abstract：:Spermatozoa from the sperm-rich fractions of the semen of 6 beagle dogs were capacitated and the effect of both zona pellucida (ZP) proteins and progesterone on calcium flux and the acrosome reaction measured. Sperm calcium flux was determined using the dual wavelength calcium probe indo-1/AM (6 microM) in a flow cyto...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Brewis IA,Morton IE,Moore HD,England GC

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The homeobox-containing gene family plays a pivotal role in regulating, patterning, and axial morphogenesis in the developing embryo. But there is still very little known about the expression and function of these genes in mammalian oocytes and preimplantation stage embryos. In this study we have used degenerate prime...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ponsuksili S,Wimmers K,Adjaye J,Schellander K

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ter (teratoma, chromosome 18) mutation causes a deficiency of primordial germ cells (PGCs) in ter/ter embryos from the ter congenic mouse strain at 8.0 days post coitum (dpc). In order to analyse the function of the ter gene, here we examined effects of conditioned medium (CM) from 14.5 dpc testicular and ovarian ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Takabayashi S,Sasaoka Y,Yamashita M,Tokumoto T,Ishikawa K,Noguchi M

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this research was to evaluate if DNA hypomethylation in cells used as karyoplasts would improve development of bovine nuclear transplantation (NT) embryos. DNA from serum-fed (SF), serum-starved (SS), and 1, or 5 microM 5-azacytidine (5-aza-CR) treated cells was digested with a methylation sensitive e...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Jones KL,Hill J,Shin TY,Lui L,Westhusin M

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the results of intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) that leads to full term development of hybrid (B6C3F1 and B6D2F1) and inbred (C57BL/6) mouse embryos. Although fertilization and pre-implantation development of C57BL/6 eggs were similar to those of F1 hybrid eggs, post-implantation development of the ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Kawase Y,Iwata T,Toyoda Y,Wakayama T,Yanagimachi R,Suzuki H

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spermiogenesis pursues three major objectives: (1) The safeguard of the male genome within the confines of a compact nucleus. (2) The accumulation of enzymes in the acrosome of be released at fertilization. (3) The development of a sperm propelling tail consisting of an axoneme surrounded by a scaffold of keratin-cont...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Kierszenbaum AL

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously described a hamster sperm glycoprotein, P26h, which is implicated in the cascade of events occurring during the interaction between mature spermatozoa and the oocyte's zona pellucida. The P26h is acquired on the acrosomal cap of the spermatozoon during its maturation arising within the epididymis. L...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Lamontagne N,Légaré C,Gaudreault C,Sullivan R

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progress in the understanding of early mammalian embryo development has been severely hampered by scarcity of study materials. To circumvent such a constraint, we have developed a strategy that involves a combination of in silico mining of new genes from expressed sequence tags (EST) databases and rapid determination ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Choo KB,Chen HH,Cheng WT,Chang HS,Wang M

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen receptor (ER)- (alpha, beta, and both alpha and beta) and aromatase (Ar) knockout (KO) mice have been created to assess the biological effects of estrogens. This review article discusses the ovarian and uterine phenotypes of these mice. The data obtained have confirmed some older inferences about how the ster...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Rosenfeld CS,Roberts RM,Lubahn DB

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During implantation in mice, tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinases-3 is believed to play a key role in inhibiting matrix metalloproteinase activity associated with embryo invasion and tissue remodeling. The first objective of this study was to quantitatively compare the steady-state mRNA levels of tissue inhib...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Bany BM,Schultz GA

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) has long been considered as a neuropeptide involved in the control of the reproductive cycle. However, the presence of GnRH and its receptors in various tissues, including ovary and testis, suggests a role as autocrine/paracrine factor. In the present study, we report the expr...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Uzbekova S,Ferrière F,Guiguen Y,Bailhache T,Breton B,Lareyre JJ

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel restriction fragment differential display (RFDD) RT-PCR has been used to compare patterns of mRNA expression in bovine oocytes matured in vitro in the presence (10%) or absence of fetal calf serum (FCS). Total RNA extracted from matured and denuded oocytes was processed using display Profile kit (Display Syste...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Rzucidlo SJ,Gibbons J,Stice SL

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The completion of spermiogenesis requires condensation of the haploid spermatid genome. This task is accomplished in a gradual and relentless manner by first erasing the nucleosomal organization of chromatin while the DNA is protected by transient nuclear proteins TP1 and TP2. Then, the more permanent protamines come ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Kierszenbaum AL

更新日期：2001-04-01 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：:The aim of the present study is to investigate the effect of insulin-like growth factor (IGF-I) on the development of cultured rat pre-antral follicles. Pre-antral follicles with a diameter between 140 and 160 microm are mechanically isolated from ovaries of 10-day-old rats and cultured in groups for 6 days in FSH and...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Zhao J,Taverne MA,Van Der Weijden GC,Bevers MM,Van Den Hurk R

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal oocyte spindle due to the improper function of ooplasm is associated with female infertility of advanced maternal age. A possible way to overcome this problem is to transfer an oocyte germinal vesicle (GV) which contains genetic materials of a patient with a history of poor embryo development to the cytoplast...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Li GP,Chen DY,Lian L,Sun QY,Wang MK,Liu JL,Li JS,Han ZM

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Temporal pattern of expression of Cu/Zn and Mn superoxide dismutases (SODs) was investigated in bovine oocytes and embryos produced in vitro in two different culture conditions and in vivo after superovulation. SODs were examined at a transcriptional level in single oocytes and embryos by reverse transcriptase-polymer...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Lequarré AS,Feugang JM,Malhomme O,Donnay I,Massip A,Dessy F,Van Langendonckt A

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：: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：:Insulators are located at the boundaries of differentially regulated genes and delimit their interactions by establishing independent chromatin structures. Recently, an insulator sequence has been found in the 5'-flanking region of arylsulfatase (ARS) gene from sea urchin. To investigate functional conservation of thi...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Takada T,Iida K,Akasaka K,Yasue H,Torii R,Tsujimoto G,Taira M,Kimura H

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 26S proteasome is a self-compartmentalizing protease responsible for the degradation of intracellular proteins. This giant intracellular protease is formed by several subunits arranged into two 19S polar caps-where protein recognition and ATP-dependent unfolding occur-flanking a 20S central barrel-shaped structure...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Kierszenbaum AL

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fertilization in Bufo arenarum requires the sperm to penetrate the egg envelopes. The incubation of isolated vitelline envelopes with sperm induces the acrosome reaction, releasing proteases and glycosidases to the media. In the present work N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase, beta-D-galactosidase, beta-D-glucosidase, al...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Martínez ML,Martelotto L,Cabada MO

更新日期：2000-10-01 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：: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：:Centrosome reduction during spermiogenesis has been studied using anti-gamma-tubulin and anti-centrin antibodies and electron microscopy in nonhuman primates. Rhesus spermatids possess apparently normal centrosomes comprising a pair of centrioles associated with gamma-tubulin and centrin. However, they do not nucleate...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Manandhar G,Schatten G

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A polymorphism in the igf2 gene of chickens was identified using NlaIII (GenBank accession number AF218827). In some embryos, the igf2 alleles were expressed monoallelically from either maternal or paternal alleles. These data demonstrate that genomic imprinting is not confined to mammalian vertebrates and suggest tha...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Koski LB,Sasaki E,Roberts RD,Gibson J,Etches RJ

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was reported that a hamster protein, called "oscillin," with a sequence related to that of an Escherichia coli GNPDA triggered Ca(2+) oscillations in mammalian oocytes when introduced into their cytoplasm upon fertilization. Recently, it was shown that GNPDA/oscillin is ubiquitously expressed in rat tissues and tha...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Amireault P,Dubé F

更新日期：2000-07-01 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：:Human ejaculate spermatozoa contain multiple mRNA species carried over from earlier stages in spermatogenesis. To date, gene-specific RT-PCR or in situ hybridization has detected transcripts for beta-actin, heat shock proteins (HSP) 70 and 90, protamines (PRM) 1 and 2, transition protein (TNp) 2, HLA II, beta-integrin...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Miller D

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have tested three parameters in sperm-mediated gene transfer assays with mice and pigs: (i) the epididymal versus ejaculated origin of sperm cells, (ii) the primary structure, and (iii) the amount of the challenging foreign DNA. We have found that the pVLCNhGH construct, of retrotransposon origin, causes a massive ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Sciamanna I,Piccoli S,Barberi L,Zaccagnini G,Magnano AR,Giordano R,Campedelli P,Hodgson C,Lorenzini R,Spadafora C

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the present study was to investigate the ultrastructural consequences of vitrification of bovine oocytes at the metaphase II (MII) stage by the so-called "Open Pulled Straw" method. Oocytes were matured in vitro for 22 hr and cryopreserved by vitrification. After warming and additional 2 hr of culture...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Hyttel P,Vajta G,Callesen H

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of bovine oocytes by experimental procedures that closely mimic normal fertilization and allow to obtain haploid oocytes is essential both for intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) and for nuclear transfer. Therefore, with the goal of producing haploid activated oocytes, this study evaluated whether bohem...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Alberio R,Kubelka M,Zakhartchenko V,Hajdúch M,Wolf E,Motlik J

更新日期：2000-04-01 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：:In the present study propidium iodide was used as a fluorescent dye to stain DNA of cells of hamster testicular origin and fluorescent intensities were analyzed by flow cytometry. We used hamster testicular cells from the first spermatogenic wave to observe the consecutive appearance of the different types of cells du...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Golan R,Weissenberg R,Oschry Y,Shochat L,Lewin LM

更新日期：2000-02-01 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：:The present study was undertaken to evaluate the effects of hyperstimulation and aging on the number and proportion of oocytes in the metaphase II stage in female Wistar rats. It explored the validity of the hypothesis that a combination of hyperstimulation with pregnant mare serum gonadotrophins (PMSG) and age could ...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Tain CF,Goh VH,Ng SC

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the mechanisms for the regulation of intracellular pH in bovine oocytes and embryos. Na(+)/H(+) antiporter activity for the regulation of intracellular pH in the acid to neutral range was detected in both in vitro matured bovine oocytes and in vitro produced embryos. However, the activity of th...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Lane M,Bavister BD

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a means of determining whether ovarian follicular fluid reaches the functional sperm reservoir in the caudal isthmus of the Fallopian tube shortly after ovulation, 0.01-0.02 ml aliquots of whole or steroid-free follicular fluid were introduced into the distal extremity of the isthmus within 1 hr before ovulation. E...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Hunter RH,Petersen HH,Greve T

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse and rabbit preimplantation embryos with intact zona pellucida were incubated for 3 hr with DNA-carrying constructs containing insulin as an internalizable ligand: (insulin-polylysine)-DNA and (insulin-polylysine)-DNA-(streptavidin-polylysine)-(biotinylated adenovirus). Video-intensified microscopy demonstrated t...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Ivanova MM,Rosenkranz AA,Smirnova OA,Nikitin VA,Sobolev AS,Landa V,Naroditsky BS,Ernst LK

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The maturation of various aspects of sperm function have been demonstrated in monkey and human epididymal sperm, including the ability to undergo the acrosome reaction. The present study aimed to investigate the maturational changes in non-human primate sperm in the signal transduction mechanisms leading to the acroso...

journal_title：Molecular reproduction and development

authors： Yeung CH,Weinbauer GF,Cooper TG

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00