• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제64권3호
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• pp.500-514
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• 2022

The blood-epididymis barrier (BEB) forms a unique microenvironment that is crucial for the maturation, protection, transport, and storage of spermatozoa in the epididymis. To characterize the function of tight junctions (TJs), which are constitutive components of the BEB, we determined the expression and localization of TJ proteins such as zonula occludens (ZO)-1, 2, and 3, occludin, and claudin3 (Cldn3) during postnatal development in the goat epididymis. To assess the expression patterns of TJ proteins in immature (3 months of age) and mature (14 months of age) goat epididymides, two different experimental methods were used including immunofluorescence labeling and western blotting. We show that, ZO-1, 2, and 3, and occludin, were strictly expressed and localized to the TJs of the goat epididymis, whereas Cldn3 was present in basolateral membranes as well as TJs. All TJ proteins examined were more highly expressed in the immature epididymis compared to levels in mature tissue. In conclusion, our study indicates that at least five TJ proteins, namely ZO-1, ZO-2, ZO-3, occludin, and Cldn3, are present in TJs, and the expression strength and pattern of TJ proteins tend to be age dependent in the goat epididymis. Together, these data suggest that the distinct expression patterns of TJ proteins are essential for regulating components of the luminal contents in the epididymal epithelium and for forming adequate luminal conditions that are necessary for the maturation, protection, transport, and storage of spermatozoa in the goat epididymis.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.345-350
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• 1993

Multiple ejaculates were collected from four male mongrel dogs. The second fraction and the small volume of third fraction from the ejaculates were divided and treated as follows : control; addition of the egg-yolk Tris extender to the semen at $37^{\circ}C$. group I; Removal of seminal plasma, group II; addition of the glycerolated extender at $4^{\circ}C$, group III Removal of seminal plasma and addition of glycerolated extender at $4^{\circ}C$. The semen cooled to $4^{\circ}C$ was equlibrated for 2hrs and preserved in refrigerator at $4^{\circ}C$. The preserved semen was evaluated for kinetics, morphology, motility and thermoresistance daily for 3 days. 1. The kinectics after preserved days 2 and 3 of group I was significantly higher than that of control(p<0.05). 2. There were no significant difference in abnormal morphology of each group between the periods of storage. 3. The motility after preserved day 1 and days 3 of group I was significantly higher than that of others(p<0.05), and the molity after preserved days 2 of group I and III was signficantly higher than that of others(p<0.05). 4. When the molity of preserved semen was measured during incubation at $37^{\circ}C$, the motility of four groups was declined at similar rates. There was no effect of removal of seminal plasma and glycerol addition on thermoresistance.

• Applied Microscopy
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.21-44
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• 2000

동면기 (11월부터 3월까지) 동안의 한국산 관박쥐(Rhinolophus ferrumequinum korai) 자성 생식도관 내의 정자저장, 정자 생존 여부 및 정자이동을 알아보기 위하여 전자현미경으로 관찰한 결과는 다음과 같았다. (1) 자궁내강, 자궁선내의 정자들은 다수의 백혈구들에 의해 포식되고 소멸되었다. (2)정자들은 수란관 미측 협부에서만 저장되었고, 정자들의 두부는 상피세포쪽을 향하고 있었다. 이는 교미기(10월 초-중순경)에 사출된 정자들이 긴 동면기 동안에 수란관 미측 협부에서만 생존 가능함을 의미하며, 수란관의 미측 협부가 정자의 수정능 획득(capacitation)에 필요한 최적의 장소임을 의미한다. (3) 동면후기인 3월의 수란관 미측협부에는 정자들이 관찰되지 않았다. 이는 배란기인 4월에 난자를 만나기 위해 정자들이 수정부위인 팽대부 쪽으로 이행하였음을 의미한다. 이상의 결과로 미루어 보아, 긴 동면기 동안의 자성 생식도관 내에서의 정자의 장기저장과 생존여부 및 정자이동은 수정을 위한 일종의 mechanism이라 여겨진다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.79-92
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• 1992

건국대학교 축산대학 부설 양어장에서 사육중인 50마리의 무지개 송어 수컷에서 채취된 정액을 각각 1989년 12월부터 1990년 12월까지 $-20^{\circ}C$와 $-40^{\circ}C$에서 1년 1989년 12월부터 2월까지 2개월동안 $-196^{\circ}C$인 액체질소탱크내에서 그리고 1990년 12월부터 2월까지 $-20^{\circ}C,\;-40^{\circ}C,\;-70^{\circ}C$에서 2개월 동안 동결보존후, $-13^{\circ}C$ 냉수에 해동시켜 20분간 원심분리기에서 정자를 분리시킨 다음 Tyrode 용액으로 50배 정도 희석시킨 후의 정자의 생존율 및 운동성과 신선한 난자와 인공수정시킨 후의 수정률 및 부화율을 조사한 결과는 다음과 같다. 동결보존전과 해동후의 정자의 생존율을 비교해 볼 때 전반적으로 생존전과 큰 차이 없이 생존율이 높게 나타났다. 3가지의 항동해제로 동결보존시킨 후 해동된 정자가 포함된 희석액으로 인공수정시킨 후의 수정률은 모두 $99\%$ 이상으로서 이러한 수치는 $99\%$ 이상을 나타내는 대조구와 차이가 없었고, $-20^{\circ}C,\;-40^{\circ}C,\;-70^{\circ}C$\;-196^{\circ}C와 같이 서로 다른 온도에서도 수정률은 대조구와 큰 차이 없이 나타났다. 1M의 DMSO의 항동해제로 $-196^{\circ}C$에서 2개월 동안 동결보존시킨 후 해동된 정자가 포함된 희석액으로 인공수정시킨지 24일 이후의 수정률 및 부화율은 BSA가 포함된 희석액이 각자 $96\%$ 및 $8\%$ 이고, 포함되지 않은 희석액은 각각 $98\%,\;10\%\;$로서 BSA가 포함되지 않은 경우에서 부화율이 약간 높게 나타났다. 1M DMSO의 항동해제로 2개월동안 동종보존시킨 후 해동된 정자가 포함된 희석액으펄 인공수정 시킨지 24일 이후의 부화율은 각각 $-196^{\circ}C$에서 $10\%,\;-40^{\circ}C$에서 $34\%,\;-70^{\circ}C$에서 $35\%$로 나타났다. 1M의 methanol의 항동해제 동결보존시친 후 해동된 정자가 포함된 희석액으로 인공수정시킨지 24일 이후의 부화율은 각각 $-20^{\circ}C$에서 $22\%,\;-70^{\circ}C$에서 $28\%$로 나타났다. 1M glycerol의 항동해제로 동결보존시킨 후 해동된 정자가 포함된 희석액으로 인공수정시킨지 24일 이후의 부화율은 각각 $-20^{\circ}C$에서 $22\%,\;-70^{\circ}C$에서 $33\%$로 나타났다. 1.5M DMSO의 항동제로 2개월동안 동결보존 시킨 후 해동된 정자가 포함된 희석액으로 인공수정시킨지 24일 이후의 부화율은 각각 $-20^{\circ}C$에서 $27\%,\;-40^{\circ}C$에서 $36\%,\;-70^{\circ}C$에서 $35\%$로 나타났다. 1.5M glycerol의 항동해제로 2개월동안 동결보존시킨 후 해동된 정자가 포함된 희석액으로 인공수정시킨지 24일 이후의 부화율은 각각 $-20^{\circ}C$에서 $34\%,\;-40^{\circ}C$에서 $31\%,\;-70^{\circ}C$에서 $31\%$로 나타났다. 1.5M methane의 항동해제로 2개월동안 동결보존시킨후 해동된 정자가 포함된 희석액으로 인공수정시킨지 24일 이후의 부화율은 각각 $-20^{\circ}C$에서 $28\%-40^{\circ}C$에서 $29\%-70^{\circ}C$에서 $28\%$로 나타났다. 신선한 정자의 중편부는 2본의 중앙섬유소, 9본의 외측조대섬유, 미토콘드리아초로 구성되어 있다. 동결보존시 정자는 편모의 구부러짐, 정자경부의 핵막의 이탈, 핵내용물이 유출되는 손상을 입었다.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.243-250
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• 1995

Frozen storage of the oocytes has been used in a few mammalian species including mouse, hamster, human and cattle. However, frozen4hawed oocvtes show different sperm penetration on the levels of the zona pellucida and the plasma memhrane when compared with fresh oocytes. To elucidate biological changes occurring during freezing and thawing, we examined the kinetics of sperm penetration into frozen-thawed hamster oocytes. Oocytes obtained from superovulated female golden hamsters were frozen-thawed in an autofreezer according to an established method. Fresh and frozen4hawed oocytes were fertilized in vitro with capacitated hamster spermatozoa after removing the zona pellucida. The oocytes were examined at 1, 2, 3 and 6 h postinsemination. Sperm penetration found to be 1 h delayed in frozen-thawed oocytes. Other parameters such as degree of polyspermy and decondensing sperm heads were not affected by freezing and thawing. The results suggest that freezing and thawing may cause changes in the egg membrane surface and subsequently which leads to delay in the sperm-egg fusion.

• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.7-11
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• 2015

Preservation of liquid semen is an important factor for breeding management in swine industry. Oxidative stress of spermatozoa during liquid preservation has a detrimental effect on sperm quality and decreases fertility. Objective of this study was to determine the effect of antioxidant, Quercetin, on capability of porcine liquid semen preservation. Freshly collected porcine semen from boars (n=3), having proven fertility was counted, diluted to $3{\times}10^7/mL$ and divided into 5 different semen extenders. Aliquots of diluted semen with different extenders were subjected to measure the pH, motility, viability and sperm DNA structure status on elapse time after preservation for 10 days. For the first 3 days, semen preserved in all 5 different extenders maintained their initial pH and either gradually decreased or increased thereafter, indicating lipid peroxidation has started. Sperm motility (r=0.52, p=0.01) and viability (r=0.55, p=0.03) had positive correlation with semen pH. Sperm motility was maintained well (p<0.05) in especially 2 extenders containing Tris and antioxidant compared to other extenders, suggesting both Tris and antioxidant worked as pH regulator and had beneficial effects on sperm characteristic during preservation. Sperm DNA structure status accessed by sperm chromatin structure assay on elapsed time after preservation, tended to be higher in semen preserved without antioxidant. Taken together, addition of antioxidant to extender prevents the sperm from oxidative stress during storage in mechanism by which antioxidant slows the lipid peroxidation, and thus reduced the reactive oxygen species in preserved porcine semen resulted in maintaining semen pH, sperm motility and viability for 7~10 days.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.21-28
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• 2012

A study was conducted on four crossbred bulls, used as artificial insemination (AI) sires, to correlate their semen quality with their non return rate (NRR). Semen was collected once a week via an artificial vagina, diluted in egg yolk-citrate and maintained at $+7^{\circ}C$ for three days. It was evaluated for sperm motility, viability, morphology immediately after collection and was examined daily for sperm motility, viability and morphology of acrosome, mid piece and tail for a total of three days. A total of 2016 cows were inseminated by two AI technicians. The proportions of sperm with normal heads were 83.4% (63.7~91.7%), the proportion of spermatozoa exhibiting normal morphology (acrosome, mid piece and tail), motility and viability were 89.2% (82.3~92.0%), 71.3% (61.7~75.0%) and 76.7% (65.7~85.0%), respectively in fresh ejaculates. Sperm motility and sperm viability was significantly ($p$ <0.05) lower in Holstein-Friesian ${\times}$ Local bull than in other bulls during all three days of storage. The overall NRR for four bulls was 82.7% (72.9-87.5%). Bulls with higher sperm motility, viability and normal morphology of spermatozoa of individual bull had significantly (each $p$ <0.05) higher NRR. The highest ($p$ <0.01) NRR (87.5%) was observed in a Red Chittagong bull whose semen qualities were significantly ($p$ <0.05) higher than Holstein-Friesian ${\times}$ Local bull (NNR 72.9%). The results of the present study concluded that NRR at 56 days post AI is related to parameters of semen quality. Therefore, semen evaluation may allow the discarding of bulls with poor fertility in an AI program.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.340-345
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• 2008

Oxidative stress is one of the major causes of failure of in vitro storage of boar semen. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are one of the important mediators of oxidative stress during in vitro storage of boar semen. Our study examined the effects of taurine on sperm characteristic and on in vitro developmental embryos during in vitro storage of boar semen for 7 days. Semen was randomly aliquoted into 3 centrifuge tubes and treated with different concentrations of taurine (25-100 mM). The characteristics of boar sperm were analyzed for motility by light microscopy, viability by using a Makler counting chamber and membrane integrity by a hypoosmotic swelling test (HOST). The percentages of motile spermatozoa in taurine groups after 5 days were significantly higher compared to the control. Sperm viability in the control was lower than in taurine groups after 7 days irrespective of different taurine concentration. In the hyoosmotic swelling test (HOST), significantly higher results were obtained in taurine groups after 3 days. Also, the developmental rates of IVM/IVF porcine embryos from semen treated with pyruvate and taurine were significantly increased when compared with the control (p<0.05). These results indicate that supplementation of taurine as an antioxidant in boar semen extender can improve the semen quality.

• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.261-265
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• 2004

The present study was conducted to assess sperm characteristics in miniature-pig. The semen samples were transported to the laboratory at 17℃ within 3 hours after collection. The extended semen was stored at 17℃, and sperm quality was evaluated at 0, 1, 3, 5 and 7 days after storage. The semen volume of miniature-pig (62±22㎖) was significantly (p<0.05) lower than that of Duroc (155±25㎖) and Yorkshire (154±23㎖). Significant differences were also observed in sperm concentrations. During 3 days of storage, sperm viability did not differ among miniature-pig, Duroc and Yorkshire. However, the viability was significantly (p<0.05) lower in miniature-pig than in Duroc and Yorkshire semen after Day 3 of storage. In abnormality, acrosome intactness and intensity, there were no differences among miniature-pig, Duroc and Yorkshire semen. On the other hand, the viability of frozen-thawed sperm in miniature-pig was significantly (p<0.05) lower than in that of Duroc and Yorkshire. This study also examined CTC patterns in frozen-thawed spermatozoa. The rates of AR pattern were higher in miniature-pig than in Duroc and Yorkshire. However, no difference was found in F, B and AR patterns. The results of present study suggest that further research is necessary to develop of semen extender and freezing methods to improve sperm quality in miniature-pig.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.670-676
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• 2022

Objective: This study was conducted to examine influence of skimmed milk-based extender (SM), INRA 96 extender and BotuSemen Gold extender on parameters of stallions' ejaculate during storage. Methods: In this study, 14 stallions between 4 and 20 years of age were monitored. Total and progressive motility, viability and morphology of sperm were evaluated at time intervals of 24, 48, and 72 hours after collection. Results: The total motility, progressive motility, and values of sperm with normal morphology were significantly higher in the INRA 96 and BotuSemen Gold extenders than in the SM (p<0.01). The sperm viability differed significantly in all extenders (p<0.01). The highest value of sperm viability was in INRA 96 (64.69%±0.67%) and lowest in SM (59.70%±0.81%). The highest differences occurred at 72 hours of storage. Values of total motility, progressive motility and sperm viability decreased over time (p<0.01). In case of sperm morphology there was no statistically significant decrease between 48- and 72-hour time intervals. Conclusion: It can be concluded that the extenders with a chemically defined composition have shown better indicators of insemination capabilities in ejaculates than the SM. The BotuSemen Gold extender is a suitable alternative to the INRA 96, when used within 48 hours; after 72 hours of storage, however, the INRA 96 showed a higher share of viable spermatozoa.