Expression of activin receptor II and IIB mRNA isoforms in mouse reproductive organs and oocytes.

abstract：:Basigin, a transmembrane glycoprotein belonging to the immunoglobulin superfamily, has been shown to be essential for fertilization and implantation. The aim of this study was to determine the expression and hormonal regulation of basigin gene in mouse uterus during the peri-implantation period. Basigin immunostaining...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Xiao LJ,Chang H,Ding NZ,Ni H,Kadomatsu K,Yang ZM

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous work provided evidence of Na+/H+ exchanger activity in the apical domain of mouse trophectodermal plasma membranes that provides a route for entry of extracellular Na+ (Manejwala et al., 1989). This activity was hypothesized to contribute to the trans-trophectodermal Na+ flux that is required for blastocoel e...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Barr KJ,Garrill A,Jones DH,Orlowski J,Kidder GM

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse oocyte development in vitro has been studied in the past several years, but no evidence showed that the fertilizable oocytes could be obtained from the fetal mouse germ cells before the formation of the primordial follicles. In this study, an efficient and simple method has been established to obtain the mature ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Shen W,Li L,Zhang D,Pan Q,Ding M,Deng H

更新日期：2006-10-01 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：:Zona pellucida thickness was measured daily in zygotes and cleavage stage embryos. Measurements were performed on a Nikon inverted microscope equipped with Hoffman modulation optics, using an ocular micrometer. Zona thickness of each zygote/embryo was measured four times, the zygote/embryo was then "rolled over," and ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Garside WT,Loret de Mola JR,Bucci JA,Tureck RW,Heyner S

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

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：:Copulation produces different stimuli in the female reproductive tract in camelids, which lead to ovulation. Expression of β-nerve growth factor (β-NGF) and its specific receptor, tropomyosin receptor kinase A (TrKA), was studied comparing the oviductal microenvironment of mated and nonmated llamas. β-NGF and TrKA wer...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Sari LM,Zampini R,Argañaraz ME,Ratto MH,Apichela SA

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The text below is a transcript of the keynote address Kenneth Manning gave at the symposium honoring E. E. Just that was held on the campus of Howard University on November 21, 2008. In his talk, Manning reflects on his experiences researching and writing Black Apollo of Science: The Life of Ernest Everett Just, his p...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Manning KR

更新日期：2009-10-01 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：:Fertilization in Bufo arenarum requires the sperm to penetrate the egg envelopes. The incubation of isolated vitelline envelopes with sperm induces the acrosome reaction, releasing proteases and glycosidases to the media. In the present work N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase, beta-D-galactosidase, beta-D-glucosidase, al...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Martínez ML,Martelotto L,Cabada MO

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A spontaneously established porcine granulosa cell line (PGC-2) was cloned through the continuous culturing of primary granulosa cells collected from equine chorionic gonadotropin (eCG)-treated prepubertal gilts. This established cell line has undergone approximately 100 passages and shows contact-inhibition of growth...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Kwan I,Farookhi R,Huynh HT,Murphy BD,Turner JD,Downey BR

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have cloned and sequenced cDNAs encoding autoantigen 1 (AA1), a testis-specific protein and the major autoantigen of the guinea pig sperm acrosome. The cDNA predicts a precursor protein of 244 amino acids including a 21 amino acid hydrophobic, secretory signal sequence. The mature polypeptide is predicted to have a...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Foster JA,Gerton GL

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primordial germ cells (PGCs), the precursors of sperm or ova, could be used to generate transgenic animals and interspecies germ-line chimeras, which would facilitate the recovery of endangered species by making their access and manipulation in vitro easier. During early embryogenesis in avian species, PGCs are transp...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Jung KM,Kim YM,Ono T,Han JY

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the cow, cryopreserved semen is inseminated into the uterus, and most of sperm are removed by backflow and phagocytes. Nevertheless, the mechanism responsible for sperm phagocytosis is unclear. Here, we used cultured bovine uterine epithelial cells (BUECs) to investigate the uterine response to sperm and the mechan...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Elweza AE,Ezz MA,Acosta TJ,Talukder AK,Shimizu T,Hayakawa H,Shimada M,Imakawa K,Zaghloul AH,Miyamoto A

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of the mammalian egg results in cortical reaction (CR), which is correlated with an increase in intracellular Ca2+ concentration and PKC activation. The CR is a gradual rather then an "all or none" response, and can be regulated by different concentrations of parthenogenetic activators. To evaluate the biol...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Raz T,Skutelsky E,Amihai D,Hammel I,Shalgi R

更新日期：1998-11-01 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：: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：: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：:Carp hyosophorin (HSP) is purified from oocytes. It is a highly glycosylated protein (10% protein and 90% carbohydrate) of high molecular weight (>100 kDa) and is localized in the cortical granules of oocytes. During cortical reaction carp HSP is exocytosed into the perivitelline space and is rapidly cleaved to the lo...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Tsao CC,Huang FL,Chang YS

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the decrease of transcription and to determine the localization of RNA molecules during spermiogenesis in the fern Scolopendrium, we have used the enzyme-gold electron microscope method. During cell differentiation, the labeling decreases over the cytoplasm and increases over the nucleus. In the latter,...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Rejon E,Bajon C,Blaize A,Robert D

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mammals, the nucleolus of full-grown oocyte is essential for embryonic development but not for oocyte maturation. In our study, the role of the growing oocyte nucleolus in oocyte maturation was examined by nucleolus removal and/or transfer into previously enucleolated, growing (around 100 µm in diameter) or full-gr...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Kyogoku H,Ogushi S,Miyano T,Fulka J Jr

更新日期：2011-06-01 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：:Izumo, a sperm membrane protein, is essential for gamete fusion in the mouse. It has an Immunoglobulin (Ig) domain and an N-terminal domain for which neither the functions nor homologous sequences are known. In the present work we identified three novel proteins showing an N-terminal domain with significant homology t...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ellerman DA,Pei J,Gupta S,Snell WJ,Myles D,Primakoff P

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study is to investigate the effect of insulin-like growth factor (IGF-I) on the development of cultured rat pre-antral follicles. Pre-antral follicles with a diameter between 140 and 160 microm are mechanically isolated from ovaries of 10-day-old rats and cultured in groups for 6 days in FSH and...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Zhao J,Taverne MA,Van Der Weijden GC,Bevers MM,Van Den Hurk R

更新日期：2001-03-01 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：:It has been reported that the MRL/MpJ mouse strain shows several unique phenotypes, including rapid wound healing, inherent collagen disease, heat shock-resistant spermatocytes, and metaphase-specific apoptosis (Msa) in the testis. In the present study, we found the genetic mutation associated with Msa by chromosomal ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Namiki Y,Endoh D,Kon Y

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Semen analysis lacks a functional component and best identifies extreme cases of infertility. The ganglioside GM1 is known to have functional roles during capacitation and acrosome exocytosis. Here, we assessed whether GM1 localization patterns (Cap-Score™) correspond with male fertility in different settings: Study 1...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Cardona C,Neri QV,Simpson AJ,Moody MA,Ostermeier GC,Seaman EK,Paniza T,Rosenwaks Z,Palermo GD,Travis AJ

更新日期：2017-05-01 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：:Proteins synthesized by DDK mice embryos were analyzed by 2D electrophoresis and a new egg-specific polypeptide, D14, was identified. The protein is characterized by its high rate of synthesis and electrophoretic properties (MW 36,500, pl greater than 8). The synthesis of D14 is strictly developmentally regulated: sta...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Richoux V,Renard JP,Babinet C

更新日期：1991-03-01 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