LOCALIZATION OF THE ZONA GLYCOPROTEINS ZPB (ZP3-ALPHA) AND ZPC (ZP3-BETA) IN THE BOVINE OVARY DURING PRENATAL-DEVELOPMENT AND POSTNATAL-DEVELOPMENT

Authors
TOTZAUER I KOLLE S SINOWATZ F PLENDL J AMSELGRUBER W TOPFERPETERSEN E
Citation
I. Totzauer et al., LOCALIZATION OF THE ZONA GLYCOPROTEINS ZPB (ZP3-ALPHA) AND ZPC (ZP3-BETA) IN THE BOVINE OVARY DURING PRENATAL-DEVELOPMENT AND POSTNATAL-DEVELOPMENT, ANNALS OF ANATOMY-ANATOMISCHER ANZEIGER, 180(1), 1998, pp. 37-43
Citations number
24
Categorie Soggetti
Anatomy & Morphology
Journal title
ANNALS OF ANATOMY-ANATOMISCHER ANZEIGER
ISSN journal
09409602 → ACNP
Volume
180
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
37 - 43
Database
ISI
SICI code
0940-9602(1998)180:1<37:LOTZGZ>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the expression of two zon a pellucida gene families ZPB (ZP3 alpha) and ZPC (ZP3 beta). Sections of ovaries from bovine fetuses, calves and cows were labelled with po lyclonal antibodies. Immunopositive labelling was found in both the fo llicle cells and the oocyte. Labelling was dependent on the stage of d evelopment. The specific sequence of immunopositive reactions suggests that in the bovine fetus both the ovary and the follicle cells contri bute to the production of the zona pellucida during pre-and postnatal development.