Highlights:

Highlights
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 379. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Embryo:

Masatoshi Ooga, Azusa Inoue, Shun-ichiro Kageyama, Tomohiko Akiyama, Masao Nagata, and Fugaku Aoki

Changes in H3K79 Methylation During Preimplantation Development in Mice
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 413-424. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

Summary: Di- and tri-methylated H3K79 are specifically localized to different regions of the chromosome, and both disappear soon after fertilization

Female Reproductive Tract:

Fréderic Lirussi, Zo Rakotoniaina, Siham Madani, Françoise Goirand, Michelle Breuiller-Fouché, Marie-Josèphe Leroy, Paul Sagot, John J. Morrison, Monique Dumas, and Marc Bardou

ADRB3 Adrenergic Receptor Is a Key Regulator of Human Myometrial Apoptosis and Inflammation During Chorioamnionitis
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 497-505. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Figure]  

Summary: The ADRB3 adrenergic receptor prevents myometrial apoptosis as well as IL6 and IL8 production induced by LPS, in an experimental ex vivo model for human chorioamnionitis

Cecilia K. Wieslander, Spyridon I. Marinis, Peter G. Drewes, Patrick W. Keller, Jesús F. Acevedo, and R. Ann Word

Regulation of Elastolytic Proteases in the Mouse Vagina During Pregnancy, Parturition, and Puerperium
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 521-528. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Protease activity is temporally regulated in the vagina during pregnancy, parturition, and puerperium

Gamete Biology:

Karin Müller, Peter Müller, Gwenaëlle Pincemy, Anke Kurz, and Catherine Labbe

Characterization of Sperm Plasma Membrane Properties after Cholesterol Modification: Consequences for Cryopreservation of Rainbow Trout Spermatozoa
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 390-399. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Membrane biophysical properties of rainbow trout spermatozoa are influenced by membrane cholesterol variation, but the cholesterol-induced changes do not improve sperm cryotolerance.

Theodore L. Tollner, Ashley I. Yudin, Alice F. Tarantal, Cathy A. Treece, James W. Overstreet, and Gary N. Cherr

Beta-Defensin 126 on the Surface of Macaque Sperm Mediates Attachment of Sperm to Oviductal Epithelia
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 400-412. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: DEFB126, the dominant component of the macaque sperm glycocalyx, mediates high-affinity attachment of sperm to luminal epithelia extracted from the oviducts of midcycle female macaques

Rui Kan, Xianfei Sun, Nadine K. Kolas, Elena Avdievich, Burkhard Kneitz, Winfried Edelmann, and Paula E. Cohen

Comparative Analysis of Meiotic Progression in Female Mice Bearing Mutations in Genes of the DNA Mismatch Repair Pathway
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 462-471. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Figure]  

Summary: Oocytes from DNA mismatch repair mutant mice show varied ability to progress through metaphase I

Becky L. Sartini, Hang Wang, Wei Wang, Clarke F. Millette, and Daniel L. Kilpatrick

Pre-Messenger RNA Cleavage Factor I (CFIm): Potential Role in Alternative Polyadenylation During Spermatogenesis
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 472-482. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Cleavage factor I subunits are highly enriched in male germ cells and are implicated as being key determinants of spermatogenic cell-specific alternative polyadenylation

Immunology:

Jennifer A. Rettew, Yvette M. Huet-Hudson, and Ian Marriott

Testosterone Reduces Macrophage Expression in the Mouse of Toll-Like Receptor 4, a Trigger for Inflammation and Innate Immunity
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 432-437. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Testosterone reduces macrophage expression of toll-like receptor 4, a trigger for inflammation and innate immunity

Male Reproductive Tract:

Heather N. Schlesser, Liz Simon, Marie-Claude Hofmann, Kenneth M. Murphy, Theresa Murphy, Rex A. Hess, and Paul S. Cooke

Effects of ETV5 (Ets Variant Gene 5) on Testis and Body Growth, Time Course of Spermatogonial Stem Cell Loss, and Fertility in Mice
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 483-489. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Mice lacking ETV5 show a disruption in spermatogonial stem cell maintenance along with lack of fertile spermatozoa

Mechanisms of Hormone Action:

Kazuyo Sato, Hiroshi Chisaka, Kunihiro Okamura, and John R.G. Challis

Effect of the Interaction Between Lipoxygenase Pathway and Progesterone on the Regulation of Hydroxysteroid 11-Beta Dehydrogenase 2 in Cultured Human Term Placental Trophoblasts
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 514-520. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: The lipoxygenase pathway is involved in the regulation of both HSD1182 and progesterone output by human placental trophoblast cells

Minireviews:

K.A. Walters, C.M. Allan, and D.J. Handelsman

Androgen Actions and the Ovary
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 380-389. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Genetic studies of androgen receptor (AR) knockout mice have verified a role for AR-mediated actions in female reproduction and revealed new areas in the regulation of female fertility, ovarian ageing and androgen-associated reproductive disorders

Neuroendocrinology:

Amelia Gómez-Brunet, Julián Santiago-Moreno, Ana del Campo, Benoit Malpaux, Philippe Chemineau, Domingo J. Tortonese, Antonio Gonzalez-Bulnes, and Antonio López-Sebastián

Endogenous Circannual Cycles of Ovarian Activity and Changes in Prolactin and Melatonin Secretion in Wild and Domestic Female Sheep Maintained under a Long-Day Photoperiod
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 552-562. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Circannual ovarian cycles--but neither prolactin nor melatonin patterns--were differently expressed in wild and domestic ewes maintained under a long-day photoperiod

Ovary:

R. Duggavathi, P.M. Bartlewski, D.M.W. Barrett, E. Bagu, and N.C. Rawlings

Short- and Long-Term Effects of Unilateral Ovariectomy in Sheep: Causative Mechanisms
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 490-496. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Ovulatory compensation following unilateral ovariectomy in sheep occurs by prolonging the static phase of the ovulatory-sized follicle in a wave, leading to ovulations from multiple ovarian follicles

Fernanda Parborell, Dalhia Abramovich, and Marta Tesone

Intrabursal Administration of the Antiangiopoietin 1 Antibody Produces a Delay in Rat Follicular Development Associated with an Increase in Ovarian Apoptosis Mediated by Changes in the Expression of BCL2 Related Genes
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 506-513. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Local inhibition of ANGPT1 activity produces an increase in ovarian apoptosis through an imbalance among the BCL2 family members and, as a consequence, causes a greater number of atretic follicles

Ryo Nishimura, Junichi Komiyama, Yukari Tasaki, Tomas J. Acosta, and Kiyoshi Okuda

Hypoxia Promotes Luteal Cell Death in Bovine Corpus Luteum
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 529-536. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Hypoxia induces bovine luteal cell apoptosis by enhancing the expression of proapoptotic protein BNIP3 and by activating caspase 3, and the induction of apoptosis by hypoxia is partially caused by a decrease in progesterone production

Pregnancy:

Steven M. Yellon, Charlotte A. Ebner, and Yukihiko Sugimoto

Parturition and Recruitment of Macrophages in Cervix of Mice Lacking the Prostaglandin F Receptor
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 438-444. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Macrophage immigration, remodeling, and increased innervation occur in the cervix of pregnant prostaglandin F2alpha-deficient mice with delayed parturition; aspects of the final common mechanism for birth are regulated by progesterone withdrawal

Reproductive Technology:

Xi Jun Yin, Hyo Sang Lee, Xian Feng Yu, Eugene Choi, Bon Chul Koo, Mo Sun Kwon, Young S. Lee, Su Jin Cho, Guang Zhen Jin, Lyoung Hyo Kim, Hyoung Doo Shin, Teoan Kim, Nam Hyung Kim, and Il Keun Kong

Generation of Cloned Transgenic Cats Expressing Red Fluorescence Protein
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 425-431. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: A nuclear transfer procedure using genetically modified somatic cells could be useful for the efficient production of transgenic cats

Toru Takeo, Takayuki Hoshii, Yuki Kondo, Hiroshi Toyodome, Hidetoshi Arima, Ken-ichi Yamamura, Tetsumi Irie, and Naomi Nakagata

Methyl-Beta-Cyclodextrin Improves Fertilizing Ability of C57BL/6 Mouse Sperm after Freezing and Thawing by Facilitating Cholesterol Efflux from the Cells
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 546-551. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Methyl-beta-cyclodextrin stimulates cholesterol efflux from frozen/thawed C57BL/6 mouse sperm, resulting in a high fertilization rate

Special Papers:

IN MEMORIAM Matthew P. Hardy, Ph.D. 1957–2007
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 563-564. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Fredrick Stormshak

IN MEMORIAM Jack Gorski, Ph.D. 1931–2006
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 565. [Full Text] [PDF]  

From the BOR Editors-in-Chief—The dreaded "d" word
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 566. [PDF]  

Testis:

Oli Sarkar, Premendu P. Mathur, C. Yan Cheng, and Dolores D. Mruk

Interleukin 1 Alpha (IL1A) Is a Novel Regulator of the Blood-Testis Barrier in the Rat
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 445-454. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: IL1A affects Sertoli-germ cell adhesion and perturbs the integrity of the blood-testis barrier, leading to spermatogenic arrest

HuangHui Tang, Aisha Kung, and Erwin Goldberg

Regulation of Murine Lactate Dehydrogenase C (Ldhc) Gene Expression
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 455-461. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Simultaneous occupancy of the GC box and CRE sequences required for Ldhc expression

Qing Zhou, Ying Li, Rong Nie, Patrick Friel, Debra Mitchell, Ryan M. Evanoff, Derek Pouchnik, Brent Banasik, John R. McCarrey, Christopher Small, and Michael D. Griswold

Expression of Stimulated by Retinoic Acid Gene 8 (Stra8) and Maturation of Murine Gonocytes and Spermatogonia Induced by Retinoic Acid In Vitro
Biol Reprod 2008 78: 537-545. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Retinoic acid induces Stra8 expression and gonocytes/spermatogonia differentiation in vitro.

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