The sensitive period for male-to-female sex reversal begins at the embryonic stage in the Nile tilapia and is associated with the sexual genotype.

abstract：:Dead-end1 (Dnd1) expression is restricted to the vertebrate germline where it is believed to activate translation of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) required to protect and promote that unique lineage. Nanos1 is one such germline mRNA whose translation is blocked by a secondary mRNA structure within the open reading frame (ORF...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Aguero T,Jin Z,Owens D,Malhotra A,Newman K,Yang J,King ML

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrinological pathology among women of reproductive age, and is characterized by abnormalities in ovarian angiogenesis, among other features. Consistent with this association, follicular fluid (FF) concentration and ovarian expression of vascular endothelial growt...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Scotti L,Parborell F,Irusta G,De Zuñiga I,Bisioli C,Pettorossi H,Tesone M,Abramovich D

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present series of experiments was to investigate the effect of the size of follicle from which the oocytes originate on their subsequent in vitro developmental ability. Ovarian follicles were isolated and grouped according to size (2-6 mm, > 6 mm). Primary oocytes were carefully liberated and grouped ac...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Lonergan P,Monaghan P,Rizos D,Boland MP,Gordon I

更新日期：1994-01-01 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：:Biochemical and immunoelectron microscopic methods have been used to analyze the distribution of actin in boar spermatozoa and its state of aggregation before and after acrosome reaction. F-actin was detected on sperm head and tail by electron microscopy using an improved phalloidin probe: incubation with a fluorescei...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Castellani-Ceresa L,Brivio MF,Radaelli G

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method for assessment of the human sperm acrosome reaction is reported using fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-conjugated Concanavalin A (ConA). The technique involved labelling prefixed spermatozoa, where only those spermatozoa that showed a complete loss of the acrosome bound FITC-ConA to the acrosomal region. Com...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Holden CA,Hyne RV,Sathananthan AH,Trounson AO

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported metabolic cooperation between Sertoli and peritubular myoid cells in terms of synthesis of one of the main testicular extracellular matrix (ECM) constituents, glycosaminoglycans (GAG). This study concerns Sertoli cell ECM-peritubular myoid cell interactions in terms of GAG synthesis. We hav...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Raychoudhury SS,Blackshaw AW,Irving MG

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to investigate the effect of vitrification on mitochondrial distribution, membrane potential (Deltapsi) and microtubule distribution in mouse 2-PN embryos, as well as to document the relationship between mitochondrial distribution and developmental ability of those embryos. Mitochondrial...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Zhao XM,Fu XW,Hou YP,Yan CL,Suo L,Wang YP,Zhu HB,Dinnyés A,Zhu SE

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sex-related growth rate differences in preimplantation mouse embryos were investigated. In experiment I, Day 3 embryos were recovered from reproductive tracts, classified according to developmental stage, and cultured for 24 hr in CZB medium containing glucose. Each embryo was then reclassified and stained for measure...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Peippo J,Bredbacka P

更新日期：1995-01-01 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：:Various thiol compounds are known to improve cytoplasmic and/or nuclear maturation of oocytes in vitro. The present study examined the effects of two thiol compounds, cysteine (0.1, 0.5, and 1.0 mM) and cysteamine (50, 100, and 200 microM), on cytoplasmic and nuclear maturation of canine oocytes. Oocytes collected fro...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Hossein MS,Kim MK,Jang G,Oh HJ,Koo O,Kim JJ,Kang SK,Lee BC,Hwang WS

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the sea urchin, some other marine invertebrates, and the frog, Xenopus, egg activation at fertilization is accompanied by an increase in intracellular pH (pHi). We measured pHi in germinal vesicle (GV)-intact mouse oocytes, ovulated eggs, and in vivo fertilized zygotes using the pH indicator dye, SNARF-1. The mean ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Phillips KP,Baltz JM

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endometriosis is defined as endometrial tissue outside of the uterine cavity. The pathogenesis of this common disease remains poorly understood. However, the implantation and invasion of the viable cells from retrograde menstruation into the peritoneum is a widely accepted theory. To date, the mechanisms by which cell...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Chen GT,Tai CT,Yeh LS,Yang TC,Tsai HD

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the results of intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) that leads to full term development of hybrid (B6C3F1 and B6D2F1) and inbred (C57BL/6) mouse embryos. Although fertilization and pre-implantation development of C57BL/6 eggs were similar to those of F1 hybrid eggs, post-implantation development of the ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Kawase Y,Iwata T,Toyoda Y,Wakayama T,Yanagimachi R,Suzuki H

更新日期：2001-09-01 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：:Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) regulates folliculogenesis in the ovary and spermatogenesis in the testis via specific, high affinity membrane-bound receptors (FSHR). To assess the role of FSHR gene expression in regulating expression of FSHR protein in the plasma membrane, the effects of a porcine FSHR cDNA antise...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Zhu C,Wang Y,Nixon MD,La Barbera AR

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro growth of preantral follicles has the potential to produce considerable numbers of competent oocytes for use in medicine, agriculture, and even wildlife conservation. The critical regulatory role of growth factors and hormones in the development of preantral follicles has been established. This study investig...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Esmaielzadeh F,Hosseini SM,Nasiri Z,Hajian M,Chamani M,Gourabi H,Shahverdi AH,Vosough AD,Nasr-Esfahani MH

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphogenesis of the Eledone cirrhosa sperm nucleus, as studied by electron microscopic techniques, is compared with that of Octopus vulgaris. Both species of cephalopods belong to the family Octopodidae. The results indicate that extensive nuclear helicoidization during E. cirrhosa spermiogenesis is brought about by ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Gimenez-Bonafé P,Ribes E,Zamora MJ,Kasinsky HE,Chiva M

更新日期：2002-07-01 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：:Smarca 2 (Brahma) and Smarca 4 (Brahma related gene 1, BRG1) alternatively occupy the catalytic site of SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complexes. Mammalian embryos undergo a dramatic amount of epigenetic remodeling during cleavage development, which plays key roles in regulating both gene transcription and the developme...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Magnani L,Cabot RA

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycoprotein hormone receptors contain large extracellular domains encoded by multiple exons that can be alternatively spliced. Using human ovarian surface epithelium, we cloned two new splice variants of the human follicle-stimulating hormone receptor (FSH-R) gene, hFSH-R2 and hFSH-R3. The hFSH-R2 splice variant diff...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Zhou J,Huang Y,Li L,Zhu L,Zhang D,Zhang S,Chen Y

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

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：:Haprin (TRIM36) is a ubiquitin-protein ligase that mediates ubiquitination and subsequent proteasomal degradation of target proteins. It is expressed in the testes in both mice and humans and is thought to be involved in spermiogenesis, the acrosome reaction, and fertilization. However, the functional role of Haprin i...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Aoki Y,Tsujimura A,Kaseda K,Okabe M,Tokuhiro K,Ohta T,O'Bryan MK,Okuda H,Kitamura K,Ogawa Y,Fujiki T,Wada M,Horie S,Nishimune Y,Tanaka H

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following Northern analysis, GGT mRNA was found predominantly within the caput epididymides and kidney. The size of mRNAs for kidney, caput, corpus, and ductus deferens were 2.2, 2.3, 2.2, and 2.3 kb, respectively, whereas cauda showed a doublet of 2.2 and 2.3 kb. GGT transpeptidation and hydrolytic activity within ep...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Hinton BT,Palladino MA,Mattmueller DR,Bard D,Good K

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hoxa10, a homeodomain transcription factor, is dynamically expressed in adult uterine endometrium where it is necessary for embryo implantation. Endometrial Hoxa10 expression is driven by estrogen and progesterone. High levels of endometrial Hoxa10 expression coincide with high progesterone levels and development of e...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Daftary GS,Taylor HS

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：: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：: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：:Dickkopf-like 1 (DkkL1) is related to the Dickkopf gene family, a group of proteins that are characterized as secreted antagonists of Wingless (Wnt) signal transduction proteins. DkkL1 mRNA is found in preimplantation mouse embryos and in developing neural tissue, but in adults it is found primarily in the testes. In ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Kohn MJ,Kaneko KJ,DePamphilis ML

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are known to play an important role not only in various stress conditions such as exposure to heat shock, but also in normal development and/or differentiation. The role of small heat shock proteins such as HSP25 in early embryo development remains largely unknown. In the present study, we e...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Kim M,Geum D,Khang I,Park YM,Kang BM,Lee KA,Kim K

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00