Release of mouse eggs from metaphase arrest by protein synthesis inhibition in the absence of a calcium signal or microtubule assembly.

abstract：:Mammalian reproductive processes involve spermatogenesis, which occurs in the testis, and fertilization, which takes place in the female genital tract. Fertilization is a successive, multistep, and extremely complicated event that usually includes sperm survival in the uterus, sperm migration through the uterotubal ju...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Xiong W,Wang Z,Shen C

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have tested three parameters in sperm-mediated gene transfer assays with mice and pigs: (i) the epididymal versus ejaculated origin of sperm cells, (ii) the primary structure, and (iii) the amount of the challenging foreign DNA. We have found that the pVLCNhGH construct, of retrotransposon origin, causes a massive ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Sciamanna I,Piccoli S,Barberi L,Zaccagnini G,Magnano AR,Giordano R,Campedelli P,Hodgson C,Lorenzini R,Spadafora C

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

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：:Hexokinase is the first enzyme in the glycolytic pathway and utilizes ATP to convert glucose to glucose-6-phosphate (G6P). We previously identified three variant transcripts of Hk1 that are expressed specifically in spermatogenic cells, have different 5' untranslated regions, and encode a protein (HK1S, spermatogenic ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Nakamura N,Shibata H,O'Brien DA,Mori C,Eddy EM

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

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：: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：:Gamete membrane interaction is critical to initiate the development of a new organism. The signaling pathways governing this event, however, are poorly understood. In this report, we provide the first evidence that protein kinase C activity in mouse eggs plays a crucial role in the regulation of this process. Stimulat...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Akabane H,Fan J,Zheng X,Zhu GZ

更新日期：2007-11-01 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：:It has been proposed that the viability of early mammalian embryos is associated with a metabolism that is "quiet" rather than "active" (Leese HJ, 2002:BioEssays 24:845-849). The data on which this hypothesis was based were largely drawn from measurements on the depletion and appearance of amino acids from the culture...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Baumann CG,Morris DG,Sreenan JM,Leese HJ

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Configuration of germinal vesicle (GV) chromatin has been studied and found correlated with the developmental competence of oocytes in several mammalian species. A common feature in the configuration of GV chromatin in the species studied so far is that the diffuse chromatin (the so called "NSN" pattern) condenses int...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Sui HS,Liu Y,Miao DQ,Yuan JH,Qiao TW,Luo MJ,Tan JH

更新日期：2005-06-01 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：:Lactate produced by glycolysis in Sertoli cells (SCs) is the main energy substrate for developing germ cells and plays a vital role in spermatogenesis. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) function as posttranscriptional regulators of gene expression in biological processes. We have previously shown that hyperthermia (43°C, 30 min) pro...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Hu Y,Deng J,Tian K,Yang WR,Luo NJ,Lian Y,Gan L,Tang XY,Luo HY,Zhang JJ,Wang XZ

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protectin (CD59) is a complement regulatory protein which blocks the membrane attack complex during complement activation. CD59 was identified on the human sperm surface by means of H19, an IgG1 anti-protectin mouse monoclonal antibody. Using indirect immunofluorescence, flow cytometry and immunoperoxidase, CD59 was f...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Fenichel P,Cervoni F,Hofmann P,Deckert M,Emiliozzi C,Hsi BL,Rossi B

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cumulus cells that surround the mammalian oocyte become dispersed following the preovulatory surge of the pituitary gonadotropin, luteinizing hormone (LH). We have examined cumulus-oocyte complexes of PMSG-primed immature rats before and at 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8 hr after injection of human chorionic gonadotropin (h...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Phillips DM,Dekel N

更新日期：1991-03-01 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：:The objective of this research was to evaluate if DNA hypomethylation in cells used as karyoplasts would improve development of bovine nuclear transplantation (NT) embryos. DNA from serum-fed (SF), serum-starved (SS), and 1, or 5 microM 5-azacytidine (5-aza-CR) treated cells was digested with a methylation sensitive e...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Jones KL,Hill J,Shin TY,Lui L,Westhusin M

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:So far, standard follicle culture systems can produce blastocyst from less than 40% of the in vitro matured oocytes compared to over 70% in the in vivo counterpart. Because the capacity for embryonic development is strictly associated with the terminal stage of oocyte growth, the nuclear maturity status of the in vitr...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ola SI,Ai JS,Liu JH,Wang Q,Wang ZB,Chen DY,Sun QY

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies of ovine interferon-tau (oIFNtau) gene regulation, an anti-luteolytic factor produced by conceptuses of the ruminant ungulates, have been carried out, but a definitive mechanism for its spatial-temporal transcription has not been elucidated. Recently, specific binding regions for transcription factors AP-1 and...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Xu N,Takahashi Y,Matsuda F,Sakai S,Christenson RK,Imakawa K

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3) is a highly conserved serine/threonine protein kinase implicated in diverse cellular processes. Activity of GSK-3 is essential for meiotic chromatin segregation in oocytes, yet expression and/or function of GSK-3 have not been reported in mammalian preimplantation embryos. Objectives...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Acevedo N,Wang X,Dunn RL,Smith GD

更新日期：2007-02-01 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：: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：:In vitro culture of mammalian preimplantation embryos is associated with various developmental disorders such as retardation in development and cell damage. The molecular mechanisms underlying these processes are poorly understood. One of the possible reasons may be the unphysiologically high oxygen concentration used...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Koerber S,Santos AN,Tetens F,Küchenhoff A,Fischer B

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The production of chimeras, by use of cell transplantation, has proved to be highly valuable in studies of development by providing insights into cell fate, differentiation, and developmental potential. So far, chimeric honeybees have been created by nuclear transfer technologies. We have developed protocols to produc...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Bergem M,Norberg K,Roseth A,Meuwissen T,Lien S,Aamodt RH

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aims at quantification of gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) by radioimmunoassay, relative expression of its mRNA by real-time PCR accompanied by its cellular localization in the rat ovary by immunonohistochemistry (IHC) during different time points of pregnancy. To determine the involvement of en...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Sengupta A,Chakrabarti N,Sridaran R

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oocytes enucleated at metaphase II stage can support reprogramming of transferred nucleus and further developing to term. However, the first polar body in mice sometimes migrates away from the original place of expulsion, so the chromosomes of the oocyte will displace from the first polar body. Thus, it is not always ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Wang MK,Liu JL,Li GP,Lian L,Chen DY

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mouse oocytes, meiotic induction by pharmacological activation of PRKA (adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase; formerly known as AMPK) or by hormones depends on stimulation of fatty acid oxidation (FAO). PRKA stimulates FAO by phosphorylating and inactivating acetyl CoA carboxylase (ACAC; formerly ACC), ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Valsangkar DS,Downs SM

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Altering incubation temperature during embryogenesis has an impact on chicken embryo growth, but the underlying molecular mechanisms are not understood; the present study was performed to address these changes. Broiler eggs were incubated at low (36.8°C), control (37.8°C), and high (38.8°C) temperatures between Embryo...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Krischek C,Janisch S,Naraballobh W,Brunner R,Wimmers K,Wicke M

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：: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：: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