Understanding the genetics of human infertility

Q Sang, PF Ray, L Wang - Science, 2023 - science.org
Reproduction involves a wide range of biological processes, including organ formation and
development, neuroendocrine regulation, hormone production, and meiosis and mitosis …

Advances in oocyte maturation in vivo and in vitro in mammals

Y Jiang, Y He, X Pan, P Wang, X Yuan… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The quality and maturation of an oocyte not only play decisive roles in fertilization and
embryo success, but also have long-term impacts on the later growth and development of …

A Role of PI3K/Akt Signaling in Oocyte Maturation and Early Embryo Development

J Kalous, D Aleshkina, M Anger - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
A serine/threonine-specific protein kinase B (PKB), also known as Akt, is a key factor in the
phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt signaling pathway that regulates cell survival …

PATL2 regulates mRNA homeostasis in oocytes by interacting with EIF4E and CPEB1

Z Zhang, R Liu, H Zhou, Q Li, R Qu, W Wang… - …, 2023 - journals.biologists.com
The accumulation and storage of maternal mRNA is crucial for oocyte maturation and
embryonic development. PATL2 is an oocyte-specific RNA-binding protein, and previous …

Ectopic expression of human TUBB8 leads to increased aneuploidy in mouse oocytes

J Dong, L Jin, S Bao, B Chen, Y Zeng, Y Luo, X Du… - Cell discovery, 2023 - nature.com
Aneuploidy seriously compromises female fertility and increases incidence of birth defects.
Rates of aneuploidy in human eggs from even young women are significantly higher than …

Centrosome age breaks spindle size symmetry even in cells thought to divide symmetrically

A Thomas, P Meraldi - Journal of Cell Biology, 2024 - rupress.org
Centrosomes are the main microtubule-organizing centers in animal cells. Due to the
semiconservative nature of centrosome duplication, the two centrosomes differ in age. In …

Knockdown of TACC3 inhibits tumor cell proliferation and increases chemosensitivity in pancreatic cancer

S Shi, D Guo, L Ye, T Li, Q Fei, M Lin, X Yu, K Jin… - Cell Death & …, 2023 - nature.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly malignant digestive tract tumor with
limited clinical treatments. Transforming acidic coiled-coil-containing protein 3 (TACC3) is a …

NAMPT regulates mitochondria function and lipid metabolism during porcine oocyte maturation

X Guo, L Jiao, Y Yi, HL Zhang, YX Liu… - Journal of Cellular …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Oocyte maturation defect can lead to maternal reproduction disorder. NAMPT is a rate‐
limiting enzyme in mammalian NAD+ biosynthesis pathway, which can regulate a variety of …

Male meiotic spindle poles are stabilized by TACC3 and cKAP5/chTOG differently from female meiotic or somatic mitotic spindles in mice

C Simerly, E Robertson, C Harrison, S Ward… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Transforming acidic acid coiled-coil protein 3 (TACC3) and cytoskeleton associated protein
5 (cKAP5; or colonic hepatic tumor overexpressed gene, chTOG) are vital for spindle …

Assessment of active translation in cumulus-enclosed and denuded oocytes during standard in vitro maturation and early embryo development

M Dvoran, R Iyyappan, T Masek, M Pospisek… - Human …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
STUDY QUESTION Which actively translated maternal transcripts are differentially regulated
between clinically relevant in vitro and in vivo maturation (IVM) conditions in mouse oocytes …