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The Effects of Antioxidants, N-acetyl-L-cystein, N-acetyl-L-cystein Amide, Glutathione or Cysteamine on the Development of in vitro Fertilized bovine Oocytes

N-acetyl-L-cystein, N-acetyl-L-cystein Amide, Glutathione 및 Cysteamine 항산화제가 소 체외수정란의 발생에 미치는 영향

  • Kim, Min-Su (Animal Genetic Resources Research Center, National Institute of Animal Science, RDA) ;
  • Kim, Chan-Lan (Animal Genetic Resources Research Center, National Institute of Animal Science, RDA) ;
  • Kim, Namtea (Animal Genetic Resources Research Center, National Institute of Animal Science, RDA) ;
  • Jeon, Ik Soo (Animal Genetic Resources Research Center, National Institute of Animal Science, RDA) ;
  • Kim, Sung Woo (Animal Genetic Resources Research Center, National Institute of Animal Science, RDA)
  • 김민수 (농촌진흥청 국립축산과학원 가축유전자원센터) ;
  • 김찬란 (농촌진흥청 국립축산과학원 가축유전자원센터) ;
  • 김남태 (농촌진흥청 국립축산과학원 가축유전자원센터) ;
  • 전익수 (농촌진흥청 국립축산과학원 가축유전자원센터) ;
  • 김성우 (농촌진흥청 국립축산과학원 가축유전자원센터)
  • Received : 2017.08.13
  • Accepted : 2017.09.15
  • Published : 2017.09.30
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Abstract

To increase the productivity of in vitro development, the antioxidants have been used for culture system of bovine oocytes and embryos. However, comparative studies on these molecules are rare and direct beneficial effects on blastocyst production cannot be discriminated for best results. The study was conducted to determine the influence of N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC), N-acetyl-L-cysteine amide (NACA), glutathione (GSH) and cysteamime (CYS) on maturation competence of COCs from GV to MII stage and productivity of blastocyst formation during in vitro fertilization and culture. There was no difference among maturation rates of oocytes to metaphase II with polar body with antioxidants for any of the treatment groups (p>0.05). However, the significant improvement on the rate of blastocysts ($32.3{\pm}5.0%$) was found in 0.1 mM CYS treatment than 0.3 mM NAC, 0.2 mM NACA or 0.5mM GSH (p<0.05). The addition of NAC ($18.8{\pm}3.7%$) or NACA ($21.2{\pm}3.9%$) did not improve development competence to morula and blastocysts than control ($24.4{\pm}4.1%$) and GSH ($26.5{\pm}5.0%$) (p>0.05). Our study showed that medium supplementation with CYS during IVM and IVC improved the rate of bovine embryo development but not with NAC, NACA and GSH addition.

소 난자의 체외 성숙 및 발달과정에서 항산화제의 첨가는 발생과정에 생성될 수 있는 ROS를 조절하여 체외발생에 도움을 주는 것으로 알려져 있으나 이에 대한 연구는 아직 미흡하다고 판단된다. 본 연구에서는 소 수정란의 성숙과정과 발생과정에서 ROS에 대한 방어 기작에 필요한 물질로 -SH기(thiol group)을 함유하고 있는 NAC, NACA, GSH 및 CYS를 첨가하여 COCs의 난자 성숙율과 체외 수정 후 수정란의 발생율을 조사하였다. 도축장 유래 난소의 성숙율은 항산화제 처리군과 대조군에서 차이를 보여주지 않았으나(p>0.05), 배반포 형성율은 0.1 mM CYS을 처리한 실험군에서 $32.3{\pm}5.0%$로 유의적으로 높게 관찰되었다(p<0.05). 항산화제 0.3 mM NAC, 0.2 mM NACA 또는 0.5 mM GSH를 처리하는 실험군에서 배반포 형성율은 각각 $18.8{\pm}3.7%$, $21.2{\pm}3.9%$ 및 $26.5{\pm}5.0%$로 조사되었다. 그러므로, 항산화 물질인 NAC, NACA, GSH 및 CYS을 난자의 성숙 및 수정란 배양과정에 첨가하면 난자의 성숙에 영향이 없으나, CYS처리군이 배반포형성율에 효과가 있음을 밝혔다(p<0.05).

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