Cell-surface morphological events relevant to human implantation

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1999, Pages 37-44

  Nikas, George ^a,b  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Endometrial cell culture; Endometrial pinopodes; Human blastocyst; Implantation; Uterine receptivity

Indexed keywords

BLASTOCYST; CELL SURFACE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; MORPHOLOGY; NIDATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033403874     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.suppl_2.37     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (43)

1. Anderson, T.L. (1989) Biomolecular markers for the window of uterine receptivity. In Yoshinaga, K. (ed.), Blastocyst Implantation. Serono Symposia, Adams Publishing Group, Boston, USA, pp. 219-224.
2. Aplin, J.D. and Glasser, S.R. (1994) The interaction of trophoblast with endometrial stroma. In Glasser, S.R., Mulholland, J. and Psychoyos, A. (eds), Endocrinology of Embryo-Endometrium Interactions. Plenum Press, New York and London, pp. 327-341.
3. Bentin-Ley, U., Lindenberg, S., Horn, T. and Larsen, J.F. (1995) Ultrastructure of endometrial epithelial cells in a three-dimensional cell culture system for human implantation studies. J. Asist. Reprod. Genet., 12, 632-638.
4. Bentin-Ley, U., Siøgren, A., Nilsson, L. et al. (1999) Presence of uterine pinopodes at the embryo endometrial interface during human implantation in vitro. Hum. Reprod., 14, 515-520.
5. Buster, J.E., M. Bustillo, I. A. Rodi et al. (1985) Biologic and morphologic development of donated human ova recovered by nonsurgical uterine lavage. Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol., 153, 211-217.
6. Croxatto, H.B., Diaz, S., Fuentealba, B.A. et al. (1972) Studies on the duration of egg transport in the human oviduct. I. The time interval between ovulation and egg recovery from the uterus in normal women. Fertil. Steril., 23, 447-458.
7. Denker, H.W. (1993) Implantation: a cell biological paradox. J. Exp. Zool., 266, 541-558.
8. Enders, A.D. and Nelson, D.M. (1973) Pinocytotic activity of the uterus of the rat. Am. J. Anat., 138, 277-300.
9. Enders, A.C. (1994) Contributions of comparative studies to understanding mechanisms of implantation. In Glasser, S.R., Mulholland, J. and Psychoyos, A. (eds), Endocrinology of Embryo-Endometrium Interactions. Plenum Press, New York and London, pp. 11-16.
10. Enders, A.C., Lantz, C., Peterson, P.E. and Hendrickx, G. (1997) From blastocyst to placenta: the morphology of implantation in the baboon. Hum. Reprod. Update, 3, 561-573.
11. Formigli, L., Formigli, G. and Roccio, C. (1987) Donation of fertilized uterine ova to infertile women. Fertil. Steril., 47, 162-165.
12. Giudice, L.C. (1997) Multifaceted roles for IGFBP-1 in human endometrium during implantation and pregnancy. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci., 828, 146-156.
13. Grummer, R., Reuss, B. and Winterhager, E. (1996) Expression pattern of different gap junction connexins is related to embryo implantation. Int. J. Dev. Biol., 40, 361-367.
14. Guillomot, M., Betteridge, K.J., Harvey, D. and Goff, A.K. (1986) Endocytotic activity in the endometrium during conceptus attachment in the cow. J. Reprod. Fertil., 78, 27-36.
15. Hertig, A.T., Rock, J. and Adams, B.C. (1956) A description of 34 human ova within the first 17 days of development. Am. J. Anat., 98, 435-491.
16. Kimber, S.J. (1994) Carbohydrates and implantation of the mammalian embryo. In Glasser, S.R., Mulholland, J. and Psychoyos, A. (eds) Endocrinology of Embryo-Endometrium Interactions. Plenum Press, New York and London, pp. 279-296.
17. Lessey, B.A. (1998) Endometrial integrins and the establishment of uterine receptivity. Hum. Reprod., 13 (Suppl. 3), 247-258.
18. Lindenberg, S., Hyttel, P., Lenz, S. and Holmes, P.V. (1986) Ultrastructure of the early human implantation in-vitro. Hum. Reprod., 1, 533-538.
19. Lopata, A. (1996) Blastocyst-endometrial interaction: an apraisal of some old and new ideas. Mol. Hum. Reprod., 2, 519-525.
20. Makrigiannakis, A., Psychoyos, A., Zoumakis, E. et al. (1997) Endometrial corticotropin-releasing hormone: expression, regulation, and potential physiological implications. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci., 816, 116-128.
21. Martel, D., Malet, C., Gautray, J.P. and Psychoyos, A. (1981) Surface changes of the luminal uterine epithelium during the human menstrual cycle: a scanning electron microscopic study. In de Brux, J., Mortel, R. and Gautray, J.P. (eds), The Endometrium: Hormonal Impacts. Plenum Press, New York, NY, USA, p. 15.
22. Martel, D., Monier, M.N., Roche, D. and Psychoyos, A. (1991) Hormonal dependence of pinopode formation at the uterine luminal surface. Hum. Reprod., 6, 597-603.
23. Murphy, C.R., Rogers, P.A.W., Hosie, M.J. et al. (1992) Tight junctions of human uterine epithelial cells change during the menstrual cycle: a morphometric study. Acta Anat., 144, 36-38.
24. Murphy, C.R. (1995) The cytoskeleton of uterine epithelial cells: a new player in uterine receptivity and the plasma membrane transformation. Hum. Reprod. Update, 1, 567-580.
25. Nilsson, O. (1962) Correlation of structure to function of the luminal cell surface in the uterine epithelium of mouse and man. Z. Zellforsch. microsk. Anat., 56, 803-808.
26. Nikas, G. (1999) Pinopodes as markers of endometrial receptivity in clinical practice. Hum. Reprod., 14 (Suppl. 2), in press.
27. Nikas, G., Ao, A., Winston, R.M.L. and Handyside, A.M. (1996) Compaction and surface polarity in the human embryo in-vitro. Biol. Reprod., 55; 32-37.
28. Noyes, R.W., Hertig, A.T. and Rock, J. (1950) Dating the endometrial biopsy. Fertil. Steril., 1, 3-25.
29. Parr, M.B. and Parr, E.L. (1974) Uterine luminal epithelium: protrusions mediate endocytosis, not apocrine secretion, in the rat. Biol. Reprod., 11, 220-233.
30. Perona, R.M. and Wasarman, P.M. (1986) Mouse blastocysts hatch in-vitro by using a trypsin-like proteinase asociated with cells of mural trophoectoderm. Dev. Biol., 114, 42-52.
31. Potts, M. and Psychoyos, A. (1967) Evolution de l'ultrastructure des relations ovoendométriales sous l'influence de l'oestrogène, chez la Ratte en retard expérimental de nidation. C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris, 264, 370-373.
32. Psychoyos, A. (1966a) Recent research on egg implantation. In Wolstenholme, W. and O'Connor, M. (eds), Ciba Foundation Study Group on Egg Implantation. Churchill, London, UK, pp. 4-28.
33. Psychoyos, A. (1966b) Influence of oestrogen on the loss of the zona pellucida in the rat. Nature, 211, 864.
34. Psychoyos, A. (1976) Hormonal control of uterine receptivity for nidation. J. Reprod. Fertil., 25, (Suppl.) 17-28.
35. Psychoyos, A. (1986) Uterine receptivity for nidation. Ann. N.Y. Acad Sci., 476, 36-42.
36. Psychoyos, A. and Mandon, P. (1971a) Etude de la surface de l'épithélium utérin au microscope électronique à balayage. Observation chez la ratte au 4ème et 5ème jours de la gestation. C. K. Acad. Sci. Paris, 272, 2723-2729.
37. Psychoyos, A. and Mandon, P. (1971b) Scanning electron microscopy of the surface of the rat uterine epithelium during delayed implantation. J. Reprod. Fertil., 26, 137-138.
38. Psychoyos, A., Nikas, G. and Gravanis, A. (1995) The role of prostaglandins on blastocyst implantation. Hum. Reprod., 10 (Suppl. 2), 30-42.
39. Sarantis, L., Roche, D. and Psychoyos, A. (1988) Displacement of receptivity for nidation in the rat by the progesterone antagonist RU 486: a scanning electron microscopy study. Hum. Reprod., 3, 251-255.
40. 1 in human endometrial epithelial cells in-vitro. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab., 82, 2607-2616.
41. Simón, C., Moreno, C., Remohi, J. and Pellicer, A. (1998) Molecular interactions between embryo and uterus in the adhesion phase of human implantation. Hum. Reprod., 13 (Suppl. 3), 219-232.
42. Smith, S.K., Charnock-Jones, D.S. and Sharkey, A.M. (1998) The role of leukaemia inhibitory factor and interleukin-6 in human reproduction. Hum. Reprod., 13 (Suppl. 3), 237-243.
43. Tabibzadeh, S. and Babaknia, A. (1995) The signals and molecular pathways involved in implantation, a symbiotic interaction between blastocyst and endometrium involving adhesion and tissue invasion. Hum. Reprod., 10, 1579-1602.