Role of amphibian egg transglutaminase in the development of secondary cytostatic factor in vitro.

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：:The fibrous sheath is a major cytoskeletal structure in the principal piece of the mammalian sperm flagellum. Two peptide sequences obtained from a tryptic digest of mouse fibrous sheath proteins exhibited high homology with mu-class glutathione S-transferases (GSTs). Using a DNA probe amplified from degenerate polyme...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Fulcher KD,Welch JE,Klapper DG,O'Brien DA,Eddy EM

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the molecular cloning of the ovine testicular follicle-stimulating (FSH) receptor that couples to the Gs-type effector systems, we discovered novel cDNA clones that were highly homologous. Some of these clones contained an insert of 1,584 bp, which consisted of a divergent 3' region spliced with a 5' region tha...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Yarney TA,Jiang L,Khan H,MacDonald EA,Laird DW,Sairam MR

更新日期：1997-12-01 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：:Semen analysis lacks a functional component and best identifies extreme cases of infertility. The ganglioside GM1 is known to have functional roles during capacitation and acrosome exocytosis. Here, we assessed whether GM1 localization patterns (Cap-Score™) correspond with male fertility in different settings: Study 1...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Cardona C,Neri QV,Simpson AJ,Moody MA,Ostermeier GC,Seaman EK,Paniza T,Rosenwaks Z,Palermo GD,Travis AJ

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) oocytes were incubated for 3 hr in ovarian fluid alone (CC), or cortisol-enriched ovarian fluid [100 or 1,000 ng ml(-1) (CL and CH, respectively)], after which they were fertilized; the growth and development of the embryos reared from these oocytes was monitored until first feed, a...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Li M,Bureau DP,King WA,Leatherland JF

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The developmental pattern of expression of the Strongylocentrotus purpuratus CyIIIb actin gene was determined by RNA blot hybridizations carried out with a gene-specific probe and total embryonic RNA isolated from various stages of development. The results indicate that the CyIIIb mRNA is not detected in the maternal ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Flytzanis CN,Bogosian EA,Niemeyer CC

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

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：:Studies of ovine interferon-tau (oIFNtau) gene regulation, an anti-luteolytic factor produced by conceptuses of the ruminant ungulates, have been carried out, but a definitive mechanism for its spatial-temporal transcription has not been elucidated. Recently, specific binding regions for transcription factors AP-1 and...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Xu N,Takahashi Y,Matsuda F,Sakai S,Christenson RK,Imakawa K

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Normal epididymal function, such as protein expression and secretion, is primarily regulated by testicular androgens and temperature. However, the role of spermatozoa in this critical process has never been studied. In order to determine whether sperm itself could regulate epididymal function, we have developed a cell...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Reyes-Moreno C,Laflamme J,Frenette G,Sirard MA,Sullivan R

更新日期：2008-03-01 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：: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：: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：:Cattle consuming endophyte-infected tall fescue grass have an associated reduction in circulating progesterone and reduced reproductive rates. In this study, commercially available rat microarrays were used to analyze the gene expression in luteal tissues from heifers fed endophyte-free fescue, endophyte-infected fesc...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Jones KL,King SS,Iqbal MJ

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results of previous studies indicate that culture of preimplantation mouse embryos in SOM medium containing 85 mM NaCl promotes better development in vitro, as well as supporting higher rates of protein synthesis, when compared to culture in SOM containing 125 mM NaCl (Anbari and Schultz, 1993, Mol Reprod Dev 35:24-28...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ho Y,Doherty AS,Schultz RM

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although placental transfer of maternal calcium (Ca(2+)) is a crucial process for fetal development, the biochemical mechanisms are not completely elucidated. Especially, mechanisms of syncytiotrophoblast Ca(2+) extrusion into fetal circulation remain to be established. In the current study we have investigated the ch...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Moreau R,Daoud G,Masse A,Simoneau L,Lafond J

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Irregular uterine bleeding is a major side effect of long-acting progestogen-only contraceptives in women, and is the primary reason women discontinue their use. In this study, a mouse model of endometrial breakdown was established using a subcutaneous progesterone implant to understand how irregular bleeding begins. ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Zhang GH,Cui LJ,Li AY,Zhang JP,Liu Y,Zhao JS,Xu XB,He B,Wang JD,Chu L,Li YF

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Embryonic stem (ES) cell lines are routinely derived from in vivo produced blastocysts. We investigated the efficiency of ES cells derivation from in vitro produced blastocysts either in monoculture or sequential culture. Zygotes from hybrid F1 B6D2 mice were cultured in vitro to the blastocyst stage in Potassium (K(+...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Liu J,Schoonjans L,Tielens S,Speleman F,Cornelissen M,De Sutter P,Dhont M,Van der Elst J

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pannexins (Panxs) are channel-forming proteins that have homology to the invertebrate gap junction proteins, the innexins. These proteins form membrane channels implicated in ATP release. To evaluate the role of Panxs in the male reproductive tract, we investigated the distribution and regulation of Panx1 and 3 in the...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Turmel P,Dufresne J,Hermo L,Smith CE,Penuela S,Laird DW,Cyr DG

更新日期：2011-02-01 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：: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：:DNA methylation/demethylation of donor genomes in recipient ooplasm after nuclear transfer occurs in a species-specific way. In cloned rabbit and bovine embryos, repetitive sequences maintain the donor-type methylation status, but typical demethylation of repetitive sequences takes place in cloned porcine embryos. To ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Chen T,Zhang YL,Jiang Y,Liu JH,Schatten H,Chen DY,Sun QY

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequential culture and coculture are two methods of improving the development of preimplantation embryos in vitro. Direct comparison of the efficiency of these methods is limited. Proliferation and apoptosis determine the total number of blastomere in preimplantation embryo, which is a sensitive parameter for evaluati...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Xu JS,Chan ST,Lee WW,Lee KF,Yeung WS

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:p53, p21, and Rb are proteins with an important role in cell-cycle control. The expression and distribution of these gene products and the apoptotic rate were studied in the marbled-newt testis along the annual cycle to know the role of these factors in the control of spermatogenesis and glandular tissue formation. Th...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ricote M,Alfaro JM,García-Tuñón I,Arenas MI,Fraile B,Paniagua R,Royuela M

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bicarbonate/CO2 is believed to be the key in vitro effector of sperm capacitation, a process which induces major changes in the sperm plasma membrane in preparation for fertilization. In a flow cytometric study, we examined the effect of bicarbonate on boar spermatozoa using merocyanine, an impermeant lipophilic probe...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Harrison RA,Ashworth PJ,Miller NG

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to examine the effects of different culture media used for maturation of bovine oocytes on in vitro embryo development following in vitro fertilization. Oocytes were aspirated from 2-5 mm follicles of ovaries collected at a local abattoir. The oocyte-cumulus complexes (OCCs) were cultur...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Rose TA,Bavister BD

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The developmental competence of bovine follicular oocytes that had been meiotically arrested with the phosphokinase inhibitor 6-dimethylaminopurine (6-DMAP) was studied. After 24 h in vitro culture with 2 mM 6-DMAP, 85 +/- 12% of the oocytes were at the germinal vesicle stage compared to 97 +/- 3% at the start of cult...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Avery B,Hay-Schmidt A,Hyttel P,Greve T

更新日期：1998-07-01 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

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：: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