Analysis of G protein alpha subunit mRNA abundance in preimplantation mouse embryos using a rapid, quantitative RT-PCR approach.

abstract：:The mRNAs of the nuclear encoded genes, ornithine decarboxylase (ODCase) and poly(ADP)ribose polymerase (PADPRP), and the mitochondrial encoded genes, cytochrome oxidase I and II (COI and COII) and ATPase 6, are differentially expressed during spermatogenesis (Alcivar et al., 1989: Biol Reprod 41:1133; 1989: Dev Biol ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Alcivar-Warren A,Trasler JM,Awoniyi CA,Zirkin BR,Hecht NB

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rat epididymal glycoprotein DE associates with the dorsal region of the sperm head during sperm maturation, migrates to the equatorial segment (ES) with the acrosome reaction (AR), and is involved in gamete membrane fusion. In the present study we examined the association of DE with the sperm surface and the relations...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Cohen DJ,Rochwerger L,Ellerman DA,Morgenfeld MM,Busso D,Cuasnicú PS

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a method for multiplex genotyping of bovine embryo microblade biopsies. We have tested the reliability of the method and the viability of the embryos in vitro and in vivo. Two polymorphic gene markers (GHR F279Y and PRLR S18N) associated with milk production traits and one marker for sex diagnosis (ZFX/ZFY) ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Peippo J,Viitala S,Virta J,Räty M,Tammiranta N,Lamminen T,Aro J,Myllymäki H,Vilkki J

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in the level of transcriptional activity in 32-cell stage morula nuclei were studied after blastomere electrofusion to enucleated oocytes. Nuclear transplant recipients were pulse labelled with 3H-uridine during cultivation in vitro, embryos were then fixed and processed for autoradiography and electron micros...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Kanka J,Hozák P,Heyman Y,Chesné P,Degrolard J,Renard JP,Fléchon JE

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of two ras-related proteins (22 and 23 kDa) was demonstrated in Xenopus embryonic extracts by selective immunoprecipitation using anti-ras monoclonal antibodies 142-24E05 and Y13-259. We further describe the cytological effects of the microinjection of anti-ras monoclonal antibody Y13-259 into early cleav...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Miron MJ,Lanoix J,Paiement J

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An in vitro superfusion method was used to test sex hormone release from different kinds of ovarian follicle (growing follicles, postovulatory follicles, and atretic follicles) in the lizard Podarcis sicula sicula. Sex hormone output changes with the stage of follicle evolution and sexual cycle. Previtellogenetic foll...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ciarcia G,Paolucci M,Di Fiore MM

更新日期：1993-07-01 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：:The present study was conducted to reveal effects of in ovo injection of nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitor (Fadrozole) or estradiol at day 3 of incubation on mRNA levels of P45017alphahydroxylase (P450c17), P450 aromatase (P450arom) and anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) in the chicken gonads. The mRNA levels in the gonads a...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Nishikimi H,Kansaku N,Saito N,Usami M,Ohno Y,Shimada K

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Demecolcine-induced enucleation (IE) of mouse oocytes has been shown to improve development to term of cloned mice. In this study, we characterized the kinetics and morphological progression of bovine oocytes subjected to IE, and evaluated their ability to support embryo development to the blastocyst stage after nucle...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Russell DF,Ibáñez E,Albertini DF,Overström EW

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are known to play an important role not only in various stress conditions such as exposure to heat shock, but also in normal development and/or differentiation. The role of small heat shock proteins such as HSP25 in early embryo development remains largely unknown. In the present study, we e...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Kim M,Geum D,Khang I,Park YM,Kang BM,Lee KA,Kim K

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated the effects of triiodothyronine (T3) on pituitary gonadotropin (GTH) subunits, thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) β subunit, and growth hormone (GH) mRNA levels, as well as gonadal steroid secretion during different stages of reproduction in goldfish. Goldfish pituitary cells cultured wit...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Allan ER,Habibi HR

更新日期：2012-09-01 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：:Testis induction is associated with gonadal Sry and Sox9 expression in mammals, and with Sox9 expression in vertebrates where Sry is absent. In mammals, Sry might initiate testis induction by upregulating Sox9 expression; however, direct evidence supporting this hypothesis is lacking. Models of Sry-negative XX sex rev...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Meyers-Wallen VN

更新日期：2003-08-01 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：:We describe the cloning and characterization of a partial cDNA, x121, that represents an RNA, which is localized in the animal hemisphere of Xenopus oocytes. This RNA is also detected in an animal to vegetal gradient during early cleavage stages. The x121 RNA titer decreases from fertilization through the gastrula sta...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Kloc M,Reddy BA,Miller M,Eastman E,Etkin LD

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was carried out to examine the participation of epidermal growth factor (EGF)-like peptides in the induction of germinal vesicle breakdown (GVB) in mouse cumulus cell-enclosed oocytes (CEO). The EGF-like peptide, amphiregulin (AR), dose-dependently stimulated meiotic resumption in CEO, but not denuded oocyt...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Downs SM,Chen J

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:LIN28B is an RNA-binding protein necessary for maintaining pluripotency in stem cells and plays an important role in trophoblast cell differentiation. LIN28B action on target gene function often involves the Let-7 miRNA family. Previous work in cancer cells revealed that LIN28 through Let-7 miRNA regulates expression ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： McWhorter ES,West RC,Russ JE,Ali A,Winger QA,Bouma GJ

更新日期：2019-09-01 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：: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 possibility to isolate canine mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) from foetal adnexa is interesting since several canine genetic disorders are reported to resemble similar dysfunctions in humans. In this study, we successfully isolated, cytogenetically and molecularly characterized, and followed the differentiation pote...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Filioli Uranio M,Valentini L,Lange-Consiglio A,Caira M,Guaricci AC,L'Abbate A,Catacchio CR,Ventura M,Cremonesi F,Dell'Aquila ME

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Earlier work from this laboratory has determined that glucose plays an important role in the mechanisms regulating meiotic maturation in mammalian oocytes. In the current study, we have further explored the role of glucose in hormone-induced germinal vesicle breakdown (GVB) in an effort to better understand how glucos...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Downs SM,Humpherson PG,Martin KL,Leese HJ

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report use of an in vitro assay (Barbato et al., 1998: Biol Reprod 58:686-699) to assess binding ability of cauda epididymal mouse sperm to a surrogate zona pellucida and effect of a synthetic peptide (Amann et al., 1999: J Androl 20: 42-46) on fertilization ability in in vitro fertilization (IVF) tests. Sperm from...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Magargee SF,Cramer PG,Hammerstedt RH

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sex determination is generally seen as an issue of importance for separate-sexed organisms; however, when considering other sexual systems, such as hermaphroditism, sex allocation is a less-binary form of sex determination. As illustrated here, with examples from molluscs, this different vantage point can offer import...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Koene JM

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Development of female gonads in the chicken is asymmetric. This asymmetry affects gene expression, morphology, and germ cell development; consequently only the left ovary develops into a functional organ, whereas the right ovary remains vestigial. In males, on the other hand, both gonads develop into functional testes...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： de Melo Bernardo A,Heeren AM,van Iperen L,Fernandes MG,He N,Anjie S,Noce T,Ramos ES,de Sousa Lopes SM

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of stem cell factor (SCF) mRNA and protein was examined in the postnatal rat testis. Northern blot analysis of total RNA from 1-4 days postpartum (dpp) testes showed none or barely detectable levels of the approximately 6.5 kb SCF transcript. At 5 dpp, there was a striking elevation in this mRNA, a timi...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Munsie M,Schlatt S,deKretser DM,Loveland KL

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are always more evidences indicating that 17beta-estradiol (E2) is to be necessary for normal male fertility. Here we report the expression of the most ubiquitously expressed member of the akt family of genes, akt1, in the lizard (Podarcis s. sicula) testis. We have used a nonmammalian vertebrate model (the liza...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Russo M,Troncone G,Guarino FM,Angelini F,Chieffi P

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using alpha and beta spectrin mammalian antibodies on Western blotting, we demonstrated that lizard ovarian follicles contain two isoforms of alpha spectrin, Mr 94 and 134 kDa, and a 230 kDa beta spectrin, and that their pattern modifies in relation to pyriform cell differentiation. In fact, a positive immunoreaction ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ricchiari L,Carmela VM,Marina P,Rosa C,Annamaria L,Piero A

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：:We determined the incidence of activation, male pronuclear formation, and apposition of pronuclei in porcine oocytes following intracytoplasmic injection of various porcine sperm components and foreign species spermatozoa, such as that of cattle, mouse or human. The porcine oocytes were activated by injection of a spe...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Kim NH,Jun SH,Do JT,Uhm SJ,Lee HT,Chung KS

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For mammalian organism, fertilization begins with species-specific recognition between sperm and egg, a process depending upon egg zona pellucida glycoproteins and putative sperm interacting protein(s). In mouse, zona pellucida glycoprotein ZP3 is believed to be the primary receptor for sperm and inducer of sperm acro...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Li D,Cao S,Xu C

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00