Recovery of mitochondrial function and endogenous antioxidant systems in vitrified bovine oocytes during extended in vitro culture.

abstract：:We report the primary structures of two mRNA species (GH1 and GH2), each predicted from the cloned cDNA and genomic gene sequences, that encode growth hormone in rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri). Both GH1 and GH2 mRNA contain open reading frames comprising 630 nucleotides and encode 210 amino acid residues, of which 11...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Agellon LB,Davies SL,Lin CM,Chen TT,Powers DA

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence and possible role of products of nuclear (c-fos and c-jun) and c-ras proto-oncogenes were investigated in preimplantation embryonic development in mice. Polyclonal antibodies to c-fos or c-jun proto-oncogene products did not affect development of in vitro-cultured embryos from two-cell to morula or from m...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ahmad K,Naz RK

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the epididymal environment promotes the maturation and survival of spermatozoa, not all spermatozoa remain viable during passage through the epididymis. Does the epididymis has a protective mechanism(s) to segregate the viable sperm from defective spermatozoa? Previously, we identified 260/280 kDa oligomers (...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Nagdas SK,Wallace S,Eaford D,Baker R,Carr K,Raychoudhuri SS

更新日期：2020-12-01 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：: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：:cAMP response element binding protein (CREB)-binding protein (CBP) and p300 are two structurally related transcriptional co-activators that activate expression of many eukaryotic genes. Current dogma would suggest that these transcriptional co-activators have similar mechanisms of transcription regulation. Studies of ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Kwok RP,Liu XT,Smith GD

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mRNA translational control protein, Musashi, plays a critical role in cell fate determination through sequence-specific interactions with select target mRNAs. In proliferating stem cells, Musashi exerts repression of target mRNAs to promote cell cycle progression. During stem cell differentiation, Musashi target m...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Arumugam K,Macnicol MC,Macnicol AM

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report is part of a continuing study in which we employ monoclonal antibodies to membrane domains and internal organelles of rat spermatozoa in order to trace events during maturation, capacitation, fertilization, and early development. In the present study, we have used immunocytochemistry at the light and EM le...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Shalgi R,Magnus A,Jones R,Phillips DM

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five experiments, utilizing 3741 embryos produced in vitro, were designed to test the effects of Eagle's nonessential amino acids, and combinations of Eagle's essential amino acids and the RNA polymerase inhibitor alpha-amanitin on the development of preimplantation bovine embryos in a modified protein-free KSOM mediu...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Liu Z,Foote RH

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of ovine interferon-tau (oIFNtau) genes, essential for the maternal recognition of pregnancy in ruminant ungulates, is restricted to the trophoblast and is not detected in any other cell types or tissues. Substantial secretion of oIFNtau starts on day 12-13 of pregnancy (day 0 = day of estrus), reaches the ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Nojima H,Nagaoka K,Christenson RK,Shiota K,Imakawa K

更新日期：2004-04-01 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 spermatogonia of fish can be classified as being either undifferentiated type A spermatogonia or differentiated type B spermatogonia. Although type A spermatogonia, which contain spermatogonial stem cells, have been demonstrated to be a suitable material for germ cell transplantation, no molecular markers for dist...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Yano A,von Schalburg K,Cooper G,Koop BF,Yoshizaki G

更新日期：2009-03-01 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：: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 homeobox-containing gene family plays a pivotal role in regulating, patterning, and axial morphogenesis in the developing embryo. But there is still very little known about the expression and function of these genes in mammalian oocytes and preimplantation stage embryos. In this study we have used degenerate prime...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ponsuksili S,Wimmers K,Adjaye J,Schellander K

更新日期：2001-11-01 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：:P450aromatase (CYP19) is an essential part of the enzyme complex catalyzing the conversion of androgens into estrogens, which is a key reaction in the sex differentiation in vertebrates. Two full-length cDNAs encoding the genetic distinct CYP19A and CYP19B isozymes were isolated from Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hip...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： van Nes S,Moe M,Andersen Ø

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many ascidians live in clumps and usually release sperm before the eggs. Consequently, eggs are often spawned into dense clouds of sperm. Because fertilization by more than a single sperm is lethal, ascidians have evolved at least two successive blocks to polyspermy: the rapid release of a glycosidase that inhibits sp...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Lambert C,Goudeau H,Franchet C,Lambert G,Goudeau M

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A quantitative primer extension method was used to measure the mass of histone gene transcripts in mature oocytes of the amphibian Xenopus laevis. The procedure, using a large excess of gene-specific oligonucleotide primer and continuous incorporation of a radiolabeled deoxynucleoside triphosphate precursor, is more s...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Brashears-Macatee S,Hinkley C,Perry M

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Ciona intestinalis, sperm penetration through the egg vitelline coat is an essential event of fertilization. We investigated whether trypsin- and chymotrypsin-like enzymes are involved in this event. Inhibitors and peptide substrates for chymotrypsin-like enzymes blocked the overall process of fertilization in a co...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Pinto MR,Hoshi M,Marino R,Amoroso A,De Santis R

更新日期：1990-08-01 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：:Izumo, a sperm membrane protein, is essential for gamete fusion in the mouse. It has an Immunoglobulin (Ig) domain and an N-terminal domain for which neither the functions nor homologous sequences are known. In the present work we identified three novel proteins showing an N-terminal domain with significant homology t...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ellerman DA,Pei J,Gupta S,Snell WJ,Myles D,Primakoff P

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both ovarian and pituitary hormones are required for the pubertal development of the mouse mammary gland. Estradiol directs ductal elongation and branching, while progesterone leads to tertiary branching and alveolar development. The purpose of this investigation was to identify estrogen-responsive genes associated wi...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Deroo BJ,Hewitt SC,Collins JB,Grissom SF,Hamilton KJ,Korach KS

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Formation and maintenance of testis cords during embryogenesis are essential for establishing testicular structure and function in adults. At least five genes (Wt1, Dhh, Sox8/Sox9, and Dax1) appear to be required for the maintenance of testis cord integrity in mice. Here, we report that RFX1 is specifically expressed ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Wang B,Qi T,Chen SQ,Ye L,Huang ZS,Li H

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Centrosome reduction during spermiogenesis has been studied using anti-gamma-tubulin and anti-centrin antibodies and electron microscopy in nonhuman primates. Rhesus spermatids possess apparently normal centrosomes comprising a pair of centrioles associated with gamma-tubulin and centrin. However, they do not nucleate...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Manandhar G,Schatten G

更新日期：2000-08-01 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：:Sperm capacitation is defined as the maturational changes that render a sperm competent for fertilization and occurs in the female reproductive tract. Identification of the factor/s that regulate sperm capacitation would allow the understanding of these phenomena. Among these factors, gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) ha...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ritta MN,Bas DE,Tartaglione CM

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oocyte meiosis is arrested at prophase I by factors secreted from surrounding somatic cells after oocytes acquire meiotic competence at an early antral stage, and meiosis resumes in preovulatory follicles as a result of the luteinizing hormone (LH) surge. Recently, signaling by C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) through...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Tsuji T,Kiyosu C,Akiyama K,Kunieda T

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An in vitro superfusion method was used to test sex hormone release from different kinds of ovarian follicle (growing follicles, postovulatory follicles, and atretic follicles) in the lizard Podarcis sicula sicula. Sex hormone output changes with the stage of follicle evolution and sexual cycle. Previtellogenetic foll...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ciarcia G,Paolucci M,Di Fiore MM

更新日期：1993-07-01 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