• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.273-281
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• 2014

This study was carried out to establish the system of OPU derived embryo production, management of recipients as well as offspring production. OPU derived embryo production system was carried out of aspiration of immature oocytes 2 times per week, total 24 times for 3 months by an ultrasonographic guided follicular aspiration system and then produced in vitro-produced blastocysts by in vitro maturation, fertilization and culture system. This work was collected total 13,866 oocytes, average $8.2{\pm}4.5$ oocytes per session and 8,170 G1 + G2 grade oocytes, average 4.8 oocytes per session by 1,692 times session of total 71 donors for 4 years from 2010 to 2013. The rate of cleavage and blastocyst developmental competence were obtained 11,825 (85.3%) and 5,032 (36.3%) that was $7.0{\pm}3.8$ cleaved embryos and $3.0{\pm}2.5$ blastocysts per session. OPU derived embryo transfer were taken place in 2, 4, 6 and 7 local governments at 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 for 4 years and pregnancy rate were obtained 41.2, 43.9, 46.5 and 49.7% in each years. It means that pregnancy rate was continuously improved according of every year for 4 years. Pregnancy rate was significantly different according to individual local government in which was 62.7% in B, but 24.2% in F at 2012. Paternity identification was carried out total 26 offspring in C local government of 2012 and then confirmed 100% agreement of its analysis. In conclusion, the results obtained the possibility of mass production of elite cow embryos as well as offspring by OPU derived embryo production system, of which could be decreased the required time of genetic improvement.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.51-56
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• 2001

To evaluate the arsenic effect of fish endocrine disruption, crucian carp (Carassius auratus) were treated with 0.5 mg/L and 3.0 mg/L of As$_2$O$_3$ for 14 days and gonadal development was examined by histological analysis. In ovaries from female crucial carps exposed to 3.0 mg/L, immature follicles and atretic follicles were appeared while various normal developmental stages of oocytes were shown in control group. Body weight and Gonadosomatic Index (GSI) of treated carp were also decreased compared to control group. However, no other significant histological changes in liver or kidney were shown in this exposure scheme. This means that reproductive organs are more sensitive than other organs and arsenic may exert endocrine disrupting effect through inhibiting the development of reproductive organ in fish.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.10-14
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• 2012

The ovarian follicles develop initially from primordial follicles. The majority of ovarian primordial follicles are maintained quiescently as a reserve for the reproductive life span. Only a few of them are activated and develop to an advanced follicular stage. The maintenance of dormancy and activation of primordial follicles are controlled by coordinated actions of a suppressor/activator with close communications with somatic cells and intra-oocyte signaling pathways. Many growth factors and signaling pathways have been identified and the transforming growth factor-beta superfamily plays important roles in early folliculogenesis. However, the mechanism of maintaining the dormancy and survival of primordial follicles has remained unknown for decades. Recently, since the first finding that all primordial follicles are activated prematurely in mice deficient forkhead box O3a, phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase/phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) signaling pathway was reported to be important in the regulation of dormancy and initial follicular activation. With these informations on early folliculogenesis, clinical application can be expected such as in vitro maturation of immature oocytes or in vitro activation of follicles by PTEN inhibitor in cryopreserved ovarian cortical tissues for fertility preservation.

• 한국수정란이식학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수정란이식학회 2002년도 국제심포지엄
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• pp.3-7
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• 2002

In vitro embryo culture techniques provide significant contributions not only for a basic research of fertilization and early embryogenesis, but also for a low cost mass production of bovine embryos for transfer, embryo diagnosis, nuclear cloning and the production of transgenic cows. This presentation introduces newly developed serum-free media (IVD101 and IVMD101) that are effective far high yields of transferable embryos of excellent quality from in vitro-matured and fertilized oocytes. Both serum-free media are superior to a conventional serum-containing medium on the increased rates of blastocyst formation, post-thaw embryo viability, and pregnancy after transfer. Furthermore, reduced risks of calf mortality and large calf syndrome are also observed for the serum-free-derived embryos. Serum-derived embryos contain a large number of lipid droplets and immature mitochondria in their cytoplasm that may account for the lower production of transferable embryos and poor embryo quality.

• 대한생식의학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한불임학회 2006년도 The 5th Biannual Meeting of Pacific Rim Society for Fertility and Sterility
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• pp.164.1-164.1
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• 2006

• 대한생식의학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한불임학회 2006년도 The 5th Biannual Meeting of Pacific Rim Society for Fertility and Sterility
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• pp.169.2-169.2
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• 2006

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.183-191
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• 2001

본 연구는 고품질육의 DNA marker가 규떵된 한우로부터 초음파유노 난포란의 연속적 채취를 통하여 능력이 우수한 한우 수정란온 대량생산하는 방법의 확립과 이를 한우농가에 응용하고자 초음파 난자채취기를 이용하여 등지방층두께, 일당증체량, 근내지방도 및배최장근 단면적에 연관된 DNA marker를 보유하고 있는 한우 5두로부터 개체및 난포수, 채취방법, 회수한 난포란의 등급 등을 조사하였다. 한우 5두의 개체별 난포수는 6, 10, 5, 4 및 11회 관찰하여 각각 59개(9.8$\pm$4.5개), 82개(8.2$\pm$4.8개), 83개(16.6$\pm$2.6개), 50개(12.5$\pm$0.5개) 및 79개(7.2$\pm$3.1개)였으며, 모두 36회에 걸쳐 관찰하였던 바 353개(9.8$\pm$4.9개)의 난포를 확인할 수 있었다. 전체 난포수는 small(227개), medium(112개), large follicles(14개) 순으로 나타났으며, 개체별 평균 난포수는 5101번 개체가 평균 16.6$\pm$2.6개로써 가장 높았다. 개체별 난포란의 회수율은 5101번 개체가 89.3%(50/56 ; >2mm) 및 94%(47/50 ; $\leq$2mm)로써 가장 높게 나타났으며, 5두 전체 회수율은 $\leq$2mm(손가락 촉지)가 85.7%(132/154)로써 >2mm (초음파 image)의 74.2%(201/271)보다 유의적 (P<0.01)으로 높게 나타났다. >2mm의 난포에서 채취한 회수란의 등급은 각각 1.0%(G I). 5.0%(G II), 31.3%(G III) 및 62.7%(G IV)로 나타났으며, $\leq$2mm의 난포로부터 채취한 회수란을 각각 2.3%(G I), 16.7%(II),38.6%(G III) 및 42.4%(G IV)의 등급별 회수을 보였다. 1등급(G I) 난포란은 2~6mm 난포에서 1개(1.1%)였으며, 2등급(G II)은 $\leq$2mm, 2-6mm 및 $\geq$6mm 난포에서 각각 5개(3.3%), 11개(11.7%) 및 3개(33.3%)로써 $\geq$6mm 난포에서 가장 높게 나타났다. 3등급(G III) 난포란도 각각 43개(28.9%). 35개(37.2%) 및 5개(55.6%)로써 $\geq$6mm 난포에서 가장 높았으나, 4등급(GIV) 난포란은 $\geq$6mm 난포에서 1개(11.1%)로써 $\leq$2mm 및 2-6mm 난포에서의 101개(67.8%) 및 47개(50.0%) 보다 매우 낮게 나타났다. 전체 회수 난포란수도 4등급이 59.1%(149/252)로써 1, 2, 3등급의 0.4% (1/252), 7.6%(19/252) 및 32.9%(83/252)보다 높게 나타났다. 1회 평균 회수 난포란은 $\leq$2mm 난포에서 4.8$\pm$3.7개로써 2-6mm(3.0$\pm$3.4개) 및 $\geq$6mm (0.3$\pm$0.6개)보다 높았으며, 1회당 평균 8.1$\pm$5.1개의 난포란을 회수하였다.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.73-82
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• 2015

This study was designed to evaluate the possibility of increase through dairy female offspring's ratio by transfer of pre-selected transferrable blastocyst that was produced by pre-selected X-bearing semen with OPU derived oocytes. Elite dairy female cow is demanded strongly compared with male, the so called, farmer wants to produce only an elite female dairy offspring as a candidate female dairy cow for producing milk. In our study, we selected 2 elite dairy bull semen from National Agricultural Cooperative Federation to pre-select X-bearing semen and 5 elite dairy female cows as donor for collecting of OPU derived oocytes. OPU derived embryo production system was carried out an aspiration of immature oocytes from 5 donor cows 2 times per week, total 200 times for 2 to 7 months by an ultrasonographic guided follicular aspiration system and then produced in vitro-produced blastocysts by in vitro maturation, fertilization and culture. Dairy donor semen selected H-319, 320 bull in National Agricultural Cooperative federation was sorted X-bearing semen by flow-cytometer and frozen for using IVF with OPU derived oocytes. Donor cows were selected 5 elite dairy cows from Gyeongju Dairy Cow Community and then disease tests such as 4 kinds of disease before selecting was checked. Oocyte proportion of grade 1 to 3 from total collected oocytes was significantly lower in donor A and B than those in donor C, D and E (82.16 and 70.03% vs. 90.0, 91.78 and 93.57%), respectively (p<0.05). However, number of oocytes per session in donor A, C and E was significantly higher than those in donor B and D ($7.77{\pm}3.26$, $5.85{\pm}2.10$ and $7.03{\pm}2.14$ vs. $4.68{\pm}2.61$ and $5.21{\pm}1.97$ oocytes), but donor A was significantly higher than donor C (p<0.05). Development to blastocyst in donor B, C and E was significantly higher than those in donor A and D (31.0, 25.0 and 25.0% vs. 14.3 and 4.5%), but donor A was not different in donor C and E (p<0.05). Nine out of 10 blastocysts (90.0%) derived from OPU blastocysts were confirmed male embryos that was induced with Y-bearing semen to confirm sex ratio only. Total 96 blastocysts derived from female bearing semen were transferred into synchronized recipients and then confirmed 42 recipients (43.8%) pregnancy rate, 36 offspring (37.5%) and 91.7% female sex ratio (33 female vs. 3 male offspring). Taken together all data, elite dairy female offspring could be produced effectively by in vitro production system between pre-selected x-bearing semen and OPU derived oocytes that would be influential breeder in the breeding of dairy farm to increase effectively elite dairy offspring ratio as well as net income in the dairy farmer.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.115-122
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• 2001

난자와 난포세포는 gap junction channel을 통해 긴밀한 연락을 주고받음으로써 난자의 발달이나 난포의 성장에 영향을 미친다. 본 연구는 같은 크기의 난포에서 나온 난자라고 하여도 cumulus cell(난구세포)들이 붙어있는 상태가 다르다는 것을 관찰, 이렇게 난구세포와의 서로 다른 연결상태를 갖는 난자의 재질에 차이가 있을 것으로 가정하고, 난자의 competence와 이때 난자와 난구세포 사이의 cell-to-cell communication에 관여하는 gap junction protein인 connexin(CX) 37과 CX 43의 발현 정도가 어떤 상관관계가 있는지를 알아보고자 수행하였다. 생후 3주일 된 생쥐에 PMSG를 주입하고 48시간 후에 난소를 적출하여 난포를 450 $\mu\textrm{m}$ 이상(large)의 난포와 200～400 $\mu\textrm{m}$(small) 난포로 분리하여 그 난자를 얻었다. 난자에 난구세포가 compact하게 붙어있는 것은 intact로(L1, Sl), 난구세포가 어느 정도 붙어 있거나, 하나도 붙어있지 않은 것은 partial/denuded로 그룹을 나누었다(LPD. SPD). 각 그룹의 난자를 체외에서 성숙시키고, 수정시켜서 발달율을 비교하였다. 각각의 CX의 mRNA 발현을 RT-PCR과 in situ hybridization으로 비교하였다. intact와 denuded 난자의 비율은 큰 난포의 경우는 55%와45%의 비율로, 작은 난포의 경우는 30%와 70%의 비율로 난포가 작을수록 denude상태의 난자가 많이 나왔다. 어떤 경우의 난자는 체외 성숙율은 차이가 없이 모두 97%이상 성숙하였다. 그러나, 수정률에서는 차이를 보여서 intact한 난자에서 높은 수정율을 보였으며, SPD의 경우, 가장 낮은 수정ㆍ발달율을 보였다. 난자의 경우, 주로 발현되는 것은 CX 37이었으며, CX 43은 발현되지 않았다. 난구세포의 경우, CX 43이 가장 높게 발현하였고, 그 다음으로 CX 37이 관찰되었다. 본 실험 결과, 같은 발달크기의 난포라고 하더라도 그 안에 존재하는 난자의 상태는 난구세포와 얼마나 밀접한 cell-to-cell communication을 이루고 있느냐에 따라 영향을 받는다는 것을 확인하였다. 본 연구결과 다음과 같이 결론 내릴 수 있었다. 1)아직 발달이 끝나지 않은 난포에서 나온 미성숙난자라고 하여도 난구세포와 밀접한 연결을 갖는 경우 성숙난자와 거의 같은 능력을 갖고 있으며, 2) 난자와 난구세포간의 gap junctional communication은 heterotypic channel로 이루어지고, 3) 본 연구에서 관찰한 CX 43과 CX 37 두 종류만으로는 intact와 denuded의 차이점을 설명할 수 없었다.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.287-296
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• 2014

조류의 난포 성장은 호르몬의 작용에 따라 크기가 달라져 각각의 단계를 이루며 성장하게 된다. 난의 성숙에 관련된 유전자는 난 단백질 생산과 산란률에 밀접한 관련이 있으며, 이를 유전자 발현 측면에서 심도 있는 고찰이 필요가 있다. 본 연구는 NGS를 이용한 RNA-seq 데이터를 이용하여 유전자의 발현량과 유전자 상호 구조에 대한 분석을 실시하여 난의 발달 과정에 필요한 유전자군을 조사하였다. 본 실험에 사용된 개체는 한국 재래계 흑색계통이 사용되었고, 비교조직은 미성숙란과 성숙란의 RNA를 추출하여 유전자의 발현 양상을 살펴봄으로 난의 성숙에 필요한 유전자의 발현 양상을 보고자 하였다. 실험을 위해 Total RNA를 추출하였고, HiSeq 2000 platform을 사용하여 염기서열을 분석하고, Tuxedo Protocol과 DAVID 프로그램을 통해 유전자의 기능과 상호간의 연관관계를 예측하였다. 탐색된 유전자군은 미성숙란과 성숙란 간에 많은 차이를 보이고 있는 유전자군을 탐색한 결과, 315개의 발현이 다르게 나타나는 것으로 보이고 있으며, GO 분석을 통하여 기능면에서 미성숙란과 성숙란에서 확연히 구분되는 유전자 발현 양상을 확인할 수 있었다. 이들 결과를 통하여 향후 난성숙 과정을 이해하고, 계란 품질 향상을 위한 마커 개발을 기여할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.