Highlights:

Fuller W. Bazer, John Eppig, and Mary Ann Handel

Highlights
Biol Reprod 2005 73: 1. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Female Reproductive Tract:

Julie Parent and Michel A. Fortier

Expression and Contribution of Three Different Isoforms of Prostaglandin E Synthase in the Bovine Endometrium
Biol Reprod 2005 73: 36-44. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Cloning and functional expression in vivo and in vitro of the different isoforms of Prostaglandin E synthases responsible for PGE2 production in the endometrium

Jianbo Hu and Thomas E. Spencer

Carbonic Anhydrase Regulate Endometrial Gland Development in the Neonatal Uterus
Biol Reprod 2005 73: 131-138. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Carbonic anhydrases have a functional role specifically in endometrial gland development during postnatal mouse uterine morphogenesis

Gamete Biology:

Christopher Malcuit, Jason G. Knott, Changli He, Tara Wainwright, Jan B. Parys, James M. Robl, and Rafael A. Fissore

Fertilization and Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate (IP₃)-Induced Calcium Release in Type-1 Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptor Down-Regulated Bovine Eggs
Biol Reprod 2005 73: 2-13. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Generation of a desensitized-reduced IP3R system in bovine eggs identifies requirements for IP3 production during fertilization

Maud Vallée, Catherine Gravel, Marie-France Palin, Hélène Reghenas, Paul Stothard, David S. Wishart, and Marc-André Sirard

Identification of Novel and Known Oocyte-Specific Genes Using Complementary DNA Subtraction and Microarray Analysis in Three Different Species
Biol Reprod 2005 73: 63-71. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Construction and validation of bovine, mouse, and Xenopus laevis cDNA oocyte-specific libraries using SSH and microarray analysis

Cristián O'Flaherty, Eve de Lamirande, and Claude Gagnon

Reactive Oxygen Species and Protein Kinases Modulate the Level of Phospho-MEK-Like Proteins During Human Sperm Capacitation
Biol Reprod 2005 73: 94-105. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Protein kinases and reactive oxygen species regulate phospho-MEK-like proteins in capacitating human spermatozoa

Guogang Xu, Graciela Spivak, David L. Mitchell, Toshi Mori, John R. McCarrey, C. Alex McMahan, Ronald B. Walter, Philip C. Hanawalt, and Christi A. Walter

Nucleotide Excision Repair Activity Varies Among Murine Spermatogenic Cell Types
Biol Reprod 2005 73: 123-130. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Nucleotide excision repair activity varies among spermatogenic cell types with premieotic cell types lacking a transcriptional bias, while meiotic and postmeiotic cell types show preferential repair of transcriptionally active genes

Gary E. Olson, Virginia P. Winfrey, Subir K. NagDas, Kristina E. Hill, and Raymond F. Burk

Selenoprotein P Is Required for Mouse Sperm Development
Biol Reprod 2005 73: 201-211. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: This manuscript demonstrates that infertility of selenoprotein P-null mice results from a defective sperm phenotype

Mechanisms of Hormone Action:

Asaf Shechter, Eliahu D. Aflalo, Claytus Davis, and Amir Sagi

Expression of the Reproductive Female-Specific Vitellogenin Gene in Endocrinologically Induced Male and Intersex Cherax quadricarinatus Crayfish
Biol Reprod 2005 73: 72-79. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: The vitellogenin gene, specifically expressed in reproductive oviparous females, was induced in crayfish males and intersex. It provides a unique model for investigating the regulation of vitellogenesis and the expression of the vitellogenin gene

Claire S. Barbier, Karen A. Becker, Melissa A. Troester, and David G. Kaufman

Expression of Exogenous Human Telomerase in Cultures of Endometrial Stromal Cells Does Not Alter Their Hormone Responsiveness
Biol Reprod 2005 73: 106-114. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Expression of telomerase in endometrial stromal cells allows the preservation of their estrogen and progesterone responsiveness and their ability to regulate the proliferation of epithelial endometrial cells

Scott C. Miller, Brian L. Anderson, and Beth M. Bowman

Weaning Initiates a Rapid and Powerful Anabolic Phase in the Rat Maternal Skeleton
Biol Reprod 2005 73: 156-162. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: The early postweaning period in the maternal skeleton is profoundly anabolic, with substantial increases in bone formation accompanied by an osteoblast population forming from proliferating progenitors

Ovary:

Ronit Haimov-Kochman, Diana Prus, Eyal Zcharia, Debra S. Goldman-Wohl, Shira Natanson-Yaron, Caryn Greenfield, Eyal Y. Anteby, Reuven Reich, Joseph Orly, Alex Tsafriri, Arye Hurwitz, Israel Vlodavsky, and Simcha Yagel

Spatiotemporal Expression of Heparanase During Human and Rodent Ovarian Folliculogenesis
Biol Reprod 2005 73: 20-28. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Heparanase plays a role in ovarian tissue remodeling during folliculogenesis and CL formation and regression

Pritpal S. Malhi, Gregg P. Adams, and Jaswant Singh

Bovine Model for the Study of Reproductive Aging in Women: Follicular, Luteal, and Endocrine Characteristics
Biol Reprod 2005 73: 45-53. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: To develop and validate cattle as a physiological model for reproductive aging in women

David S. Burns, Fermin Jimenez-Krassel, Janet L.H. Ireland, Phil G. Knight, and James J. Ireland

Numbers of Antral Follicles During Follicular Waves in Cattle: Evidence for High Variation Among Animals, Very High Repeatability in Individuals, and an Inverse Association with Serum Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Concentrations
Biol Reprod 2005 73: 54-62. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Number of antral follicles during follicular waves is highly repeatable in individual cattle

A. McDonnel Smedts and T.E. Curry, Jr.

Expression of Basigin, an Inducer of Matrix Metalloproteinases, in the Rat Ovary
Biol Reprod 2005 73: 80-87. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Summary: Bsg expression was characterized in the rat ovary during induced and naturally occurring ovulation, pseudopregnancy, and luteolysis; an induction of expression was observed with gonadotropin stimulation of cultured granulosa cells

Pituitary:

J. Alejandro Arreguin-Arevalo and Terry M. Nett

A Nongenomic Action of 17ß-Estradiol as the Mechanism Underlying the Acute Suppression of Secretion of Luteinizing Hormone
Biol Reprod 2005 73: 115-122. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Distinct to the classical genomic stimulatory actions of estradiol on secretion of LH, estradiol is capable of preventing the GnRH-induced secretion of LH by a nongenomic mechanisms, which may be mediated through the traditional {alpha} estrogen receptor

Pregnancy:

Arlen Soghomonians, Abdul I. Barakat, Twanda L. Thirkill, and Gordon C. Douglas

Trophoblast Migration Under Flow Is Regulated by Endothelial Cells
Biol Reprod 2005 73: 14-19. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Trophoblasts reach the spiral arteries by migration against blood flow and migration is regulated by direct contact with endothelial cells

Ning Li, David N. Wells, A. James Peterson, and Rita S.F. Lee

Perturbations in the Biochemical Composition of Fetal Fluids Are Apparent in Surviving Bovine Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Pregnancies in the First Half of Gestation
Biol Reprod 2005 73: 139-148. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: The ability of cloned cattle conceptuses to regulate amniotic and allantoic fluid composition is impaired

Etsuko Daimon and Yoshinao Wada

Role of Neutrophils in Matrix Metalloproteinase Activity in the Preimplantation Mouse Uterus
Biol Reprod 2005 73: 163-171. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: MMP activity in the preimplantation uterus originates in proMMP-9-bearing neutrophils attracted by seminal plasma

Kotaro Fukushima, Shingo Miyamoto, Kiyomi Tsukimori, Hiroaki Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Seki, Satoru Takeda, Egashira Kensuke, Kishio Ohtani, Masabumi Shibuya, and Hitoo Nakano

Tumor Necrosis Factor and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Induce Endothelial Integrin Repertories, Regulating Endovascular Differentiation and Apoptosis in a Human Extravillous Trophoblast Cell Line
Biol Reprod 2005 73: 172-179. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: In this study, using a human EVT cell line, we suggested that TNF, as well as VEGF, induce ITGAV/ITGB3 and regulate EVT behavior, including endovascular differentiation and cellular survival, through interacting with ECM via these integrins

Reproductive Technology:

Goro Yoshizaki, Yasuko Tago, Yutaka Takeuchi, Etsuko Sawatari, Terumasa Kobayashi, and Toshio Takeuchi

Green Fluorescent Protein Labeling of Primordial Germ Cells Using a Nontransgenic Method and Its Application for Germ Cell Transplantation in Salmonidae
Biol Reprod 2005 73: 88-93. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: We established a novel germ cell visualization system using chimeric RNAs composed of the GFP coding region and vasa 3'-UTRs from various fish species and successfully applied this system to xenotransplantation of PGCs in Salmonidae

Li Wang, Enkui Duan, Li-ying Sung, Byeong-Seon Jeong, Xiangzhong Yang, and X. Cindy Tian

Generation and Characterization of Pluripotent Stem Cells from Cloned Bovine Embryos
Biol Reprod 2005 73: 149-155. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: We generated pluripotent ntES cells that have morphology similar to those of established ES cells in human and mouse

Monika A. Ward

Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection Effects in Infertile azh Mutant Mice
Biol Reprod 2005 73: 193-200. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: ICSI does not enhance azh mutation phenotype in mice produced with this method, brings no risks when it is applied continuously in three successive generations of azh mice, and is highly efficient in maintaining valuable mice with fertility problems

Testis:

Jungkee Kwon, Keiji Mochida, Yu-Lai Wang, Satoshi Sekiguchi, Tadashi Sankai, Shunsuke Aoki, Atsuo Ogura, Yasuhiro Yoshikawa, and Keiji Wada

Ubiquitin C-Terminal Hydrolase L-1 Is Essential for the Early Apoptotic Wave of Germinal Cells and for Sperm Quality Control During Spermatogenesis
Biol Reprod 2005 73: 29-35. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: UCHL1 functions during the early apoptotic wave and in the control of sperm quality during spermatogenesis

Kejun Liu, Kim P. Lehmann, Madhabananda Sar, S. Stanley Young, and Kevin W. Gaido

Gene Expression Profiling Following In Utero Exposure to Phthalate Esters Reveals New Gene Targets in the Etiology of Testicular Dysgenesis
Biol Reprod 2005 73: 180-192. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: The common targeting by reproductively toxic phthalates of molecular networks associated with testosterone production and interaction between Sertoli cells and gonocytes in the developing fetal testis implicates these gene pathways in the etiology of testicular dysgenesis

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