Binding of nickel to testicular glutamate-ammonia ligase inhibits its enzymatic activity.

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：: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：:In this study we have examined the effect of insulin like growth factor I (IGF-I) and its interaction with gonadotropins in the presence or absence of granulosa cell coculture on in vitro oocyte maturation (IVM) and their subsequent embryonic development in buffalo. We also have examined the role of IGF-I alone or in ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Pawshe CH,Rao KB,Totey SM

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) is an important assisted reproductive technology (ART). Due to deployment difficulties and low efficiency of the earlier (conventional) version of ICSI, especially in the mouse, a piezo-assisted ICSI technique had evolved as a popular ART methodology in recent years. An importan...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ergenc AF,Li MW,Toner M,Biggers JD,Lloyd KC,Olgac N

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen receptor (ER)- (alpha, beta, and both alpha and beta) and aromatase (Ar) knockout (KO) mice have been created to assess the biological effects of estrogens. This review article discusses the ovarian and uterine phenotypes of these mice. The data obtained have confirmed some older inferences about how the ster...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Rosenfeld CS,Roberts RM,Lubahn DB

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The developmental pattern of expression of the Strongylocentrotus purpuratus CyIIIb actin gene was determined by RNA blot hybridizations carried out with a gene-specific probe and total embryonic RNA isolated from various stages of development. The results indicate that the CyIIIb mRNA is not detected in the maternal ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Flytzanis CN,Bogosian EA,Niemeyer CC

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibulin-1 is a secreted protein associated with elastic matrix fibres and basement membranes. It plays a role in stabilizing blood vessels and can also regulate cell motility and invasiveness. We studied the regulation of the fibulin-1 gene in the rat and human endometrium, an organ where cyclic tissue remodeling and ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Haendler B,Yamanouchi H,Lessey BA,Chwalisz K,Hess-Stumpp H

更新日期：2004-07-01 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：:Derivation and stable maintenance of porcine induced pluripotent stem cells (piPSCs) is challenging. We herein systematically analyzed two piPSC lines, derived by lentiviral transduction and cultured under either leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) or fibroblast growth factor (FGF) conditions, to shed more light on the u...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Secher JO,Ceylan A,Mazzoni G,Mashayekhi K,Li T,Muenthaisong S,Nielsen TT,Li D,Li S,Petkov S,Cirera S,Luo Y,Thombs L,Kadarmideen HN,Dinnyes A,Bolund L,Roelen BA,Schmidt M,Callesen H,Hyttel P,Freude KK

更新日期：2017-03-01 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：: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：:The vascular cell responses to the type 1, 2, and 3 isoforms of transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta 1, TGF-beta 2, TGF-beta 3) were studied using bovine aortic endothelial (BAECs) and smooth muscle cells (BASMC3) as well as rat epididymal fat pad microvascular endothelia (RFCs). Three distinct bioassays indicate...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Madri JA,Bell L,Merwin JR

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The murine intracisternal A particle (IAP) proviral elements are expressed at low levels in undifferentiated F9 embryonal carcinoma cells but are highly expressed when F9 cells are induced to differentiate into parietal endoderm-like cells. IAP elements are also expressed in parietal endoderm-like PYS-2 cells. We prev...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Kamat JP,Basu A,Satyamoorthy K,Xu MQ,Showe L,Howe CC

更新日期：1995-05-01 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：:The mouse metallothionein (MT) gene family consists of four known members (MT-I through IV) clustered on chromosome 8. Studies reported herein examine the expression and regulation of the MT-III and MT-IV genes in specific cell types in the maternal reproductive tract, developing embryo, and fetus known to express the...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Liang L,Fu K,Lee DK,Sobieski RJ,Dalton T,Andrews GK

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Copulation produces different stimuli in the female reproductive tract in camelids, which lead to ovulation. Expression of β-nerve growth factor (β-NGF) and its specific receptor, tropomyosin receptor kinase A (TrKA), was studied comparing the oviductal microenvironment of mated and nonmated llamas. β-NGF and TrKA wer...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Sari LM,Zampini R,Argañaraz ME,Ratto MH,Apichela SA

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of ovine interferon-tau (oIFNtau) gene regulation, an anti-luteolytic factor produced by conceptuses of the ruminant ungulates, have been carried out, but a definitive mechanism for its spatial-temporal transcription has not been elucidated. Recently, specific binding regions for transcription factors AP-1 and...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Xu N,Takahashi Y,Matsuda F,Sakai S,Christenson RK,Imakawa K

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the rat, in response to blastocyst implantation, stromal cells of the endometrium proliferate and differentiate into decidual cells, forming the decidua. After reaching its maximum development, the decidua undergoes regression. This phenomenon appears to be due to an active process involving apoptosis. As there is ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Almeida A,Correia-da-Silva G,Cepa M,Bell SC,Teixeira NA

更新日期：2007-03-01 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：:In the present study, we investigated the expression of cyclin A2 in mouse two-cell embryos to elucidate the role of cyclin A2 at the G2/M transition. Two forms of cyclin A2 on SDS-PAGE (an upper and a lower band) were detected in two-cell embryos synchronized at the M phase by nocodazole. To investigate the nature of...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ohashi A,Imai H,Minami N

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse oocyte maturation inhibitory factors, on the basis of inhibitory activity of spontaneous germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD) of denuded mouse oocytes in culture, were extracted and partially purified by reversed-phase resin adsorption and Sephadex G-100 and G-50 column chromatographies from the urine of pregnant w...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Sakakibara R,Sakai K,Sakurai Y,Kohnoura T,Ishiguro M

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The plasmid DNA, pAcZ, containing Escherichia coli beta-galactosidase (lacZ) gene under the control of chicken beta-actin gene promoter was injected in a linearized form into the germinal disc of fertilized chick ova at the single-cell stage. The manipulated embryos were cultured by the method of Naito et al. (1990) u...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Naito M,Sasaki E,Ohtaki M,Sakurai M

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal oocyte spindle due to the improper function of ooplasm is associated with female infertility of advanced maternal age. A possible way to overcome this problem is to transfer an oocyte germinal vesicle (GV) which contains genetic materials of a patient with a history of poor embryo development to the cytoplast...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Li GP,Chen DY,Lian L,Sun QY,Wang MK,Liu JL,Li JS,Han ZM

更新日期：2001-02-01 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：: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：:Successful fertilization in mammals depends on the sperm's ability to initiate intracellular Ca2+ oscillations in the egg, a phenomenon that is elicited by Sperm-oocyte activating factors (SOAFs), whose quantitative and/or qualitative defect might result in fertilization failure. One such proposed factor is Post-acros...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Freour T,Barragan M,Torra-Massana M,Ferrer-Vaquer A,Vassena R

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Limited understanding of the importance of known pluripotency factors in pig embryonic stem cells (ESC) impedes the establishment and validation of porcine ESC lines. This study evaluated the expression of known mouse ESC and human ESC (hESC) pluripotency markers in in vivo inner cell mass (ICM) and in vitro-cultured ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Blomberg LA,Schreier LL,Talbot NC

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen plays an important role in the human reproductive system and its action is mediated mainly by two specific receptors: α (ERα) and β (ERβ). There are polymorphic variants in both ER genes, and studies showed their association with reproductive outcomes. We aimed to determine the distribution of ERα and ERβ gen...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Bianco B,Peluso C,Gava MM,Ghirelli-Filho M,Lipay MV,Lipay MA,Christofolini DM,Barbosa CP

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactate produced by glycolysis in Sertoli cells (SCs) is the main energy substrate for developing germ cells and plays a vital role in spermatogenesis. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) function as posttranscriptional regulators of gene expression in biological processes. We have previously shown that hyperthermia (43°C, 30 min) pro...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Hu Y,Deng J,Tian K,Yang WR,Luo NJ,Lian Y,Gan L,Tang XY,Luo HY,Zhang JJ,Wang XZ

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Artificial activation is required for successful intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) to induce haploidy pronuclear formation with extraction of second polar body. The present study showed that an additional treatment with Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) followed by Ca(2+) ionophore treatment improved the rat...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ito J,Shimada M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00