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Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volume 35 Number 12 2023

RD22266Extremely low-frequency electromagnetic field exposure alters DNA methylation levels in the endometrium of pigs during the peri-implantation period

Pawel Jozef Wydorski 0000-0002-3098-0199, Wiktoria Kozlowska 0000-0002-0260-5199, Ewa Monika Drzewiecka 0000-0002-1328-0190, Agata Zmijewska 0000-0002-0661-130X and Anita Franczak 0000-0003-2418-8207
pp. 601-613
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The electromagnetic smog created by the increased number of electronic devices affects living organisms. In the current study, we documented significant changes induced by the extremely low-frequency electromagnetic field (ELF-EMF) in pig endometrial DNA methylation levels during the peri-implantation period. We assume that ELF-EMF affects the level of DNA methylation in the endometrium, which may lead to changes in implantation.

RD23053Effect of arachidonic acid on pre- and post-hatching in vitro bovine embryo development

L. González-Brusi, A. Pérez-Gómez, A. C. Quiroga, C. Tamargo, P. Ramos-Ibeas and P. Bermejo-Álvarez 0000-0001-9907-2626
pp. 614-621
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Arachidonic acid (AA) is the precursor of prostaglandins, which have been suggested to play autocrine roles during early development. In this study, we tested the developmental effect of the addition of AA to pre- and post-hatching bovine embryo culture, observing that pre-hatching embryos are mostly irresponsive to AA, whereas early post-hatching in vitro development is negatively affected by AA.

RD23057Dynamic changes and importance of plasma concentrations of ether phospholipids, of which the majority are plasmalogens, in postpartum Holstein dairy cows

Risa Saito, Tomoaki Kubo, Takuji Wakatsuki, Yuuki Asato, Tamako Tanigawa, Miyako Kotaniguchi, Maki Hashimoto, Shinichi Kitamura and Hiroya Kadokawa 0000-0002-8454-9601
pp. 622-639
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Plasmalogens have important roles in the physiological functioning of mothers and breastfeeding infants, and have novel roles in stimulating gonadotrophs. In Holstein dairy cows, the plasma concentrations of ether phospholipids, most of which are plasmalogens, dramatically changed around parturition and around the day of the first postpartum ovulation, and the concentrations correlated with important parameters for milk production and reproduction. Blood plasmalogen may play important roles in postpartum dairy cows.

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