• 한국발생생물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국발생생물학회 2003년도 제3회 국제심포지움 및 학술대회
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• pp.81-81
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• 2003

DNA methylation is a covalent modification of DNA that can modulate gene expression and is now recognized as a major component of the epigenome. During evolution, the dinucleotide CpG has been progressively eliminated from the genome of higher eukaryotes and is present at only 5% to 10% of its predicted frequency. Approxymately 80% of the remaining CpG sites contain methylated cytosines in most vertebrates and they are distributed in a pattern that is unique in each tissue and is inversely correlated with gene expression. The pattern of methylation is faithfully maintained during cell division by the enzyme Dnmt1, the maintenance DNA methyltransferase, which catalyzes the transfer of a methyl group from S-adenosyl-methionine to the 5'-position of the cytosine ring. We have been identified bovine Dnmt1 cDNA full-length recently (AY173048) Little is known on the functions of Dnmt1 in bovine preimplantation embryos. Thus, we analyzed the specific pattern of Dnmt1 in in vitro derived/nuclear transfer bovine and in vivo derived mouse embryos to monitor the epigenetic reprogramming process. We investigated these process by using indirect immunofluresence with an antibody to Dnmt1. According to other studies, Dnmt1 accumulates in nuclei of early growing oocytes but is sequestered in the cytoplasm of mature oocytes. In 2-cell and 4-cell embryos, Dnmt1 is cytoplasmic, but at the 8-cell stage, it is present only in the nucleus. By the blastocyst stage, Dnmt1o is again found only in the cytoplasm. Thus, nuclear localization of Dnmt1o in preimplantation embryos is limited to the 8-cell stages After implantation, Dnmt1 is localized in the nucleus in mouse. However, we have found different patterns of Dnmt1 nuclear localization. Though we used the common antibody, immune-localization data revealed that Dnmt1 antibody have been detected at the nucleus in 1-cell to blastocyst embryos. Therefore, maybe we think that the functions of Dnmt1 between bovine and mice are different. In order to Identify the mechanisms that regulate DNA methylation in bovine preimplantation embryo, we have plans on using bovine oocyte and somatic specific Dnmt1 antibodies.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.135-142
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• 2001

A novel sterategy has been established to determine the origin of the Primordial Germ Cells (PGCs) in avian embryos directly and the developmental fate of the PGCs for the application to Poultry biotechnology. Cells were removed from 1) the centre of area pellucida, 2) the outer of area pellucida and 3) the area opaca of the stage X blastoderm (Eyal-Giladi & Kochav, 1976). When the cells were removed from the centre of area pellucida, the mean number of circulating PGCs in blood was significantly decreased in the embryo at stage 15 (Hamburger & Hamilton, 1951) as compared to intact embryos. When the cells were replenished with donor cells, no reduction in the PGCs number was observed. The removal of cells at the outer of area pellucida or at the area opaca had no effect on the number of PGCs. In case, another set of the manipulated embryos were cultured ex vivo to the hatching and reared to the sexual maturity, the absence of germ cells and degeneration of seminiferous tubules was observed in resulting chickens derived from the blastoderm in which the cells were removed from the centre of the area pellucida. It was concluded that the avian Primordial Germ cells are originated at the center of area pellucida. Developmental ability of the cells to differentiate into somatic cells and germ cells in chimeras were analyzed. Somatic chimerism was detected as black feather attributed from donor cells. Molecular identification by use of female - specific DNA was performed. It was confirmed that the donor cells could be differentiated into chimeric body and erythrocytes. Donor cells retained the ability to differentiate into germline in chimeric gonads. More than 70% of the generated chimeras transmitted donor derived gametes to their offspring indicating that the cells at the center of area pellucida had the high ability to differentiate into germ cells. A molecular technique to identify germline chimerism has been developed by use of gene scan analysis. Strain specific DNA fragments were amplified by the method. It would be greatly contributed for the detection of germline chimerism. Mixed- sex chimeras which contained both male and female cells were produced to investigate the developmental fate of male and female cells in ovary and testes. The sex combinations of donor and recipient of the resulting chimeras were following 4 pairs; (1) chimeras (ZZ/ZZ) produced by a male donor (ZZ) and a male recipient (ZZ), (2) chimeras (ZW/ZW) produced by a female donor (ZW) and a female recipient (ZW), (3) chimeras (ZZ/ZW) Produce by a male donor (ZZ) and a female recipient (ZW), (4) chimeras (ZW/ZZ) produced by a female donor (ZW) and a male recipient (ZZ). It was found that genetically male avian germ cells could differentiate into functional ova and that genetically female germ cells can differentiate into functional spermatozoa in the gonad of the mixed- sex chimeras. An ability for introduction of exogenous DNA into the PGCs from stage X blastoderms were analyzed. Two reporter genes, SV-$\beta$gal and RSV-GFP, were introduced into the PGCs. Expression of bacterial/gal was improved by complexing DNA with liposome detectedcc in 75% of embryos at 3 days embryos. At the embryos incubated for 1 day, expression of the GFP was observed all the embryos. At day 3 of incubation, GFP was detected in about 70% of the manipulated embryos. In case of GFP, expression of the transgene was detected in 30 %e of the manipulated embryos. These results suggested that the cells is one of the most promising vectors for transgenesis. The established strategy should be very powerfull for application to poultry biotechnology.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제33권1호
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• pp.35-41
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• 2006

이종간의 핵이식은 확보가 쉬운 난자를 이용함으로서 용이한 수핵란의 확보와 윤리적인 문제등을 피할 수 있으므로 매우 유용한 방법이다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 이종간 핵이식의 조건을 규명하고자 유산양 태아섬유아세포를 이용하여 돼지의 난자에 이종간 핵이식을 시도하였다. 돼지와 산양의 난소에서 난포란을 채취하여 각각 NCSU-23, TCM-199에 호르몬을 첨가한 성숙배양액에 배양하여 $38^{\circ}C$, 5% $CO_2$의 배양기에서 48시간 동안 체외성숙 시켜 수핵난자를 준비하였다. 공여세포는 유산양의 태아섬유아세포는 DMEM배양액에서 배양한 후 0.25% Trypsin-EDTA 용액으로 처리하여 single-cell로 분리하여 사용하였다. 돼지와 산양의 성숙란에 공여세포를 핵치환하여 0.3 M mannitol fusion medium에 넣어 각각 DC 1.2 kV/cm $30{\mu}sec$과 DC 2.39 kV/cm $15{\mu}sec$의 조건으로 BTX를 이용 2회의 전기충격으로 융합 활성화하였다. 활성화된 돼지와 산양 핵이식란은 각각 PZM-3와 mSOF 배양액에 7일간 배양하면서 할구분열율과 배발달율을 관찰하여 동종간 핵이식란과 비교하였다. 비교결과 이종간 핵이식란의 경우 분열률이 58.9%, 배반포기로의 발달률이 5.4%로 돼지 동종간 핵이식란의 분열율이 67.4%, 배반포기로의 배발달율은 13.6% 보다 낮게 나타났고, 또한 산양의 동종간 핵이식란배아의 분열율 81%, 상실배와 배반포기로의 발달률이 54.7% 보다 낮게 나타났다. 이러한 결과로 이종간의 이식은 많은 잇점에도 불구하고 아직은 낮은 배발달률을 보이고 있어 이에 대한 핵이식 조건 및 체외배양 조건 등 많은 부분에서의 추가적인 연구가 필요한 것으로 사료된다.

• 식물조직배양학회지
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.423-428
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• 2000

In 1997 when cloned sheep Dolly and soon after Polly were born, it had become head-line news because in the former the nucleus that gave rise to the lamb came from cells of six-year-old adult sheep and in the latter case a foreign gene was inserted into the donor nucleus to make the cloned sheep produce human protein, factor IX, in e milk. In the last few years, once the realm of science fiction, cloned mammals especially in livestock have become almost commonplace. What the press accounts often fail to convey, however, is that behind every success lie hundreds of failures. Many of the nuclear-transferred egg cells fail to undergo normal cell divisions. Even when an embryo does successfully implant in the womb, pregnancy often ends in miscarriage. A significant fraction of the animals that are born die shortly after birth and some of those that survived have serious developmental abnormalities. Efficiency remains at less than one % out of some hundred attempts to clone an animal. These facts show that something is fundamentally wrong and enormous hurdles must be overcome before cloning becomes practical. Cloning researchers now tent to put aside their effort to create live animals in order to probe the fundamental questions on cell biology including stem cells, the questions of whether the hereditary material in the nucleus of each cell remains intact throughout development, and how transferred nucleus is reprogrammed exactly like the zygotic nucleus. Stem cells are defined as those cells which can divide to produce a daughter cell like themselves (self-renewal) as well as a daughter cell that will give rise to specific differentiated cells (cell-differentiation). Multicellular organisms are formed from a single totipotent stem cell commonly called fertilized egg or zygote. As this cell and its progeny undergo cell divisions the potency of the stem cells in each tissue and organ become gradually restricted in the order of totipotent, pluripotent, and multipotent. The differentiation potential of multipotent stem cells in each tissue has been thought to be limited to cell lineages present in the organ from which they were derived. Recent studies, however, revealed that multipotent stem cells derived from adult tissues have much wider differentiation potential than was previously thought. These cells can differentiate into developmentally unrelated cell types, such as nerve stem cell into blood cells or muscle stem cell into brain cells. Neural stem cells isolated from the adult forebrain were recently shown to be capable of repopulating the hematopoietic system and produce blood cells in irradiated condition. In plants although the term$\boxDr$ stem cell$\boxUl$is not used, some cells in the second layer of tunica at the apical meristem of shoot, some nucellar cells surrounding the embryo sac, and initial cells of adventive buds are considered to be equivalent to the totipotent stem cells of mammals. The telomere ends of linear eukaryotic chromosomes cannot be replicated because the RNA primer at the end of a completed lagging strand cannot be replaced with DNA, causing 5' end gap. A chromosome would be shortened by the length of RNA primer with every cycle of DNA replication and cell division. Essential genes located near the ends of chromosomes would inevitably be deleted by end-shortening, thereby killing the descendants of the original cells. Telomeric DNA has an unusual sequence consisting of up to 1,000 or more tandem repeat of a simple sequence. For example, chromosome of mammal including human has the repeating telomeric sequence of TTAGGG and that of higher plant is TTTAGGG. This non-genic tandem repeat prevents the death of cell despite the continued shortening of chromosome length. In contrast with the somatic cells germ line cells have the mechanism to fill-up the 5' end gap of telomere, thus maintaining the original length of chromosome. Cem line cells exhibit active enzyme telomerase which functions to maintain the stable length of telomere. Some of the cloned animals are reported prematurely getting old. It has to be ascertained whether the multipotent stem cells in the tissues of adult mammals have the original telomeres or shortened telomeres.

• 생태와환경
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• 제35권3호통권99호
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• pp.198-212
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• 2002

한국산 도롱뇽의 알주머니를 농경지에서 채집하여 그 길이와 배의 수에 대한 변이를 조사하였으며 배의 이상 발생 패턴과 조직학적 이상을 연구하였다. 아울러 비 농경지로부터 채집한 도롱뇽의 배에 살균제 benomyl을 처리하여 기형발생을 비롯한 독성효과를 밝혔다. 알주머니의 길이 변이 폭은 10${\sim}$23 cm이었으며 상대빈도가 가장 높은 것은 19cm길이였다. 알주머니 당 배의 수는7${\sim}$43개의 변이 폭을 나타냈으며 22${\sim}$26개 사이가 가장 빈번하게 나타났다. 조사된 층 144개의 알주머니, 3418개을 일으킨 배중에서 116개의 알주머니, 406개의 배에서 발생정지 또는 외형적 이상 발생을 일으킨 배가 나타났다. 외형적 이상발생은 미부형성부전, 외새형성부전, 복부수포 등 24종류의 발생이상 패턴으로 정리되었다. 그 중 외형상 심각한 이상을 보이는 개체들의 조직절편을 관찰한 결과 눈의 불완전 발달, 갑상선종, 중배엽성 체절의 불완전 발달, 부분적인 이 축 발생, 심장의 비정상 발달, 적혈구 감소증, 뇌의 붕괴와 장의　발달부진　등이 관찰되었다. 포배 또는 낭배 초기 단계에 있는 도롱뇽 정상 배에 12일 동안 200 nM${\sim}$ 1 ${\mu}$M의 benomyl을 처리하였으며 모든 배는 1 ${\mu}$M의 농도에서 치사되었다. Benomyl처리의 특징적인 이상은 머리의 발달이 부진하거나 전혀 나타나지 않는 것이며, 이러한 이상은 benomyl이 도롱뇽의 발생과정에서 신경계의 발달을 크게 저해한다는 것을 뜻하며 이러한 조직발달의 비정상 현상은 benomyl의 유사분열억제, tubulin중합의 저해, microtubule의　파괴 등과 같은 세포내 작용과 신경배형성, 신경습의 폐쇄, 신경제세포의 이동을 저해하는 작용에 의해 일어나는 것으로 생각된다.의 4종이었다.. 결과적으로, 조사기간 중 하계에 지속적으로 관찰된 DO와 pH가 감소하는 것은 수생부유식물의 번성과 수중 퇴적물의 분해에 따른 영향인 것으로 나타났다.낮게 나타났다. 정화효율과 수리학적조건간의 상관계수($R^2$)는 수리학적 체류시간과 0.016-0.731,일처리유량과는 0.015-0.868을 나타내었으며, 시간당 정화량과 수리학적 조건간의 상관계수($R^2$)는 수리학적 체류시간과는 0.173-0.763,일처리유량과는 0.209-0.770의 범위를 나타내었다. 정화효율과 수리학적 부하조건간의 상관계수($R^2$)Tt 0.5 이상을 나타내는 각 수생식물 습지별 수질항목은 체류시간과 일처리유량에 대해각각 20%,정화속도와 수리학적 조건간의 상관계수는 체류시간에 대해 53%, 일처리유량에 대해73%가 0.5이상을 보이고 있어 시간당 정화량과 수리학적 조건간의 상관관계가 정화효율과의 상관관계보다 좀더 유의성 있게 나타났다. 이것은 높은 수리학적 부하조건이 영양염류 등의 정화효율에는 크게 영향을 미치지 않음을 보여주고 있으며, 따라서 비교적 낮은 농도의 영양염류를 가지고 있고, 많은 처리수량을 요구하는 부영양화된 저수지의 수질개선을 위해서는 높은 수리학적 부하조건에서 시간당 정화량을 늘리는 관리방법이 경제적이며, 이에 초점을 맞추어 나가야 할 것으로 사료된다.도로 검출되어 이를 고려한정수공정의 관리가 필요하리라 생각된다.$yr^{-1}$)의 71%가 감소되어야 할 필요성이 제기되었다. 또한 여름철 심층 산소 고갈이 야기되었고, 이 시기에 퇴적물로 용출된 인이 식물플랑크톤 성장에 이용될 수 있기때문에 퇴적물에 대한 관리도 수행될 필요가 있다.rsity)지수는 2000년 7월에 2.22로 가장 높았으며, 생물량도 조사기간중 36,640 cells ${\cdot}\;mL^{-1}$로 가장 많았다.의 후기에 광(光)

• 한국가축번식학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.337-345
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• 1999

본 연구는 소 체외수정란의 체외배양 시 공동배양배지 및 첨가되는 단백질원에 따른 소 체외수정란의 체외발육능을 검토하였다. 소의 미성숙 난포란을 체외에서 성숙, 수정시킨 후, BSA 또는 FBS를 첨가한 TCM-199 또는 CR1aa 배양액으로 단순배양 또는 난구세포, 소 난관상피세포 (BOEC) 및 Buffalo rat 간세포 (BRLC)와의 공동배양 후, 체외수정란의 분할율 및 발육능을 검사하였다. 소 성숙 난포란을 체외수정 후, 분할율은 배양액의 종류에 관계없이 BSA를 첨가한 경우에 유의적으로 높았다 (P＜0.01). 분할된 수정란을 BSA 또는 FBS가 첨가된 TCM-l99 또는 CRlaa 배양액 내에서 단순배양한 결과, 배반포 발육율은 단백질원에 관계없이 CR1aa 액에서 배양한 경우가 유의적으로 높았다 (P＜0.05). 분할된 수정란을 난구세포 또는 BOEC와 공동배양 시, TCM-l99 배양액에서는 FBS에 비하여 BSA 첨가구가 높은 배반포 형성율을 보였으나 (P＜0.05), CRlaa 배양액에서는 BSA와 FBS 첨가구 모두 높은 발육율이 얻어졌다. 한편, 분할된 수정란을 BRLC의 단층세포와 공동배양 시에는 배양액의 종류와 관계없이 BSA에 비하여 FBS가 수정란의 발육율을 향상시켰다 (P＜0.05). 본 실혐의 결과는 배양액 중에 BSA 첨가가 소 체외수정란의 분할을 촉진할 수 있으며, 체외수정란을 체세포와 공동배양 시, 수정란의 발육율이 배양액 및 첨가 단백질원의 종류에 따라 영향을 받아, TCM-199 액에서 난구세포 또는 BOEC와 공동 배양하는 경우에는 BSA 첨가가 효과적일 수 있음을 수 있음을 보여준다.