• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.125-132
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• 1997

To investigate the cadmium (Cd) toxicity on the testis, male rats were treated with 1, 2, 4 and 8 mg/kg of Cd by IP. According to histochemical studies, Cd-treated testis tissue showed death of spermatozoa, death of Sertoli cells, death of all the spermatogenic cells, and finally disappearance of basal lamina of seminiferous tubules with increasing doses, and showed decreased ground substances and Leydig cells, increased inflammatory cells and fibroblasts, and fibroblasts, and finally disappearance of ground substances and all the cells except fibroblasts within interstitial tissues with increasing doses. According to biochemical studies, two kinds of proteins, 25 and 45 kDa, were dramatically disappeared from the total protein of rat testis treated with Cd comparing to normal testis. The result of electrophoresis of total protein suggests that actin (45 kDa), presumed on its mmolecular weight and amount, in the testis-cells is the primary target of Cd poisoning. Although its exact mechanism is not clear, the disappearance of two proteins when testis is exposed to Cd should give some clues to understnad the mechanism of necrosis of testis tissue crumbling by heavy metal pollutant such as Cd.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.9-15
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• 1999

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of $\alpha$-tocopherol and cysteamine with Whitten's medium in supporting the development on in vitro maturation(IVM), in vitro fertilization (IVF) and in culture(IVC) on porcine oocytes. When the immature oocytes were cultured of $\alpha$-tocopherol for 40h, the nuclear maturation rates were 39, 4, 52.5 and 54.1%, respectivley. The nuclear maturation rates of treat groups were signficantly (P<0.05) higher than those of non-treat groups. After matureation, the oocytes were inseminated in vitro in medium 199 with ejaculated spermatoza for examination of sperm penetration, polyspermy, male pronuclear(MPN) formation, and cleavage rate. Sperm penetration rates of treat higher than the control groups(P<0.05), and MPN formation rates were significantly(P<0.05) higher on treated groups (24.3~53.1%) than control groups(14.2~21.4%). After insemination, the cleavage rates at 120hr were groups higher than control groups(P<0.05).

• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.189-194
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• 2006

Sperm-mediated gene transfer(SMGT) can be used to transfer exogenous DNA into the oocyte at fertilization. The main objective of this study was to assess efficiency of transferring mitochondrial DNA(mtDNA) fragment into boar spermatozoa in either presence or absence of liposome and quality of transfected spermatozoa. The mtDNA of chicken liver was isolated and purified by phenol and alkaline lysis extraction, and it was inserted to plasmid. The genome of transfected spermatozoa treated with DNase I was purified by alkaline lysis, and then amplified by the PCR analysis. After electrophoresis, DNA quantitation of each well was calculated by comparison of the band intensity with standard. As a result, exogenous DNA was composed of mtDNA fragment(1.2 kb) and plasmid(2.7 kb). On the other hand, efficiency of transfection by liposome($9.0{\pm}0.34ng/{\mu}l$) in SMGT was higher than that by DNA solution($6.9{\pm}0.53ng/{\mu}l$). However, there was no significant difference. Transfering exogenous DNA into spermatozoa was completed within 90 min of incubation. In another experiment, there were significant (p<0.05) differences between transfected spermatozoa using both DNA solution and DNA/liposome completes with unheated spermatozoa for viability ($70.8{\pm}1.80$ and $68.0{\pm}2.16%$ vs. $83.3{\pm}1.69%$, respectively) and motility($78.7{\pm}1.59$ and $79.3{\pm}2.14%$ vs. $86.7{\pm}1.59%$, respectively). This study indicates that exogenous mtDNA can be efficiently transferred into boar spermatozoa regardless of the presence of liposome, and transfected spermatozoa can also use insemination and in vitro fertilization to generate transgenic pig.

• 한국양식학회지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.167-172
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• 2005

능성어 정자의 안정적 확보를 위하여 MT $0.5{\sim}2.0mg/kg$ BW를 어체 근육내 삽입하여 성전환을 유도하였다 사용한 실험어는 전장 $41.0{\pm}1.3cm$, 체중 $1.4{\pm}0.1kg$이었다. 실험 시작시 능성어 생식소는 주로 gonia cells과 주변인기 단계 난모세포를 가지고 있었다. 실험 종료시 대조구의 생식소는 실험 시작시와 유사하였다. 0.5 mg MT/kg BW 처리구 생식소는 실험 종료 때 소엽내강에 정원세포와 정세포 그리고 정자무리들이 대부분 차지하고 기부에 수정관이 형성되었으나, 일부 어린 난모세포들이 산재하였다. 1.0과 2.0 mg MT/kg BW처리구는 소엽내강과 기부의 수정관에 정자무리들로 가득 차 있었다. 정자는 $1.0{\sim}2.0mg$ MT/kg BW 처리구에서 얻을 수 있었다. MT 처리구의 T혈중농도는 대조구보다 2주 후부터 6주 후까지 높았으나(P<0.05), 배정이 가능한 8주째 대조구와 유사하였다(P>0.05). 11-KT 혈중농도는 MT 1.0처리구는 2주 후부터 6주째까지, 2.0 mg MT/kg BW 처리구는 2주 후부터 실험 종료 때까지 대조구 보다 높았다(P<0.05). $E_2$는 모든 실험어 일부에서 검출되었다.