Highlights:

Highlights
Biol Reprod 2008 79: 1. [Full Text] [PDF]  

Behavior:

Eila K Roberts, Vasantha Padmanabhan, and Theresa M Lee

Differential Effects of Prenatal Testosterone Timing and Duration on Phenotypic and Behavioral Masculinization and Defeminization of Female Sheep
Biol Reprod 2008 79: 43-50. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Effect of prenatal testosterone treatment on behavioral masculinization and defeminization varies with time and duration of exposure and is not predicted by the extent of genital virilization

Embryo:

Sarah Jansen, Marie Pantaleon, and Peter L Kaye

Characterization and Regulation of Monocarboxylate Cotransporters Slc16a7 and Slc16a3 in Preimplantation Mouse Embryos
Biol Reprod 2008 79: 84-92. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Striking differences between SLC16A7 and SLC16A3 in expression and nutrient regulation suggest unique roles in monocarboxylate transport and pH regulation and implicate peroxisomal SLC16A7 as a redox regulator in the absence of glucose

Toshihiko Ezashi, Padmalaya Das, Rangan Gupta, Angela Walker, and R. Michael Roberts

The Role of Homeobox Protein Distal-Less 3 and Its Interaction with ETS2 in Regulating Bovine Interferon-Tau Gene Expression-Synergistic Transcriptional Activation with ETS2
Biol Reprod 2008 79: 115-124. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Figures]  

Summary: DLX3 binds to a proximal promoter region in the IFNT, and ETS2 and DLX3 act cooperatively and synergistically to control IFNT expression

Environment:

David H Abbott, Deborah K Barnett, Jon E Levine, Vasantha Padmanabhan, Daniel A Dumesic, Steve Jacoris, and Alice F Tarantal

Endocrine Antecedents of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in Fetal and Infant Prenatally Androgenized Female Rhesus Monkeys
Biol Reprod 2008 79: 154-163. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: In female rhesus monkeys, early gestation androgen excess induces elevated circulating LH levels by late gestation and elevated circulating LH and androgen levels in early infancy

Female Reproductive Tract:

A.A Fouladi-Nashta, L Mohamet, J.K Heath, and S.J Kimber

Interleukin 1 Signaling Is Regulated by Leukemia Inhibitory Factor (LIF) and Is Aberrant in Lif^–/– Mouse Uterus
Biol Reprod 2008 79: 142-153. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Components of the Interleukin 1 system are misregulated during the peri-implantation period in Lif-/- mice; in vitro LIF stimulates apical secretion of IL1A by LE in co-culture with stromal cells but not alone

Gamete Biology:

Fanny Odet, Chongwen Duan, William D Willis, Eugenia H Goulding, Aisha Kung, Edward M Eddy, and Erwin Goldberg

Expression of the Gene for Mouse Lactate Dehydrogenase C (Ldhc) Is Required for Male Fertility
Biol Reprod 2008 79: 26-34. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Data]  

Summary: Targeted disruption of the Ldhc gene results in compromised sperm function and male but not female infertility

Zhibing Zhang, Xuening Shen, Brian H Jones, Bingfang Xu, John C Herr, and Jerome F Strauss, III

Phosphorylation of Mouse Sperm Axoneme Central Apparatus Protein SPAG16L by a Testis-Specific Kinase, TSSK2
Biol Reprod 2008 79: 75-83. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Table 1]  

Summary: Sperm axoneme central apparatus protein SPAG16L is phosphorylated by a testis specific-kinase, TSSK2; the phosphorylation might be required for sperm motility

Hathairat Kruevaisayawan, Rapeepun Vanichviriyakit, Wattana Weerachatyanukul, Sitthichai Iamsaard, Boonsirm Withyachumnarnkul, Ajoy Basak, Nongnuj Tanphaichitr, and Prasert Sobhon

Induction of the Acrosome Reaction in Black Tiger Shrimp (Penaeus monodon) Requires Sperm Trypsin-Like Enzyme Activity
Biol Reprod 2008 79: 134-141. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: The acrosomal content of Penaeus monodon sperm containing a 45-kDa trypsin-like enzyme is involved in a unique mode of the acrosome reaction in this shrimp species

Minireviews:

Marie-Christine Maurel and Colette Kanellopoulos-Langevin

Heredity—Venturing Beyond Genetics
Biol Reprod 2008 79: 2-8. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Cytoplasmic heredity and maternal transmission of cells leading to long-term microchimerism in the progeny are examples of the important contribution of the mother, with many as-yet-uncharted facets, to the development and health of her descendants

Ovary:

Shirley Hiu Kwan Tiu, John Benzie, and Siu-Ming Chan

From Hepatopancreas to Ovary: Molecular Characterization of a Shrimp Vitellogenin Receptor Involved in the Processing of Vitellogenin
Biol Reprod 2008 79: 66-74. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Biochemical, molecular and RNAi analyses indicate that the vitellogenin receptor is likely to be involved in the endocytosis of extra-ovarian vitellogenin into shrimp developing egg cells

Raquel González-Fernández, Emilia Martínez-Galisteo, Francisco Gaytán, José Antonio Bárcena, and José Eugenio Sánchez-Criado

Changes in the Proteome of Functional and Regressing Corpus Luteum During Pregnancy and Lactation in the Rat
Biol Reprod 2008 79: 100-114. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Proteomic signatures of the corpus luteum are described and may open new lines of action on the mechanisms of CL physiology and differentiation, from the origin of cholesterol for progesterone synthesis to regulation of signaling cascades

Pituitary:

E Robin, J Cognié, F Foulon-Gauze, J Fontaine, and X Cayla

Disruption of Lipid Rafts Induces Gonadotropin Release in Ovine Pituitary and LbetaT2 Gonadotroph Cells
Biol Reprod 2008 79: 17-25. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Treatment of gonadotrope LbT2 or pituitary ovine cells with methyl-beta-cyclodextrin, in conditions inducing raft disruption, induces a fast and substantial gonadotropin release, also observed in vivo by pituitary injection in ewes

Pregnancy:

Natalie J Hannan and Lois A Salamonsen

CX3CL1 and CCL14 Regulate Extracellular Matrix and Adhesion Molecules in the Trophoblast: Potential Roles in Human Embryo Implantation
Biol Reprod 2008 79: 58-65. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: CX3CL1 and CCL14 regulate trophoblast extracellular matrix and adhesion molecules, providing further evidence for a role in trophoblast migration during embryo implantation

Reproductive Technology:

Esmeralda Rodríguez-Miranda, Mariano G Buffone, Scott E Edwards, Teri S Ord, Kathleen Lin, Mary D Sammel, George L Gerton, Stuart B Moss, and Carmen J Williams

Extracellular Adenosine 5'-Triphosphate Alters Motility and Improves the Fertilizing Capability of Mouse Sperm
Biol Reprod 2008 79: 164-171. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Tables]  

Summary: Treatment of mouse sperm with extracellular ATP alters sperm motility, increases the rate and success of in vitro fertilization, and increases sperm intracellular calcium levels via purinergic receptors

Testis:

Saori Otsuka, Akihiro Konno, Yoshiharu Hashimoto, Nobuya Sasaki, Daiji Endoh, and Yasuhiro Kon

Oocytes in Newborn MRL Mouse Testes
Biol Reprod 2008 79: 9-16. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Newborn MRL/MpJ male mice with XY chromosomes can produce oocytes in their testes naturally

Qing Zhou, Rong Nie, Ying Li, Patrick Friel, Debra Mitchell, Rex A Hess, Christopher Small, and Michael D Griswold

Expression of Stimulated by Retinoic Acid Gene 8 (Stra8) in Spermatogenic Cells Induced by Retinoic Acid: An In Vivo Study in Vitamin A-Sufficient Postnatal Murine Testes
Biol Reprod 2008 79: 35-42. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Figure]  

Summary: Retinoic acid induces STRA8 expression in adult spermatogonia and regulates premeiotic DNA replication in preleptotene spermatocytes

Mingang Xu, Yun You, Patricia Hunsicker, Tamaki Hori, Chris Small, Michael D Griswold, and Norman B Hecht

Mice Deficient for a Small Cluster of Piwi-Interacting RNAs Implicate Piwi-Interacting RNAs in Transposon Control
Biol Reprod 2008 79: 51-57. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] Supplemental Data  

Summary: piRNAs from a cluster on Chromosome 2 are necessary to maintain transposon silencing

Stefan Schlatt, Clifford R Pohl, Jens Ehmcke, and Suresh Ramaswamy

Age-Related Changes in Diurnal Rhythms and Levels of Gonadotropins, Testosterone, and Inhibin B in Male Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta)
Biol Reprod 2008 79: 93-99. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: Aging in rhesus monkeys provokes a change in diurnal rhythms of testosterone and LH and a decline of inhibin B and FSH levels

Stephanie Schubert, Kenji Kamino, Detlef Böhm, Ibrahim Adham, Wolfgang Engel, Reinhard von Wasielewski, Darius Moharregh-Khiabani, Grazia Mauceri, Bernhard Vaske, Andreas Meinhardt, Anja Schöner, Daniela Gonzalez-Fassrainer, and Jörg Schmidtke

TSPY Expression Is Variably Altered in Transgenic Mice with Testicular Feminization
Biol Reprod 2008 79: 125-133. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Summary: TSPY is aberrantly expressed in TSPY transgenic mice with testicular feminization

Editorials:

John Eppig and Mary Ann Handel

EDITORIAL Germ Cells from Stem Cells
Biol Reprod 2008 79: 172-178. [Full Text] [PDF]  

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