Follicle somatic cells influence pig oocyte penetrability and cortical granule distribution.

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：: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：:Progress in the understanding of early mammalian embryo development has been severely hampered by scarcity of study materials. To circumvent such a constraint, we have developed a strategy that involves a combination of in silico mining of new genes from expressed sequence tags (EST) databases and rapid determination ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Choo KB,Chen HH,Cheng WT,Chang HS,Wang M

更新日期：2001-07-01 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：:Mammalian reproductive processes involve spermatogenesis, which occurs in the testis, and fertilization, which takes place in the female genital tract. Fertilization is a successive, multistep, and extremely complicated event that usually includes sperm survival in the uterus, sperm migration through the uterotubal ju...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Xiong W,Wang Z,Shen C

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygen consumption of preimplantation and early postimplantation mouse embryos has been measured using a novel noninvasive ultramicrofluorescence technique, based on an oil-soluble, nontoxic quaternary benzoid compound pyrene, whose fluorescence is quenched in the presence of oxygen. Pyruvate and glucose consumption, ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Houghton FD,Thompson JG,Kennedy CJ,Leese HJ

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study self-renewal, genetic modification, and differentiation of avian spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs), we isolated chicken SSCs from fetal testes on the 16th hatching day via enzyme digestion, and then cultured the SSCs over 2 months after purification in vitro. SSCs were identified by alkaline phosphatase staini...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Yu F,Ding LJ,Sun GB,Sun PX,He XH,Ni LG,Li BC

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitochondrial probe 5,5',6,6'-tetrachloro-1,1',3,3'-tetraethylbenzimidazolyl-carbocyan ine iodide (JC-1) not only identifies mitochondria exhibiting low membrane potentials by the emission of green fluorescence (range, 510-520 nm) but also differentiates these from mitochondria exhibiting relatively high membrane ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Garner DL,Thomas CA

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a method for multiplex genotyping of bovine embryo microblade biopsies. We have tested the reliability of the method and the viability of the embryos in vitro and in vivo. Two polymorphic gene markers (GHR F279Y and PRLR S18N) associated with milk production traits and one marker for sex diagnosis (ZFX/ZFY) ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Peippo J,Viitala S,Virta J,Räty M,Tammiranta N,Lamminen T,Aro J,Myllymäki H,Vilkki J

更新日期：2007-11-01 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

abstract：:Members of the Pumilio (Pum) family of RNA-binding proteins act as translational repressors and are required for germ cell development and asymmetric division. We identified the chicken Pum1 and Pum2 genes and analyzed their expression patterns in various tissues. Comparative sequence analysis of the Pum1 and Pum2 pro...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Lee JY,Lim JM,Kim DK,Zheng YH,Moon S,Han BK,Song KD,Kim H,Han JY

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the cloning and characterization of a partial cDNA, x121, that represents an RNA, which is localized in the animal hemisphere of Xenopus oocytes. This RNA is also detected in an animal to vegetal gradient during early cleavage stages. The x121 RNA titer decreases from fertilization through the gastrula sta...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Kloc M,Reddy BA,Miller M,Eastman E,Etkin LD

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse oocyte development in vitro has been studied in the past several years, but no evidence showed that the fertilizable oocytes could be obtained from the fetal mouse germ cells before the formation of the primordial follicles. In this study, an efficient and simple method has been established to obtain the mature ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Shen W,Li L,Zhang D,Pan Q,Ding M,Deng H

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolactin-like protein C (PLP-C) is a major rat placental protein which is expressed during the second half of pregnancy and belongs to the growth hormone-prolactin family. Here we report on the isolation of overlapping rat placental cDNAs which specify a transcript of 915 base pairs and predict a 205-amino acid trans...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Conliffe PR,Simmen RC,Buhi WC,Shiverick KT

更新日期：1995-06-01 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：: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：: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 staining procedures to detect sperm acrosome integrity were compared via electron microscopy. Stains were applied to epididymal, freshly ejaculated, in vivo capacitated, and sonicated sperm cells in addition to spermatozoa displaying sequentially removed plasma and outer and inner acrosomal membranes. Sequential...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： McBride CE,Fayrer-Hosken RA,Srivastava PN,Brackett BG

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A spontaneously established porcine granulosa cell line (PGC-2) was cloned through the continuous culturing of primary granulosa cells collected from equine chorionic gonadotropin (eCG)-treated prepubertal gilts. This established cell line has undergone approximately 100 passages and shows contact-inhibition of growth...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Kwan I,Farookhi R,Huynh HT,Murphy BD,Turner JD,Downey BR

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to examine the expression and regulation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) PPARdelta gene in mouse uterus during early pregnancy by in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry. PPARdelta expression under pseudopregnancy, delayed implantation, hormonal treatment, and arti...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ding NZ,Teng CB,Ma H,Ni H,Ma XH,Xu LB,Yang ZM

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oocyte maturation is accompanied by differentiation of surrounding cumulus cells. These cells produce hyaluronic acid (HA) and its storage in intercellular spaces results in expansion of the cells. The cumulus cells also accumulate cyclooxygenase-2 (cox-2) during maturation. Both expansion and cox-2 storage are regula...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Vigneron C,Nuttinck F,Perreau C,Reinaud P,Charpigny G,Mermillod P

更新日期：2003-05-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:In the cow, cryopreserved semen is inseminated into the uterus, and most of sperm are removed by backflow and phagocytes. Nevertheless, the mechanism responsible for sperm phagocytosis is unclear. Here, we used cultured bovine uterine epithelial cells (BUECs) to investigate the uterine response to sperm and the mechan...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Elweza AE,Ezz MA,Acosta TJ,Talukder AK,Shimizu T,Hayakawa H,Shimada M,Imakawa K,Zaghloul AH,Miyamoto A

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mRNAs of the nuclear encoded genes, ornithine decarboxylase (ODCase) and poly(ADP)ribose polymerase (PADPRP), and the mitochondrial encoded genes, cytochrome oxidase I and II (COI and COII) and ATPase 6, are differentially expressed during spermatogenesis (Alcivar et al., 1989: Biol Reprod 41:1133; 1989: Dev Biol ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Alcivar-Warren A,Trasler JM,Awoniyi CA,Zirkin BR,Hecht NB

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Triosephosphate isomerase 1 (TPI1) is a member of the glycolytic pathway, which is a critical source of energy for motility in mouse sperm. By immunoblotting, we detected two male, germ line-specific TPI1 bands (Mr 33,400 and 30,800) as well as the somatic-type band (Mr 27,700). Although all three bands were observed ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ijiri TW,Vadnais ML,Lin AM,Huang AP,Cao W,Merdiushev T,Gerton GL

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhibin α (Inha) gene expression is regulated, in rat granulosa cells, via a cyclic 3',5'-adenosine monophosphate (AMP)-response element (CRE) found in a region of the promoter that is homologous to the human INHA promoter. We previously found that during in vitro cytotrophoblast differentiation, human INHA gene expre...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Depoix CL,Debiève F,Hubinont C

更新日期：2014-11-01 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