Comparative biology of calcium signaling during fertilization and egg activation in animals

SA Stricker - Developmental biology, 1999 - Elsevier
During animal fertilizations, each oocyte or egg must produce a proper intracellular calcium
signal for development to proceed normally. As a supplement to recent synopses of …

Calcium at fertilization and in early development

M Whitaker - Physiological reviews, 2006 - journals.physiology.org
Fertilization calcium waves are introduced, and the evidence from which we can infer
general mechanisms of these waves is presented. The two main classes of hypotheses put …

Oocyte activation deficiency: a role for an oocyte contribution?

M Yeste, C Jones, SN Amdani, S Patel… - Human reproduction …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND Infertility affects between 10 and 16% of couples worldwide. Twenty to 30%
of cases of infertility are due to a male factor, 20–35% to a female factor, and 25–40% are …

Expression of inositol trisphosphate receptors

CW Taylor, AA Genazzani, SA Morris - Cell calcium, 1999 - Elsevier
Inositol 1, 4, 5-trisphosphate (IP3) receptors are the intracellular Ca2+ channels most
commonly involved in allowing receptors in the plasma membrane to stimulate release of …

Modulators of calcium signalling at fertilization

P Stein, V Savy, AM Williams… - Open biology, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Calcium (Ca2+) signals initiate egg activation across the animal kingdom and in at least
some plants. These signals are crucial for the success of development and, in the case of …

[HTML][HTML] Changes in endoplasmic reticulum structure during mouse oocyte maturation are controlled by the cytoskeleton and cytoplasmic dynein

G FitzHarris, P Marangos, J Carroll - Developmental biology, 2007 - Elsevier
Oocyte maturation in mouse is associated with a dramatic reorganisation of the endoplasmic
reticulum (ER) from a network of cytoplasmic accumulations in the germinal vesicle-stage …

Down-regulation of the inositol 1, 4, 5-trisphosphate receptor in mouse eggs following fertilization or parthenogenetic activation

T Jellerette, CL He, H Wu, JB Parys, RA Fissore - Developmental Biology, 2000 - Elsevier
Fertilization in mammalian eggs is characterized by the presence of intracellular calcium
([Ca2+] i) oscillations. In mouse eggs, these oscillations cease after a variable period of time …

Role of phospholipase C-ζ domains in Ca2+-dependent phosphatidylinositol 4, 5-bisphosphate hydrolysis and cytoplasmic Ca2+ oscillations

M Nomikos, LM Blayney, MG Larman… - Journal of Biological …, 2005 - ASBMB
The sperm-specific phospholipase C-ζ (PLCζ) elicits fertilization-like Ca 2+ oscillations and
activation of embryo development when microinjected into mammalian eggs (Saunders, CM …

Calcium oscillations and mammalian egg activation

C Malcuit, M Kurokawa… - Journal of cellular …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Fertilization in all species studied to date induces an increase in the intracellular
concentration of free calcium ions ([Ca2+] i) within the egg. In mammals, this [Ca2+] i signal …

[PDF][PDF] Mammalian oocyte activation: lessons from the sperm and implications for nuclear transfer

R Alberio, V Zakhartchenko, J Motlik… - International journal of …, 2001 - researchgate.net
Abbreviations used in this paper: BrdU, 5-bromo-2-deoxyuridine; Ca2+, calcium; cdk, cyclin-
dependent kinase; CDKI, cdk inhibitor; CSF, cytostatic factor; G protein, GTP binding protein; …