantation, but the details of their actions as related to the regulation of blastocyst implantation remain un...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Taniguchi F,Harada T,Yoshida S,Iwabe T,Onohara Y,Tanikawa M,Terakawa N

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frameworks (key mechanisms) of the self/non-self-discrimination systems that are found in various organisms have not been actively selected for, but have evolved by genetic drift such that the genetic frequency of random, advantageous mutations has increased within the genomes of these species by natural selection...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Harada Y,Sawada H

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cysteamine when added during in vitro maturation (IVM) or in vitro embryo culture (IVC) stimulates glutathione (GSH) synthesis and improves embryo developmental rates. This suggests that GSH synthesis is decreased in the in vitro produced embryo. The present study was carried out to evaluate if addition of cysteamine ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： de Matos DG,Herrera C,Cortvrindt R,Smitz J,Van Soom A,Nogueira D,Pasqualini RS

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00