Direct effects of triiodothyronine on production of anterior pituitary hormones and gonadal steroids in goldfish.

abstract：:The neomycin-resistant gene (neo(r)) is probably the most commonly used selectable marker gene in gene targeting and gene transfection research. In this study, the neo(r) gene construct was introduced into in vitro cultured goat foetal fibroblast cells (IV-5), and the cells were selected with 900 microg/ml G418. The G...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Zou X,Wang Y,Cheng Y,Yang Y,Ju H,Tang H,Shen Y,Mu Z,Xu S,Du M

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cumulus oocyte complexes (COCs) and cumulus oocyte complexes connected to a piece of the membrane granulosa (COCGs) were isolated from bovine antral follicles with a diameter of 2 to 8 mm. After culture of COCGs without gonadotrophic hormones for 22 hr approximately 50% of the oocytes were still in the germinal vesicl...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： van Tol HT,van Eijk MJ,Mummery CL,van den Hurk R,Bevers MM

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The internally fertilizing primitive frog Ascaphus truei (family Ascaphidae) from the Pacific Northwest is the only frog with an intromittent organ. The more advanced neobatrachian frog Eleutherodactylus coqui (family Leptodactylidae) from Puerto Rico has secondarily acquired internal fertilization but mates by cloaca...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Kasinsky HE,Frehlick LJ,Su HW,Ausio J

更新日期：2005-03-01 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：:The maturation of various aspects of sperm function have been demonstrated in monkey and human epididymal sperm, including the ability to undergo the acrosome reaction. The present study aimed to investigate the maturational changes in non-human primate sperm in the signal transduction mechanisms leading to the acroso...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Yeung CH,Weinbauer GF,Cooper TG

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we document that the overall rate of protein synthesis decreases during in vitro maturation (IVM) of pig oocytes despite enhanced formation of the 5' cap structure eIF4F. Within somatic/interphase cells, formation of the eIF4F protein complex correlates very well with overall rates of protein translatio...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ellederova Z,Kovarova H,Melo-Sterza F,Livingstone M,Tomek W,Kubelka M

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:Full-length cDNA of a novel mouse gene upregulated in late stages of spermatogenic cells was cloned from mouse testis using overlapping RT-PCR and RACE. The mRNA of the gene was expressed mainly in diplotene/pachytene spermatocytes, round and elongating spermatids. We named this gene as SRG-L (Spermatogenesis Related ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ma Q,Wang H,Guo R,Wang H,Ge Y,Ma J,Xue S,Han D

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purposes of this study were to establish and to explore the biological basis of the chronic stress-induced premature ovarian failure (POF) model and to explore the therapeutic effects of the traditional Chinese medicine Muniziqi. Sexually matured female Sprague-Dawley rats were fed with spinach and cilantro in col...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Keremu A,Yaoliwasi A,Tuerhong M,Kadeer N,Heyi,Yiming A,Yilike X

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of two ras-related proteins (22 and 23 kDa) was demonstrated in Xenopus embryonic extracts by selective immunoprecipitation using anti-ras monoclonal antibodies 142-24E05 and Y13-259. We further describe the cytological effects of the microinjection of anti-ras monoclonal antibody Y13-259 into early cleav...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Miron MJ,Lanoix J,Paiement J

更新日期：1990-04-01 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 goals of this work were to create germ-cell-stage-specific cDNA libraries from mouse spermatogenic cells and to employ a novel two-step genetic screen to identify gene sequences present during the critical meiotic stage of spermatogenesis. Highly enriched germ-cell fractions were prepared from adult and juvenile m...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Caldwell KA,Wiltshire T,Handel MA

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Germ cells occupy a unique position in animal reproduction, development, and evolution. In sexually reproducing animals, only they can produce gametes and contribute genetically to subsequent generations. Nonetheless, germ line specification during embryogenesis is conceptually the same as the specification of any som...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ewen-Campen B,Schwager EE,Extavour CG

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:The normal proto-oncogene c-fms encodes the macrophage growth factor (M-CSF) receptor involved in growth, survival, and differentiation along the monocyte-macrophage lineage of hematopoietic cell development. A major portion of our research concerns unraveling the temporal, molecular, and structural features that dete...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Rohrschneider LR,Bourette RP,Lioubin MN,Algate PA,Myles GM,Carlberg K

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study were to investigate steady-state level of Kit Ligand (KL) mRNA and its effects on in vitro survival and growth of caprine preantral follicles. RT-PCR was used to analyze caprine steady-state level of KL mRNA in primordial, primary, and secondary follicles, and in small (1-3 mm) and large (3-6 mm...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Celestino JJ,Bruno JB,Lima-Verde IB,Matos MH,Saraiva MV,Chaves RN,Martins FS,Almeida AP,Cunha RM,Lima LF,Name KP,Campello CC,Silva JR,Báo SN,Figueiredo JR

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Demecolcine-induced enucleation (IE) of mouse oocytes has been shown to improve development to term of cloned mice. In this study, we characterized the kinetics and morphological progression of bovine oocytes subjected to IE, and evaluated their ability to support embryo development to the blastocyst stage after nucle...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Russell DF,Ibáñez E,Albertini DF,Overström EW

更新日期：2005-10-01 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：:Enzyme activities were determined quantitatively in individual rat oocytes to study their energy metabolism during maturation. Low hexokinase activity and high activities of lactate dehydrogenase and enzymes in the phosphate pathway, i.e., glucose 6-P and 6-P gluconate dehydrogenases, were characteristic of immature o...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Tsutsumi O,Satoh K,Taketani Y,Kato T

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tektins are microtubule-associated cytoskeletal proteins that are expressed primarily in the male germ cell-lineage in centrioles and basal bodies and within ciliary and flagellar doublet microtubules. They are proposed to be important for axonemal architecture and microtubule stability in the sperm tail and in other ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Roy A,Yan W,Burns KH,Matzuk MM

更新日期：2004-03-01 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：:In poikilothermic vertebrates, sex determination is sometimes influenced by environmental factors such as temperature. However, little is known about the molecular mechanisms underlying environmental sex determination. The medaka (Oryzias latipes) is a teleost fish with an XX/XY sex determination system. Recently, it ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Hayashi Y,Kobira H,Yamaguchi T,Shiraishi E,Yazawa T,Hirai T,Kamei Y,Kitano T

更新日期：2010-08-01 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：:Ovorubin and PV2 are the major lipoglycocarotenoproteins present in the perivitellus of the freshwater snail eggs of Pomacea canaliculata, a rapidly expanding rice field pest. We have previously characterized these two particles regarding their lipid and protein compositions, their synthesis and tissular distribution,...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Dreon MS,Heras H,Pollero RJ

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endometriosis is regarded as a hormone-dependent disease. Current therapeutic approaches to treating this common gynecological disorder mainly depend on surgical and hormonal interventions, but the high rate of disease recurrence as well as the side effects related to such therapies make it difficult for patients to r...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Che XH,Chen YC,Chen CL,Ye XL,Zhu H

更新日期：2015-06-01 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：:The aim of this study is to examine the effect of bovine oocyte maturation, fertilization or culture in vivo or in vitro on the proportion of oocytes reaching the blastocyst stage, and on blastocyst quality as measured by survival following vitrification. In Experiment 1, 4 groups of oocytes were used: (1) immature oo...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Rizos D,Ward F,Duffy P,Boland MP,Lonergan P

更新日期：2002-02-01 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：: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：: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