Mammalian oocytes exhibit specific recognition of the RGD (Arg-Gly-Asp) tripeptide and express oolemmal integrins.

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

abstract：:Phthalate esters are considered endocrine disruptors that interfere with the endocrine balance and development of the mammalian testis. Mono-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (MEHP), the active metabolite of the ubiquitously used plasticizer di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP), acts upon Sertoli cells as initial target. By subtract...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Mizrak SC,Bogerd J,Lopez-Casas PP,Párraga M,Del Mazo J,de Rooij DG

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reproductive tract environment at conception programs the developmental trajectory of the embryo, sets the course of pregnancy, and impacts offspring phenotype and health. Despite the fundamental importance of this stage of reproduction, the rate-limiting regulatory mechanisms operating locally to control fertilit...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Robertson SA,Zhang B,Chan H,Sharkey DJ,Barry SC,Fullston T,Schjenken JE

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Binding of neurotrophic ligands to rabbit spermatozoa was studied. Nicotinic cholinergic antagonists, [3H]alpha-bungarotoxin and [3H]dihydro-beta-erythroidine (DE), bound with high affinity to different sites in the tails of rabbit spermatozoa with the former binding to 10,207 sites/cell and the latter to 562 sites/ce...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Young RJ,Laing JC

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro oocyte maturation followed by in vitro fertilization (IVM/IVF) success in the domestic cat remains inferior to commonly studied livestock or laboratory species. The objectives here were (1) to histologically assess atresia status of freshly excised follicle/oocyte complexes, and (2) to evaluate taphonomic cha...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Wood TC,Montali RJ,Wildt DE

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acrosomal reaction is an essential prerequisite to fertilization. The changes in lipid composition of sperm membranes cause fusion of the plasma and outer acrosomal membranes that results in the exocytosis of acrosomal contents. We report that both bull and rabbit spermatozoa contain a phosphatidylcholine-specific pho...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Hinkovska-Galchev V,Srivastava PN

更新日期：1992-11-01 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：:To improve in vitro maturation and to understand the mechanism for meiotic resumption of oocytes, meiotic progression, and its control by hypoxanthine (HX) were studied in goat oocytes. Ovaries were obtained from a local abattoir, and cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs) and follicular fluid were collected from follicles o...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ma S,Lan G,Miao Y,Wang Z,Chang Z,Luo M,Tan J

更新日期：2003-11-01 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：:Human endometrial epithelium (EE) is composed of a multitude of proteins, amongst which those localized on the plasma membrane [plasma membrane proteins (PMPs)] are of critical relevance in the early stages of implantation. Evidence supports the key role of few PMPs in implantation. However, many remain unidentified, ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Kakar-Bhanot R,Brahmbhatt K,Kumar V,Suryawanshi AR,Srivastava S,Chaudhari U,Sachdeva G

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovulated rat oocytes undergo spontaneous activation during in vitro culture. After extrusion of the second polar body, they do not enter interphase but are arrested again in next metaphase-like stage (M III arrest). The present study demonstrates that puromycin and chloral hydrate can trigger transition to interphase ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Zernicka-Goetz M

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goals of this work were to create germ-cell-stage-specific cDNA libraries from mouse spermatogenic cells and to employ a novel two-step genetic screen to identify gene sequences present during the critical meiotic stage of spermatogenesis. Highly enriched germ-cell fractions were prepared from adult and juvenile m...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Caldwell KA,Wiltshire T,Handel MA

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:cAMP-dependent protein kinase A (PKA) plays important regulatory roles during mouse spermatogenesis. PKA-mediated signaling has been shown to regulate gene expression, chromatin condensation, capacitation, and motility during sperm development and behavior, although how PKA is regulated in spatiotemporal manners durin...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Xu K,Qi H

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the origin of the sperm motility inhibitor (SPMI) from boar seminal plasma. SPMI was measured by its capacity to inhibit the motility of demembranated spermatozoa and by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Among the various reproductive and now reproductive tissues and fluids tested, onl...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Iwamoto T,Tanaka H,Osada T,Shinagawa T,Osamura Y,Gagnon C

更新日期：1993-12-01 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：:Mitochondria play an important role in the integration and transmission of cell death signals mediated by the Bcl-2 family proteins. Experiments were conducted to determine whether the anti-apoptotic peptides BH4 domain of Bcl-xL (TAT-BH4) and Bax inhibitor peptide (BIP) suppresses heat stress (HS) injury in oocytes b...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Soto P,Smith LC

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In poikilothermic vertebrates, sex determination is sometimes influenced by environmental factors such as temperature. However, little is known about the molecular mechanisms underlying environmental sex determination. The medaka (Oryzias latipes) is a teleost fish with an XX/XY sex determination system. Recently, it ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Hayashi Y,Kobira H,Yamaguchi T,Shiraishi E,Yazawa T,Hirai T,Kamei Y,Kitano T

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the lizard Podarcis sicula, the major vitellogenin (VTG)-derived yolk proteins, lipovitellins and phosvitins, were extracted from the yolk globules of laid and fertilized eggs at different periods of incubation up to 44 days close to hatching. Embryonic development was almost over at this time. Yolk proteins were i...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Romano M,Rosanova P,Anteo C,Limatola E

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of ovine interferon-tau (oIFNtau) genes, essential for the maternal recognition of pregnancy in ruminant ungulates, is restricted to the trophoblast and is not detected in any other cell types or tissues. Substantial secretion of oIFNtau starts on day 12-13 of pregnancy (day 0 = day of estrus), reaches the ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Nojima H,Nagaoka K,Christenson RK,Shiota K,Imakawa K

更新日期：2004-04-01 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：:It is known that the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis participates in the sex change of hermaphrodite teleosts, and gonadal steroid hormones mediate this physiological process. The secretion of gonadal steroids is directly regulated by signaling pathways involving gonadotropins (GtHs) and gonadotropin receptors (Gt...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Hu X,Liu X,Zhang H,Zhang Y,Li S,Sang Q,Wang Q,Luo W,Liu Q,Lu D,Meng Z,Lin H

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:XIST is an X-linked, non-coding gene responsible for the cis induction of X-chromosome inactivation (XCI). Knockout of the XIST allele on an active X chromosome abolishes erroneous XCI and enhances the in vivo development of cloned mouse embryos by more than 10-fold. This study aimed to investigate whether a similar m...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Yang Y,Wu D,Liu D,Shi J,Zhou R,He X,Quan J,Cai G,Zheng E,Wu Z,Li Z

更新日期：2017-06-01 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 sperm nucleus has a unique chromatin structure where the DNA is highly condensed and associated with specific proteins, the protamines. It is a nondividing cell which is also transcriptionally inactive. After fusion with an oocyte, the sperm nucleus undergoes decondensation and, in the same time, starts replicatio...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Hazzouri M,Rousseaux S,Mongelard F,Usson Y,Pelletier R,Faure AK,Vourc'h C,Sèle B

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tektins are microtubule-associated cytoskeletal proteins that are expressed primarily in the male germ cell-lineage in centrioles and basal bodies and within ciliary and flagellar doublet microtubules. They are proposed to be important for axonemal architecture and microtubule stability in the sperm tail and in other ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Roy A,Yan W,Burns KH,Matzuk MM

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated and characterized a cDNA clone corresponding to a new member of bep (butanol, extracted, proteins) Paracentrotus lividus multigene family coding for cell surface proteins. The cDNA, called bep3, encodes a 370 amino acid protein and shares the same structural organization in the coding region with othe...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Montana G,Romancino DP,di Carlo MD

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of microtubules was studied during fertilization of the rabbit oocyte by immunofluorescence microscopy after staining with an anti-alpha-tubulin antibody. In ovulated oocytes, microtubules were found exclusively in the meiotic spindle. At fertilization, the paternal centrosome generated sperm astral m...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Yllera-Fernández MM,Crozet N,Ahmed-Ali M

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three sources of hamster periovulatory fluids (+/- heat inactivation at 56 degrees C), with bovine serum albumin (BSA) as control, were tested for effects on penetration of three classes of eggs by hamster sperm precapacitated in BSA. These fluids were a soluble extract of cumulus oophorus fluid (COF) from the ovulate...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Boatman DE,Magnoni GE,Robbins RS

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the rat, in response to blastocyst implantation, stromal cells of the endometrium proliferate and differentiate into decidual cells, forming the decidua. After reaching its maximum development, the decidua undergoes regression. This phenomenon appears to be due to an active process involving apoptosis. As there is ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Almeida A,Correia-da-Silva G,Cepa M,Bell SC,Teixeira NA

更新日期：2007-03-01 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