• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.161-173
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• 2000

컴퓨터 세포동결기를 이용하여 생쥐 배아를 동결할 때 액체질소 (L$N_2$)의 분사속도가 해빙 후 배아의 미세구조, 기능 및 발달에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 하였다. 이를 위해 배아는 동결을 하지 않은 대조군 (control) 및 동결군에서 L$N_2$의 분사속도에 따라 고속분사군 (120 infusion/min group 1), 저속분사군 (50 infusion/min; group 2)으로 나누었다. ICR 계열의 생쥐의 2 세포기 배아를 사용하였으며, 동결 및 해빙은 저속동결-급속해빙 방법을 사용하였다. 각 군에 따라 해빙 후 배아의 생존율과 세포질이 양호하고 분절화가 없는 2세포기 배아를 대상으로 포배 발달율 및 할구수를 측정하였다. 공초점 현미경을 이용하여 배아 내에서의 $H_2O$$_2$, 활성 미토콘드리아의 분포, 막전위차 및 actin filament를 측정하였으며, TUNEL 방법을 이용하여 DNA 분절화를 확인하였다. 동결-해빙 후 건강한 2 세포기 배아의 회수율은 group 1 (50.7%)에 비해 group 2 (34.6%)에서 현저히 감소했다 (p<0.05). 포배기 배아의 발생율 (86.7%, 76.7% vs. 44.0%)과 할구수 (79.5$\pm$12.9, 71.6$\pm$8.0 vs. 62.5$\pm$4.7)는 대조군 혹은 group 1에 비해 group 2에서 유의한 차이를 보였다 (p<0.05). H$_2$0$_2$의 상대적 강도는 group 2에서 유의하게 증가하였다 (15.3$\pm$3.0, 16.6$\pm$1.6 vs. 23.4$\pm$1.8, p<0.05). 활성 미토콘드리아의 분포는 정상적인 배아에서는 균등하게 분포하는 반면 배발달이 정지된 배아에서는 원형질막 주위에 몰리고 응집된 양상을 보였다. 그러나 대조군, group 1, group 2에서는 모두 균등하게 분포하여 각 군간에 차이가 없었다. 미토콘드리아의 JC-1 염색 결과는 대조군과 group 1의 경우 590 nm의 파장으로 발산되는 미토콘드리아가 group 2에 비하여 유의하게 증가하였다 (17.2$\pm$3.8, 17.4$\pm$1.3 vs. 13.2$\pm$2.0, p<0.05). 2세포기 배아내 미세섬유 (actin filament)는 대조군 및 group 1의 경우 균일하게 분포하는 반면, group 2에서는 부분적인 결손과 응집현상이 관찰되었다. DNA 분절율 (30.8%, 36.0% vs. 65.6%; p<0.05)은 group 2에서 유의하게 증가하였다. 동결시 액체질소의 분사속도는 해빙 후 배아 발달에 매우 중요한 요인으로 작용하며, L$N_2$의 분사속도의 증가는 동결과 정에서 하강 온도의 미세한 변화를 감소시켜 세포내 골격구조와 미토콘드리아의 상해를 감소시켜 $H_2O$$_2$의 발생과 DNA 분절화를 감소시켜 배아 발생을 호전시키는 것으로 사료된다.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.9-14
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• 1989

For the cryopreservation of human embryos this study was accomplished as a preliminary experiment. The purpose of this study is to obtain optimal cryoprotectant, addition and dilution method of cryoprotectant and cooling rate for raising survival of frozon and thawed 2-cell mouse embryos. Seeding was done at $-7^{\circ}C$ and the straw contained embryos was plunged at $-30^{\circ}C$ when the slow cooling was ended. Embryos those developed normally to blastocyst after in vitro culture for over 96 hours were regarded as survival ones. The survival was the rate of number of survival embryos against the recovered embryos. The results are followed : 1. The survivals were 6.3, 71.2 and 67.4% respectively, when Glycerol, DMSO and 1,2-Propanediol were used as cryoprotectant. 2. When sucrose was added in freezing solution, the survival was 69.0%. That was higher than the survival of embryos frozen without sucrose in freezing solution. The difference was not significant. 3. Addition and dilution of cryoprotectant by 4 stepwise raised the survival than by direct, but that was not significant. 4. When embryos were frozen by -0.3, -0.5 and $-1^{\circ}C/min$ before plunged into $LN_2$, the survivals were 67.9, 78.0 and 37.0% respectively. The differnce was significant.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.231-235
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• 2009

Oxygen consumption has been regarded as a useful indicator for assessment of mammalian embryo quality. However, there was no standard criterion to measure the oxygen consumption of embryos. Here, we measured oxygen consumption of bovine embryos at various developmental stages was measured using a scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM). We found that the oxygen consumption significantly increased in blastocyst-stage embryos compared to other stage embryos (from 2-cell-stage to morula-stage), indicating that oxygen consumption reflects the cell number ($5.2{\sim}7.6{\times}10^{14}/mol\;s^{-1}$ versus $1.2{\sim}2.4{\times}10^{14}/mol\;s^{-1}$, p<0.05). In the morula-stage embryos, the oxygen consumption of in vivo derived embryos was significantly higher than that of in vitro produced embryos ($4.0{\times}10^{14}/mol\;s^{-1}$ versus $2.4{\times}10^{14}/mol\;s^{-1}$, p<0.05). However, there was no significant difference in consumption of oxygen by in vivo and in vitro-derived bovine blastocyst-stage embryos (p>0.05). In the frozen-thawed blastocyst-stage embryos, live embryos showed significantly higher oxygen consumption than dead embryos ($4.7{\times}10^{14}/mol\;s^{-1}$ versus $1.0{\times}10^{14}/mol\;s^{-1}$, p<0.05). These results indicate that the measuring oxygen consumption by SECM can be used to evaluate bovine embryo quality.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.221-226
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• 2016

The aim of the present study was to assess the embryo development and survivability of post-thawed bovine embryos produced in vitro by addition of cysteine. The rates of metaphase II formation were not differed significantly among three groups(TCM199 73.8%, TCM199 with 0.3% cysteine 76.9%, TCM199 with 0.5% cysteine 83.8%, respectively). No difference of cleavage rate(70.6~74.6%) was seen among three culture medium(TCM199 70.6%, CR1aa 71.3%, SOF 74.6%) with 0.5M cysteine. however, Significantly(P<0.05) higher development rate into blastocyst stage by 0.5M cysteine addition was obtained in SOF medium(35.6%) than in TCM199(27.6%) or CR1aa(26.6%), however no significant differences in the cleavage rates were among three culture medium. After frozen the blastocysts cultured with 0.5M cysteine, The re-expansion rates were 61.3%~86.4% among groups, and hatching rates were 26.3%~46.9% among groups, the rates of re-expansion and hatching were significantly(P<0.05) higher in SOF medium(86.4% and 46.9%) than those in TCM199(61.3% and 26.3%) and CR1aa medium(87.1 and 44.4%). After thawing, the blastocyst re-expansion rate was significantly(P<0.05) higher in in vivo (87.1%) and in vitro (70.3%) embryos. In conclusion, our results demonstrate that supplementation of IVM and IVC medium with 0.5M cysteine improved the quality of in vitro production embryo and post- thawed embryo. Future studies comparing these media systems in well-designed trials should be performed.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.269-274
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• 2008

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of Taxol pre-treatment to in vitro matured bovine oocytes, and sucrose and trehalose added to vitrification solution on spindle morphology and embryonic development following cryopreservation. Bovine oocytes were collected from ovaries and matured in tissue culture medium 199 (TCM 199) supplemented with 10% Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS), 0.05ng/ml epidermal growth factor, 0.01 IU/ml luteinizing hormone and $1{\mu}g/ml$ estradiol for 22h in $39^{\circ}C$, 5% $CO_2$, TCM 199-HEPES containing 20% FBS was used as basic medium (BM) to prepare vitrification solution. Oocytes were pre-treated with $1\;{\mu}M$ Taxol in maturation medium for 15 min prior to vitrification. Oocytes were exposed to 1.6 M ethylene glycol (EG) and 1.3M dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) in BM and then were exposed to 3.2 M EG, 2.6 M DMSO and 0.5 M sucrose in BM or 3.2 M EG, 2.6 M DMSO and 0.5 M trehalose in BM. Oocytes with cumulus cells and oocytes without cumulus cells were considered as control 1 and control 2, respectively and held in TCM 199-HEPES at $39^{\circ}C$. Oocytes were frozen using modified solid surface vitrification and were stored in cryotubes in liquid nitrogen for more than 1 week. Frozen oocytes were thawed in TCM 199-HEPES containing 0.5 M, 0.25 M and 0.1 M sucrose in BM for 2 min, respectively or 0.5 M, 0.25 M and 0.1 M trehalose in BM for 2 min, respectively. Immunoflurorescence staining of oocytes was performed to assess spindle morphology and chromosome configuration of oocytes. The rates of cleavage and blastocyst were examined following in vitro fertilization. Normal spindle morphology rate of oocytes pre-treated with Taxol prior to vitrification was not higher than that of other vitrified groups. Taxol pre-treatment did not increase cleavage and blastocyst formation rates, although control groups showed significantly higher rates (p<0.05). Percentages of normal spindle and embryonic development were not significantly different among vitrified groups regardless of type of sugar. In conclusion, Taxol pre-treatment of oocytes before cryopreservation did not reduce the damage induced by vitrification and subsequently did not improve embryonic development following vitrification. Trehalose may be used as an alternative non-permeating cryoprotectant in vitrification solution.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.19-25
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• 2004

본 연구는 돼지 체외수정란의 생산에 있어서 체외배양체계를 확립하기 위해 정액의 차이와 보관시간에 따른 체외성숙난자의 체외수정 및 체외발달율을 조사하였고, NCSU23와 G1.3/G2.3 배양액으로 체외배양 시 분할율과 체외발달율을 조사하였고, 체외배양액에 GSH를 첨가 시 배발달율을 조사하였다. 본 연구에서 얻은 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 액상정액과 동결정액을 사용하여 정액에 따른 체외수정율은 각각 46.2 및 39.7%로써 액상정액을 이용한 것이 수정율이 높았지만 유의적(P<0.05)인 차이는 없었다. 한편 배반포로의 발달율은 액상정액이 동결정액보다 유의적으로 높았다.(P< 0.05) 2. 정소상체미부 정액을 day 1, 2, 3 보관후 체외수정을 유도하였을 때 수정율은 각각 60.5, 61.0 및 56.8%로서 2일 동안 보관후 사용하였을 때가 높았지만 유의적(P<0.05)인 차이가 없었다. 또한 상실배와 배반포기까지의 배발달율에서도 2일 동안 보관 후 사용하였을 때가 높았지만 유의적(P<0.05)인 차이는 없었다. 3. NCSU-23와 G1.3/G2.3으로 나눠 배양 시 분할율과 상실배기까지의 배발달율은 각각 52.8, 62.1%와 16.0, 28.9%로서 G1.3/G2.3에서 유의적(P<0.05)인 차이로 높았다. 그러나 배반포기로의 배발달율을 각각 11.6와 4.7%로서 NCSU-23에서 유의적으로 높았다.(P<0.05) 4. NCSU-23을 기본 배양액으로 하여 1 mM GSH가 첨가된 군의 분할율은 62.3%로서 GSH가 첨가되지 않은 군 53.5%보다 유의적(P<0.05)인 차로 높았지만, 상실배나 배반포기까지의 배발달율은 GSH가 첨가되지 않은 군보다 높았지만 유의적(P<0.05)인 차는 존재하지 않았다.ne을 처리하는 것이 수태율을 향상시키는 것으로 나타났다.25^{\circ}C$에서 발현되었고 이 중 79.1%가 3일령, 4일령과 5일령에 집중적으로 나타났다. 계분의 경우 $25^{\circ}C$ 처리구에서 35.12%(56.95mg/kg), $37^{\circ}C$에서 45.89%(74.40mg/kg)로 나타나 주로 $25^{\circ}C$ 이상에서 발현한 것으로 특징지어졌다. 우분의 경우 $10^{\circ}C$ 처리구에서 28.21%(43.86mg/kg), $25^{\circ}C$에서 49.30% (76.66mg/kg)로 나타나 주로 $25^{\circ}C$ 이하에서 발현한 것으로 나타났다. 3. 배양온도에서 검지 된 뷰틸산의 량은 6일 동안 돈분에서 1,463.87mg/kg, 계분에서 96.72mg/kg, 우분에서 129.18mg/kg이 발현되었으며 돈분의 경우 93.31%(1,365.95mg/kg)가 $25^{\circ}C$에서 발현되었고 이 중 87.92%가 3일령, 4일령과 6일령에 집중적으로 나타났다. 계분의 경우 $37^{\circ}C$ 처리구에서 76.60%(74.09 mg/kg)로 발현되었고 이 중 88%가 1일령, 2일령과 5일령에 집중적으로 나타났다. 우분의 경우 61.55%(79.51mg/kg)가 $25^{\circ}C$에서 발현되었고 이 중 89.6%가 1일령, 3일령과 4일령에 집중적으로 나타났다. 4. 배양온도에서 검지된 이소밸릭산의 량은 6일 동안 돈분에서 6,885.99mg/kg, 계분에서 307.47mg/kg,

• 한국가축번식학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.75-84
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• 1999

본 연구는 토끼 전핵배의 효율적인 생산을 위한 동결방법과 조건 등을 찾고자 유리화 동결 및 완만동결법으로 동결ㆍ융해 후 체외배양하여 생존율 및 발달률을 조사하였다. 과배란시킨 토끼의 난관으로부터 채란된 전핵배를 동결에 공시하였다. 유리화 동결은 동결보호제로 EFS 와 EPG-I을 완만동결시는 EPG-II를 사용하였다. 동결ㆍ융해 후 5%, 39$^{\circ}C$ $CO_2$incubator 에서 소 난관상피세포와 공배양하였다. 본 실험의 결과는 다음과 같다. 동결보존을 위하여 동결보호제에 적절한 평형시간과 독성 여부를 판단하기 위하여 전핵배를 EFS 용액에 0~5분간 평형시킨 후 부화배반포로의 발달률은 1 분 군에서 72.0%로 동결보호제에 노출시키지 않은 대조구 (84.1%)에 비하여 무해한 결과를 얻었으나, 그 이상에서는 유해한 결과를 보여 주었다. EFS 노출 후 희석제로 sucrose와 D-PBS를, sucrose 사용 없이 D-PBS 만으로 희석하였을 때 유의적인 (P＜0.05) 차이를 보이지 않았다. 동결보호제에 있어서는 독성검사 및 동결ㆍ융해 후 발달률을 보아 EFS, EPG-. EPG-II는 동결보존에 있어서 동결보호제로서의 가능성을 보여주었으며 서로간의 유의적인 (P＜0.05) 차이는 찾아볼 수 없었다. 유리화동결에 의한 전핵배의 부화배반포로 발달률은 6.1%를 나타내었고, 완만동결에 의한 부화배반포 발달률은 11.5%로서 동결방법간에는 유의적인 (P＜0.05) 차이가 없었다. 완만동결시 동결속도가 전핵배의 투명대 파열에 미치는 영향을 규명하기 위하여 동결속도 및 침지온도를 달리하여 조사하였을 때 －35$^{\circ}C$ (25%) 보다는 －85$^{\circ}C$ 0.9%) 에서 액체질소에 침지하였을 때가 투명대 파열률에 있어 유의적인 (P＜0.05) 차이를 보였다. 이상의 결과로부터 전핵배는 현 배양상태에서 유리화동결 및 완만동결에 의하여 동결보존이 가능하다고 사료되나 전핵배의 배반포로의 발달률은 다소 저조하였다. 유리화동결 및 완만동결에 의한 전핵배는 후기 단계의 수정란보다 물리적, 화학적 손상에 더욱 민감하여 생존율 및 발달률에 영향을 미친다고 사료된다.

• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.77-83
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• 2011

One-step dilution and direct transfer would be a practical technique for the field application of frozen embryo. This study was to examine whether Jeju Black Cattle (JBC, Korean Cattle) can be successfully cloned from vitrified and one-tep diluted somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) blastocyst after direct transfer. For vitrification, JBC-SCNT blastocysts were serially exposed in glycerol (G) and ethylene glycol (EG) mixtures [10%, (v/v) G for 5 min., 10% G plus 20% EG (v/v) for 5 min., and 25% G plus 25% EG (v/v) for 30 sec.] which is diluted in 10% FBS added D-PBS. And then SCNT blastocysts were loaded in 0.25 ml mini straw, placed in cold nitrogen vapor for 3 min. and then plunged into $LN_2$. One-step dilution in straw was done in $25^{\circ}C$ water for 1 min, by placing vertically in the state of plugged-end up and down for 0.5 min, respectively. When in vitro developmental capacity of vitrified SCNT blastocyst was examined at 48 h after one-step dilution, hatched rate (56.4%) was slightly lower than that of control group (62.5%). In field trial, when the vitrified-thawed SCNT blastocysts were transferred into uterus of synchronized 5 recipients, a cloned female JBC was delivered by natural birth on day 299 and healthy at present. In addition, when the short tandem repeat marker analysis of the cloned JBC was evaluated, microsatellite loci of 11 numbers was perfectly matched genotype with donor cell (BK94-14). This study suggested that our developed vitrification and one-step dilution technique can be applied effectively on field trial for cloned animal production, which is even no longer in existence.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.739-747
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• 2000

This experiment was conducted to evaluate the influence of dimethyl-sulfoxise (DMSO, 0, 5, 50, 100 and $500{\mu}M$) on the motility and acrosome reaction of the frozen-thawed spermatozoa from 3 different bulls (Bull A, Band C). Also we evaluated the developmental capacity of bovine embryos fertilized in a medium containing DMSO at various concentrations. DMSO had negligible effects on the sperm motility and acrosome reaction in all three bulls. However, the development rates from 2 to 16 cells stage on the 3rd day after insemination with 50, 100 and $500{\mu}M$ DMSO in Bull-B, and up to the blastocyst stage fertilized with 5, 50, 100 and $500{\mu}M$ in Bull-A were significantly higher (p<0.05) than those of control ($0{\mu}M$ DMSO) group from each bull. Furthermore, the rates of blastocysts per cleaved embryos of 5 to $500{\mu}M$ DMSO group in Bull-A and of 5 to $100{\mu}M$ DMSO in Bull-C were also significantly higher (p<0.05) than those for their $0{\mu}M$ groups, respectively. These results indicate that DMSO at micromol level used for in vitro fertilization might stimulate the development of embryos for some bulls.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.179-188
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• 1993

The developmental capacity of bovine oocytes under three different culture systems was investigated in this experiment ; One was culture in TCM199 with bovine oviductal epithelial cells(BOEC) for in vitro culture, another was culture in TCM199 with BOEC for 2 days and then transfer of 4~8cell embryos to rabbit oviduct(RO) and the other was transfer of 1 or 2cell embryos to RO for in vivo culture. And the other concern of this experiment was to investigate the effect of culture period and transfer site on recovery. Immature bovine oocytes were cultured in TCM199 with granulosa cells for 22-24hrs and then fertilized in vitro using frozen-thawed semen treated with BO-caffine and BO-BSA. Fifteen to 18hrs after in vitro fertilization oocytes were cultured in TCM199 with BOEC or transferred to RO for 5 days. The rate of development to the morula or blastocyst was higher in transfer of 1 or 2cell embryos to RO(23.1%) than culture in TCM199 with BOEC(11.7%). But, there was no difference between transfer of 1 or 2cell embryos and transfer of 4~8cell embryos to RO(12.8%). Recovery under different culture periods in RO was significantly higher in 90~95hrs(70.1%) than 122~125hrs(50.9%, p<0.05) and recovery significantly increased when oocytes were transferred deeper in RO(2.5cm>, 47.7% ; 2.5~4.5cm, 63.9% ; 4.5cm<, 77.3%, p<0.05). The results show that transfer of 1 or 2cell embryos to RO is an effective means of supporting the further development of in vitro matured and fertilized bovine oocytes than culture in TCM199 with BOEC or transfer of 4~8cell embryos to RO, and recovery from RO increases when oocytes are transferred deeper and incubated shorter in RO.