Lipopolysaccharide-induced expression of FAS ligand in cultured immature boar sertoli cells through the regulation of pro-inflammatory cytokines and miR-187.

abstract：:In pigs, the morphology and cell number of in vitro-produced blastocysts are inferior to those of their in vivo counterparts. The objective of this study was to increase developmental competence and to gain an understanding of cell allocation in blastocysts derived from the aggregation of four-cell stage porcine embry...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Lee SG,Park CH,Choi DH,Kim HS,Ka HH,Lee CK

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myeloid cell leukemia-1 (MCL1), an anti-apoptotic member of the BCL2 family, is expressed abundantly in the testis. Previous characterization revealed that MCL1 is expressed exclusively in the Leydig cells in the mouse testis, yet what it does in these cells remains unknown. We therefore analyzed testosterone biosynth...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Guang-Yu L,Hai-Yan L,Ji-Hong L,Yun-Cong M,Xue-Lian D,Chun-Yu L,Wen-Yong S

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clusterin is a heterodimeric glycoprotein synthesized and secreted by rat Sertoli cells and epididymal epithelium. The goal of this study was to determine the presence of clusterin in the luminal fluid of the cauda epididymides and its association with the membranes of developing spermatozoa in the presence and absenc...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Mattmueller DR,Hinton BT

更新日期：1992-05-01 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：: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：: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：:Collagen is denatured in the gradual cervical ripening process during late pregnancy, already before the onset of final cervical ripening at parturition. Matrix Metallo Proteinases (MMPs) might be responsible for this process. To investigate the presence and potential function of MMPs at the different stages of the ri...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： van Engelen E,Breeveld-Dwarkasing VN,Taverne MA,Everts ME,van der Weijden GC,Rutten VP

更新日期：2008-11-01 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：:Successful pregnancy depends on the precise regulation of extravillous trophoblast cell invasion ability. MicroRNA-210-3p (miR-210), which is increased in the placenta of pre-eclampsia. Furthermore, miR-210 could inhibit trophoblasts invasion and might act as a serum biomarker for pre-eclampsia. Previous studies have ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Wang R,Liu W,Liu X,Liu X,Tao H,Wu D,Zhao Y,Zou L

更新日期：2019-07-01 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：: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：:Fertile offspring from somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) is the goal of most cloning laboratories. For this process to be successful, a number of events must occur correctly. First the donor nucleus must be in a state that is amenable to remodeling and subsequent genomic reprogramming. The nucleus must be introduce...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Whitworth KM,Prather RS

更新日期：2010-12-01 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

abstract：:Exposure to nickel has been shown to cause damage to the testis in several animal models. It is not known if the testis expresses protein(s) that can bind nickel. To test this, we used a nickel-binding assay to isolate testicular nickel-binding proteins. We identified glutamate-ammonia ligase (GLUL) as a prominent nic...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Sun Y,Ou Y,Cheng M,Ruan Y,van der Hoorn FA

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infusion of seminal plasma in the uterus is known to elicit an instant inflammatory response in the porcine uterus, but whether or not it prepares a uterine immunological response to the presence of conceptuses is not well understood. Seminal plasma induced long-term modulatory effects and conceptus-induced immune cha...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Jalali BM,Kitewska A,Wasielak M,Bodek G,Bogacki M

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：: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：:Post-acrosomal WW-domain binding protein (PAWP) is a signaling molecule located in the post-acrosomal sheath (PAS) of mammalian spermatozoa. We hypothesized that the proper integration of PAWP in the sperm PAS is reflective of bull-sperm quality and fertility. Cryopreserved semen samples from 298 sires of acceptable, ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Kennedy CE,Krieger KB,Sutovsky M,Xu W,Vargovič P,Didion BA,Ellersieck MR,Hennessy ME,Verstegen J,Oko R,Sutovsky P

更新日期：2014-05-01 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：:Eggs of Ascidia ceratodes and Phallusia mammillata block polyspermy by releasing a phosphatidylinositol-linked glycosidase from the follicle cell and egg surface that binds to and blocks all unoccupied sperm binding sites on the vitelline coat. Release of this glycosidase is thought to be under the control of a membra...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Robert LK,Lucio-Gough LM,Goode CA,Mckinney K,Lambert CC

更新日期：1999-09-01 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：:A polymorphism in the igf2 gene of chickens was identified using NlaIII (GenBank accession number AF218827). In some embryos, the igf2 alleles were expressed monoallelically from either maternal or paternal alleles. These data demonstrate that genomic imprinting is not confined to mammalian vertebrates and suggest tha...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Koski LB,Sasaki E,Roberts RD,Gibson J,Etches RJ

更新日期：2000-07-01 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：: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：:Mitochondrial metabolic capacity and DNA replication have both been shown to affect oocyte quality, but it is unclear which one is more critical. In this study, immature oocytes were treated with FCCP or ddC to independently inhibit the respective mitochondrial metabolic capacity or DNA replication of oocytes during i...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ge H,Tollner TL,Hu Z,Dai M,Li X,Guan H,Shan D,Zhang X,Lv J,Huang C,Dong Q

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specification of primordial germ cells during early embryogenesis is a critical biological issue in reproduction and development. Yet, little is known in marine economic fish species. Vasa, a component of germ plasm, is the most-documented germ cell marker in teleosts. We isolated a full-length vasa cDNA (Smvas) from ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Lin F,Xu S,Ma D,Xiao Z,Zhao C,Xiao Y,Chi L,Liu Q,Li J

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decades worth of research have consistently shown the adverse effects of elevated temperatures on reproductive parameters of livestock species. The objective of this study was to evaluate the developmental and apoptotic responses of porcine in vitro fertilized (IVF) and parthenogenetically activated (PA) embryos heat ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Isom SC,Prather RS,Rucker EB 3rd

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of cell membrane following CSF-1 stimulation of a macrophage cell line is coordinated with cell cycle progression. The majority of membrane phospholipid accumulates during the S phase and results from cell-cycle dependent oscillations in the rates of phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis and degradation. Both...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Jackowski S,Xu XX,Rock CO

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male infertility or subfertility is frequently associated with disruption of the hypothalamic-pituitary-testis axis events, like secondary hypogonadism. However, little is known how this condition affects the proteomic composition of the epididymal fluid. In the present study, we evaluated the proteomic changes in the...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Souza APB,Lopes TN,da Silva AFT,Santi L,Beys-da-Silva WO,Yates JR 3rd,Bustamante-Filho IC

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was reported that a hamster protein, called "oscillin," with a sequence related to that of an Escherichia coli GNPDA triggered Ca(2+) oscillations in mammalian oocytes when introduced into their cytoplasm upon fertilization. Recently, it was shown that GNPDA/oscillin is ubiquitously expressed in rat tissues and tha...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Amireault P,Dubé F

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00