T. Hashiba, Hiroyoshi Watanabe, T. Maeda, Hiroto Tajima, N. Kuji, K. Sueoka, Y. Yoshimura
{"title":"Preimplantation Diagnosis of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy","authors":"T. Hashiba, Hiroyoshi Watanabe, T. Maeda, Hiroto Tajima, N. Kuji, K. Sueoka, Y. Yoshimura","doi":"10.1274/JMOR.21.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1274/JMOR.21.7","url":null,"abstract":"Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), caused by mutations of the dystrophin gene, is a severe X-linked recessive neuromuscular disorder. Preimplantation diagnosis of DMD includes three approaches. The first approach is gender determination of embryos by either polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or the fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH)-based method. While each method is well established, the FISH method has some advantages over PCR in gender determination. The second approach is diagnosis of specific gene mutation. The partial deletions are diagnosed by the PCR with primers constructed to amplify the deletion exons. The partial duplication cannot be detected by now available strategies. The small mutations can be diagnosed by the specific PCR based assay. The third approach is linkage analysis by means of linked markers. CA repeats have been shown to be highly polymorphic and to be of great diagnostic utility because they can be easily assayed by PCR.","PeriodicalId":90599,"journal":{"name":"Journal of mammalian ova research","volume":"45 1","pages":"7-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2004-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88168273","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Time Dependent Changes in Progesterone Receptor Expression in Cumulus Cells During Meiotic Resumption of Porcine Oocytes","authors":"M. Shimada, M. Nishibori","doi":"10.1274/JMOR.20.113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1274/JMOR.20.113","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, to investigate the time dependent changes in progesterone receptor (PR) expression in cumulus cells during meiotic resumption of porcine oocytes, each amount of PR-A and PR-B mRNA was analyzed by RT-PCR with primer sets for the PR-B region and the PR-A/B common region. The results showed that the levels of both PR-A/B and PR-B mRNA were very low in cumulus cells immediately recovered from their follicles. The cultivation with FSH and LH significantly increased the level of both PR-A/B and PR- B mRNA in cumulus cell of COCs, whereas the level of PR-B mRNA significantly decreased at 12-hr cultivation. Nevertheless, the higher level of PR-A/B mRNA was maintained up to 20-hr cultivation, suggesting that PR-A was mainly expressed in cumulus cells during cultivation from 12 hr to 20 hr. When COCs were cultured for 10 hr and then further cultured with RU486 for 10 hr, the proportion of oocytes undergoing GVBD significantly decreased in a dose dependent fashion. These results suggest that the high ratios of PR-A to PR-B in cumulus cells of COCs during 12-hr to 20-hr cultivation, are required for meiotic resumption of porcine cumulus-","PeriodicalId":90599,"journal":{"name":"Journal of mammalian ova research","volume":"30 1","pages":"113-117"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81371633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Oocyte Maturation in Humans: the Potential Relevance to Reproductive Medicine","authors":"Y. Yoshimura","doi":"10.1274/JMOR.20.86","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1274/JMOR.20.86","url":null,"abstract":"Mammalian oogenesis is characterized by alternating periods of active meiotic progression and intermittent, long periods of meiotic arrest. The oocyte undergoes major growth and developmental processes in the period prior to ovulation. At the time of birth, most oocytes are arrested in the dictyate stage of meiosis; they remain quiescent for an indeterminate period until they begin growing in response to as yet undefined local signals [1]. From the beginning of the growth phase until the time of ovulation, oocytes increase in volume by at least two orders of magnitude and during this time exhibit intense metabolic activity. Resumption of meiosis only occurs in a ful ly grown, meiotically competent oocyte after the luteinizing hormone (LH) surge when oocytes undergo germina l ves ic le breakdown (GVBD), complete first meiosis, and mature to metaphase II. In many mammals such as the mouse, pig, cow and man, completion of meiosis is dependent on fertilization that triggers progression to anaphase II, and to the first mitotic interphase with formation of female and male pronuclei. The process of maturation encompasses a complex series of molecular and structural events, culminating in the arrest of the oocyte chromosomes on the metaphase II plate in anticipation of sperm penetration and activation for fertilization. This review will focus on the biology of oocyte maturation and the potential relevance of maturation of human oocytes in vitro to reproductive medicine.","PeriodicalId":90599,"journal":{"name":"Journal of mammalian ova research","volume":"40 1","pages":"86-92"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79611452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Localization and Function of Cyclin B1 and Cyclin B2 during Porcine Oocyte Maturation","authors":"Takao Kuroda, K. Naito","doi":"10.1274/JMOR.20.93","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1274/JMOR.20.93","url":null,"abstract":"Oocyte maturation is regulated by maturation/M-phase promoting factor (MPF), a crucial M-phase regulating enzyme composed of a catalytic subunit, p34 cdc2 , and a regulatory subunit, cyclin B. The amount of p34 cdc2 is almost constant during oocyte maturation, and the amount of cyclin B is the principal factor determining MPF activity [1]. The presence of two types of cyclin B, cyclin B1 and cyclin B2, has been shown in vertebrates. In human cells, cyclin B1 can cause chromosome condensation, reorganization of the microtubules, and disassembly of the nuclear lamina and of the Golgi apparatus, whereas the role of cyclin B2 is restricted only to disassembly of the Golgi apparatus [2, 3]. In maturing oocytes, differences between cyclin B1 and cyclin B2 functions have been reported in the first meiotic spindle formation and the second metaphase arrest in frog and mouse oocytes, respectively [4(cid:150)6]. In our laboratory, we have studied cyclin B functions during porcine oocyte maturation for the past several years. The present review describes our recent observations with regard to protein levels, intracellular localizations and roles of cyclin B. We focus here on the differences between cyclin B1 and cyclin B2. density of","PeriodicalId":90599,"journal":{"name":"Journal of mammalian ova research","volume":"28 1","pages":"93-98"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77590300","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Hosoe, T. Furusawa, F. Inoue, M. Sakatani, T. Tokunaga, R. Schultz, Masashi Takahashi
{"title":"Specific Inhibition of Transient and Stable EGFP Gene Expression by Double Stranded RNA Interference in Mouse Preimplantation Embryos","authors":"M. Hosoe, T. Furusawa, F. Inoue, M. Sakatani, T. Tokunaga, R. Schultz, Masashi Takahashi","doi":"10.1274/JMOR.20.99","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1274/JMOR.20.99","url":null,"abstract":"Double stranded RNA (dsRNA) interference is a useful tool for interfering with gene function by promoting the sequence-dependent degradation of targeted mRNA in several organisms. In the present study, in order to confirm and improve the effect of dsRNA, we investigated an inhibitory effect of dsRNA on both transient and stable gene expression of enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) in mouse preimplantation embryos. In the transient expression system, the rates of fluorescent embryos were significantly decreased by co-injection of EGFP dsRNA and EGFP expression vector fragment into the pronucleus of zygotes. In the stable expression system, EGFP expression in transgenic embryos was significantly decreased by injection of EGFP dsRNA into both the pronucleus and cytoplasm of zygotes, but, cytoplasmic injection caused a more significant EGFP inhibition than pronuclear injection. In quantitative PCR analysis, the expression of the EGFP gene was also inhibited by dsRNA injection, whereas the endogenous gene expression was not affected. These data suggest that dsRNA can inhibit the specific gene expression without affecting the development and expression of other genes.","PeriodicalId":90599,"journal":{"name":"Journal of mammalian ova research","volume":"42 1","pages":"99-105"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80794644","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"In Vitro Growth of Oocytes from Domestic Species","authors":"T. Miyano, Y. Hirao","doi":"10.1274/JMOR.20.78","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1274/JMOR.20.78","url":null,"abstract":"A huge number o f sma l l oocy tes a re contained in the ovaries of the pig and cow. A small number of them grow from the minimal size of 30 μm in diameter to the final size of 120125 μm, then mature, and are ovulated. A large number of the remaining oocytes do not enter the growth phase or degenerate in the ovary. Oocyte growth takes a long time and is coordinated with surrounding follicle cells. During the growth phase, oocytes are required to be arrested at prophase I (GV stage), and to acquire the meiotic competence to mature to metaphase II. IVG culture systems have been developed for domestic species, although they are still being improved. IVG culture systems for small oocytes are expected to provide a new source of oocytes for livestock production as well as a better understanding of the basic mechanisms of oogenesis/folliculogenesis in the ovary.","PeriodicalId":90599,"journal":{"name":"Journal of mammalian ova research","volume":"7 1","pages":"78-85"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83042446","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Vitrification Method by Means of a Straw to Prevent Infections in Mouse Pronuclear Embryos","authors":"M. Kumon, Y. Kumasako, T. Utsunomiya, Y. Araki","doi":"10.1274/JMOR.20.124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1274/JMOR.20.124","url":null,"abstract":"Mouse p ronuc lear em bryos we re cryopreserved by a simple and safe vitrification method. In the process, Vitrification Media VT101, Thawing Media VT 102 (KITAZATO. Co. Japan) and the embryos were loaded into a straw; then they were cryopreserved. Different loading methods were examined to determine the safety levels of crystallization for the embryos survival after thawing. The best condition attained, after thawing, was a 75% embryo survived rate of which 66% developed to the two-cell stage, 71% developed to the morula stage and 27% developed to the blastosyst stage. This development of embryos after vitrification was not significantly different to that of a control group without freezing and thawing. The vitrification method was considered to protect embryos against various infections via liquid nitrogen during cryopreservation. It is expected that the method can be applied to human embryos.","PeriodicalId":90599,"journal":{"name":"Journal of mammalian ova research","volume":"45 1","pages":"124-128"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89820816","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Germ Cell Differentiation in Culture","authors":"T. Noce","doi":"10.1274/JMOR.20.69","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1274/JMOR.20.69","url":null,"abstract":"The generation of animals cloned by means of the nuclear transfer technique indicates that somatic cell nuc le i can be rep rogrammed when t hey a re transplanted into the egg cytoplasmin other words, the transplanted somatic nuclei can be induced to return to a pluripotent state similar to that of the nuclei of fert il ized eggs. Therefore, the potential for both reprogramming and pluripotency is retained in germ cells throughout their development. For example, embryonic germ (EG) cells that are generated from primordial germ cells (PGCs) show similar pluripotency to the undifferentiated embryonic stem (ES) cells that originate in the inner cell mass of blastocyst embryos in mice [1 ] . And some te ra tomas tha t genera te differentiated cells of various typesfrom all three pr imary germ layersor ig inate in PGCs in the embryonic gonads [2]. Therefore, germ cells must have the ab i l i t y to be reprogrammed, as we l l as to differentiate to form gametes. So how do germ cells acquire these character ist ics, and how are they maintained during development? The discovery of the molecular and cellular mechanisms that are involved in these processes will provide important insights not only for basic research into reproductive biology but also for the development of new techniques for regenerative medical treatments. There is an urgent need to develop i n v i t r o s ys tems t ha t can mode l t he en t i r e developmental processfrom pluripotent stem cells to func t i ona l spe rm and eggsto f u r t he r ou r understanding of the mechanisms of germ-cel l differentiation.","PeriodicalId":90599,"journal":{"name":"Journal of mammalian ova research","volume":"32 1","pages":"69-73"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84226112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Trials for Improvement of Blastocyst Stage Transfer Technique","authors":"Y. Morimoto, Takuji Nishihara","doi":"10.1274/JMOR.20.20","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1274/JMOR.20.20","url":null,"abstract":"Recently the blastocyst stage transfer (BST) has been applied with several kinds of sequential media and good results have been achieved. The technique made it possible to select embryo potential for implantation and to prevent multiple pregnancies, especially triplets. Several reports [1] have been published on the efficacy of BST. One paper reported an improved pregnancy rate compared with Day 3 transfer and another [2] reported a very high conception rate and statistically better results than Day 2/3 transfer in cases of recurrent failure and aged women [3]. Several studies have described, however, the rate of conception to be app rox ima te l y equa l c ompared t o t ha t o f the conventional method [4, 5]. It would be therefore important to choose cases to apply BST to, such as recurrent unsuccessful or aged cases. Since BST has been developed, most IVF centers have adopted the technique, but there would be more room to improve the clinical results. In the present study, the choice of the medium in BST was discussed. And the efficacy of the two-step embryo transfer method that is one of the techniques developed to apply BST was estimated.","PeriodicalId":90599,"journal":{"name":"Journal of mammalian ova research","volume":"4 1","pages":"20-24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89307541","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}