MeSH Review:
Zona Pellucida
- The putative chaperone calmegin is required for sperm fertility. Ikawa, M., Wada, I., Kominami, K., Watanabe, D., Toshimori, K., Nishimune, Y., Okabe, M. Nature (1997)
- Antigen mimicry in autoimmune disease sharing of amino acid residues critical for pathogenic T cell activation. Luo, A.M., Garza, K.M., Hunt, D., Tung, K.S. J. Clin. Invest. (1993)
- Autoimmune disease of the ovary induced by a ZP3 peptide from the mouse zona pellucida. Rhim, S.H., Millar, S.E., Robey, F., Luo, A.M., Lou, Y.H., Yule, T., Allen, P., Dean, J., Tung, K.S. J. Clin. Invest. (1992)
- Roles of heterotrimeric and monomeric G proteins in sperm-induced activation of mouse eggs. Moore, G.D., Ayabe, T., Visconti, P.E., Schultz, R.M., Kopf, G.S. Development (1994)
- A zona pellucida 3 peptide vaccine induces antibodies and reversible infertility without ovarian pathology. Lou, Y., Ang, J., Thai, H., McElveen, F., Tung, K.S. J. Immunol. (1995)
- Identification of mouse sperm SED1, a bimotif EGF repeat and discoidin-domain protein involved in sperm-egg binding. Ensslin, M.A., Shur, B.D. Cell (2003)
- 95 kd sperm proteins bind ZP3 and serve as tyrosine kinase substrates in response to zona binding. Leyton, L., Saling, P. Cell (1989)
- Fully effective contraception in male and female guinea pigs immunized with the sperm protein PH-20. Primakoff, P., Lathrop, W., Woolman, L., Cowan, A., Myles, D. Nature (1988)
- Single transmembrane spanning heterotrimeric g protein-coupled receptors and their signaling cascades. Patel, T.B. Pharmacol. Rev. (2004)
- Interaction of a tyrosine kinase from human sperm with the zona pellucida at fertilization. Burks, D.J., Carballada, R., Moore, H.D., Saling, P.M. Science (1995)
- Induction of the human sperm acrosome reaction with mannose-containing neoglycoprotein ligands. Benoff, S., Hurley, I.R., Mandel, F.S., Cooper, G.W., Hershlag, A. Mol. Hum. Reprod. (1997)
- Calcium influx into mouse spermatozoa activated by solubilized mouse zona pellucida, monitored with the calcium fluorescent indicator, fluo-3. Inhibition of the influx by three inhibitors of the zona pellucida induced acrosome reaction: tyrphostin A48, pertussis toxin, and 3-quinuclidinyl benzilate. Bailey, J.L., Storey, B.T. Mol. Reprod. Dev. (1994)
- A cysteine substitution in the zona pellucida domain of alpha-tectorin results in autosomal dominant, postlingual, progressive, mid frequency hearing loss in a Spanish family. Moreno-Pelayo, M.A., del Castillo, I., Villamar, M., Romero, L., Hernández-Calvín, F.J., Herraiz, C., Barberá, R., Navas, C., Moreno, F. J. Med. Genet. (2001)
- Postovulatory effect of intravenous administration of lipopolysaccharide (E. coli, O55:B5) on the contractile activity of the oviduct, ova transport, binding of accessory spermatozoa to the zona pellucida and embryo development in sows. Mwanza, A.M., Rodríguez-Martínez, H., Kindahl, H., Einarsson, S. Reprod. Domest. Anim. (2002)
- Oocyte-specific gene expression: molecular characterization of a cDNA coding for ZP-3, the sperm receptor of the mouse zona pellucida. Ringuette, M.J., Sobieski, D.A., Chamow, S.M., Dean, J. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1986)
- Defective zonae pellucidae in Zp2-null mice disrupt folliculogenesis, fertility and development. Rankin, T.L., O'Brien, M., Lee, E., Wigglesworth, K., Eppig, J., Dean, J. Development (2001)
- Acrosin accelerates the dispersal of sperm acrosomal proteins during acrosome reaction. Yamagata, K., Murayama, K., Okabe, M., Toshimori, K., Nakanishi, T., Kashiwabara, S., Baba, T. J. Biol. Chem. (1998)
- Expression and structural analysis of a teleost homolog of a mammalian zona pellucida gene. Lyons, C.E., Payette, K.L., Price, J.L., Huang, R.C. J. Biol. Chem. (1993)
- Complementarity between sperm surface beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase and egg-coat ZP3 mediates sperm-egg binding. Miller, D.J., Macek, M.B., Shur, B.D. Nature (1992)
- Vaccination with a synthetic zona pellucida peptide produces long-term contraception in female mice. Millar, S.E., Chamow, S.M., Baur, A.W., Oliver, C., Robey, F., Dean, J. Science (1989)
- Exocytosis in spermatozoa in response to progesterone and zona pellucida. Roldan, E.R., Murase, T., Shi, Q.X. Science (1994)
- Trp2 regulates entry of Ca2+ into mouse sperm triggered by egg ZP3. Jungnickel, M.K., Marrero, H., Birnbaumer, L., Lémos, J.R., Florman, H.M. Nat. Cell Biol. (2001)
- A hyaluronidase activity of the sperm plasma membrane protein PH-20 enables sperm to penetrate the cumulus cell layer surrounding the egg. Lin, Y., Mahan, K., Lathrop, W.F., Myles, D.G., Primakoff, P. J. Cell Biol. (1994)
- Novel alpha-D-mannosidase of rat sperm plasma membranes: characterization and potential role in sperm-egg interactions. Tulsiani, D.R., Skudlarek, M.D., Orgebin-Crist, M.C. J. Cell Biol. (1989)
- A role for mouse sperm surface galactosyltransferase in sperm binding to the egg zona pellucida. Shur, B.D., Hall, N.G. J. Cell Biol. (1982)
- Receptor function of mouse sperm surface galactosyltransferase during fertilization. Lopez, L.C., Bayna, E.M., Litoff, D., Shaper, N.L., Shaper, J.H., Shur, B.D. J. Cell Biol. (1985)
- Cloning of gp-340, a putative opsonin receptor for lung surfactant protein D. Holmskov, U., Mollenhauer, J., Madsen, J., Vitved, L., Gronlund, J., Tornoe, I., Kliem, A., Reid, K.B., Poustka, A., Skjodt, K. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1999)
- Reassessing the molecular biology of sperm-egg recognition with mouse genetics. Dean, J. Bioessays (2004)
- FIGalpha, a germ cell specific transcription factor involved in the coordinate expression of the zona pellucida genes. Liang, L., Soyal, S.M., Dean, J. Development (1997)
- Human sperm do not bind to rat zonae pellucidae despite the presence of four homologous glycoproteins. Hoodbhoy, T., Joshi, S., Boja, E.S., Williams, S.A., Stanley, P., Dean, J. J. Biol. Chem. (2005)
- Mouse Zp1 encodes a zona pellucida protein homologous to egg envelope proteins in mammals and fish. Epifano, O., Liang, L.F., Dean, J. J. Biol. Chem. (1995)
- Isolation, physicochemical properties, and macromolecular composition of zona pellucida from porcine oocytes. Dunbar, B.S., Wardrip, N.J., Hedrick, J.L. Biochemistry (1980)
- Molecular cloning and characterization of P47, a novel boar sperm-associated zona pellucida-binding protein homologous to a family of mammalian secretory proteins. Ensslin, M., Vogel, T., Calvete, J.J., Thole, H.H., Schmidtke, J., Matsuda, T., Töpfer-Petersen, E. Biol. Reprod. (1998)
- Isolation and preliminary characterization of a purified pig zona antigen (PPZA) from porcine oocytes. Yurewicz, E.C., Sacco, A.G., Subramanian, M.G. Biol. Reprod. (1983)
- Complete activation of porcine oocytes induced by the sulfhydryl reagent, thimerosal. Macháty, Z., Wang, W.H., Day, B.N., Prather, R.S. Biol. Reprod. (1997)
- Autoradiographic localization of specific binding of meiosis-activating sterol to cumulus-oocyte complexes from marmoset, cow, and mouse. Faerge, I., Grøndahl, C., Ottesen, J.L., Hyttel, P. Biol. Reprod. (2001)