Factor in urinary extracts from pregnant women that inhibit mouse oocyte maturation in vitro.

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：:In vitro growth of preantral follicles has the potential to produce considerable numbers of competent oocytes for use in medicine, agriculture, and even wildlife conservation. The critical regulatory role of growth factors and hormones in the development of preantral follicles has been established. This study investig...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Esmaielzadeh F,Hosseini SM,Nasiri Z,Hajian M,Chamani M,Gourabi H,Shahverdi AH,Vosough AD,Nasr-Esfahani MH

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PLAC1 is a recently described, trophoblast-specific gene that localizes to a region of the X-chromosome important in placental development. Immunohistochemical analysis demonstrated that PLAC1 polypeptide localizes to the differentiated syncytiotrophoblast throughout gestation (8-41 weeks) as well as a small populatio...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Massabbal E,Parveen S,Weisoly DL,Nelson DM,Smith SD,Fant M

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The internally fertilizing primitive frog Ascaphus truei (family Ascaphidae) from the Pacific Northwest is the only frog with an intromittent organ. The more advanced neobatrachian frog Eleutherodactylus coqui (family Leptodactylidae) from Puerto Rico has secondarily acquired internal fertilization but mates by cloaca...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Kasinsky HE,Frehlick LJ,Su HW,Ausio J

更新日期：2005-03-01 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：:Three monoclonal antibodies against human protamines were obtained by immunization with total human basic nuclear proteins or purified protamine HP3. The specificity of antibodies was assessed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and Western blot. They recognized three distinct epitopes: One was specific for t...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Le Lannic G,Arkhis A,Vendrely E,Chevaillier P,Dadoune JP

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of extracellular matrix (ECM) in the differentiation of tissue types was examined in embryos of Strongylocentrotus purpuratus. We have examined the expression of various tissue-specific molecular markers after disrupting the ECM by culturing embryos in the presence of beta-aminoproprionitrile fumarate (BAPN),...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Benson S,Rawson R,Killian C,Wilt F

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Communication between the oocyte and its somatic cells has been shown to be important in oocyte development. Here we examined how the oocyte may be involved in bovine cumulus cell expansion. Intact bovine cumulus oocyte complexes (COC) were obtained by puncturing antral follicles. From the intact COC, oocytectomised c...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ralph JH,Telfer EE,Wilmut I

更新日期：1995-10-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:Proteins in the seminal fluid of animals with internal fertilization effect numerous responses in mated females that impact both male and female fertility. Among these proteins is the highly represented class of proteolysis regulators (proteases and their inhibitors). Though proteolysis regulators have now been identi...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Laflamme BA,Wolfner MF

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen receptor mRNA expression was detected in the head and tail parts of the human epididymis by means of reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Immunocytochemical labelling showed that ciliate and nonciliate cells from the epithelium of the efferent ductules possessed strong to moderate nuclear...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ergün S,Ungefroren H,Holstein AF,Davidoff MS

更新日期：1997-08-01 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：:Oocyte maturation is accompanied by differentiation of surrounding cumulus cells. These cells produce hyaluronic acid (HA) and its storage in intercellular spaces results in expansion of the cells. The cumulus cells also accumulate cyclooxygenase-2 (cox-2) during maturation. Both expansion and cox-2 storage are regula...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Vigneron C,Nuttinck F,Perreau C,Reinaud P,Charpigny G,Mermillod P

更新日期：2003-05-01 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：: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：:A porcine interleukin-6 (pIL-6) cDNA has been cloned from pig spleen cDNA library to provide information that would allow us to study IL-6 mRNA expression during pregnancy of several domestic Artiodactyla. The cDNA is 1058 bp long and with a single open reading frame that encodes a 212 amino acid polypeptide with 28-r...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Mathialagan N,Bixby JA,Roberts RM

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to investigate the effect of vitrification on mitochondrial distribution, membrane potential (Deltapsi) and microtubule distribution in mouse 2-PN embryos, as well as to document the relationship between mitochondrial distribution and developmental ability of those embryos. Mitochondrial...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Zhao XM,Fu XW,Hou YP,Yan CL,Suo L,Wang YP,Zhu HB,Dinnyés A,Zhu SE

更新日期：2009-11-01 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：:In Ciona intestinalis, sperm penetration through the egg vitelline coat is an essential event of fertilization. We investigated whether trypsin- and chymotrypsin-like enzymes are involved in this event. Inhibitors and peptide substrates for chymotrypsin-like enzymes blocked the overall process of fertilization in a co...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Pinto MR,Hoshi M,Marino R,Amoroso A,De Santis R

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to use atomic force microscopy (AFM), with submicron resolution, for morphophologic and morphometric analyses of acrosome intact and acrosome-reacted human sperm heads. A mixed population of acrosome intact and reacted sperm was produced by treating capacitated sperm with A23187, which ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Mai A,Weerachatyanukul W,Tomietto M,Wayner DD,Wells G,Balhorn R,Leader A,Cyr JL,Tanphaichitr N

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of adiponectin in the delayed embryonic development of Cynopterus sphinx. Adiponectin receptor (ADIPOR1) abundance was first observed to be lower during the delayed versus non-delayed periods of utero-embryonic unit development. The effects of adiponectin treatment on emb...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Anuradha,Krishna A

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the equine, the zona pellucida (ZP) is the major barrier to successful in vitro fertilization. Therefore the aim of our studies was to analyze species-specific features of the equine ZP in regard to structure and glycoprotein ZPB and ZPC expression sites during oocyte development and embryogenesis. The equine ZP re...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Kölle S,Dubois CS,Caillaud M,Lahuec C,Sinowatz F,Goudet G

更新日期：2007-07-01 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：:While most cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) are involved in cell cycle control, CDK5 is mostly known for crucial functions in neurogenesis. However, we cloned sea urchin CDK5 from a two-cell stage cDNA library and found that the protein is present in eggs and embryos, up to the pluteus stage, but without associated kin...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Lozano JC,Schatt P,Vergé V,Gobinet J,Villey V,Peaucellier G

更新日期：2010-05-01 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：:Forward-motility-stimulating factor (FMSF) is a protein, originally purified from bubaline serum, that promotes progressive motility of mature spermatozoa. FMSF binds to sperm surface receptors and activates transmembrane adenylyl cyclase (tmAC), causing a rise in intracellular cyclic AMP level ([cAMP]i) and subsequen...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Dey S,Roy D,Majumder GC,Mukherjee B,Bhattacharyya D

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Embryonal carcinoma (EC) cells are used widely as a model system for studying the expression of developmentally regulated genes, in particular genes that are regulated at the transcriptional level when EC cells differentiate. This review focuses on the molecular mechanisms that govern the transcription of the fibrobla...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Lamb KA,Rizzino A

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00