• 한국패류학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.55-63
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• 2004

Gonadosomatic index, condition index and reproductive cycle with the gonadal development of the female Octopus ocellatus were investigated by histological observations and morphometric data, from January to December, 2000. And changes in biochemical components of the ovary and the trunk tissues including the digestive organ associated with gonadal development were studied by biochemical analysis from January to October, 2001. The specimens were collected at the coastal waters of Buan, Jeollabuk-do, Korea, from January 2000 to October 2001. O. ocellatus is a dioecious organism. The gonad of O. ocellatus locates medially in posterior region of the body. Morphology of the ovary shows round and oval in shape, the average diameter and external colour of ripe ovary was 32 mm and semitransparent light brown in colour. As the ovary was getting mature, transparent elongated eggs covered with chorion were present in the ovarian cavity. Monthly changes in the gonadosomatic index (GSI) showed a similar pattern with those of the condition index. The GSI and condition index began to increase in March and reached the maximum in April. And then, their values decreased from May and reached the minimum in September. Reproductive cycle of O. ocellatus can be categorized into five successive stages: early developing stage (September to December), late developing stage (November to March), ripe stage (March to May), partially spawned stage (April to June), and degenerative/resting stage (June to October). Follicle cells attached to an oocyte were involved in vitellogenesis in the cytoplasm of the vitellogeneic oocyte and formation of chorion (secondary egg membrane) of the ovarian eggs. Spawning occurred between April and June. The spawning period was once a year and the peak took place between May and June. This species belongs to semelparity. According to changes in biochemical contents of the ovary and the digestive organ, monthly variations of moisture, total protein, total lipid and glycogen contents (%) in the ovary showed a negative correlationship with those of the trunk tissues including the digestive organ. Accordingly, it is assumed that the ovary only may be received nutrient supply (total lipid content) for gonadal development from the trunk tissues including the digestive organ (r = -0.55, p < 0.05).

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제20권8호
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• pp.1190-1195
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• 2007

This study was conducted to improve efficiency of a follicle culture system without reducing developmental competence of intrafollicular oocytes. Preantral follicles (100 to $125{\mu}m$ in diameter) of F1 hybrid (B6CBAF1) mice were cultured singly for 216 h in modified ${\alpha}$-MEM-glutamax medium, to which 2.5 IU/ml hCG and epidermal growth factor was added 16 h prior to the end of culture. Medium change was either performed three times (54 h interval), twice (72 h interval), once (108 h interval), or not at all (216 h interval). Maturation (progression to the metaphase II stage) of intrafollicular oocytes was detected from 4 days after culture in the three-times change treatment, while all treatments yielded mature oocytes from day 5 of culture. Compared with the three-times change, decreasing the change frequency to once did not reduce the capacity to begin maturation (germinal vesicle breakdown of 82 to 86%), to mature (78 to 79%) and to develop into blastocysts after parthenogenetic activation (29 to 32%). Morphological parameters were similar among these treatments. Except for the no medium change treatment, similar colony-forming activity of inner cell mass cells after culturing of blastocysts in leukemia inhibitory factor-containing medium was detected, while the morphology of the colony-forming cells deteriorated in the change-once treatment compared with the change twice or three-times. In conclusion, the efficiency of the preantral follicle culture system could be improved by reducing frequency of medium change up to a 72 h interval (three times in total 216 h culture) without decreasing developmental competence of oocytes.

• 한국가축번식학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.287-292
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• 2001

난자의 동결보존 방법은 보다 효과적 난자은행을 개발하기 위한 필수불가결한 요소이다. 본 연구에서는 보다 효과적인 유리화 동결법을 개발하기 위해 유리화 동결 응해 후 염색체와 방추사의 손상이 일어나는지를 알아보고자 본 실험을 수행하였다. 난구세포에 둘러싸인 난자를 5.5 M etylene glycol과 1.0 M sucrose 용액에 노출 후 electron microscope grid에 부착시킨 후 액체질소에서 냉동 보존하였다. 동결 융해 후 생존한 난자들은 방추사의 이상성을 보기 위해 immunostaining 방법을, 염색체의 이상성을 보기 위해 karyotyping을 시행하였다. 실험결과 염색체 이상빈도는 대조군의 경우 19.6%, 동결 융해군은 32.8%로 관찰되었고, 방추사의 이상빈도는 대조군의 경우 20.2%, 동결 융해군의 경우 32.3%로 대조군에 비해 염색체와 방추사의 이상성이 증가되었다. 결론적으로 마우스의 성숙난자를 유리화 동결시킨 후 염색체와 방추사의 이상성이 증가됨을 관찰하였다.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.287-292
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• 1998

본 연구는 동해방지제인 EFS35를 이용한 생쥐 미수정란의 초자화동결이 cytoskeleton과 염색체에 미치는 영향을 indirect immunocytochemistry와 염색체 분석으로 확인하고자 실시하였다. 생쥐 미수정란은 M2 배양액에 35% ethylene glycol, 18% ficoll, 0.3 M sucrose와 10% FBS가 함유된 EFS35를 이용하여 초자화동결되었다. 본 연구에서 얻어진 결과는 다음과 같다 초자화동결된 미수정란의 융해후 생존율은 89.3%로써 노출군 (97.7%)과 차이가 없었다. 초자화동결이 미수정란의 microtubule과 microfilament에 미치는 영향을 조사하였던 바, 동결군 (95.5, 100%)의 microtubule과 microfilament의 정상적인 형성율은 대조군 (97.5, 100%) 또는 노출군 (92.3, 100%)의 결과와 비교하였을때 차이가 나타나지 않았다. 또한, 체외수정 후 동결 군에서 정상적인 염색체수를 가진 난자의 비율도 73.5%로써, 대조군 (79.5%)과 노출군 (78.7%)의 결과와 차이가 없었던 바, 생쥐 미수정란을 EFS35에 노출하고 동결하는 것이 미수정란의 cytoskeleton과 염색체 성상변화에 영향을 미치지 않는다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 따라서, 본 연구에서 사용된 동해방지제인 EFS35를 이응한 초자화동결법은 생쥐 미수정란의 동결에 적합하다는 것을 시사한다고 하겠다.

• 한국가축번식학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.33-39
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• 2002

소 체세포 핵이식 시 융합액 내 $Ca^{2+}$ 농도에 따른 융합율, 핵형의 변화, 배 발달율을 검토한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 융합액 내 $Ca^{2+}$ 농도를 0.05, 0.1, 0.5 및 1.0 mM로 각기 다르게 처리한 결과, 0.5와 1.0 mM의 CaC$_2$에서 융합율이 80.5 와 84.3%로 나타나 0.05 mM CaCL$_2$에서의 융합율 56.6%에 비하여 유의적(P＜0.01)으로 높았다. 2. 융합액 내 $Ca^{2+}$ 농도에 따른 재구축배의 핵형을 검토한 결과, CaCL$_2$농도 0.05와 0.1 mM 에서는 88.4와 84.0%의 난자가 PCC이후 염색질괴를 형성한 반면, 0.5와 1.0 mM 에서는 54.5와 59.3%가 PCC 형태를 거치지 않고 직접 전핵을 형성하여, $Ca^{2+}$ 농도가 증가함에 따라 PCC 형태를 거치지 않고 직접 전핵을 형성하는 난자의 비율이 증가하였다. 3. 핵이식란의 체외 발육율을 검토한 결과, 1.0 mM CaCl$_2$에서는 배반포 발육율이 30.6%로 나타난 반면, 0.1 mM CaCl$_2$에서 는 20.0%로 나타나 유의적(P＜0.05)인 차이를 나타냈다. 본 연구의 결과는 융합액 내 $Ca^{2+}$농도의 증가가 소 체세포 핵이식란의 융합율 및 배반포 발육율을 향상시킬 수 있음을 시사한다.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.21-43
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• 1977

This experiment was undertaken in order to localize the labeled dbcAMP (dibutyryl cyclic AMP) in oocytes whose development has been suppressed by cold dbcAMP for 6 or 19 hours in vitro. Mouse oocytes were obtained from the ovaries of 3-4 week old A strain female mice, by puncturing the Graafian follicles in the modified Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate salt solution under the dissecting microscope. Those oocytes which have intact germinal vesicle were cultured in the basic culture medium supplemented with 0.4% bovine serum albumin (BSA). Cultivation of the oocytes was carried out in a microtube developed by Cho (1974). The cultures were then incubated in a humidified 5% $CO_2$ incubator maintained at $37^{\circ}C$ for 6 or 19 hours (Donahue, 1968). DbcAMP was added to culture medium for a final concentration of 100ug/ml, and $^3H-dbc$ AMP (specific activity 13 Ci/mM) for a final concentration of $40{\mu}Ci/ml$ was also added to the medium. For electron microscopic autoradiography, those oocytes recovered from the culture were washed with phosphate buffer (pH 7.4), and immediately prefixed in a 2.5% glutaraldehyde overnight and postfixed for 2 hours at $4 ^{\circ}C$ in 1% osmium tetroxide in phosphate buffer with pH 7.4 (Palade, 1952). After fixation, the materials were dehydrated in graded alcohol series and embedded in Epon 812 mixture based on the standard procedures (Luft, 1961). The thin sections $600-700{\AA}$ thick were mounted on the grids of 200 meshes. The grids containing sections were coated with a nuclear emulsion Kodak NTB-3 and stored in a cold dark box (at $4^{\circ}C$) for 3 weeks. After exposure, the samples were developed with Kodak D-19 and stained with uranyl acetate and lead citrate. Routine observation was made with Hitachi HU-11E electron microsocope. The results of the observation were as followings: 1. It was found that the labeled dbcAMP penetrated the egg plasma membrane and dispersed at random in the cytoplasm. 2. It was also observed that most of the labeled dbcAMP was attached to microfibrillar lattices portion of the oocyte cytoplasm. There fore, it is presumed that the receptor of the dbcAMP is localized in the microfibrillar lattices of the oocyte. 3. It also seems that some other cell organells such as mitochondria, Golgi complex, cortical granules are not directly related to the action of the dbcAMP. 4. The labeled dbcAMP was neither observed in the membrane nor in the nucleus. Therefore, it seems that there is no relationship between the concentration of dbcAMP and the nuclear membranous permeability. 5. There was no difference in number of dbcAMP particles when oocytes were cultured for 6 hours and 19 hours. 6. However, it was observed that, in same of the oocytes suppressed in germinal vesicle by dbcAMP for 19 hours, cell organells were moved and concentrated to a small portion of the cytoplasm, and that the morphology of the organells greatly changed to an abnormal. form. Therefore, it is supposed that those oocytes were in the process of degeneration. From the above results, it is expected that dbcAMP penetrated the egg membrane and was bound to the receptor which seems to be located in the microfibrillar lattiees portion, and that this dbcAMP-receptor complex inhibited some enzyme system of the oocytes which are essential for the germinal vesicle breakdown.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.185-189
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• 2004

본 연구는 호랑이 미성숙 난자의 체외 성숙의 가능성을 검토하였다. 1. 호랑이 난자의 직경 (176.5${\pm}6.1{\mu}m$)은 소 난자의 직경 (150.7${\pm}4.9{\mu}m$)보다 유의적으로 컷으며, 세포질 직경 (122.1${\pm}9.7{\mu}m$) 은 소 난자의 직경 (118.7${\pm}7.5{\mu}m$) 과 유의차가 없었다. 또한, 호랑이 난자의 투명대 두께 (20.4${\pm}2.9{\mu}m$) 는 소 난자의 두께 (12${\pm}2.6{\mu}m$) 보다 유의적으로 두꺼웠다(p<0.05). 2. 체외성숙 48시간째 제1극체의 출현율은 62.5%이며, 핵성숙은 GV 단계(12.5%)와 MII 단계(50.0%)의 핵 성숙율을 보였다. 이상의 연구결과로 보아 호랑이 난자도 체외성숙이 가능하리라 판단되며 보다 더 적합한 체외성숙조건의 검토가 요구된다.

• 한국가축번식학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.1-9
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• 1998

본 연구는 체외에서 성숙된 소 미수정란을 electron microscope grid와 동해제인 EFS30을 이용하여 초급속 동결하였을 때 정상적인 배 발달의 유도 가능성 여부를 조사하고 동해제 및 동결방법의 유해성 여부를 indirect immunocytochemistry방법으로 확인하고자 실시하였다. 동해제는 30% ethylene glycol, 0.5 M sucrose, 18% ficoll과 10% FBS가 들어 있는 PBS로 된 EFS30을 사용하였다. 본 연구에서 얻어진 결과는 다음과 같다. 동해제와 동결과정이 난자의 microtubule, microfilament 및 chromatin의 형태에 미치는 영향을 indirect immunocytochemistry방법으로 조사하였던 바, 동해제 노출 뿐 아니라 동결에 의해서도 대조군과 차이를 나타내지 않았다. 초급속 동결이 소 미수정란의 체외수정에 미치는 영향을 검토했을 때, 총 정자침투율(96.7%, 90.0%), 정상 자응전핵 형성율(74.6%, 68.9%)과 난자당 정자수(1.50, 1.44)가 동결군과 대조군에 있어서 차이는 볼 수 없었다. 또한, 초급속 동결-융해 후의 체외발달능을 조사했던 경우, 85.5%의 높은 난자 생존율과 74.5%의 난할율, 그리고 31.4%의 배반포 형성율을 얻었다. 이러한 결과는 난자의 생존율을 제외한 수정율과 배반포 형성율에 있어서 대조군(76.0%, 34.6%)과 노출군(77.9%, 33.0%)의 결과와 매우 유사한 것이었다. 이와 더불어, 각 처리군에서 얻어진 배반포기배를 Hoechst 염색방법으로 총세포수를 조사하였을 때도 그 차이는 확인할 수 없었다. 따라서 체외에서 성숙된 소 미수정란은 EM grid와 EFS30 동결액을 이용한 초급속 동결방법으로 동결하였을 때 정상적인 배발달을 유도할 수 있다는 것을 알 수 있었다.(收量)은 양공시두부(兩供試頭部) 모두 괴근장(塊根長)과 정(正)의 상관(相關)이, 분기수(分岐數)와는 부(負)의 상관(相關)이있었다.(發芽率)이 98.1%이던 것이 68.8%로 감소(減少)하였다. 3. 온도변화(溫度變化)에 따른 수수의 발아소요일수(發芽所要日數)는 12일(日)($15/10^{\circ}C$), 6일(日)($25/20^{\circ}C$) 및 3일(日)($40/35^{\circ}C$)로 온도(溫度)가 상승(上昇)함에 따라 비례적(比例的)으로 단축(短縮)되었다. 옥수수 수는 16일(日), 7일(日) 및 3일(日)이 소요(所要)되었다.量)은 $24.6{\sim}36.7%$로서 건엽중(乾葉中)의 함량(含量)보다 월등히 높았고 조단백질함량(粗蛋白質含量)은 $2.0{\sim}5.3%$로서 건엽중(乾葉中)의 함량(含量)보다 현저히 낮았다. 특(特)히 P.931의 건경중(乾莖中)의 조섬유함량(粗纖維含量)은 다른 작물(作物)에 비해 현저(顯著)히 높은 편이었다.적차이(量的差異)를 나타냈다.間)에는 부(負)(-)의 상관(相關)이 있다.($P{\leq}0.01%$). 5. NEL 및 starch value 환경온도(環境溫度)가 상승(上昇)됨에 따라 감소(減少)된다. 4 엽기(葉期) sorghum식물(植物)의 환경온도(環境溫度)를 달리 하였을 때 NEL가치(價値)는 각각(各各) 4.87MJ($30/25^{\circ}C$), 5.46MJ($25/20^{\circ}C$) 및 5.81MJ/kg($18/8^{\circ}C$)로 변(變)하여 고온(高溫)에서 net energy lactation 축적(蓄積)이 크게 감소(減少)되었다.다. 그러나 기온(氣溫)이 낮은 조건(條件)

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제27권10호
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• pp.1417-1425
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• 2014

The selection of morphologically normal spermatozoa is critical to obtain high breeding performances in boar breeding farms and artificial insemination (AI) centers. Parameters for the selection of semen mainly include total sperm motility, concentration, and morphology. However, these primary parameters are often not reliable for discriminating between normal and abnormal, non-fertilizable spermatozoa. The present study was designed to compare the motion characteristics, fertilization ability using in vitro fertilization (IVF), and acrosome formation of the semen from boars having low (boar number 2012) and normal (boar number 2004 and 2023) breeding performances. The ultimate goal was to identify additional simple and easy criteria for the selection of normal sperm. There was no significant difference between boar 2004 and boar 2023 sperm total motility in computer assisted sperm analysis. However, boar number 2012 semen presented a significantly reduced population of rapid moving spermatozoa and an increased population of slow moving spermatozoa compared to boar numbers 2004 and 2023. Analysis of detailed motion characteristics revealed that sperm from boar number 2012 had significantly reduced motility in progressiveness, average path velocity, straight-line velocity (VSL), curvilinear velocity (VCL), straightness, and linearity. The assessment of the fertilizing ability by IVF also showed that sperm from boar number 2012 showed a fertility rate of 3.4%, whereas sperm from boar number 2023 had a fertility rate of 75.45%. Interestingly, most of the sperm nuclei were found on the peripheral area of the oocytes, suggesting that the sperm from boar number 2012 lacked penetration ability into the oocyte zonapellucida. The acrosome formation analysis using Pisum sativum agglutinin staining demonstrated that the sperm from boar number 2012 had a defect in acrosome formation. Consequently, primary parameters for selecting semen before AI such as motility are not sufficient to select normal and fertilizable spermatozoa. In conclusion, the present study suggests that the acrosome staining and detailed motion characteristics such as progressiveness, VCL, and VSL should be included in determining semen quality together with primary parameters for successful AI and high breeding performance in the swine industry.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.157-161
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• 2003

본 연구는 소형 고양이의 불임 해결과 체외수정란을 생산하기 위한 방안으로서 난자의 형태, 번식주기, 배양시간 및 활성화 처리가 난포란의 체외수정 및 체외발생에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 1. 신선 및 salt에 보존한 난소로부터 회수한 난구세포부착 및 나화 난자를 각각 배양했을때 체외수정율 및 분할율은 65.7%와 17.1%, 28.6%와 8.6% 및 57.1%와 13.3%, 23.3%와 3.3%로서 난구세포 부착 신선난자가 나화 난자에 비해 높은 체외발생률을 나타냈다. 2. 휴지기, 발정기 및 황체기 단계로 구분하여 채취한 난포란을 성숙배양 후 수정시켰을 때 체외수정율은 각각 68.9%, 44.4%, 48.9%였으며, 분할율은 각각 17.8%, 8.9%, 12.8%로 나타났다 3. 24, 36 및 48시간 각각 배양한 난포란을 성숙 배양 후 수정시켰을 때 체외수정율은 각각 66.7%, 46.7%, 48.9%였으며, 분할율은 각각 17.8%, 11.1%, 8.5%로 나타났다. 4. 난자를 활성화처리 및 비활성화처리 후 각각 체외수정시켰을 때 체외수정율은 각각 57.4%와 31.4%였고, 체외분할율은 22.9%와 11.4%로서 활성화 처리를 한 난자가 높은 체외발생율을 나타냈다.