• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.131-136
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• 2016

Since the first success of animal cloning, somatic cell nuclear transfer presented various ideas in many research areas such as regenerative medicine. However, SCNT embryos has poor survival rate. Therefore, numerous researches carried out to enhance the developmental capability of porcine nuclear transfer embryos. Cytochalasin B, demecolcine, latrunculin A, cycloheximide and 6-dimethylaminopurine are efficient chemicals treated in post-activation procedure to increase the efficiency of SCNT. This review study is aim to investigate the effects of these chemicals applied to post-activation in porcine SCNT. Cytochalasin B, demecolcine, latrunculin A are cytoskeletal manuplators inhibit extrusion of pseudo-polar body. Cytochalasin B and demecolcine showed considerably higher blastocyst formation proportion (26-28%) compared to when they are not treated (16%). And when latrunculin A was treated for postactivation, blastocyst formation proportion was increased in SCNT embryos exposed to LA (38%) than those in control (14%). On the other hand, cycloheximide and 6-dimethylaminopurine are protein synthesis and kinase inhibitors. And they help to maintain $Ca^{2+}$ fluctuation in oocytes. Cleavage and blastocyst rates of NT embryos were increased when they were exposed to CHX (16.9% and 5.4% with no CHX).And 6-DMAP also showed higher blastocyst formation (21.5% compared to 15.7%, control). Although all these chemicals have different mechanisms, they showed developmental competence enhancement in NT embryos. However, there are only few studies comparing each chemical's post-activation effect. Therefore, further research and study should be conducted to find optimal chemical for improving the efficiency of SCNT.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.147-152
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• 2011

본 연구는 효율적인 재래 산양의 난포란을 확보하기 위하여 미성숙 산양에 과배란 처리를 실시하여 체내 성숙 난자(배란된 난자) 및 난포란을 회수하여 공란산양의 성숙 여부가 난자의 회수율과 단위 발생란의 체외발달율에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 미성숙 산양의 과배란 처리에 의한 체내 성숙 난자의 회수율에 있어서 과배란 처리 후 두당 황체수는 13.1${\pm}$6.5개로서 성숙 산양의 8.8${\pm}$2.4개와 차이가 없었다(p<0.05). 산양의 두당 회수율은 마성숙 산양이 9.l${\pm}$6.8개로서 성숙 산양의 9.8${\pm}$2.5개와 차이가 없었다. 공란산양으로부터 체내 성숙 난자 회수 후 난소의 난포로부터 채란한 난포란의 회수율에 있어서 산양 두당 난포 수는 미성숙 산양이 7.9${\pm}$6.5개로서 성숙 산양의 8.8${\pm}$2.4개와 차이가 없었다. 이들 황체로부터 회수한 난포란 수도 미성숙 산양이 5.6${\pm}$6.1개로서 성숙 산양의 6.3${\pm}$2.3개와 차이가 없었다. 회수한 난포란의 등급에 있어서 1+II 등급 난포란은 미성숙 산양이 25.0%로서 성숙 산양의 52.4%보다는 낮았다(p<0.05). 4등급의 비율은 미성숙 산양이 39.3%로서 성숙 산양의 19.8%보다는 높았다(p<0.05). 미성숙 산양으로부터 회수한 체내 성숙 난자를 단위 발생을 유도하였을 때 분할율은 54.5%로서 성숙 산양으로부터 회수한 단위 발생 난자의 분할율 86.8%보다는 낮았다(p<0.05). 배반포기로의 발달율에 있어서도 미성숙 산양이 23.3%로서 성숙 산양의 46.6%보다는 유의적 (p<0.05)으로 낮았다. 이상의 결과를 미루어 볼 때 미성숙 재래 산양으로부터 난자의 생산은 난자의 확보 측면에서는 한 방법이 될 수 있으나, 회수란의 질 저하에 대한 문제는 공란 산양의 보다 적합한 연령, 실험 시기, 성선자극 호르몬의 양 및 공시 산양의 관리 등 앞으로 보다 세밀한 검토가 필요한 것으로 생각된다.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.207-213
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• 2013

This study was performed to investigate the effect of peroxisome proliferators activated receptor-${\gamma}$ (PPAR-${\gamma}$) ligand, pioglitazone, on production of regulated upon activation normal T-cell expressed and secreted (RANTES) and in vitro fertilization (IVF) outcome in infertile patients with endometriosis. Sixty-four infertile patients with stage III or IV endometriosis undergoing IVF were randomly allocated to the study or the control group. The long protocol of GnRH agonist (GnRH-a) was used for controlled ovarian stimulation (COS) in all patients. Patients in the study group were treated with pioglitazone at a dose of 15 mg/day orally from the starting day of GnRH-a treatment to the day of hCG injection. Blood samples were drawn for serologic assay of RANTES on the first day of GnRH-a treatment and the day of hCG injection. There were no differences between the study and control groups in patient characteristics. There were also no differences between the two groups in COS duration, and the numbers of retrieved oocytes, fertilized oocytes and embryos transferred. The clinical pregnancy rate per cycle was higher in the study group, but this difference was not statistically significant. However, embryo implantation rate was significantly higher in the study group of 12.5% compared with 8.6% in the control group (P<0.05). The serum RANTES levels after pioglitazone treatment were significantly lower than those before pioglitazone treatmen in the study group (P<0.05). Our data suggest that pioglitazone treatment can suppress RANTES production and improve the embryo implantation rate in patients with endometriosis undergoing IVF.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.17-24
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• 2017

Ganglioside GD1a is specifically formed by the addition of sialic acid to ganglioside GM1a by ST3 ${\beta}$-galactoside ${\alpha}$-2,3-sialyltransferase 2 (ST3GAL2). Above all, GD1a are known to be related with the functional regulation of several growth factor receptors, including activation and dimerization of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) in tumor cells. The activity of EGF and EGFR is known to be a very important factor for meiotic and cytoplasmic maturation during in vitro maturation (IVM) of mammalian oocytes. However, the role of gangliosides GD1a for EGFR-related signaling pathways in porcine oocyte is not yet clearly understood. Here, we investigated that the effect of ST3GAL2 as synthesizing enzyme GD1a for EGFR activation and phosphorylation during meiotic maturation. To investigate the expression of ST3GAL2 according to the EGF treatment (0, 10 and 50 ng/ml), we observed the patterns of ST3GAL2 genes expression by immunofluorescence staining in denuded oocyte (DO) and cumulus cell-oocyte-complex (COC) during IVM process (22 and 44 h), respectively. Expression levels of ST3GAL2 significantly decreased (p<0.01) in an EGF concentration (10 and 50 ng/ml) dependent manner. And fluorescence expression of ST3GAL2 increased (p<0.01) in the matured COCs for 44 h. Under high EGF concentration (50 ng/ml), ST3GAL2 protein levels was decreased (p<0.01), and their shown opposite expression pattern of phosphorylation-EGFR in COCs of 44 h. Phosphorylation of EGFR significantly increased (p<0.01) in matured COCs treated with GD1a for 44 h. In addition, ST3GAL2 protein levels significantly decreased (p<0.01) in GD1a ($10{\mu}M$) treated COCs without reference to EGF pre-treatment. These results suggest that treatment of exogenous ganglioside GD1a may play an important role such as EGF in EGFR-related activation and phosphorylation in porcine oocyte maturation of in vitro.

• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.127-132
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• 2004

본 연구는 재래산양의 핵이식을 실시하여 공여세포의 조건, 전기적 세기 및 융합횟수 등이 융합율과 체외발달율에 미치는 영향을 조사하여 최적의 융합조건을 확립하고자 실시하였다. 공여세포는 귀 유래 섬유아세포와 태아 유래 섬유아세포 2종류를 분리 배양하여 사용하였으며, 수핵란의 채취는 성숙한 미경산 재래산양에 과배란을 유기하여 hCG 투여 후 제 35시간째에 외과적인 방법으로 in vivo (체내성숙)난자는 난관을 관류하는 방법으로 회수하고 in vitro (체외성숙)난자는 난포로부터 흡입하여 난포란을 채취하여 약 22시간 체외성숙을 실시하였다. 수핵난자는 난구세포를 제거한 다음 0.05 M sucrose를 처리하여 세포질이 양호하고 극체가 뚜렷하게 보이는 난자만을 선별하여 핵이식을 실시하였다. 핵이식란의 융합은 전기자극방법으로 융합을 실시하였으며, 핵이식 조작 후 약 3시간 동안 전배양을 실시한 다음 활성화를 유도하였다. 복제수정란은 0.8% BSA가 첨가된 mSOF 배양액으로 6∼7일 동안 체외 배양을 실시하였다. 귀 유래 섬유아세포를 공여세포로 사용하였을 때 융합율은 60.4%로서 태아 유래 섬유아세포의 40.3%보다는 높게 나타났다. 분할율에 있어서는 귀 유래 섬유아세포와 태아 유래 섬유아세포가 각각 47.6 및 48.2%로서 차이가 없었다. 2.40∼2.46 ㎸/cm로 전기자극을 주었을 때 융합율은 43.8%로서 1.30∼l.40 ㎸/cm(26.7%)와 2.30∼2.39 ㎸/cm (34.8%)가 높게 나타났으며, 융합이 이루어진 핵이식란의 분할율은 82.9(1.30∼l.40 ㎸/cm), 43.8(2.30∼2.39 ㎸/cm) 및 51.8%(2.40∼2.46 ㎸/cm)로서 전기자극의 세기에 따른 유의적(p＜0.05)인 차이는 없었다. 전기융합을 1회 실시하였을 때 in vivo 난자는 43.5%로서 in vitro 난자의 23.6%보다 유의적으로 높게 나타났으며, 2회 실시하였을 때는 55.7(in vivo) 및 39.2%(in vitro)로 in vivo에서 높게 나타났다. 3회 자극을 주어 전체 융합율은 in vivo가 66.1%로서 in vitro의 52.8%보다는 유의적으로 높게 나타났다.

• 한국동물번식학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국동물번식학회 2001년도 춘계학술발표대회
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• pp.22-22
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• 2001

To produce reconstituted rabbit embryos with fetal fibroblasts, the present study was evaluated the efficiencies of the different fusion and activation conditions as assessments of subsequent development and chromosome in the embryos. New Zealand White rabbits were used throughout the study. Fetal fibroblasts collected from 22-d of fetuses were cultured in DMEM ＋ 10% FBS in 5% $CO_2$ in air. The culture was maintained for 10 passages. In every passage half of cell suspension were kept In frozen. From rabbits treated with FSH in 30% PVP solution and hCG, oocytes were surgically collected from oviducts at 14 h post-hCG injection and stripped off their cumulus cells by re-pipetting in a 300 IU hyaluronidase solution. Oocytes with an extruded first polar body and dense cytoplasm were enucleated by micromanipulation in Ham's F-10 medium＋7.5 g/$m\ell$ cytochalasin B. Euncleation was confirmed under a fluorescence microscope after staining with 5 g/$m\ell$ bisbenzimide for 2 min. Each enucleated oocyte was injected with a fetal fibroblast into a perivitelline space. Reconstructed eggs were compared fusion rates either at 2.0 ㎸/cm or 1.6 ㎸/cm(60 sec, double pulses). After fusion, all eggs were activated with the combination of 5 M ionomycin (5 min) and 10 g/$m\ell$ cycloheximide (CHX, 3h), and cultured in CRlaa medium and transferred into TCM199＋10% FBS on day 3. Although there was not significantly differ in fusion rate between treatments (60%, 2.0 ㎸/cm vs. 79.4%, 1.6 ㎸/cm), none of them in the eggs fused with 2.0 ㎸/cm developed to blastocyst. In comparison of development and chromosome status between different activation treatments (Group 1; 5 M ionomycin/10 g/$m\ell$ CHX, Group 2; 5 M ionomycin/5 g/$m\ell$ CHX ＋ 2 mM DMAP after fusion with 1.6 ㎸/cm), there were not differ in cleavage and development rates (67.3% and 28.9% in Group 1; 67% and 33% in Group 2). All out of 8 embryos evaluated in Group 1 appeared a normal diploid chromosome sets and mean number of cells (Mean SEM) on day 4.5 of culture was 141.5 23.15 (n=8). It can be concluded that the use of cycloheximide has not happened in chromosome abnormalities, and fetal fibroblasts can be used for cloning in rabbit.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.119-127
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• 2018

The purpose of this study is to examined the electrofusion and activation conditions for the production of porcine somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) embryos. In this study, immature oocytes were cultured in TCM-199 with and without hormones for 22 hours. Skin fibroblasts cells of porcine were transferred into the perivitelline space of enucleated in vitro matured oocytes. Cell fusion was performed with two different pulses that each one pulse (DC) of 1.1 kV/cm or 1.5 kV/cm for $30{\mu}sec$. After fusion subsequent activation were divided into three groups; non-treatment (control) and treatment with 2 mM 6-DMAP or $7.5{\mu}g/ml$ cytochalasin B for 4 hours. Transferred embryos were cultured in PZM-3 (Porcine Zygote Medium-3) in $5%\;CO_2$ and 95% air at $39^{\circ}C$ for 7 day. Apoptosis-related genes (Caspase-3, BCL-2, mTOR, and MMP-2) were analyzed by immunofluorescence staining. There was no significant difference between two different electrofusion stimuli in the cleavage rate; $64.9{\pm}4.8%$ in 1.1 kV/cm and $62.7{\pm}4.0%$ in 1.5 kV/cm. However, blastocyst formation rate (%) was significantly different among three different activation groups (no treatment, 2 mM 6-DMAP or $7.5{\mu}g/ml$ cytochalasin B) combined with electrofusion of 1.1 kV/cm. The blastocyst formation rate was $12.6{\pm}2.5$, $20.0{\pm}5.0$, and $34.9{\pm}4.3%$ in control, 2 mM 6-DMAP, and $7.5{\mu}g/ml$ cytochalasin B, respectively. Immunofluorescence data showed that expression levels of caspase-3 in SCNT embryos undeveloped to blastocyst stage were higher than those in the blastocyst stage embryos. Expression levels of Bcl-2 in blastocyst stage embryos were higher than those in the arrested SCNT embryos. These results showed that the combination of an electric pulse (1.1 kV/cm for $30{\mu}sec$) and $7.5{\mu}g/ml$ cytochalasin B treatment was effective for production of the porcine SCNT embryos.

• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.175-180
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• 2006

본 연구는 융합 전 수핵란의 활성화 처리 유무와 활성화 처리 시간이 소 체세포유래 핵이식란의 체외 발육능에 미치는 영향을 검토하기 위해 수행하였다. 소 체외성숙란의 탈핵 후 체세포 핵을 이식하고 일부는 전기 융합 후 활성화를 유기하였고(pre-AC), 일부는 먼저 활성화 처리 후 융합을 실시(post-AC)하였다. 난자의 활성화는 $Ca^{2+}$-ionophore(A23187)로 처리 후 DMAP로 4시간 배양하는 방법으로 유기하였다. 핵이식란은 CR1aa액에서 9일간 배양하여 발육율을 검토하였으며, 활성화 후 30분${\sim}$2.5시간에 고정하여 confocal microscope하에서 핵형 변화를 검사하였다. 배반포기까지 발육율은 post-AC구(20.6%)가 pre-AC(15.3%)보다 다소 높게 나타났다. 또한 활성화 처리를 하여 핵이식란의 배 발달을 비교한 결과 post-AC구가 더 늦은 배 발달 속도를 나타내었다. Post-AC구를 활성화 후 30분, 2시간, 4시간으로 나누어 융합하여 발육율을 검토한 결과 발육율에 차이가 없었다. 본 연구의 결과는 수핵란의 활성화 시간에 따라 핵이식란의 발육 및 핵형이 영향을 받을 수 있음을 시사한다.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.652-658
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• 1998

The efficiency of nuclear transfer using donor embryos originated from ovum pickup(OPU) and activated recipient cytoplasts were examined for induction of twinning in Korean native cattle(KNC). After aspiration of follicle by OPU, regardless of the vacuum applied, we obtained same result in proportions of recovered cumulus-oocyte complex (COCs) with compact cumulus. Under electric stimulation(1.0kV/cm DC for $40{\mu}s$), most of activated oocytes proceed to anaphase II/telophase II within 3h(84.7%). In the treatment of oocyte activation, the preactivation which was performed before fusion had significant effect on the developmental rates to morula/blastocyst stage(9.4 vs 4.0%). In embryo transfer of nuclear transferred embryos, we obtained 2 twins from KNC recipients and 1 twin from a Holstein recipient. Our results showed that it is possible to obtain twins using nuclear transfer technique in KNC.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.365-368
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• 2008

Calcium entry through $Ca_v3.2Ca^{2+}$ channels plays essential roles for various physiological events including thalamic oscillation, muscle contraction, hormone secretion, and sperm acrosomal reaction. In this study, we examined how protein tyrosine phosphatases or protein tyrosine kinases affect $Ca_v3.2Ca^{2+}$ channels reconstituted in Xenopus oocytes. We found that $Ca_v3.2$ channel activity was reduced by 25% in response to phenylarsine oxide (tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor), whereas it was augmented by 19% in response to Tyr A47 or herbimycin A (tyrosine kinase inhibitors). However, other biophysical properties of $Ca_v3.2$ currents were not significantly changed by the drugs. These results imply that $Ca_v3.2$ channel activity is capable of being increased by activation of tyrosine phosphatases, but is decreased by activation of tyrosine kinases.