274. EXPRESSION AND QUANTIFICATION OF GAP JUNCTIONAL PROTIEN CONNEXIN 43 IN CUMULUS OOCYTE COMPLEX OF EWES TREATED IN VIVO WITH FSH. Pant, Disha¹, Reynolds, Lawrence^1,2, Lopes, Flavia¹, Petry, Kimberley¹, Bilski, Jerzy¹, Redmer, Dale¹, Grazul-Bilska, Anna^1,2, ¹ Department of Animal and Range Sciences, Fargo, ND² Cell Biology Centre, Fargo, ND
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275. IDENTIFICATION OF hCG-INDUCED GENE EXPRESSION IN GRANULOSA CELLS OF BOVINE PREOVULATORY FOLLICLES USING SUPPRESSIVE SUBTRACTIVE HYBRIDIZATION. Lévesque, Valérie¹, Fayad, Tania¹, Sirois, Jean¹, Silversides, David¹, Lussier, Jacques¹, ¹ CRRA, St-Hyacinthe, CA
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276. MESSENGER RNA EXPRESSION AND LOCALIZATION OF P2Y RECEPTOR SUBTYPES IN GRANULOSA CELLS FROM MOUSE AND HUMAN. Garay, Edith¹, Velázquez-Nájera, Paola², Juárez-Espinosa, Berenice², Sánchez-Usabiaga, Rafael², O.-Arellano, Rogelio¹, ¹ Centro de Neurobiología-UNAM, Querétaro, MX² Médica Fértil, Celaya, MX
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277. EFFECTS OF FOCIEMIX ON PROGESTERONE PRODUCTION BY BOVINE GRANULOSA CELLS. Irving-Rodgers, Helen¹, Krupa, Malgosia¹, Rodgers, Raymond¹, ¹ Reproductive Medicine Unit, Adelaide, AU
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278. EXPRESSION OF INTERLEUKIN-1 SYSTEM GENES IN GRANULOSA CELLS OF THE DOMINANT FOLLICLE AND INDUCTION OF OVULATION IN THE MARE. Martoriati, Alain¹, Duchamp, Guy¹, Bruneau, Aurelia¹, Gerard, Nadine¹, ¹ Reproduction Equine, Nouzilly, FR
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279. NOREPINEPHRINE STIMULATES STEROIDOGENESIS IN BOVINE GRANULOSA CELLS CULTURED UNDER CHEMICALLY DEFINED CONDITIONS (PVA). Piccinato, Carla¹, Montrezor, Luis Henrique², Rosa e Silva, Alzira², ¹ Dept. of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Reproduction, Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil² Dept.of Physiology, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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280. POLYVINYL ALCOHOL IS EFFECTIVE IN A DEFINED MEDIA LONG TERM BOVINE GRANULOSA CELL CULTURE IN THE MAINTAINCE OF 17-ESTRADIOL PRODUCTION. Montrezor, LH^1,4, Piccinato, CA², Rosa e Silva, AAM^1,2, ¹ Dept of Physiology, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil⁴ Dept CEN, São Paulo, BR² Dept of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Reproduction, Jaboticabal, Brazil
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281. RELATIONSHIPS AMONG LEVELS OF GRANULOSA CELL INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING-PROTEIN (IGFBP) mRNAS AND FOLLICULAR FLUID (FFL) IGFBPs AND STERIODS IN DOMINANT AND SUBORDINATE FOLLICLES OF PREOVULATORY CATTLE. Voge, Justin¹, Allen, Dustin¹, Malayer, Jerry², Spicer, Leon¹, ¹ Dept. of Animal Science, Stillwater, OK² Physiological Sciences, Stillwater, OK
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282. 4-AMINOPYRIDINE, AN ANTAGONIST OF KCNA BUT NOT KCNQ FAMILY POTASSIUM CHANNELS, DECREASES PROGESTERONE AND cAMP PRODUCTION BY PIG GRANULOSA CELLS. Li, Yan¹, Mitchell, Brianna¹, Mason, Diane¹, Freeman, Lisa¹, ¹ Dept. of Anatomy and Physiology, Manhattan, KS.
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283. GLUCOCORTICOID REGULATION OF STEROID SULFATASE ACTIVITY IN A RAT GRANULOSA CELL LINE. Clemens, Jeffrey¹, Beyer, Amanda¹, ¹ Dept. of Biological Sciences, Pittsburgh, PA
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284. INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I REGULATES PREANTRAL FOLLICULAR GROWTH IN VITRO BY STIMULATING PROLIFERATION AND SUPPRESSING APOPTOSIS OF GRANULOSA CELLS. Mao, Jiude¹, Smith, Michael¹, Rucker, Edmund¹, Wu, Guangming¹, McCauley, Tod¹, Prather, Randall¹, Didion, Brad², Day, Billy¹, ¹ Animal Science Research Center, Columbia, MO² Monsanto, St Louis, MO
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285. TISSUE-TYPE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR AND PROTEASE NEXIN-1 EXPRESSION BY BOVINE GRANULOSA CELLS IN VITRO. Cao, Mingju¹, Sahmi, Malha¹, Lussier, Jacques¹, Price, Christopher¹, ¹ Centre de Recherche en Reproduction Animale, St-Hyacinthe, CA
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286. GRANULOSA CELLS OF ANTRAL FOLLICLES IN MICE AND SHEEP EXPRESS foxl2-A GENE RECENTLY IMPLICATED IN PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE. Haller, Jodi¹, Ellsworth, Buffy¹, Farmerie, Todd¹, Moeller, Carol¹, Sawyer, Heywood¹, Clay, Colin¹, ¹ Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology Laboratory, Fort Collins, CO
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287. EFFECT OF LEPTIN ON THE STEROIDOGENESIS OF CULTURED HUMAN GRANULOSA CELLS. Kim, Myoungshin¹, Song, Hyunjin², Kim, Jongsik¹, Yang, Hyunwon³, Yoon, Yong-Dal⁴, Kim, Sei Kwang⁵, ¹ Laboratory of Infertility, Incheon, Korea² Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Incheon, Korea³ Cardiovascular Research Institute, Seoul, Korea⁴ Department of Life Science, Seoul, Korea⁵ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul, Korea
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288. EVIDENCE THAT DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE INHIBITS THE PHOSPHORYLATION OF MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 2 IN RAT GRANULOSA CELLS. Kayampilly, Pradeep¹, Menon, K.M.J.¹, ¹ Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Biological Chemistry, Ann Arbor, MI
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289. ESTABLISHMENT AND PRELIMINARY CHARACTERIZATION OF IMMORTALIZED EQUINE GRANULOSA CELL LINES. Stock, Angelika¹, Silversides, David¹, Sirois, Jean¹, ¹ Centre de Recherche en Reproduction Animale, Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada
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290. PROSTAGLANDINS MODULATE LUTEINIZING HORMONE-STIMULATED PERIOVULATORY PROCESSES IN PRIMATE GRANULOSA CELLS IN VITRO. Duffy, Diane¹, Stouffer, Richard², ¹ Department of Physiological Sciences, Norfolk, VA² Oregon Regional Primate Research Center, Beaverton, OR
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