Spontaneous and induced activation of rat oocytes.

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：: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：:It was reported that a hamster protein, called "oscillin," with a sequence related to that of an Escherichia coli GNPDA triggered Ca(2+) oscillations in mammalian oocytes when introduced into their cytoplasm upon fertilization. Recently, it was shown that GNPDA/oscillin is ubiquitously expressed in rat tissues and tha...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Amireault P,Dubé F

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During early placental development, tumor suppressors and oncogenes work synergistically to regulate cell proliferation and differentiation in a restrained manner compared with the uncontrollable growth in cancer. One example of this partnership is the regulation of the oncofetal protein HMGA2 by BRCA1. BRCA1 forms a ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： West RC,Russ JE,Bouma GJ,Winger QA

更新日期：2019-11-01 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：: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

abstract：:The uterus and the placenta synthesize insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) and insulin-like binding proteins (IGFBPs). These growth factors are implicated in processes of proliferation and differentiation that occur in the uterus. To determine the patterns of expression of IGFs during rat pregnancy we used in situ hybr...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Correia-da-Silva G,Bell SC,Pringle JH,Teixeira N

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to examine the effects of different culture media used for maturation of bovine oocytes on in vitro embryo development following in vitro fertilization. Oocytes were aspirated from 2-5 mm follicles of ovaries collected at a local abattoir. The oocyte-cumulus complexes (OCCs) were cultur...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Rose TA,Bavister BD

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：: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：:Mouse zygotes or halves of zygotes, containing either a female or a male pronucleus, were fused with ovulated metaphase II oocytes. In 59.7% of the resulting hybrid cells, the pronuclei underwent premature chromosome condensation (PCC). In some of these heterokaryons the 2 pronuclei differed in the dynamics of condens...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ciemerych MA,Czołowska R

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been proposed that the viability of early mammalian embryos is associated with a metabolism that is "quiet" rather than "active" (Leese HJ, 2002:BioEssays 24:845-849). The data on which this hypothesis was based were largely drawn from measurements on the depletion and appearance of amino acids from the culture...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Baumann CG,Morris DG,Sreenan JM,Leese HJ

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Altering incubation temperature during embryogenesis has an impact on chicken embryo growth, but the underlying molecular mechanisms are not understood; the present study was performed to address these changes. Broiler eggs were incubated at low (36.8°C), control (37.8°C), and high (38.8°C) temperatures between Embryo...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Krischek C,Janisch S,Naraballobh W,Brunner R,Wimmers K,Wicke M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:FGF-4 appears to be the first fibroblast growth factor (FGF) expressed during embryogenesis, and its expression is critical for early mammalian development. FGF-4 is expressed in the embryonic cell lines, F9, D3, and NT2/D1; but its expression in these cells is repressed upon differentiation. Transcription of the FGF-...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Lamb KA,Johnson LR,Rizzino A

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male infertility or subfertility is frequently associated with disruption of the hypothalamic-pituitary-testis axis events, like secondary hypogonadism. However, little is known how this condition affects the proteomic composition of the epididymal fluid. In the present study, we evaluated the proteomic changes in the...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Souza APB,Lopes TN,da Silva AFT,Santi L,Beys-da-Silva WO,Yates JR 3rd,Bustamante-Filho IC

更新日期：2020-09-01 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：:One of the hallmarks of mammalian sperm capacitation is the loss of cholesterol from the plasma membrane. Cholesterol has been associated with the formation of detergent insoluble membrane microdomains in many cell types, and sperm from several mammalian species have been shown to contain detergent-resistant membranes...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Thaler CD,Thomas M,Ramalie JR

更新日期：2006-12-01 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：: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：: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：: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：: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：:Temporal pattern of expression of Cu/Zn and Mn superoxide dismutases (SODs) was investigated in bovine oocytes and embryos produced in vitro in two different culture conditions and in vivo after superovulation. SODs were examined at a transcriptional level in single oocytes and embryos by reverse transcriptase-polymer...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Lequarré AS,Feugang JM,Malhomme O,Donnay I,Massip A,Dessy F,Van Langendonckt A

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first indication that the insulin-like growth factor-II/mannose 6-phosphate receptor (IGF-II/M6PR) is developmentally regulated came from studies of the serum form of the receptor in the rat. By immunoblotting, the circulating form of the receptor, which was 10 kDa smaller than the tissue receptor, was high in 19 ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Nissley P,Kiess W,Sklar M

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, mice and embryonic stem (ES) cells with allelic polymorphisms have been used extensively in the field of genetics and developmental biology. In this study, we examined whether intersubspecific hybrid mice and ES cells with these genotypes can be efficiently produced by intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Shinmen A,Honda A,Ohkawa M,Hirose M,Ogonuki N,Yuzuriha M,Miki H,Mochida K,Inoue K,Abe K,Ito M,Ogura A

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of stem cell factor (SCF) mRNA and protein was examined in the postnatal rat testis. Northern blot analysis of total RNA from 1-4 days postpartum (dpp) testes showed none or barely detectable levels of the approximately 6.5 kb SCF transcript. At 5 dpp, there was a striking elevation in this mRNA, a timi...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Munsie M,Schlatt S,deKretser DM,Loveland KL

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are five methyl binding domain (MBD) proteins characterized by a methyl CpG-binding domain. Four MBD proteins (MeCP2 and MBDs 1-3) are linked to transcriptional repression and one (MBD4), to DNA repair. During preimplantation development, the embryo undergoes global demethylation following fertilization and sele...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ruddock-D'Cruz NT,Xue J,Wilson KJ,Heffernan C,Prashadkumar S,Cooney MA,Sanchez-Partida LG,French AJ,Holland MK

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reproductive tract environment at conception programs the developmental trajectory of the embryo, sets the course of pregnancy, and impacts offspring phenotype and health. Despite the fundamental importance of this stage of reproduction, the rate-limiting regulatory mechanisms operating locally to control fertilit...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Robertson SA,Zhang B,Chan H,Sharkey DJ,Barry SC,Fullston T,Schjenken JE

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was carried out to examine the participation of epidermal growth factor (EGF)-like peptides in the induction of germinal vesicle breakdown (GVB) in mouse cumulus cell-enclosed oocytes (CEO). The EGF-like peptide, amphiregulin (AR), dose-dependently stimulated meiotic resumption in CEO, but not denuded oocyt...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Downs SM,Chen J

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sry expression is essential for initiating male sex differentiation, and the expression occurs only during a restricted period in the developing gonad. It is thought that Sry is part of a pathway of genes that regulate sex determination. Although the interactions of several genes with Sry expression have been suggeste...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Yokouchi K,Ito M,Nishino K,Yamanouchi K,Naito K,Suzawa M,Kato S,Hakamata Y,Endo H,Tojo H

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00