Equine inhibin/activin beta A-subunit mRNA is expressed in the endometrial gland, but not in the trophoblast, during pregnancy.

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：:Fully grown immature oocytes acquire the ability to be fertilized with sperm after meiotic maturation, which is finally accomplished by the formation and activation of the maturation-promoting factor (MPF). MPF is the complex of Cdc2 and cyclin B, and its function in promoting metaphase is common among species. The Mo...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Yoshida N,Mita K,Yamashita M

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cysteamine when added during in vitro maturation (IVM) or in vitro embryo culture (IVC) stimulates glutathione (GSH) synthesis and improves embryo developmental rates. This suggests that GSH synthesis is decreased in the in vitro produced embryo. The present study was carried out to evaluate if addition of cysteamine ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： de Matos DG,Herrera C,Cortvrindt R,Smitz J,Van Soom A,Nogueira D,Pasqualini RS

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of cytokines and growth factors are known to modulate proliferation and differentiation of human endometrium. In this study, the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), and VEGF receptors, fms-like tyrosine kinase (Flt1) and kinase insert domain-containi...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Wei P,Chen XL,Song XX,Han CS,Liu YX

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spermatogonia of fish can be classified as being either undifferentiated type A spermatogonia or differentiated type B spermatogonia. Although type A spermatogonia, which contain spermatogonial stem cells, have been demonstrated to be a suitable material for germ cell transplantation, no molecular markers for dist...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Yano A,von Schalburg K,Cooper G,Koop BF,Yoshizaki G

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sperm capacitation is defined as the maturational changes that render a sperm competent for fertilization and occurs in the female reproductive tract. Identification of the factor/s that regulate sperm capacitation would allow the understanding of these phenomena. Among these factors, gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) ha...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ritta MN,Bas DE,Tartaglione CM

更新日期：2004-04-01 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：:Prostaglandins could be involved in various aspects of final differentiation of ovarian follicles. Prostaglandins are generated by the cyclooxygenase (cox) pathway. Until now, the expression pattern of isoforms cox-1 and cox-2 of cyclooxygenase in bovine cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs) was unknown. Using immunodetecti...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Nuttinck F,Reinaud P,Tricoire H,Vigneron C,Peynot N,Mialot JP,Mermillod P,Charpigny G

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported metabolic cooperation between Sertoli and peritubular myoid cells in terms of synthesis of one of the main testicular extracellular matrix (ECM) constituents, glycosaminoglycans (GAG). This study concerns Sertoli cell ECM-peritubular myoid cell interactions in terms of GAG synthesis. We hav...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Raychoudhury SS,Blackshaw AW,Irving MG

更新日期：1993-06-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:Studies have shown that aberrant expression of IL-12p40, which is encoded by the interleukin-12B (IL-12B) gene, may be involved in the development of endometriosis. In this study, we investigated the role of aberrant methylation of the IL-12B promoter region and its associated expression in the development of ovarian ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Zhao W,Kang S,Zhao J,Wang L,Cao S,Li Y

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progesterone (P) has previously been shown to rapidly increase free intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i), and subsequently to initiate the acrosome reaction (AR) in capacitated human sperm. The present study used cytochemical analysis of the AR, and spectrofluorometric determination of sperm [Ca2+]i and intra...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Garcia MA,Meizel S

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ovorubin and PV2 are the major lipoglycocarotenoproteins present in the perivitellus of the freshwater snail eggs of Pomacea canaliculata, a rapidly expanding rice field pest. We have previously characterized these two particles regarding their lipid and protein compositions, their synthesis and tissular distribution,...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Dreon MS,Heras H,Pollero RJ

更新日期：2004-07-01 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：:This study was performed to investigate the effects of edaravone on hypoxia-induced trophoblast cell proliferation, apoptosis, and invasion. The trophoblast cell line HTR-8 (H8) was treated with cobalt chloride (CoCl2 ) with or without a 1-hr edaravone pretreatment, followed by assessment of intracellular reactive oxy...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Zheng Y,Zhao Y,Luo Q,Liu X,Liu X,Hu Y,Zou L

更新日期：2016-07-01 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：:In this study, we sought to determine the mechanism of early sex reversal in a teleost by applying 4 hr feminization treatments to XY (17α-ethynylestradiol 2000 μg L(-1) ) and YY (6500 μg L(-1) ) Nile tilapia embryos on the first day post-fertilization (dpf). We then searched for changes in the expression profiles of ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Gennotte V,Mélard C,D'Cotta H,Baroiller JF,Rougeot C

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In poikilothermic vertebrates, sex determination is sometimes influenced by environmental factors such as temperature. However, little is known about the molecular mechanisms underlying environmental sex determination. The medaka (Oryzias latipes) is a teleost fish with an XX/XY sex determination system. Recently, it ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Hayashi Y,Kobira H,Yamaguchi T,Shiraishi E,Yazawa T,Hirai T,Kamei Y,Kitano T

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sperm nucleus has a unique chromatin structure where the DNA is highly condensed and associated with specific proteins, the protamines. It is a nondividing cell which is also transcriptionally inactive. After fusion with an oocyte, the sperm nucleus undergoes decondensation and, in the same time, starts replicatio...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Hazzouri M,Rousseaux S,Mongelard F,Usson Y,Pelletier R,Faure AK,Vourc'h C,Sèle B

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the primary structures of two mRNA species (GH1 and GH2), each predicted from the cloned cDNA and genomic gene sequences, that encode growth hormone in rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri). Both GH1 and GH2 mRNA contain open reading frames comprising 630 nucleotides and encode 210 amino acid residues, of which 11...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Agellon LB,Davies SL,Lin CM,Chen TT,Powers DA

更新日期：1988-01-01 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 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：:The cumulus cells that surround the mammalian oocyte become dispersed following the preovulatory surge of the pituitary gonadotropin, luteinizing hormone (LH). We have examined cumulus-oocyte complexes of PMSG-primed immature rats before and at 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8 hr after injection of human chorionic gonadotropin (h...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Phillips DM,Dekel N

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of reactive oxygen species production on the motility parameters, DNA integrity, acid phosphatase activity, and protein tyrosine phosphorylation in spermatozoa of the common carp (Cyprinus carpio) was investigated. Spermatozoa were exposed to different concentrations of xanthine and xanthine oxidase (X-XO) ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Gazo I,Shaliutina-Kolešová A,Dietrich MA,Linhartová P,Shaliutina O,Cosson J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many studies have shown a correlation between transferrin (Tf) concentration and sperm yield in several mammalian species. We have used transgenic mice expressing human Tf (hTf) to investigate if overexpression of Tf increases the efficiency of mouse spermatogenesis. We demonstrated that a 36% increase of Tf does not ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Lécureuil C,Staub C,Fouchécourt S,Maurel MC,Fontaine I,Martinat N,Gauthier C,Daudignon A,Delaleu B,Sow A,Jégou B,Guillou F

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:XIST is an X-linked, non-coding gene responsible for the cis induction of X-chromosome inactivation (XCI). Knockout of the XIST allele on an active X chromosome abolishes erroneous XCI and enhances the in vivo development of cloned mouse embryos by more than 10-fold. This study aimed to investigate whether a similar m...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Yang Y,Wu D,Liu D,Shi J,Zhou R,He X,Quan J,Cai G,Zheng E,Wu Z,Li Z

更新日期：2017-06-01 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