IPEB transcription factor regulating the intracisternal A particle gene during F9 cell differentiation is expressed at sites of lymphoid development.

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：:Several animal and human studies have demonstrated that sex affects kinetics and metabolism during early embryo development. However, the mechanism governing these differences at the molecular level before the expression of the sex-determining gene SRY is unknown. We performed a systematic profiling of gene expression...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Zhou Q,Wang T,Leng L,Zheng W,Huang J,Fang F,Yang L,Chen F,Lin G,Wang WJ,Kristiansen K

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The timing of the transition from maternal to zygotic control of development (MZT) and the initiation of transcription was studied in domestic cat embryos to determine if there is a temporal association between these phenomena and the development block observed in cat embryos fertilized in vitro. Embryos were derived ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Hoffert KA,Anderson GB,Wildt DE,Roth TL

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During bovine embryogenesis, bovine growth hormone (bGH) contributes to proliferation, differentiation, and modulation of embryo metabolism. Pituitary-specific transcription factor-1 (Pit-1) is a transcription factor that binds to promoters of GH, prolactin (PRL), and thyroid-stimulating hormone-beta (TSHbeta) encodin...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Joudrey EM,Lechniak D,Petrik J,King WA

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Varicocele is a prevalent pathology among infertile men. The mechanisms linking this condition to infertility, however, are poorly understood. Our previous work showed a relationship between sperm functional quality and the ability of spermatozoa to respond to capacitating conditions with increased membrane fluidity a...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Buffone MG,Brugo-Olmedo S,Calamera JC,Verstraeten SV,Urrutia F,Grippo L,Corbetta JP,Doncel GF

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of prostaglandin (PG) E(2) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) alpha on expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptors, fms-like tyrosine kinase (Flt-1) and fetal liver kinase-1/kinase insert domain-containing receptor (Flk-1/KDR), ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Kowalczyk AE,Kaczmarek MM,Schams D,Ziecik AJ

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myricetin is a natural flavonoid, particularly enriched in red wines, whose occurrence is widespread among plants. Despite extensive research, the beneficial effects of Myricetin on human health are still controversial. Here, we tested the estrogen-like effect of the phytoestrogen Myricetin on human ejaculated sperm b...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Aquila S,Santoro M,De Amicis F,Guido C,Bonofiglio D,Lanzino M,Cesario MG,Perrotta I,Sisci D,Morelli C

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Connexin 43 (Cx43), a gap junction protein expressed in differentiated granulosa cells, is necessary for normal follicular development. Cx43 expression and regulation by epidermal growth factor (EGF) were characterized in immature rabbit granulosa cells. Cx43 mRNA was expressed in the granulosa cells of primary follic...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Kennedy KL,Floyd AA,Clarkson AM,Lee VH

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zona pellucida (ZP) glycoproteins have been proposed as candidate antigens for an immunocontraceptive vaccine. The efficacy of such a vaccine has to be evaluated in nonhuman primates, thus necessitating the characterization of their ZP glycoproteins. A bonnet monkey (Macaca radiata) ovarian cDNA lambda gt11 library wa...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Jethanandani P,Santhanam R,Gupta SK

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seminiferous tubules of the testis and epididymal tubules in adult rodents are enveloped by contractile myoid cells, which move sperm and fluids along the male reproductive tract. Myoid cells in the testis influence Sertoli cells by paracrine signaling, but their role in the epididymis is unknown. Electron microscopy ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Oliveira RL,Parent A,Cyr DG,Gregory M,Mandato CA,Smith CE,Hermo L

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse zygotes or halves of zygotes, containing either a female or a male pronucleus, were fused with ovulated metaphase II oocytes. In 59.7% of the resulting hybrid cells, the pronuclei underwent premature chromosome condensation (PCC). In some of these heterokaryons the 2 pronuclei differed in the dynamics of condens...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ciemerych MA,Czołowska R

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:These experiments were designed to test the effects of an electrofusion and an electroporation pulse on bovine sperm-hamster egg development. In experiment 1, single motile sperm were injected into the perivitelline space of each egg. A 4,500 V/cm, 30 microseconds fusion pulse (FP) was applied while sperm-egg membrane...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Rickords LF,White KL,Wiltbank JN

更新日期：1990-10-01 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 gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) has long been considered as a neuropeptide involved in the control of the reproductive cycle. However, the presence of GnRH and its receptors in various tissues, including ovary and testis, suggests a role as autocrine/paracrine factor. In the present study, we report the expr...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Uzbekova S,Ferrière F,Guiguen Y,Bailhache T,Breton B,Lareyre JJ

更新日期：2001-05-01 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：: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：:The IGFs (IGF-I and IGF-II) are essential for normal mammalian growth and development. Their actions are mediated primarily by their interactions with the type I IGF receptor (IGF-I receptor), a transmembrane tyrosine kinase. The ligands and the IGF-I receptor are structurally related to insulin and to the insulin rec...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： LeRoith D,Kavsan VM,Koval AP,Roberts CT Jr

更新日期：1993-08-01 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：:Previous studies have shown that in adult male mice, expression of the meg1 gene is restricted to meiotic and early postmeiotic testicular germ cells. We have now analyzed the expression of meg1 during postnatal testicular development and the comparable meiotic stages in the female. The 0.75 kb transcript for meg1 beg...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Don J,Winer MA,Wolgemuth DJ

更新日期：1994-05-01 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：:To study possible role and regulation of apoptosis occurred in primate endometrium, the expression of apoptosis-related molecules, Fas, FasL, B cell lymphoma/leukaemia-2 (Bcl-2), and Bax were analyzed in relation to occurrence of apoptosis and proliferation in the cycling endometrium of the rhesus monkey using immunoh...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Wei P,Jin X,Tao SX,Han CS,Liu YX

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitochondrial probe 5,5',6,6'-tetrachloro-1,1',3,3'-tetraethylbenzimidazolyl-carbocyan ine iodide (JC-1) not only identifies mitochondria exhibiting low membrane potentials by the emission of green fluorescence (range, 510-520 nm) but also differentiates these from mitochondria exhibiting relatively high membrane ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Garner DL,Thomas CA

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A high efficient and simple transgenic technology on mice and rabbits to transfect spermatozoa with exogenous DNA/DMSO complex to obtain transgenic offspring, which is namely called DMSO-sperm mediated gene transfer (SMGT). Mouse sperm could be either directly transfected via injection into testis or cultured in vitro...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Shen W,Li L,Pan Q,Min L,Dong H,Deng J

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ran, a Ras-related GTPase, is required for transporting proteins in and out of the nucleus during interphase and for regulating the assembly of microtubules. cDNA cloning shows that rat testis, like mouse testis, expresses both somatic and testis-specific forms of Ran-GTPase. The presence of a homologous testis-specif...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Kierszenbaum AL,Gil M,Rivkin E,Tres LL

更新日期：2002-09-01 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：:We produced four transgenic founder rats (F0) by introducing into rat embryos a fusion gene, which consisted of rat growth hormone (GH) promoter containing with four copies of thyroid hormone response element (TRE) and antisense cDNA sequences for rat GH. This transgene promoter directed 2.8-fold stimulation of CAT ge...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Matsumoto K,Kakidani H,Takahashi A,Nakagata N,Anzai M,Matsuzaki Y,Takahashi Y,Miyata K,Utsumi K,Iritani A

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the influence of hamster oviductal glycoprotein (oviductin) on in vitro gamete interaction. Oviductin was purified from the oviducts using lithium 3,5-diiodosalicylate, followed by phenol extraction. Immunocytochemistry using indirect fluorescence staining revealed that oviductin...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Kimura H,Matsuda J,Ogura A,Asano T,Naiki M

更新日期：1994-11-01 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：:Normal epididymal function, such as protein expression and secretion, is primarily regulated by testicular androgens and temperature. However, the role of spermatozoa in this critical process has never been studied. In order to determine whether sperm itself could regulate epididymal function, we have developed a cell...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Reyes-Moreno C,Laflamme J,Frenette G,Sirard MA,Sullivan R

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the Binder of SPerm (BSP) superfamily have been identified in both human and mouse epididymis. These proteins are known to bind sperm membrane and promote sperm capacitation. Studies suggest that BSPH2 might play a different role in sperm functions from its counterparts; however, the role of BSPH2 remains m...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Eskandari-Shahraki M,Prud'homme B,Manjunath P

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00