Effects of Glucose and Inorganic Phosphate on the Development of Rat 8-Cell Embryos In Vitro

Glucose와 Inorganic Phosphate가 Rat 8-세포기 난자의 체외배양에 미치는 영향

This study was designed to evaluate the potential inhibitory effects of glucose (5.56 mM vs. 0 mM) and/or phosphate (potassium phosphate, 1.19 mM vs. 0 mM) on the in vitro devel-opment of rat 8-cell embryos (n=345 embryos from 36 mature rats). Evaluation of embryos at 48 h for developmental stage (STG) indicated that 37% (31/84), 70% (64/91), 69% (59/85), and 77% (67/85) developed to the blastocyst stage in media with glucose+phosphate, glucose only, phosphate only, and no glucose or phosphate, respectively. Embryo development (2.90${\pm}$0.097 for STG) in medium with glucose + phosphate was significantly reduced (P<0.001), while no significant differences were observed between all other media (3.4~3.5${\pm}$0.093-0.097 for STG). Evaluation of embryos for final cell number (FCN) indicated that the greatest number of cells (nuclei) resulted in medium with glucose alone (29.3${\pm}$0.97 cells, P<0.001). No significant differences were observed for FCN for the remaining three media (l7.5${\pm}$1, 04 cells, 18.6${\pm}$1.Ol cells, and 19.8${\pm}$1.01 cells for glucose+phosphate, phosphate only, and no glucose or phosphate, respectively). Our results suggest that glucose and phosphate together exert an inhibitory effect on 8-cell rat embryo development, while glucose alone was beneficial, yielding greater numbers of cells per embryo.

본 연구는 착성전 Rat 8-세포기 난자의 체외배양시 glucose95.56 mM와 0mM)와 phosphate(1.19mM와 0 mM)의 억제효과를 규명하기 위하여 실시하였다. 48시간 배양후 발육율은 glucose＋phosphate군에서는 37%(31/84), glucose군은 70%(64/91), phosphate군은 69% (59/85) 그리고 glucose와 phosphate가 없는 무처리군에서는 77%(67/85)를 나타냈다. Glucose＋phosphate군의 발육율은 다른 처리군에 비해 유의적으로 낮았고, 그 외 처리군 사이에는 유의성이 없었다. 발육난자의 핵염색에 의한 세포수의 측정에서는 glucose군에서 가장 많은 세포수를 나타냈고 (29.3$\pm$0.97, P<.001), 그외 처리에서는 유의성이 없었다 (glucose＋phosphate, 17.5$\pm$1.04; phosphate, 18.6$\pm$1.01; no glucosephosphate, 19.8$\pm$1.01). 본 실험의 결과로 glucose와 phosphate는 Rat 8-세포기 난자의 발육에 억제효과를 나타냈고, glucose는 난자의 세포분열을 증진시키는 효과가 있는 것으로 나타났다.