Highlights:

Highlights
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 199. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Embryo:

Namdori R Mtango and Keith E Latham

Differential Expression of Cell Cycle Genes in Rhesus Monkey Oocytes and Embryos of Different Developmental Potentials
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 254-266. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Disruptions in cell cycle regulatory mRNA expression are associated with cleavage arrest in rhesus monkey embryos of poor developmental potential.

Adam J Watkins, Elizabeth Ursell, Rose Panton, Thomas Papenbrock, Lisa Hollis, Colm Cunningham, Adrian Wilkins, V. Hugh Perry, Bhavwanti Sheth, Wing Yee Kwong, Judith J Eckert, Arthur E Wild, Mark A Hanson, Clive Osmond, and Tom P Fleming

Adaptive Responses by Mouse Early Embryos to Maternal Diet Protect Fetal Growth but Predispose to Adult Onset Disease
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 299-306. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

Summary: Maternal low protein diet induces compensatory responses within mouse early embryos to enhance growth and nutrient provision in late gestation via yolk sac histiotrophic mechanisms but which also lead to adult cardiovascular and behavioral disease.

Female Reproductive Tract:

Peng Wang, JoAnne A Julian, and Daniel D Carson

The MUC1 HMFG1 Glycoform Is a Precursor to the 214D4 Glycoform in the Human Uterine Epithelial Cell Line, HES
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 290-298. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: MUC1 glycoform processing contributes to heterogeneity in immunodetection in human endometrial cells and tissues.

Gamete Biology:

Svetlana Uzbekova, Yannick Arlot-Bonnemains, Joëlle Dupont, Rozenn Dalbiès-Tran, Pascal Papillier, Sophie Pennetier, Aurore Thélie, Christine Perreau, Pascal Mermillod, Claude Prigent, and Rustem Uzbekov

Spatio-Temporal Expression Patterns of Aurora Kinases A, B, and C and Cytoplasmic Polyadenylation-Element-Binding Protein in Bovine Oocytes During Meiotic Maturation
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 218-233. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

Summary: Expression patterns of Aurora kinases and CPEB in bovine oocytes during meiotic maturation might indicate their functions in formation of metaphase-I and -II and the first polar body.

Francisco Javier Martín-Romero, Jose Ramón Ortíz-de-Galisteo, Javier Lara-Laranjeira, Jose Antonio Domínguez-Arroyo, Ernesto González-Carrera, and Ignacio S Álvarez

Store-Operated Calcium Entry in Human Oocytes and Sensitivity to Oxidative Stress
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 307-315. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Hydrogen peroxide induces calcium deregulation in human oocytes through activation of store-operated calcium entry.

Shigeho Ijiri, Hiroyo Kaneko, Tohru Kobayashi, De-Shou Wang, Fumie Sakai, Bindhu Paul-Prasanth, Masaru Nakamura, and Yoshitaka Nagahama

Sexual Dimorphic Expression of Genes in Gonads During Early Differentiation of a Teleost Fish, the Nile Tilapia Oreochromis niloticus
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 333-341. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: The sex-specific expression of Cyp19a1/Foxl2 in XX gonads and DMRT1 in XY gonads during early gonadal differentiation (5-6 days post hatching) is critical for indifferent gonads to differentiate into either the ovary or testis in the Nile tilapia

Immunology:

Valentina Dal Secco, Anna Riccioli, Fabrizio Padula, Elio Ziparo, and Antonio Filippini

Mouse Sertoli Cells Display Phenotypical and Functional Traits of Antigen-Presenting Cells in Response to Interferon Gamma
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 234-242. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

Summary: IFNG-stimulated Sertoli cells mediate inhibition of CD8+ T cell proliferation and induction of regulatory T cells, possibly contributing to the testicular immune privilege.

Male Reproductive Tract:

Evemie Dubé, Louis Hermo, Peter T.K Chan, and Daniel G Cyr

Alterations in Gene Expression in the Caput Epididymides of Nonobstructive Azoospermic Men
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 342-351. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Several genes, including some encoding proteins implicated in spermatozoal maturation and water and ion transport, are repressed in the caput epididymidis of nonobstructive azoospermic men.

Mechanisms of Hormone Action:

Mohammad Sorowar Hossain, Anders Larsson, Nikolai Scherbak, Per-Erik Olsson, and Laszlo Orban

Zebrafish Androgen Receptor: Isolation, Molecular, and Biochemical Characterization
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 361-369. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

Summary: The zebrafish androgen receptor is encoded by a single, well-conserved locus, and it is preferentially activated by 11-ketotestosterone.

Neuroendocrinology:

Amy L Filby, Ronny van Aerle, JanWillem Duitman, and Charles R Tyler

The Kisspeptin/Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Pathway and Molecular Signaling of Puberty in Fish
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 278-289. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Figure]  

Summary: Kiss1 receptor is highly expressed during early puberty in male and female fish, in close alignment with the expression of multiple GnRH subtypes, supporting a role for the kisspeptin pathway in the activation of GnRH signaling at puberty in fish.

Helen L Henderson, David J Hodson, Susan J Gregory, Julie Townsend, and Domingo J Tortonese

Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Stimulates Prolactin Release from Lactotrophs in Photoperiodic Species Through a Gonadotropin-Independent Mechanism
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 370-377. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: GnRH stimulates prolactin release in photoperiodic species, an effect modulated by season and not mediated by LH or FSH.

Ovary:

Leon J Spicer, Pauline Y Aad, Dustin T Allen, Sabine Mazerbourg, Anita H Payne, and Aaron J Hsueh

Growth Differentiation Factor 9 (GDF9) Stimulates Proliferation and Inhibits Steroidogenesis by Bovine Theca Cells: Influence of Follicle Size on Responses to GDF9
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 243-253. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: The GDF9 response system may be regulated in theca cells during follicle growth, as indicated by the greater abundance of ALK5 mRNA and GDF9-induced increases in cell proliferation and decreases in steroidogenesis in small follicles compared to large follicles.

Pregnancy:

Emily D Fountain, Jiude Mao, Jeffrey J Whyte, Kelly E Mueller, Mark R Ellersieck, Matthew J Will, R. Michael Roberts, Ruth MacDonald, and Cheryl S Rosenfeld

Effects of Diets Enriched in Omega-3 and Omega-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids on Offspring Sex-Ratio and Maternal Behavior in Mice
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 211-217. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Female mice fed diet enriched with N-6 fatty acids produce more female offspring, whereas those on the N-3 diet have no alteration of offspring sex ratio but display greater anxiety.

Sonia S D'Souza, Asgerally T Fazleabas, Prajna Banerjee, J. Robert A Sherwin, Andrew M Sharkey, Mary C Farach-Carson, and Daniel D Carson

Decidual Heparanase Activity Is Increased During Pregnancy in the Baboon (Papio anubis) and in In Vitro Decidualization of Human Stromal Cells
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 316-323. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Uterine heparanase expression changes during early pregnancy.

Reproductive Technology:

Guan-Chung Wu, Sherly Tomy, and Ching-Fong Chang

The Expression of nr0b1 and nr5a4 During Gonad Development and Sex Change in Protandrous Black Porgy Fish, Acanthopagrus schlegeli
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 200-210. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: nr5a4 probably regulates the timing of vitellogenic development and sex change in the protandrous black porgy fish.

Testis:

Matthew T Dyson, Jeffrey K Jones, Mariusz P Kowalewski, Pulak R Manna, Manuela Alonso, Max E Gottesman, and Douglas M Stocco

Mitochondrial A-Kinase Anchoring Protein 121 Binds Type II Protein Kinase A and Enhances Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory Protein-Mediated Steroidogenesis in MA-10 Mouse Leydig Tumor Cells
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 267-277. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: The PKA-anchoring protein AKAP121 tethers type II PKA to the mitochondria of Leydig cells and enhances both post-transcriptional expression of steroidogenic acute regulatory protein and steroidogenesis in response to challenge with cAMP analogs.

Frédéric Leduc, Vincent Maquennehan, Geneviève Bikond Nkoma, and Guylain Boissonneault

DNA Damage Response During Chromatin Remodeling in Elongating Spermatids of Mice
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 324-332. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Movies]  

Summary: Topoisomerase-induced DNA strand breaks in spermatids may trigger a DNA damage response.

Gary R Hutchison, Hayley M Scott, Marion Walker, Chris McKinnell, Diana Ferrara, I. Kim Mahood, and Richard M Sharpe

Sertoli Cell Development and Function in an Animal Model of Testicular Dysgenesis Syndrome
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 352-360. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Fetal exposure to DBP induces Sertoli cell effects that are largely corrected in postnatal life, though secondary dedifferentiation of some Sertoli cells may occur in association with germ cell depletion.

Additions and Corrections:

Biol Reprod 2008 78: 378. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Biol Reprod 2008 78: 378. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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