W525. MICROARRAY ANALYSIS OF HYPERTHYROID AND EUTHYROID RAT SERTOLI CELLS. Dahia, Chitra Lekha ¹, Rao, A. Jagannadha¹, ¹ Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

M526. DIFFERENTIAL PROTEIN EXPRESSION OF IN VITRO MATURED PORCINE OOCYTES DERIVED FROM GILTS AND SOWS. Paczkowski, Melissa¹, Terry, Doris ¹, Krisher, Rebecca¹, ¹ Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

T527. CELLULAR RECRUITMENT OF SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN INVOLVES THE 67-kDa LAMININ RECEPTOR. Ng, Kwong-Man¹, Lee, Will², Hammond, Geoffrey¹, ¹ University of British Columbia, Vancouver² University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

W528. LOCALIZATION OF OSTEOPONTIN ON EJACULATED AND EPIDIDYMAL HOLSTEIN BULL SPERM AND FLOW CYTOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF OSTEOPONTIN ON EJACULATED HOLSTEIN BULL SPERM. Erikson, David¹, Killian, Gary¹, ¹ The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

M529. PROTEOMIC PROFILING OF THE UTERINE FLUSHING FROM NATURAL AND STIMULATED CYCLES DURING PERI-IMPLANTATION PERIOD. Lee, Kai-Fai ^{1, 2}, Cheung, William¹, Chung, Man-Kin¹, Chiu, Philip¹, Yeung, William^{1, 2}, Ng, Ernest^{1, 2}, ¹ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Hong Kong² Center of Reproduction, Development and Growth, Hong Kong

T530. ENHANCED EXPRESSION OF BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE RHESUS MACAQUE ENDOMETRIUM DURING MENSES. Slayden, Ov ¹, Carroll, Rebecca ¹, Mah, Kunie¹, Brenner, Robert¹, ¹ Oregon National Primate Research Center, OHSU, Beaverton, OR

W531. PROFILING GENE EXPRESSION IN THE DEVELOPING MOUSE EPIDIDYMIS USING RADE. Bapat, Ashok¹, Gonder, Daniel², Kopf, Gregory¹, ¹ Wyeth Research, Collegeville, PA² University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

M532. INNER ACROSOMAL PROTEIN (IAM32P) FORMS A COMPLEX WITH SP47 AND ACROSIN IN BOAR SPERMATOZOA. Manandhar, G¹, Barajas-Espinosa, A², Young-Joo, Yi¹, Oko, R², Sutovsky, P^{1, 3}, ¹ University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO² Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada³ University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO

T533. THE MOUSE GENOME INFORMATICS DATABASE PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE ONLINE MAMMALIAN GENOMIC RESOURCES FOR THE REPRODUCTIVE RESEARCH COMMUNITY. Shaw, David¹, Blake, Judith¹, Bult, Carol¹, Kadin, James¹, Richardson, Joel¹, Ringwald, Martin¹, Eppig, Janan¹, ¹ The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME, USA

W534. EPIDIDYMAL MATURATION OF THE BULL SPERM PH-20 PROTEIN. Morin, Guillaume^{1, 2, 3}, Sullivan, Robert^{1, 2, 3}, Leclerc, Pierre^{1, 2, 3}, ¹ Université Laval, Québec, Qc, Canada² Centre de Recherche du CHUQ, Québec, Qc, Canada³ Centre de Recherche en Biologie de la Reproduction, Québec, Qc, Canada

M535. THE EPIDIYMAL SOLUBLE PRION PROTEIN IS ASSOCIATED WITH HYDROPHOBIC PROTEINS IN A HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT STRUCTURE. Gatti, Jean-Luc¹, Ecroyd, Heath², Belghazi, Maya¹, Dacheux, Jean-Louis¹, ¹ Station de Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, INRA, Nouzilly, France² The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

T536. HEAT SHOCK AND PROSTAGLANDIN F2 DIFFERENTIALLY INDUCE THE EXPRESSION OF HEAT SHOCK PROTEINS 70 AND 90 WITHIN THE BOVINE CORPUS LUTEUM. Kopka, Melissa¹, Flores, Jorge², Inskeep, Keith², Tsang, Paul¹, ¹ University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH² West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV

W537. TESTICULAR ISOFORM OF ANGIOTENSIN I-CONVERTING ENZYME (ACE, CD143) ON THE SURFACE OF HUMAN SPERMATOZOA: REVELATION AND QUANTIFICATION USING MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES. Danilov, Sergei¹, Nikolaeva, Marina², Balyasnikova, Irina¹, Alexinskaya, Marina ^{2, 3}, Metzger, Roman⁴, Franke, Folker⁵, Albrecht, Ronald, Kulakov, Vladimir², Sukhikh, Gennady², ¹ University of Illinois, Chicago, IL² Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology, Moscow, Russia³ Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia⁴ Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany⁵ Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany

M538. THE POLYOL PATHWAY IN THE BOVINE OVIDUCT : EXPRESSION OF THE ALDOSE REDUCTASE AND SORBITOL DEHYDROGENASE. Laflamme, Julie¹, Cote, Isabelle¹, Lapointe, Jerome ¹, Frenette, Gilles¹, Bilodeau, Jean-Francois¹, Sullivan, Robert ¹, ¹ CHUL Research Center, Quebec, Qc, Canada

T539. EXPRESSION PROFILING OF GENES IN BeWo CELLS FOLLOWING FORSKOLIN INDUCED DIFFERENTIATION. Rao, A J ¹, Neelima , PS¹, Yashwanth , R¹, Anbalgan , M¹, Mahesh , K¹, Dahia, Chitra Lekha¹, Rao, Rekha M¹, ¹ Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

W540. SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEINS FROM FERTILE BOARS ARE RELATED TO DIFFERENCES IN IN VIVO FERTILITY. Novak, Susan¹, Ruiz-Sanchez, Ana¹, Cosgrove, John¹, Dixon, Walter¹, Foxcroft, George¹, ¹ University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

M541. SPERM FROM CATSPER NULL MICE DO NOT ASCEND THE OVIDUCT. Suarez, Susan¹, Ho, Katharine¹, Wolff, Collin¹, Yang, Ming¹, ¹ Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

T542. A GLYCOPROTEIN DERIVED FROM THE Ceacam10 GENE IN MOUSE SEMINAL VESICLE SECRETIONS. Chen, Yee-Hsiung¹, Li, Sheng-Hsiang², Lee, Robert Kuo-Kuang², Hsiao, Ya-Ling¹, ¹ Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan² Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

W543. LOCALIZATION OF UTERINE MILK PROTEIN - A MEMBER OF THE SERINE PROTEASE INHIBITOR SUPERFAMILY - IN THE BOVINE ENDOMETRIUM. Sinowatz, Fred ¹, Bauersachs, Stephan¹, Wenigerkind, Henning¹, Vermehren, Margarete¹, Wolf, Eckhard¹, ¹ University of Munich, Munich, Germany

M544. FOLLICULAR MARKERS RELATED TO OOCYTE COMPETENCE IN BOVINE. Lemay, Nicolas¹, Blondin, Patrick², Coenen, Karine¹, Sirard, Marc-Andre¹, ¹ Laval University, Quebec, Quebec² L'Alliance Boviteq Inc., St-Hyacinthe, Quebec

T545. CARBOHYDRATE ANTIGEN EXPRESSION BY CAPRINE OVIDUCTAL TISSUES. Newton, Gary¹, Stoddard, Shanna ¹, Garcia, Ramon¹, Igbo, NneNna¹, Leake, Jamila¹, Woldesenbet, Selamawit¹, ¹ Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX

W546. PROTEIN SCREENING OF BOAR EPIDIDYMAL FLUID BY IMMUNOLOGICAL AND ZYMOGRAPHIC METHODS. Manaskova, Pavla¹, Kyselova, Vendula¹, Ticha, Marie², Jonakova, Vera¹, ¹ Academy of Scieneces of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic² Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

M547. DYNAMIC IN VIVO CHANGES IN PROTEIN LEVELS OF TIMP-1 AND MMP-2 AND -9 IN THE OVINE CORPUS LUTEUM AFTER LUTEOLYTIC PULSES OF PGF2. Ricketts, Bryon¹, Tsang, Paul ¹, Milvae, Robert², Keator, Christopher², McCracken, John ², ¹ University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH² University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

T548. PROFILING PORCINE OVIDUCTAL EPITHELIAL CELL SURFACE MEMBRANE PROTEINS. Sostaric, Edita¹, Georgiou, Aristophanes¹, Wong, Chi¹, Moore, Harry¹, Watson, Paul², Holt, William³, Fazeli, Alireza¹, ¹ University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK² Royal Veterinary College, London, UK³ Institute of Zoology, London, UK

W549. EXPRESSION RESEARCH FOR A NOVEL HUMAN SPATA12 GENE AS A CANDIDATE TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE IN THE TESTIS. Li, Dan¹, Lu, Guangxiu², ¹ Hunan University, Changsha, China² Central South University, Changsha, China

M550. VALIDATION OF AN ANIMAL MODEL OF ENDOMETRIOSIS USING DNA MICROARRAYS. Ruiz, Lynnette¹, Appleyard, Caroline¹, Rivera, Elizabeth¹, Santiago, Olga¹, Flores, Idhaliz¹, ¹ Ponce School of Medicine, Ponce, Puerto Rico