Sequential analysis of zona thickness during in vitro culture of human zygotes: correlation with embryo quality, age, and implantation.

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：: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：:Myricetin is a natural flavonoid, particularly enriched in red wines, whose occurrence is widespread among plants. Despite extensive research, the beneficial effects of Myricetin on human health are still controversial. Here, we tested the estrogen-like effect of the phytoestrogen Myricetin on human ejaculated sperm b...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Aquila S,Santoro M,De Amicis F,Guido C,Bonofiglio D,Lanzino M,Cesario MG,Perrotta I,Sisci D,Morelli C

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the hallmarks of mammalian sperm capacitation is the loss of cholesterol from the plasma membrane. Cholesterol has been associated with the formation of detergent insoluble membrane microdomains in many cell types, and sperm from several mammalian species have been shown to contain detergent-resistant membranes...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Thaler CD,Thomas M,Ramalie JR

更新日期：2006-12-01 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：: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：: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：:Among Sicilian stick insects, two hybridogenetic complexes have been discovered: Bacillus rossius-grandii benazzii and B. rossius-grandii grandii, which also produce androgenetic offspring. The egg maturation of the former is analyzed here through DAPI fluorometry, which, besides the assessment of the meiotic stages, ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Tinti F,Scali V

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sperm must undergo capacitation to become fertilization competent. Here we validated that monosialotetrahexosylganglioside (GM1 ) localization patterns, which were assessed in the Cap-Score™ Sperm Function Test, reflect a capacitated state in human sperm. First, we defined patterns representing sperm that do or do not...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Moody MA,Cardona C,Simpson AJ,Smith TT,Travis AJ,Ostermeier GC

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse egg activation, which includes release from meiotic metaphase II arrest, results from fertilization-induced increase in intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i). However, during egg activation caused by exposure to the protein synthesis inhibitor, cycloheximide, [Ca2+]i did not change. Although eggs fertili...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Moses RM,Kline D

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purposes of this study were to establish and to explore the biological basis of the chronic stress-induced premature ovarian failure (POF) model and to explore the therapeutic effects of the traditional Chinese medicine Muniziqi. Sexually matured female Sprague-Dawley rats were fed with spinach and cilantro in col...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Keremu A,Yaoliwasi A,Tuerhong M,Kadeer N,Heyi,Yiming A,Yilike X

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence and possible role of products of nuclear (c-fos and c-jun) and c-ras proto-oncogenes were investigated in preimplantation embryonic development in mice. Polyclonal antibodies to c-fos or c-jun proto-oncogene products did not affect development of in vitro-cultured embryos from two-cell to morula or from m...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ahmad K,Naz RK

更新日期：1993-11-01 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：:Oocytes enucleated at metaphase II stage can support reprogramming of transferred nucleus and further developing to term. However, the first polar body in mice sometimes migrates away from the original place of expulsion, so the chromosomes of the oocyte will displace from the first polar body. Thus, it is not always ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Wang MK,Liu JL,Li GP,Lian L,Chen DY

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that each of the metalloendoprotease (MEP) inhibitors phosphoramidon, diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid, and carbobenzoxy-L-phenylalanine, when present only during the human sperm acrosome reaction (AR), will not inhibit the AR or sperm motility but will decrease the number of sperm that pene...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Díaz-Pérez E,Meizel S

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigenetics includes the study of external factors that can influence the expression of genes by altering the accessibility of DNA through methylation. To investigate the epigenetic influence of season, sperm head shape, and semen storage on placental and fetal tissues, pregnancies were generated in the summer or wint...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Rempel LA,Krautkramer MM,Parrish JJ,Miles JR

更新日期：2019-04-01 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：:Germ cells require communication with associated somatic cells for normal gametogenesis, as exemplified by an oocyte that interacts with granulosa cells via paracrine factors as well as gap junctions located at sites of contact between these two cell types. The objective of the present study was to define the mechanis...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： McGinnis LK,Kinsey WH

更新日期：2015-02-01 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：:Nuclear transplantation studies demonstrated the importance of paternal contribution to embryogenesis. Paternal treatment with agents like cyclophosphamide and 5-azacytidine has been shown to cause an increase in pre-implantation loss (PIL) and post-implantation loss (POL). Studies from our laboratory have shown that ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Kedia N,Gill-Sharma MK,Parte P,Juneja HS,Balasinor N

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pigs have a unique, non-invasive epitheliochorial placenta where maternal and fetal layers lay in apposition. Indentation of fetal capillaries into the trophoblasts and maternal capillaries into the uterine epithelium reduce the distance between the fetal and maternal blood, ensuring nutrient transfer for proper conce...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Bidarimath M,Tayade C

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have cloned and sequenced the bovine NALP9 cDNA, which contains a 2991 bp long open reading frame with 76% homology to its human counterpart. The putative 996 amino acids protein presents the domain organization typical of the Nacht, Leucine rich repeat and Pyrin domain containing (NALP) family that includes the ma...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Dalbiès-Tran R,Papillier P,Pennetier S,Uzbekova S,Monget P

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In newt testis, spermatocytes never appear during winter, because secondary spermatogonia die by apoptosis just before meiosis. In the current study, we examined the effect of low temperatures on spermatogenesis. Incubation of newts at low temperatures (8, 12, 15 degrees C) induced defects in spermatogenesis in a temp...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Yazawa T,Nakayama Y,Fujimoto K,Matsuda Y,Abe K,Kitano T,Abé S,Yamamoto T

更新日期：2003-09-01 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：:In this study cytoskeletal antigens common to brushtail possum and tammar wallaby spermatozoa were characterised using a monoclonal antibody (PSA-10). Using indirect immunofluorescence, the PSA-10 antibody detected antigens predominantly associated with the midpiece and principal piece of mature, permeabilised marsupi...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Harris MS,Rodger JC

更新日期：1998-08-01 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：: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：: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：:The present study was conducted to investigate the mechanisms underlying fluid movement across the trophectoderm during blastocyst formation by determining whether aquaporins (AQPs) are expressed during early mammalian development. AQPs belong to a family of major intrinsic membrane proteins and function as molecular ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Offenberg H,Barcroft LC,Caveney A,Viuff D,Thomsen PD,Watson AJ

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the present study was to determine whether glucocorticoid (GC) and its receptor (GC-R) are expressed in the porcine corpus luteum (CL), and whether GC influences porcine luteal hormone production. The gene expressions of 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11-HSD1), type 2 (11-HSD2), GC-R, and...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Sakumoto R,Ito S,Okuda K

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00