Molecular cloning and characterization of a mouse nuclear orphan receptor expressed in embryos and testes.

abstract：:Factors affecting the efficiency of producing transgenic rats by intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)-mediated DNA transfer were investigated. Epididymal spermatozoa from Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were sonicated and/or frozen-thawed for cutting the tail and membrane disruption. The sperm heads were exposed for 1 min...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Hirabayashi M,Kato M,Ishikawa A,Kaneko R,Yagi T,Hochi S

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolactin-like protein C (PLP-C) is a major rat placental protein which is expressed during the second half of pregnancy and belongs to the growth hormone-prolactin family. Here we report on the isolation of overlapping rat placental cDNAs which specify a transcript of 915 base pairs and predict a 205-amino acid trans...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Conliffe PR,Simmen RC,Buhi WC,Shiverick KT

更新日期：1995-06-01 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：:Full-length cDNA of a novel mouse gene upregulated in late stages of spermatogenic cells was cloned from mouse testis using overlapping RT-PCR and RACE. The mRNA of the gene was expressed mainly in diplotene/pachytene spermatocytes, round and elongating spermatids. We named this gene as SRG-L (Spermatogenesis Related ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ma Q,Wang H,Guo R,Wang H,Ge Y,Ma J,Xue S,Han D

更新日期：2006-09-01 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：:In the sea urchin, some other marine invertebrates, and the frog, Xenopus, egg activation at fertilization is accompanied by an increase in intracellular pH (pHi). We measured pHi in germinal vesicle (GV)-intact mouse oocytes, ovulated eggs, and in vivo fertilized zygotes using the pH indicator dye, SNARF-1. The mean ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Phillips KP,Baltz JM

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nuclear import of plasmid DNA mediated by a nuclear localization signal (NLS) derived from SV40 T antigen was investigated in a cell-free extract. In vitro assembled sea urchin male pronuclei were incubated in a 100,000g supernatant of a zebrafish fertilized egg lysate, together with fluorescently labeled plasmid DNA ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Collas P,Aleström P

更新日期：1996-12-01 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：:Acrosin (ACR), a serine proteinase located in the acrosome of the sperm, has been presumed to be involved in the recognition and binding of the sperm to the zona pellucida of the ovum and the sperm penetration through the zona pellucida. To examine the function of acrosin in vivo, we have generated mice carrying a mut...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Adham IM,Nayernia K,Engel W

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of prostaglandin (PG) E(2) and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) alpha on expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptors, fms-like tyrosine kinase (Flt-1) and fetal liver kinase-1/kinase insert domain-containing receptor (Flk-1/KDR), ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Kowalczyk AE,Kaczmarek MM,Schams D,Ziecik AJ

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aluminum hydroxide gel (Al-gel), which is used as an adjuvant, can absorb macromolecules. We investigated the applicability of Al-gel to the sustained release of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) as a simplified method of superovulation (SOV) in rabbits. The responsiveness of rabbits to SOV by a single injection of F...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Hashimoto S,Kimura K,Kuramochi T,Aoyagi K,Hirako M,Kawaguchi M,Iwata H,Hirao M,Kitada K,Hirasawa K,Ueda M

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA interference (RNAi) is an effective tool for studying gene function in oocytes, but no studies have targeted somatic cells of primary cultured cumulus cell-oocyte complexes (COCs). This is probably due to difficulty in introducing RNAi-inducing molecules, such as a short-hairpin RNA (shRNA) gene, into COCs by comm...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Sugiura K,Su YQ,Eppig JJ

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in spermatozoan ultrastructure have been studied during spermiogenesis of the slug Arion rufus (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Stylommatophora). The ovotestis was investigated during the male stage, definite by the presence of spermatozoa. Some peculiar characteristics are shown by early spermatids: Around the nucleus...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Pastisson C,Lacorre I

更新日期：1996-04-01 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：:Follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) regulates folliculogenesis in the ovary and spermatogenesis in the testis via specific, high affinity membrane-bound receptors (FSHR). To assess the role of FSHR gene expression in regulating expression of FSHR protein in the plasma membrane, the effects of a porcine FSHR cDNA antise...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Zhu C,Wang Y,Nixon MD,La Barbera AR

更新日期：2003-06-01 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：:Telomeres are specialized natural ends of eukaryotic chromosomes that, contrary to the ends of broken chromosomes, are stable and do not fuse with the ends of other chromosomes. In addition, telomeres protect chromosomal ends from degradation, facilitate completion of chromosomal DNA replication, and contribute to chr...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Kierszenbaum AL

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We produced four transgenic founder rats (F0) by introducing into rat embryos a fusion gene, which consisted of rat growth hormone (GH) promoter containing with four copies of thyroid hormone response element (TRE) and antisense cDNA sequences for rat GH. This transgene promoter directed 2.8-fold stimulation of CAT ge...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Matsumoto K,Kakidani H,Takahashi A,Nakagata N,Anzai M,Matsuzaki Y,Takahashi Y,Miyata K,Utsumi K,Iritani A

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multicolor procedure employing fluorescence in situ hybridization is described for detecting chromosomal domains and germinal aneuploidy in late-step spermatids in mice using DNA probes specific for repetitive sequences near the centromeres of chromosomes 8 and X. These probes were nick-translated with biotin- or di...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Wyrobek A,Lowe X,Pinkel D,Bishop J

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A quantitative primer extension method was used to measure the mass of histone gene transcripts in mature oocytes of the amphibian Xenopus laevis. The procedure, using a large excess of gene-specific oligonucleotide primer and continuous incorporation of a radiolabeled deoxynucleoside triphosphate precursor, is more s...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Brashears-Macatee S,Hinkley C,Perry M

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a novel reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)-based approach for systematically quantifying in a single experiment the abundances of many different mRNAs in preimplantation mouse embryos. With this approach, the entire mRNA population from a small number of embryos is amplified whi...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Rambhatla L,Patel B,Dhanasekaran N,Latham KE

更新日期：1995-07-01 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：: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：:Oxygen consumption of preimplantation and early postimplantation mouse embryos has been measured using a novel noninvasive ultramicrofluorescence technique, based on an oil-soluble, nontoxic quaternary benzoid compound pyrene, whose fluorescence is quenched in the presence of oxygen. Pyruvate and glucose consumption, ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Houghton FD,Thompson JG,Kennedy CJ,Leese HJ

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activins, the dimeric polypeptides of inhibin beta-subunits, exhibit paracrine effects on cell proliferation, differentiation, and various other cell functions. The complex biological response to activin appears to involve multiple receptors. In the present study, we examined the isoform mRNA expression of both activi...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Wu TC,Jih MH,Wang L,Wan YJ

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smarca 2 (Brahma) and Smarca 4 (Brahma related gene 1, BRG1) alternatively occupy the catalytic site of SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complexes. Mammalian embryos undergo a dramatic amount of epigenetic remodeling during cleavage development, which plays key roles in regulating both gene transcription and the developme...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Magnani L,Cabot RA

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulation of protein tyrosine phosphorylation is required for sperm capacitation and oocyte fertilization. The objective of the present work was to study the role of the calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) on protein tyrosine phosphorylation in boar spermatozoa under capacitating conditions. To do this, boar spermatozoa ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Macías-García B,García-Marín LJ,Bragado MJ,González-Fernández L

更新日期：2019-07-01 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：: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：: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