• 한국가축번식학회지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.188-194
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• 1989

These experiments were carried out to investigate fertilizable and developmental ability after zona drilling the unfertilized eggs and the eggs not fertilized by the 1st insemination. The results of in vitro fertilization of the mouse eggs treated by using micromanipulation and acid tyrode's solution with capacitated epididymal spermatozoa were as follows. In the case of ovulated unfertilized eggs, according to sperm count(106, 105, 104 and 103/ml) the rates of in vitro fertlilization treated by zona drilling were 86.0%, 82.0%, 70.0% and 54.0%, respectively, and those of control were 58.0%, 52.0%, 12.0% and 8.0%, respectively. The rates of in vitro fertilization of zona drilled eggs were significantly high compared with those of control, and there were no significant difference between two groups. According to the sperm count the zona drilled eggs developed to the blastocysts were 51.4%, 40.5%, 23.3% and 17.4% and those of control were 35.7%, 26.3%, 0% and 0%, respectively. Also, in the eggs not fertilized by 1st insemination, the fertilization rates of oocytes reinseminated after zona drilling was significantly higher(83.5%) than that of control(34.7%), and the rates of polyspermy were similar. The rates of development to the blastocysts was 18.6% in the zona drilling treated eggs, and that of control was 27.3%, there was no significant difference between two groups. These results indicated that oocytes not fertilized by 1st insemination as well as ovulated unfertilized eggs could be fertilized, improve fertilizing rates by zona drilling treatment, and development potential were normal.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.118-124
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• 2012

Objective: To review the outcomes of preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) using zona drilling with acid Tyrode's solution (chemical zona pellucida drilling, chemical ZD) and those of partial zona dissection (PZD). Methods: Clinical outcomes of seventy-one couples undergoing 85 PGD cycles from January 2005 to December 2010 were included. Blastocyst formation and the hatching rate, clinical pregnancy rate, ongoing pregnancy rate, implantation rate, and fetal gender ratio of the PZD and chemical ZD groups were compared. Results: Application of PZD resulted in a significantly higher rate of clinical pregnancy (40.7% vs. 15.4%, p=0.022), ongoing pregnancy (35.6% vs. 11.5%, p=0.023), and implantation (18.1% vs. 5.7%, p=0.007) compared with chemical ZD. Among non-transferred embryos, the rate of blastocyst formation on day 5 (49.1% vs. 39.5%, p=0.016) and hatching on day 6 (47.2% vs. 26.5%, p<0.001) were also significantly higher in the PZD group. Conclusion: The mechanical zona dissection (ZD) method showed better outcomes than chemical ZD in terms of the blastocyst development and pregnancy rate. In this study, the fact that chemical ZD was conducted in different period from mechanical method should be considered in interpreting the result.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.193-201
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• 2001

본 연구에서는 DNA marker가 검정된 한우로부터 생산한 체외수정란을 이식하여 육질 및 육량의 유전적 능력이 우수한 한우를 대량생산하여 고품질 한우 쇠고기 생산 시스템을 구축하기 위한 전단계로서 DNA marker 검정 한우로부터 초음파유도 난포란을 채란하여 체외수성 및 수정란의 체외 발달에 미치는 각종 요인들과 배반포기 수정란의 부화율 개선을 위하여 투명대를 laser로 drilling을 실시하여 부화율을 조사하였다. 초음파유래 체외수정란의 분할률은 swim-up과 percoll 방법이 각각 75.0%(48/64) 및 71.4% (45/63)로써 이들간에 유의적인 차이는 없었고, 도축장유래 체외수정란의 분할율도 각각 69.9% (121/173) 및 62.2%(l12/180)로써 유의적인 차이가 없었다. 배반포기로의 발달율을 초음파유래 체외수정란이 25.0%(swim-up; 12/48) 및 22.2%(percoll; 10/45)로써 정자의 처리방법간에 유의적인 차이가 없었다. 초음파유래 체외수정란도 각각 29.8%와 28.6%로써 차이가 없었다. 초음파유래 난포란을 등급별로 분류하여 체외수정을 실시하였을 때 1(G I), 2(G II) 및 3(G III)등급 난포란의 분할율은 각각 60.0%(3/5), 69.2%(18/26) 및 62.1%(59/95)로써 이들간에 유의적인 차이는 없었으나, 4등급 난포란의 36.2%(25/69) 보다는 유의적(P<0.05)으로 높았다. 배반포기로의 발달율은 1 및 2등급이 33.3% (1/3) 및 38.7%(7/18)로써 3 및 4등급의 16.9% (10/59) 및 4.0%(1/25)보다는 유의적(P<0.05)으로 높았다 초음파유래 난포란을 체외수정 후 TFB, HT 및 HTB 배양액으로 체외배양을 실시하였을 때 분할율은 68.7%(55/80), 65.0%(13/20) 및 68.2% (15/22) 로써 유의적인 차이가 없었으며, 초음파유래 체외수정란의 배반포기로의 발달율은 TFB (25.5%), HT(23.1%) 및 HTB(20.0%)간에 유의적인 차이가 없었다. Laser system 으로 zona drilling을 실시한 EB, ExB 및 ExBO 수정란의 부화율은 각각 65.8%(25/38), 82.9%(29/35) 및 80%(16/20)로써 초음파유래 ExB 수정란이 가장 높게 나타났으며 (P<0.05), zona drilling 을 하지 않은 배반포기 수정란은 각각 25.0%(EB; 12/48) 및 35.7%(ExB; 15/42)로서 이들간에 유의적인 차이가 없었다. 그러나 zona drilling한 배반포기 수정란은 bona drilling을 하지 않은 배반포기 수정란에 비하여 부화율이 유의적(P<0.05)으로 높게 나타났다.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제45권3호
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• pp.129-134
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• 2018

Objective: In frozen and thawed embryos, the zona pellucida (ZP) can be damaged due to hardening. Laser-assisted hatching (LAH) of embryos can increase the pregnancy rate. This study compared thinning and drilling of the ZP before frozen embryo transfer (FET). Methods: Patients were randomly allocated into two groups for LAH using thinning or drilling on day 2 after thawing. Twenty-five percent of the ZP circumference and 50% of the ZP thickness was removed in the thinning group, and a hole $40{\mu}m$ in diameter was made in the drilling group. Results: A total of 171 in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection FET cycles, including 85 cycles with drilling LAH and 86 cycles with thinning LAH, were carried out. The thinning group had a similar ${\beta}$-human chorionic gonadotropin-positive rate (38.4% vs. 29.4%), implantation rate (16.5% vs. 14.4%), clinical pregnancy rate (36.0% vs. 25.9%), miscarriage rate (5.8% vs. 2.4%), ongoing pregnancy rate (30.2% vs. 23.5%), and multiple pregnancy rate (7.0% vs. 10.6%) to the drilling LAH group. There were no significant differences in pregnancy outcomes between subgroups defined based on age (older or younger than 35 years) or ZP thickness (greater or less than $17{\mu}m$) according to the LAH method. Conclusion: The present study demonstrated that partial ZP thinning or drilling resulted in similar outcomes in implantation and pregnancy rates using thawed embryos, irrespective of women's age or ZP thickness.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.123-128
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• 1998

Implantation rates remain low following human in vitro fertilization (IVF). Suboptimal culture conditions may limit the ability of embryos to hatch as blastocysts, and artificial opening of the zona pellucida has been proposed as a means to promote subsequent hatching (assisted hatching). In this study, assisted hatching (AH) by zona drilling using acidic Tyrode's solution was performed in 320 patients, due to their age of more than 38 years (group A), the thick zona pellucida (group Z; $ZP\geq0.18{\mu}m$), and failures in implantation more than 3 times in previous IVF-ET trial (group P). This study was designed firstly, to study the effects of AH on the outcomes of IVF-ET according to the indications and secondly, to verify the appropriate application of AH. The results were as follows; 1. There was no difference in pregnancy rate between AH group (26.6%) and non-AH group (26.5%). 2. Assisted hatching (AH) showed significantly higher pregnancy rate of the patients with thick zona pellucid a than those of the patients with age factor and with the history of repeated implantation failure. But in the patients with age factor only, AH resulted in higher pregnancy rate. 3. Interestingly, the patients with complex factors including zona factor (Z: 33.9%; ZA: 30.4%; ZP: 31.6%; ZAP: 21.4%) showed higher pregnancy rates than other complex factors excluding zona factor (A: 24.4%, P: 0%; AP: 10.8%). From these results, AH is more helpful to the patients with thick zona pellucida rather than patients with older age and/or previous repeated implantation failure.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.9-20
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• 1999

The genetic defects in human gametes and embryos can cause adverse effects on overall reproductive events. Biopsy of embryos for preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) offers a new possibility of having children free of the genetic disease. In addition, advanced embryo culture method may enhance the effectiveness of embryo biopsy for the practical application of PGD. This experimental study was undertaken to evaluate the effects of coculture on the development in vitro of biopsied mouse embryos as a preclinical model for PGD of human embryos. Embryos were obtained after in vitro fertilization (IVF) from F1 hybrid mice (C57BLfemale/CBAmale). Using micromanipulation, 1, 2, 3 or 4 blastomeres of 8-cell stage embryos were aspirated through a hole made in the zona pellucida by zona drilling (ZD) with acidic Tyrode's solution (ATS). After biopsy of blastomeres, embryos were cultured in vitro for 110 hours in Ham's F-10 supplemented with 0.4% BSA or cocultured on the monolayer of Vero cells in the same medium. The frequence of blastocyst formation were recorded, and the embryos beyond blastocyst stage were stained with 10% Giemsa to count the total number of nuclei in each embryo. There was no significant difference in the blastocyst formation between the zona intact control group and the zona drilling (ZD) only, or biopsied groups. The hatching rate of all the treatment groups except 4/8 group was significantly higher than that of control group. In all the treatment groups, there was a significant reduction in the mean cell number of embryos beyond blastocyst stage ($50.2{\pm}14.0$ in control group vs. $41.2{\pm}7.9$ in ZD, $39.3{\pm}8.8$ in 7/8, $29.7{\pm}6.4$ in 6/8, $25.1{\pm}5.7$ in 5/8, and $22.1{\pm}4.3$ in 4/8 groups, p<0.05). When the same treatments were followed by coculture with Vero cells, a similar pattern was seen in the blastocyst formation and the hatching rate. However, in all the treatment groups, there was a significant increase in the mean cell number of embryos beyond blastocyst stage with coculture, compared with the parallel groups without coculture. In the cleavage rate of biopsied blastomeres cultured for 110 hours after IVF, there was no significant difference between coculture and non-coculture groups (87.2% vs. 78.7%). However, the mean cell number of embryos developed from the biopsied blastomeres was significantly higher in coculture group ($11.5{\pm}4.7\;vs.\;5.9{\pm}1.9$, p<0.05). In conclusion, biopsy of mouse embryos after ZD with ATS is a safe and highly efficient method for PGD, and coculture with Vero cells showed a positive effect on the development in vitro of biopsied mouse embryos and blastomeres as a preclinical model for PGD of human embryos.

• 한국가축번식학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.287-292
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• 1998

본 실험은 1.48$\mu\textrm{m}$ diode laser의 인간배에 대한 적용 가능성 여부를 조사하기 위한 예비실험으로, 체외생산된 생쥐배에 1.48$\mu\textrm{m}$ diode laser를 이용한 zona pellucida (ZP) drilling 처리가 배의 부화와 체내발달에 효과적인지를 조사하고자 실시하였다. 그 결과는 다음과 같다. 발달단계가 상이한(4-세포기배, 배반포기배) 생쥐배에 laser ZP drilling 처리한 후 72시간 (배반포기배) 또는 120시간 (4-세포기배) 동안 배양하였던 바, laser ZP drilling 처리를 받은 배반포기배의 부화율(81.8%)이 대조군 (54. 2%)이나 laser ZP drilling 처리를 받은 4-세포기배 (45.5%) 보다 유의하게 높게 나타났다(p<0.05). 또한, laser ZP drilling된 배반포기배를 가임신이 유도된 대리모에 이식하였던 바, 처리군 (48.7%)의 착상율이 대조군 (43.6%)보다 약간 높게 나타났다. 한편, 임신된 대리모 일부는 분만을 유도하였던 바, 태어난 모든 새끼는 처리군에 관계없이 정상적인 염색체수 (n=40), 정상적인 성장과 생식기능을 나타내었다. 이러한 결과는 1.48$\mu\textrm{m}$ diode laser를 이용한 ZP drilling이 생쥐배의 부화를 증진시키고 정상적인 임신을 유도할 수 있어 인간배에 대한 적용 간으성을 시사한다고 하겠다.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.47-57
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• 2000

Objective: The effects of cryopreservation with or without coculture on the in vitro development of blastomere-biopsied 8-cell mouse embryos were investigated. This experimental study was originally designed for the setup of a preclinical mouse model for the preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) in human. Methods: Eight-cell embryos were obtained after in vitro fertilization (IVF) from F1 hybrid mice (C57BL(표현불가)/CBA(표현불가)). Using micromanipulation, one to four blastomeres were aspirated through a hole made in the zona pellucida by zona drilling (ZD) with acid Tyrode's solution (ATS). A slow-freezing and rapid-thawing protocol with 1.5M dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and 0.1M sucrose as cryoprotectant was used for the cryopreservation of blastomere- biopsied 8-cell mouse embryos. After thawing, embryos were cultured for 110 hours in Ham's F-10 supplemented with 0.4% bovine serum albumin (BSA). In the coculture group, embryos were cultured for 110 hours on the monolayer of Vero cells in the same medium. The blastocyst formation was recorded, and the embryos developed beyond blastocyst stage were stained with 10% Giemsa to count the total number of nuclei in each embryo. Results: The survival rate of embryos after cryopreservation was significantly lower in the blastomere-biopsied (7/8, 6/8, 5/8, and 4/8 embryos) groups than in the non-biopsied, zona intact (ZI) group. Without the coculture, the blastocyst formation rate of embryos after cryopreservation was not significantly different among ZI, the zona drilling only (ZD), and the balstomere-biopsied groups, but it was significantly lower than in the non-cryopreserved control group. The mean number of cells in embryos beyond blastocyst stage was significantly higher in the control group ($50.2{\pm}14.0$) than in 6/8 ($26.5{\pm}6.2$), 5/8 ($25.0{\pm}5.5$), and 4/8 ($17.8{\pm}7.8$) groups. With the coculture using Vero cells, the blastocyst formation rate of embryos after cryopreservation was significantly lower in 5/8 and 4/8 groups, compared with the control, 7/8, and 6/8 groups. The mean number of cells in embryos beyond blastocyst stage was also significantly lower in 4/8 group ($25.9{\pm}10.2$), compared with the control ($50.2{\pm}14.0$), 7/8 ($56.0{\pm}22.2$), and 6/8 ($55.3{\pm}25.5$) groups. Conclusion: After cryopreservation, blastomere-biopsied mouse embryos have a significantly impaired developmental competence in vitro, but this detrimental effect might be prevented by the coculture with Vero cells in 8-cell mouse embryos biopsied one or two blastomeres. Biopsy of mouse embryos after ZD with ATS is a safe and highly efficient preclinical model for PGD of human embryos.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.55-64
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• 2005

Objective: Human infertility clinics have been faced the demand for improving clinical results. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of microsurgical removal of damaged blastomeres (DB) in frozen-thawed embryos on the clinical outcomes. Methods: From January 2003 to May 2004, out of 258 thawing ET cycles were divided into three groups: Group-1 (n=46): Intact cleavaged embryos after thawing. Remained cycles with embryos containing DB were randomly divided into two groups. Group-2 (n=102): Drilling zona pellucida (ZP) of frozen-thawed embryos by acidified Tyrode's solution. Group-3 (n=110): Drilling ZP and removal of DB. Embryos after microsurgical manipulation were transferred into the uterus of patients. Results: Clinical profiles and the mean number of transferred embryos among three groups were not different. Pregnancy and implantation rates were similar in three groups. It were 30.4% and 9.3% in Group-1, 29.4% and 7.8% in Group-2, and 26.4% and 7.6% in group-3, respectively. Miscarriage rate in Group-3 (37.9%) was slightly higher than those in Group-1 and Group-2 (14.3% and 23.3%), but it was not statistically significant. Conclusion: Intact cleaving embryos after DB removal showed higher potent of pregnancy and implantation. We could not find any improvement of clinical outcome by removal of DB in frozen-thawed embryos.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.213-221
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• 2001

본 연구는 복제 돼지의 생산성 향상과 형질전환에 의한 대체상기용 복제 돼지 생산에 기여하기위한 기초연구로 공여세포의 조건, 핵이식 수정란의 융합 및 활성화와 체외발달에 미치는 각종 요인들은 조사하였다. 공여세포는 생후 10개월 된 Landrace 종으로부터 귀 세포조직(5$\times$5mm)을 채취하여 0.05%의 trypsin과 EDTA가 첨가된 D-PBS로 세포를 분리하여 10% FBS가 첨가된 TCM-199 배양액으로 계대배양을 실시하여 사용하였다. 핵이식은 laser system 으로 투명대를 drilling하여 수핵난자의 극체와 핵을 제거한 후 공여세포를 주입하였으며. 핵이식란은 DC 1.9kv/cm, 30$\mu$sec 1회의 전기자극으로 융합과 1시간 후 AC 1.50kv/cm, 30$\mu$sec 1회의 조건으로 활성화를 실시하여 분할을 유도하였다. 분할된 핵이식 수정란은 10% FBS가 첨가된 NCSU-23 배양액으로 $CO_2$배양기에서 6~8일 동안 체외배양을 실시하여 배반포기로 발달한 수정란을 Hoechst 33342로 핵염색을 하여 할구수를 조사하였다. 공여세포의 기아배양을 3~4 및 5~6 일간 실시하여 핵이식 후 전기자극으로 융합을실시하였을 때 융합율은 각각 45.6 및 36.8%로써 기아배양 기간에 따른 차이는 없었다. 융합 및 활성화가 유기된 핵이식란의 분할율은 3~4일간 기아배양을 실시한 공여세포가 67.1%로써 가장 높았으며(P<0.05), 5~6일간 기아배양을 실시한 공여세포의 57.1%와는 차이가 없었다. 공여세포를 1~2, 5~6 및 13~14대 계대배양한 것을 사용한 핵이식란의 융합율은 각각 52.7, 53.0 및 51.7%로써 차이가 없었다. 융합이 이루진 핵이식란을 활성화를 유도했을 때 1~2, 5~6 및 13~14대 계대배양한 공여세포의 분할율도 각각 42.7, 46.8 및 45.5%로써 차이가 없었다. 25$\mu$m$\geq$ 크기의 공여세포를 사용하였을 때 핵이식란의 융합율은 65.3%로써 25~30$\mu$m 및 30$\mu$m $\leq$ 크기 공여세포의 융합율 42.5 및 45.5% 보다는 유의적(P<0.05)으로 높았다. 융합과 활성화가 유기된 핵이식란의 분할율은 25$\mu$m $\geq$, 25~3o$\mu$m 및 30$\mu$m $\leq$ 크기에서 각각 56.5, 68.8 및 58.5%로써 공여세포의 크기에 따른 분할율은 유의적인 차이가 없었다. 체외수정란과 체세포 핵이식 수정란의 발달에 있어서는 분할율이 각각 80.1%와 64.0%로써 핵이식 수정란이 체외수정란 보다 낮았으나, 배반포기로의 발달율에 있어서는 각각 12.4%와 10.5%로써 차이가 없었다.