• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.16-27
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• 1986

Based on the current importing and exporing regulations for disease control of embryo transfer, some important microorganisms and their control possibilities are reviewed. The results reviewed were sumrnarized as follows: 1. Regulations regarding to the import of embryos vary between importing and exporting countries, but exporting countries examine the donor and embryos for the heaith certification by the requirements of importing countries. 2. Organisms that infect the gametes are 5 kinds of viruses and the diseases caused by them could not be controlled or eradicated using embryo transfer. 3. Organisms that do not infect the gametes are 4 kinds of viruses and the causal organisms are potential candidates for control or eradication by embryo transfer. 4. Organisms that penetrate the zona pellucida and infect the embryo are 6 kinds of viruses including bovine viral diarrhea virus. 5. Organisms that cannot penetrate the zona pellucida or do not infect the embryo are 15 kinds of viruses and the removal from their contaminations are recommended by proper washing procedure and antisera treatment. Bovine and porcine parvovirus, porcine pseudorabies virus and vesicular stomatitis virus are included in these organisms. 6. Bovine embryos that artificially exposed to various pathogenic organisms such as bovine herpes virus, IBR virus, bluetongue virus, bovine viral diarrhea virus and Brucella abortus in vitro are discussed about their infection by several treatments.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.213-223
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• 2018

Ultrastructural studies on oocyte differentiation and vitellogenesis in the oocytes of female Kareius bicoloratus were investigated by transmission electron microscopy. The Golgi complex in the cytoplasm is involved in the formation of yolk vesicles that contain yolk carbohydrates in the yolk vesicle of oocytes in the early vitellogenic phase. In this phase, many pinocytotic vesicles (PVs), which are formed by pinocytosis, contain yolk precursors (exogenous substances). These substances are associated with exogenous heterosynthetic vitellogenesis. In yolked oocytes in the late vitellogenic phase, two morphologically different bodies, which formed by modified mitochondria, appear in oocytes. One is a multivesicular body (synthesized by autosynthetic vitellogenesis), and the other is a yolk precursor (an exogenous substance formed by heterosynthetic vitellogenesis). The multivesicular bodies (MVB) are taken into the yolk precursors (YP) and are transformed into primary yolk globules. However, after the YP mix with exogenous PVs near the zona pellucida, they are transformed into primary yolk globules. Vitellogenesis of this species occurs via endogenous autosynthesis and exogenous heterogenesis. Vitellogenesis occurs through endogenous autosynthesis, which involves the combined activity of the Golgi complex, mitochondria and MVB formed by modified mitochondria. However, heterosynthesis involves pinocytotic incorporation of extraovarian precursors (such as vitellogenin in the liver) into the zona pellucida (via granulosa cells and thecal cells) of the yolked oocyte.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.151-159
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• 1997

In vitro fertilization(IVF) derived morula and blastocyst embryos were bisected by a simple method and cultured in vitro without zona pellucida And also bisected embryos were frozen-thawed and cultured in vitro) to evaluate the survival rate. The results obtained were as follows : The average number of grade I or II immature follicular oocytes recovered by slicing method per ovary was 11.9 from 142 ovaries. Following in vitro fertilization, the rates of cleavage and in vitro development to morula and blatocyst were 61.7 and 32.2% respectively. The successful bisection rate of IVE embryos was 67.51%, and the embryos of blastocyst stage were bisected successfully at significantly(P

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.1-4
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• 2008

This study was performed to investigate the effect of laser-assisted hole in the zona pellucida (ZP) of frozen-thawed ICR mouse embryos on the process of hatching that is critical for expanded blastocysts to implant into endometrium, Vitrification medium, composed of ethylene glycol and sucrose supplemented with 7.5% (w/v) PVP, was used to freeze $2{\sim}4$ cell stage embryos recovered from oviducts of superovulated and mated female mice before storing them in $LN_2$. Right after thawing them, a laser beam was shot to make a hole in ZP followed by culturing in KSOM for $96{\sim}120\;hr$ and examining development to blastocyst and hatching every 12 hr. Laser-treated embryos showed significantly higher hatching rate compared to control (92.9% vs. 22.1%, p<0.05). From around Day 4, blastocysts developed from laser-treated embryos started hatching while the blastocysts of control group failed to hatch showing a lot of shrinkage. This study shows that a laser-assisted hole in ZP improves the hatching rate of blastocysts developed from frozen-thawed, in vitro cultured ICR mouse embryos.

• 한국가축번식학회지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.164-170
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• 1989

These experiments were carried out to develop the practical technique for the production of identical twins in cattle. Morula and blastocyst stage embryos collected from superovulated donors were bisected into halves by micromanipulation. The resulting demi-embryos were transferred to the uterine horn ipsilateral to the corpus luteum of synchronous recipients. The viability of demi-embryos after splitting was also evaluated by culturing demi-embryos with and without a zona-pellucida. The results obtained in these experiments were summarized as follows : 1. Of total 132 embryos collected by superovulation from 29 donors, 37 embryos were morular and 30 at blastocyst stages. 2. Total 111 demi-embryos were produced from 67 embryos by bisection and 98% of those were normal in morphology. 3. The viability of the demi-embryos cultured with zona-pellucida ranged from 70 to 76.5% and that of the demi-embryos without from 53.8 to 69.2%. 4. The viability of demi-embryos obtained from morula was 63.6% and that of demi-embryos from blastocyst was 73.3%, respectively. 5. 35 demi-embryos were transferred to 21 recipients, 7 of which were confirmed to be pregnant by rectal palpation at 55∼60 days after embryo transfer. One of them produced a calf and 6 are still on pregnancy.

• 한국가축번식학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.317-325
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• 2001

본 연구는 lipid peroxides를 생산하는 것으로 알려진 ascorbic acid (Asc; 0.5 mM)와 ferrous sulfate (Fe$^{2+}$; 1 mM)가 돼지 동결-융해 정자의 체외수정능력에 미치는 영향을 검토하였다. 그 결과, 동결정액의 융해 처리시 배양액내 Asc/Fe$^{2+}$ (38%)의 동시첨가시 대조구 (27%)에 비해 정자의 첨체반응이 유의적으로 높게 유기되었다 (P＜0.05). 정자침입율 또한 Asc/Fe$^{2+}$ (76%)를 동시에 첨가하므로서 대조구 (55%)에 비하여 유의적으로 높게 나타났다 (P＜0.05). 한편 정자의 peroxidation은 상기의 처리구에서 maiondialdehyde (MDA)의 생성에 기초를 두고 평가하였는데, 정자의 처리시 Asc/Fe$^{2+}$의 동시첨가에 의해 MDA의 생성이 증가하였으나 처리구 사이에서 유의적인 차이는 인정되지 않았다. 또한 sulfhydry1(-SH) group의 용량을 측정한 결과 Asc/Fe$^{2+}$를 동시에 첨가한 실험구에서 가장 높게 나타났으나 타처리구와의 사이에서 유의적인 차이는 인정되지 않았다. 또 다른 연구에서 동결-응해정자가 난자의 투명대에 접착하는 정도를 평가한 결과, 대조구와 Asc처리시 Fe$^{2+}$ 처리에 비하여 유의적으로 (P ＜ 0.05) 높은 정자의 접착을 나타냈으나 Asc/Fe$^{2+}$의 동시 처리에 의한 정자접착의 증가는 인정되지 않았다. 결과적으로 lipid peroxidation의 증가를 야기시키는 Asc/Fe$^{2+}$의 동시첨가는 투명대에서 정자의 접착능력을 증가시키지 않았음에도 불구하고 첨체반응과 침입능력을 향상시키는 것으로 나타났다.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.118-124
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• 2012

Objective: To review the outcomes of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) using zona drilling with acid Tyrode's solution (chemical zona pellucida drilling, chemical ZD) and those of partial zona dissection (PZD). Methods: Clinical outcomes of seventy-one couples undergoing 85 PGD cycles from January 2005 to December 2010 were included. Blastocyst formation and the hatching rate, clinical pregnancy rate, ongoing pregnancy rate, implantation rate, and fetal gender ratio of the PZD and chemical ZD groups were compared. Results: Application of PZD resulted in a significantly higher rate of clinical pregnancy (40.7% vs. 15.4%, p=0.022), ongoing pregnancy (35.6% vs. 11.5%, p=0.023), and implantation (18.1% vs. 5.7%, p=0.007) compared with chemical ZD. Among non-transferred embryos, the rate of blastocyst formation on day 5 (49.1% vs. 39.5%, p=0.016) and hatching on day 6 (47.2% vs. 26.5%, p<0.001) were also significantly higher in the PZD group. Conclusion: The mechanical zona dissection (ZD) method showed better outcomes than chemical ZD in terms of the blastocyst development and pregnancy rate. In this study, the fact that chemical ZD was conducted in different period from mechanical method should be considered in interpreting the result.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.157-163
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• 1998

흰쥐의 배아발생 동안에 피질반응 후 배아 외부에 새롭게 형성된 피질과립막 (cortical granule envelope, CGE)이 존속하는지 여부와 투명대와 배아표면의 미세구조 변화를 조사하였다. 흰쥐배아의 투명대와 배아표면의 미세구조는 주사전자현미경으로 관찰하였으며, 피질과립막 형성과 분포는 Ulex europaeus agglutinin I lectin을 표지하여 형광현미경으로 관찰하였다. 배아표면은 미수정란 과는 다르게 배아표면의 미세융모가 단축된 특징을 보였고, 8-세포기 배아에서 뚜렷하게 볼 수 있는 CGE에 의해 덮여 있다. 투명대의 구조 역시 미수정난자에 존재하는 구조와는 다른 특징을 나타냈고, 특히 투명대의 섬유성 미세공 구조가 거칠어지고 수적인 감소가 나타났다. 위란강에 피질반응에 의한 피질과립막이 형성되어 배아발생 동안에 존속하였으나 수정란보다는 엷고 국소적인 분포양상을 나타내었다. 본 연구 결과를 종합해 볼 때 흰쥐 초기 배아 발생 동안에는 배아 외부에 피질과립막이 존속하고, 수정시에는 투명대 경화 뿐만 아니라 피질반응에 의해 투명대의 미세구조와 배아표면의 구조도 변화됨을 알 수 있다.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.239-249
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• 2002

Embryos derived from pig oocytes matured in mSOF are able to develop to blastocysts after IVF. Experiment 1 evaluated the effects of two maturation media (TCM-199 vs mSOF) on maturation rate, fertilization parameters, including penetration, polyspermy, male pronuclear formation, and the mean number of sperm penetrated per oocyte. Experiment 2 and Experiments 3 examined the effects of two maturation media on zona pellucida solubility and cortical granule distribution by transmissible electron microscopy, respectively. Experiment 4 assessed the effects of two maturation media on the in vitro embryo cleavage rate and development to blastocyst. Lastly, experiment 5 examined the cell number of blastocyst. An effect of media (P<0.05) was detected for mSOF on the mean number of sperm per oocyte. In TCM group, zona digestion time (196.5$\pm$15.5 vs 131.6$\pm$20.1 before IVF, 397.5$\pm$30.3s vs 185.3$\pm$16.4s after IVF, p<0.05) was higher in TCM-199 group. No significant effects of media was observed on cortical granule distribution between two groups by TEM. An effect (P<0.05) was observed on embryo development to blastocyst (16% vs 8%) but not on cleavage rates. No significant effects of media was observed on total cell number of blastocyst. We found that the high mean number of sperm penetrated per oocyte and the weaker zona pellucida on the basis of the digestion time was shown in pig oocytes matured in mSOF, however, porcine oocyte maturation with supplemented synthetic oviduct fluid medium (mSOF) resulted in blastocyst cell numbers comparable to those observed with Tissue Culture Medium 199.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.343-359
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• 1989

To study the effects of ibaraki virus on preimplantation mouse embryos collected from prepubertal ICR and BALB/cByJ mice (30~40days old) by superovulation, zona pellucidaintact(ZPI) or free(ZPF) embryos(n=774) of 4- to 8-cell and morulae were exposed to $10^{5.8}$ $TCID_{50}$ of the virus up to 96 hours. The embryos were examined morphologically by observing the degeneration and hatching rates, and virologically and immunologically by determining the presence of infection with the virus, in addition, the effect of washing the embryos to remove virus possibly attached to was also investigated. The ZPI 4- to 8-cell embryos and morulae exposed to the virus showed considerably higher degeneration rate than those not exposed, for 96, and for 72 to 96 hours, respectively(p<0.01). The ZPF 4- to 8-cell embryos and morulae exposed to the virus showed considerably higher degeneration rates than those not exposed, throughout the whole culture hours in vitro (p<0.01). The ZPI 4- to 8-cell embryos and morulae not exposed to the virus showed considerably higher rates of hatched blastocyst than those exposed (p<0.01). The virus infection rates of the ZPF 4- to 8-cell embryos and morulae were significantly higher than those of the ZPI embryos according to cell culture system. The viral antigen was detected exclusively on the zona pellucida of ZPI embryos, while the antigen was evenly distributed in the blastomeres of ZPF embryos by the immunofluorescent assay. In the ZPI embryos exposed to ibaraki virus, the virus was detected in the two times-washing groups, but not in the ten times-washing groups. The results indicated that zona pellucida of murine embryos would provide an effective protection and that ten times-washing of the ZPI embryos previously exposed to the virus was effective to remove virus from the embryos.