The intracellular levels of cAMP play a critical role in the meiotic arrest of mammalian
oocytes. However, it is debated whether this second messenger is produced endogenously …

Although it is established that cAMP accumulation plays a pivotal role in preventing meiotic
resumption in mammalian oocytes, the mechanisms controlling cAMP levels in the female …

In mammalian ovaries, a fixed population of primordial follicles forms during the perinatal
stage and the oocytes contained within are arrested at the dictyate stage of meiotic …

Cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) has been implicated as an important regulator of
meiotic maturation in mammalian oocytes. A decrease in cAMP, brought about by the action …

Invasive adenylate cyclase (iAC) reversibly inhibits spontaneous maturation of cumulus-
enclosed bovine oocytes by increasing the intracellular concentration of cAMP,[cAMP] i. In …

Maintenance of meiotic prophase arrest in fully grown vertebrate oocytes depends on an
elevated level of cAMP in the oocyte. To investigate how the cAMP level is regulated, we …

Mammalian oocytes are arrested at prophase of the first meiotic division before induction of
maturation by the preovulatory LH surge. In vitro, oocyte maturation occurs spontaneously …

In the follicles of the mammalian and amphibian ovary, oocyte maturation is arrested at the
prophase of the first meiotic division. Prior to ovulation, oocytes reenter the cell cycle …

The second messenger cyclic adenosine 5′ monophosphate (cAMP) has been implicated
in controlling meiotic maturation. To date, there have been no direct measurements of cAMP …

Time‐dependent changes in the level of adenosine cyclic AMP (cAMP) in porcine oocytes
during meiotic progression from the germinal vesicle stage (GV stage) to the metaphase II …