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Gene expression profiling during the development of testicular hypertrophy in neonatal hypothyroid rats.

Tao Kin Pong. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 144-152). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter i. --- Cover page --- p.1 / Chapter ii. --- Table of contents --- p.2 / Chapter iii. --- Abstract of thesis (English version and Chinese Version) --- p.4 / Chapter iv. --- Acknowledgements --- p.8 / Chapter v. --- Abbreviations --- p.9 / Chapter 1. --- Introduction / Interstitial tissue and Leydig cells --- p.11 / Seminiferous tubules --- p.11 / "Male germ cell line and spermatogenesis (Mitotic, Meiotic and Post-meiotic)" --- p.12 / Sertoli cells --- p.14 / Specialized organizations of junction present in testis --- p.15 / Dynamic nature of Sertoli-Sertoli & Sertoli-germ cell junctions --- p.16 / Role of proteases and protease inhibitors in male gametogenesis --- p.17 / Proteases and Proteases Inhibitors expressed in testis --- p.18 / Hormonal control of spermatogenesis --- p.19 / Hypothyroidism and testis development --- p.21 / Genes to be studied: / Proteases --- p.22 / Proteases Inhibitors --- p.27 / Other spermatogenesis related genes --- p.30 / Chapter 2. --- Objectives --- p.32 / Chapter 3. --- Materials and Methods / Animal treatments and tissue collection --- p.33 / RNA preparation --- p.34 / RT-PCRs --- p.35 / Real-time PCRs --- p.35 / Data manipulations and Statistics --- p.36 / Primer sequences used in this experiment --- p.37 / Chapter 4. --- Results / "Effect of neonatal hypothyroidism on developmental profile of body weight, absolute and relative testicular weight" --- p.40 / Developmental transcription profiles of genes under normal and hypothyroidism --- p.43 / Screening Data --- p.78 / Expression of non-spermatogenic genes at neonatal age --- p.88 / Responsiveness of gene transcription after thyroxin replacement --- p.89 / Changes of gene expression under different hypothyroid regimens --- p.97 / Chapter 5. --- Discussion / Changes in testicular size under hypothyroidism --- p.107 / Five patterns of transcription profile --- p.107 / "Suggestion on the role of ""MEIOTIC"" proteases and inhibitors" --- p.111 / "Suggestion on the role of ""POST-MEIOTIC"" proteases and inhibitors" --- p.113 / "Explanations on ""SOMATIC"" genes" --- p.114 / "Explanations on ""MITOTIC"" genes" --- p.115 / Explanations on the un-clustered pattern --- p.116 / Explanations on the age down-regulated group --- p.116 / Proposed clustering of genes according to their transcription profile --- p.117 / "Expression of some ""non-spermatogenic"" genes before puberty" --- p.123 / Neonatal hypothyroidism as a model for studying reproductive physiology --- p.125 / Different components of spermatogenesis --- p.127 / Chapter I. --- Roles of nuclear and chromatin related genes in assisting meiosis --- p.128 / Chapter II. --- Roles of specific transcription regulators in assisting gene selection --- p.129 / Chapter III. --- Role of signal transduction molecules for translation and activation --- p.131 / Chapter IV. --- Role of proteases and inhibitors for matrix and junctions dynamics --- p.132 / The somatic proteases and inhibitors system in the testis --- p.133 / Spermatogenic proteases and inhibitors system --- p.134 / Chapter V. --- Role of matrix and junctional molecules in intercellular interactions --- p.137 / Chapter VI. --- Role of cytoplasmic motors in cellular movement --- p.139 / Chapter 6. --- Conclusion / Proposed story of spermatogenesis - involvement of proteases and inhibitors --- p.140 / Future Direction --- p.141 / Chapter 7. --- References --- p.144

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_325326
Date January 2005
ContributorsTao, Kin Pong., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Physiology.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish, Chinese
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, 152 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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