• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.93-97
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• 2006

To study the signaling effect of insulin-like growth factor-I(IGF-1), transgenic mice containing IGF-1 Receptor (IGF-1R) cDNA fused to metallothionein promoter were produced by DNA microinjection into the pronucleus of mouse zygote. Three founders were produced with transgenic mice containing IGF-1R gene. Transgenic mice lines contained approximately $4{\sim}20$ copies of transgenes per cell and transmission of this gene into the progeny with Mendelian manner were determined. The founder mice were mated with normal mice to produce $F_1$ mice and then $F_2$ mice. Transmission rates of IGF-1R transgene in the progeny mice were $25{\sim}60%$ in $F_1$ generation and $40{\sim}50%$ in $F_2$ generation. The mRNA expression of IGF-1R transgene in liver was analyzed using RT-PCR for IGF-1R gene in liver. When body weights of transgenic pups were measured during 4, 10 and 14 weeks after birth, IGF-1R transgenic mice grew faster than non transgenic littermates. This study indicated that growth regulation by IGF-1 signaling through IGF-1R can be elucidated using IGF-1R transgenic mice.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.65-72
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• 2001

Objectives: This study was to investigate the fertilization rate after intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) or partial zona dissection (PZD) of human and hamster sperm into hamster oocyte in in vitro fertilization (IVF). In addition, the possibility of clinical application was evaluated by the comparison of usefulness and difference of these method. Materials and Methods: Hamster immature oocytes were obtained from oviducts superovulated by PMSG and hCG, and hamster sperms were obtained from epididymis. The freezed human sperms were thawed before use. Fertilization were confirmed by two pronuclei, one pronucleus, swollen sperm head or/and two polar bodies at $7{\sim}8$ hour after ICSI or PZD. Results: The fertilization rates after ICSI and PZD of human sperm to hamster oocyte were 3.6%, 64.2%,73.6%, and 55.6% for negative control, positive control, ICSI, and PZD respectively, suggesting that ICSI only showed improved fertilization rate (p<0.01). The fertilization rates after ICSI and PZD of hamster sperm to hamster oocyte were 11.1%, 51.2%, 39.6%, and 72.7% for negative control, positive control, ICSI, and PZD respectively, suggesting that PZD only showed improved fertilization rate (p<0.01). PZD showed significantly higher fertilization rate than ICSI (p<0.05). Conclusions: As for the fertilization rate by ICSI and PZD using hamster oocyte in IVF, ICSI technique was considered to be more useful for human sperm and PZD technique for hamster sperm. Therefore, ICSI technique was considered more appropriate for experimental application using human sperm and hamster oocyte.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.167-173
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• 2000

The principal objective of this study was to clone transgenic embryos in order to improve the efficiency of transgenic animal production by the combination of microinjection and nuclear transplantation techniques. Mature female New Zealand White rabbits were superovulated by eCG and hCG treatments, fllowed by natural mating. Zygotes were collected from the oviducts at 18∼22 h after hCG injection by flushing with D-PBS containing 5% fetal calf serum(FCS). Two to three picoliters of green fluorescent protein(GFP) gene wa microinjected into male pronucleus. The foreign gene-injected zygotes were cultured in TCM-199 or RD medium containing 10% FCS with a monolayer of rabbit oviductal epithelial cells in a 5% CO2 incubator. The morulae expressing GFP gene were selected and their blastomeres were separated for the use of nuclear donor. Following nuclear transplantation of fluorescence-positive morula stage blastomeres, 13 (21.3%) out of 61 fused oocytes developed to blastocyst stage and all of the cloned blastocysts expressed GFP. The results indicate that the screening of transgene in rabbit embryos by GFP detection could be a promisible method for the preselection of transgenic embryos. Also the cloning of preselected transgenic embryos by nuclear transplantatin could be efficiently applied to the multiple production of transgenic animals.

• 한국가축번식학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.353-360
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• 2002

Although successful pronuclear formation and apposition were seen in porcine oocytes following mouse sperm injection, little is known on the morphology of male and female pronuclei following sperm injection. The objective of this study is to describe the ultrastructure of porcine zygote following murine sperm injection in relation to the chronology of pronuclear S phase. At 40h ~ 44h following in vitro maturation, Cumulus cells were removed in TCM-HEPES with 0.1% hyaluronidase. Then, spermatozoa was injected into the cytoplasm of oocytes. After. injection, all oocytes were transferred to NCSU23 medium and cultured at 39$^{\circ}C$ under 5% $CO_2$ in air. Oocytes were fixed in 2% glutaraldehyde in Dulbeccos phosphate-buffered saline and observed by Transmission Electron Microscopy. Nuclear precursor bodies were observed in each pronucleus. A cluster of large and small granules was attached in the nucleolus precursor body. After the apposition of male and female chromatin, chromatin condensation was observed throughout the nucleoplasm and nucleolus precursor bodies and condensed chromatin in contact with clusters of small and large granules and the nuclear envelope were found in apposed pronuclear regions. These results suggest that non-species specific nuclear cytoplasmic interactions take place during pronuclear formation and apposition following sperm injection.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.31-36
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• 2008

We attempted to control the maturation promoting factors (MPF) activity and nuclear remodeling of somatic cell nuclear transfer (NT) bovine embryos. Bovine ear skin fibroblasts were fused to enucleated oocytes treated with either 5 mM caffeine for 2.5 h or 0.5 mM vanadate for 0.5 h and activated. The nuclear remodeling type of the reconstituted embryos was evaluated 1.5 h after activation. MPF activity was assessed in enucleated and chemical treated oocytes before the injection of a donor cell. Effect of chemicals on the embryonic development was evaluated with parthenogenetic embryos. MPF activity increased significantly by caffeine treatment, but decreased by vanadate treatment (p<0.05). Caffeine or vanadate had no deleterious effect on the parthenogenetic embryo development. In caffeine treated group, premature chromosome condensation (PCC) was occurred in 72.2% of NT embryos (p<0.05). In contrast, vanadate induced the formation of a pronucleus-like structure (PN) in a high frequency (68.9%, p<0.05) without PCC (NPCC). Blastocyst development of NT embryos increased by treating with caffeine (30.3%), whereas decreased by treating with vanadate (11.4%) compared to control (22.1%, p<0.05). The results indicate that caffeine or vanadate can control of MPF activity and remodeling type of NT embryos, resulting in the increased or decreased in vitro development.

• 한국가축번식학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.195-202
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• 1998

본 연구에서는 돼지 난자 내에 돼지, 사람, 소 및 생쥐의 정자를 미세 주입한 후 전핵형성과ㅏ 전핵의 이동을 관찰하였다. 핵과 미세소관은 정자 주입 후 간접면역 형광염색을 실시한 후 공초점주사현미경으로 관찰하였다. 돼지 난자 내에 돼지정자를 직접 주입하였을 경우 일반적인 수정과정과 동일하게 정자중편부에서 성상체가 형성되었고, 이 성상체에 의해서 웅성 및 자성 전핵의 이동(44%), 유사분열(3%) 및 2-세포기(13%)까지 정상적인 수정이 이루어지는 것을 관찰할 수가 있었다. 반면에 이종(사람, 소 및 생쥐)의 정자를 돼지난자에 직접 주입하였을 경우 단위발생시 난 활성이 유도된 난자와 같이 난자자체에서 형성된 미세소관에 의해 전핵이 이동(47, 30 및 17%)하는 것을 볼 수가 있었다. 하지만, 접합체 형성 및 2-세포기로의 분리되는 과정은 관찰할 수 없었다. 이러한 결과로 돼지 난자 내에 이종의 정자가 주입되었을 때 정자의 핵은 비록이적으로 전핵으로 발달되고 난자 중심부로 이동된다는 것을 보여주는 것인데, 이때 전핵을 움직이는 것은 정자에서 유래된 중심체에 의한 것이 아니라 난자세포질 자체의 미세소관에 의한 것으로 관찰되었다.

• 한국가축번식학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.19-23
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• 1997

This present study was carried out to examine the effect of maturation media and liquid boar semen on in vitro maturation and feritilization of pig oocytes. The results obtained were as follows : When the oocytes were cultured for 36∼42 hours in mTCM-199, Waymouth MB 725/1 and mTLP-PVA medium, the maturation rates were 90%, 92% and 88%, respectively. The sperm penetration rates of pig oocyte matured in vitro were 87%(mTCM-199), 90%(Waymouth MB 725/1) and 86%(mTLP-PVA), respectively. The rates of nuclear maturation and fertilization of pig oocytes among three different media did not differ. However, the rate of male pronucleus formation of pig oocytes was significantly higher in pig oocytes matured in Waymouth MB 725/1(91%) than oocytes matured in mTCM-199(66%) and mTLP-PVA(62%) medium (P<0.05). When the collected sperm-rich fraction without diluent was used fro in vitro fertilization in mTCM-199 fertilization medium, the fertilization rate was 87.9%. However, when the liquid boar semen diluted with B tschwiler diluent was used at day 3 and 5 after dilution, the fertilization rate was 40.8% and 0.0%, respectively.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.89-95
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• 2009

Successful in vitro embryo production heavily relies on the normal maturation and fertilisation of oocytes. We examined the normal and abnormal fertilisation of zebu cattle oocytes matured in vitro. Immature cumulus oocyte complexes (COCs) from zebu cattle ovaries at slaughter were matured in vitro (IVM) for 24 h. The oocytes were either fixed, stained and examined for nuclear changes or fertilised in vitro (IVF) with Percoll-separated, heparintreated spermatozoa (1.0 ${\times}$ $10^6$/mL) of zebu (n = 7) and crossbred bulls (n = 7). After 18 h of sperm-COCs co-incubation at $39^{\circ}$C with 5% $CO_2$ in humidified air, the presumptive zygotes were fixed, stained and examined for pronuclei. The number of oocytes retrieved per ovary was 5.4 ${\pm}$ 0.7. The percentage of matured oocytes was 73.0. The difference in motility of spermatozoa before and after Percoll seperation was significant (p<0.001). The percentages of normal and abnormal fertilisation (polyspermia and oocytes with one pronucleus) varied significantly depending on individual bulls (p<0.05). A protocol for IVF of IVM oocytes in Bangladeshi zebu cattle is developed. A future study may elucidate the capacity of such IVM-IVF oocytes to develop to the blastocyst stage for transfer to surrogate mother.

• 한국동물학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.21-28
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• 1988

dbcAMP에 의해 성숙이 억제된 생쥐난자의 수정능을 조사하기 위해 본 실험을 행하였다. dbcAMP로 일시 성숙이 억제되었던 난자를 배양액내에서 정자와 섞고 24시간 배양한 후 발생한 2세포기의 배아형성, 정자의 관입, 전액형성을 조사하여 2세포기로 배아발생이 진척된 것을 수정율의 기준으로 정하였다. dbcAMP를 처리하지 않은 난자는 약 53.3%의 수정율을 보였으며,dbcAMP가 함유되 배양액에서 배양한 후 기본 배양액에서 성숙시킨 난자들의 수정율은 dbcAMP의 처리시간에 비례하여 낮으나, 정자의 관입은 정상적으로 일어났다. 전자현미경적 관찰에 의하면 dbcAMP 처리는 난자의 미세구조에 어떠한 변화도 야기하지 않았다. 따라서 dbcAMP를 사전처리하여 성숙을 억제한 난자라할지라도 어느 정도의 수정능력을 보유하고 있다고 사료된다.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.123-127
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• 1990

모성 및 부성 genome의 기능을 알아보기 위하여 미세조작기법과 Sendai virus를 이용한 핵융합 기술을 이용하여 2개의 자성전핵만으로 구성된 2배체의 gynogenetic 수정란을 그리고 2개의 웅성전핵만으로 구성된 2배체의 androgenetic 수정란을 인위적으로 작출하였다. 이들의 작출효율은 biparental 수정란에서는 56%, gynogenetic 수정란에서는 50% 그리고 androgenetic 수정란에서는 56% 이었다. 이들을 체외에서 배양한 결과 gynogenetic 및 androgenetic 수정란은 2-세포기 이후에는 biparental 및 intact 수정란에 비하여 그 발달능이 매우 저조하였으나 이들 중 25% 이상이 포배까지 발달한 수 있음을 확인하였다. Gynogenetic 및 androgenetic 수정란을 동기화된 수란생쥐의 난관내에 이식하였던 바, androgenetic 수정란은 전혀 착상 되지 않았으나, gynogenetic 수정란에서는 착상이 확인되었다. 핵이식기법으로 인위조작된 2배체의 biparental 수정란으로부터 28마리의 생쥐 신생자를 생산하였다.