Energy substrate metabolism of mouse cumulus-oocyte complexes: Response to follicle-stimulating hormone is mediated by the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase pathway and is associated with oocyte maturation

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 199-209

  Roberts, Ruth ^a   Stark, Jaroslav ^b   Iatropoulou, Aikaterini ^a   Becker, David L ^c   Franks, Stephen ^a   Hardy, Kate ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cumulus cells; Follicle stimulating hormone; Gamete biology; Meiosis; Oocyte development

Indexed keywords

2 MORPHOLINO 8 PHENYLCHROMONE; FOLLITROPIN; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 4; LACTIC ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE INHIBITOR; PYRUVIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULUS OOPHORUS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; GRANULOSA CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPEROVULATION;

1-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMONES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER TYPE 4; GRANULOSA CELLS; LACTIC ACID; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MORPHOLINES; MUSCLE PROTEINS; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; OVARY; PYRUVATES;

ANIMALIA; TRIXIS;

EID: 3142655834     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.023549     Document Type: Article

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