Highlights:

Highlights
Biol Reprod 2006 74: 615. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Embryo:

Marta Sikora-Polaczek, Anna Hupalowska, Zbigniew Polanski, Jacek Z. Kubiak, and Maria A. Ciemerych

The First Mitosis of the Mouse Embryo Is Prolonged by Transitional Metaphase Arrest
Biol Reprod 2006 74: 734-743. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: A spindle assembly checkpoint is not involved in the prolongation of first mitosis of mouse embryo.

Female Reproductive Tract:

Wael Massrieh, Anna Derjuga, Florence Doualla-Bell, Chun-Ying Ku, Barbara M. Sanborn, and Volker Blank

Regulation of the MAFF Transcription Factor by Proinflammatory Cytokines in Myometrial Cells
Biol Reprod 2006 74: 699-705. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: The MAFF transcription factor is specifically regulated by the proinflammatory cytokines IL1B and TNF in human myometrial cells.

Kanako Hayashi and Thomas E. Spencer

WNT Pathways in the Neonatal Ovine Uterus: Potential Specification of Endometrial Gland Morphogenesis by SFRP2
Biol Reprod 2006 74: 721-733. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Evidence is presented for the involvement of canonical and noncanonical WNT pathways regulating postnatal uterine differentiation and SFRP2 in specifying endometrial gland development by inhibiting WNT signaling in the aglandular caruncular areas

Gamete Biology:

Ling Hui, Jing Lu, Yibing Han, and Stephen H. Pilder

The Mouse t Complex Gene Tsga2, Encoding Polypeptides Located in the Sperm Tail and Anterior Acrosome, Maps to a Locus Associated with Sperm Motility and Sperm-Egg Interaction Abnormalities
Biol Reprod 2006 74: 633-643. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Testis-specific gene A2 (Tsga2) maps to the mouse t complex in a locus containing abnormal sperm motility and sperm-egg interaction factors, and expresses proteins found in epididymal sperm tails and heads

Charles Gyamera-Acheampong, Julierut Tantibhedhyangkul, Wattana Weerachatyanukul, Haidy Tadros, Hongbin Xu, Jan-W. van de Loo, R.-Marc Pelletier, Nongnuj Tanphaichitr, and Majambu Mbikay

Sperm from Mice Genetically Deficient for the PCSK4 Proteinase Exhibit Accelerated Capacitation, Precocious Acrosome Reaction, Reduced Binding to Egg Zona Pellucida, and Impaired Fertilizing Ability
Biol Reprod 2006 74: 666-673. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Mouse PCSK4 is found on the plasma membrane overlying the acrosome and its absence makes sperm more sensitive to capacitation and acrosome reaction, suggesting a role of this enzyme in sperm acquisition of fertilizing ability

Taewan Kim, Jungsu Oh, Jong-Min Woo, Eunyoung Choi, Sin Hyeog Im, Yung Joon Yoo, Do Han Kim, Hitoshi Nishimura, and Chunghee Cho

Expression and Relationship of Male Reproductive ADAMs in Mouse
Biol Reprod 2006 74: 744-750. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Sperm surface ADAMs 5 and 7 are related to ADAMs 2 and 3 with critical roles in fertilization

Zhibing Zhang, Igor Kostetskii, Waixing Tang, Lisa Haig-Ladewig, Rossana Sapiro, Zhangyong Wei, Aatish M. Patel, Jean Bennett, George L. Gerton, Stuart B. Moss, Glenn L. Radice, and Jerome F. Strauss III

Deficiency of SPAG16L Causes Male Infertility Associated with Impaired Sperm Motility
Biol Reprod 2006 74: 751-759. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Movie]  

Summary: The protein, sperm associated antigen 16L (SPAG16L), which is localized in the central apparatus of flagella, is required for sperm motility and male fertility

Pedro Caballero-Campo, Mayel Chirinos, Xue J. Fan, María E. González-González, Myrna Galicia-Chavarría, Fernando Larrea, and George L. Gerton

Biological Effects of Recombinant Human Zona Pellucida Proteins on Sperm Function
Biol Reprod 2006 74: 760-768. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Zona glycoproteins promote acrosomal exocytosis and are also modifiers of sperm motility

Immunology:

Mareike Tometten, Sandra Blois, Arne Kuhlmei, Anna Stretz, Burghard F. Klapp, and Petra C. Arck

Nerve Growth Factor Translates Stress Response and Subsequent Murine Abortion via Adhesion Molecule-Dependent Pathways
Biol Reprod 2006 74: 674-683. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Neutralization of nerve growth factor abrogates uterine stress responses, including downregulation of adhesion molecules and their ligands, bias of decidual cytokines towards a protective Th2l>Th1l profile and decrease of the abortion rate

Male Reproductive Tract:

Annarina Ambrosini, Giovanna Zolese, Simona Ambrosi, Letizia Ragni, Luca Tiano, Gianpaolo Littarru, Enrico Bertoli, Franco Mantero, Marco Boscaro, and Giancarlo Balercia

Oleoylethanolamide Protects Human Sperm Cells from Oxidation Stress: Studies on Cases of Idiopathic Infertility
Biol Reprod 2006 74: 659-665. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Oleoylethanolamide, a physiologically present acylethanolamide in human reproductive tracts and fluids, improves sperm kinematic parameters and hyperactivation and protects cells from oxidative damage in some cases of idiopathic infertility

Ling Yang, Sallie A. Fox, Jennifer L. Kirby, Brigid V. Troan, and Barry T. Hinton

Putative Regulation of Expression of Members of the Ets Variant 4 Transcription Factor Family and Their Downstream Targets in the Rat Epididymis
Biol Reprod 2006 74: 714-720. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: The ETV4 family of transcription factors, which is regulated by testicular luminal fluid factors, controls the expression of initial segment-specific genes that are important for the protection and survival of sperm and the epididymis

Reproductive Technology:

Keisuke Edashige, Mitsunobu Tanaka, Natsuko Ichimaru, Satoshi Ota, Ken-ichi Yazawa, Yuki Higashino, Megumi Sakamoto, Yohei Yamaji, Tatsunaga Kuwano, Delgado M. Valdez, Jr., F.W. Kleinhans, and Magosaburo Kasai

Channel-Dependent Permeation of Water and Glycerol in Mouse Morulae
Biol Reprod 2006 74: 625-632. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Water and glycerol movement relies on aquaporin 3 in mouse morulae aquaporin 3, developmental biology, embryo, glycerol permeability, mouse, ovum, water permeability

Monika A. Ward and Paul S. Burgoyne

The Effects of Deletions of the Mouse Y Chromosome Long Arm on Sperm Function—Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI)-Based Analysis
Biol Reprod 2006 74: 652-658. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: ICSI was successfully used to reproduce infertile mice with Yq deletions, and the analysis of sperm function in obtained offspring demonstrated that gene families located within the deletion interval are necessary for normal sperm function.

Joon-Hee Lee and Keith H.S. Campbell

Effects of Enucleation and Caffeine on Maturation-Promoting Factor (MPF) and Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase (MAPK) Activities in Ovine Oocytes Used as Recipient Cytoplasts for Nuclear Transfer
Biol Reprod 2006 74: 691-698. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Treatment of enucleated ovine oocytes with caffeine increases MPF and MAPK kinases activities and improves total cell number in blastocyst stage embryos reconstructed by somatic cell nuclear transfer.

Testis:

Marcelo C. Leal and Luiz R. França

The Seminiferous Epithelium Cycle Length in the Black Tufted-Ear Marmoset (Callithrix penicillata) Is Similar to Humans
Biol Reprod 2006 74: 616-624. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: The black tufted-ear marmoset C. penicillata might represent an alternative and useful experimental model to perform comparative studies related to the expansion of spermatogonial stem cells and the establishment of spermatogenic waves

Jan Rohozinski, Dolores J. Lamb, and Colin E. Bishop

UTP14c Is a Recently Acquired Retrogene Associated with Spermatogenesis and Fertility in Man
Biol Reprod 2006 74: 644-651. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Mutations within UTP14c, a testis-specific retrogene originating from the X chromosome, are associated with male infertility.

Wan-Xi Yang, Holly Jefferson, and Ann O. Sperry

The Molecular Motor KIFC1 Associates with a Complex Containing Nucleoporin NUP62 That Is Regulated During Development and by the Small GTPase RAN
Biol Reprod 2006 74: 684-690. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: The molecular motor KIFC1 associates with a complex containing nucleoporin NUP62 that is regulated during development and by the small GTPase RAN.

Joachim Wistuba, C. Marc Luetjens, Ramona Wesselmann, Eberhard Nieschlag, Manuela Simoni, and Stefan Schlatt

Meiosis in Autologous Ectopic Transplants of Immature Testicular Tissue Grafted to Callithrix jacchus
Biol Reprod 2006 74: 706-713. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Autologous transplantation is suitable for maintaining immature testicular tissue and for inducing spermatogenesis during puberty up to meiosis in the nonhuman primate model Callithrix jacchus.

Additions and Corrections:

Mitch Eddy, John Eppig, Mary Ann Handel, and Sue Moenter

Biol Reprod 2006 74: 769-770. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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