Effects of Some Factors on In Vitro Production of Embryos from Antral Follicle-Derived Porcine Oocytes II. Effects of EGF and the Number of COCs into Maturation Media on In Vitro Maturation, Fertilization and Development

This study was carried out to examine the effects of epidermal growth factor (EGF) and the number of cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs) on in vitro maturation (IVM) of porcine immature oocytes, and on subsequent in vitro fertilization (IVF) and development (IVD). COCs were collected from antral follicles of porcine ovaries collected from abattoir, and were maturated in modified NCSU-23 (mNCSU-23) with 10% pFF, 0.6 mM cysteine, 50 ${\mu}mM{\beta}-mercaptoethanol$, 1 mM dbcAMP, 10 IU/mL PMSG and 10 IU/mL hCG, which was supplemented with or without 10 ng/mL EGF and into which 50 or 15 COCs per droplet was put. Oocytes matured in vitro, were fertilized in vitro in modified Tris-buffered medium (mTBM) with the final motile sperm concentration of 1${\times}$105 sperm/mL, and subsequently putative embryos were developed in vitro in NCSU- 23. The results are as follows. 1.In the result of IVM, 10 ng/mL EGF supplement duplicated the percentage of C4 group of COCs(41% vs 81%). But the rate of germinal vesicle breakdown (GVBD) and of nuclear maturation were not significantly different between control and EGF supplemented, or between the number of COCs per culture droplet, and there was not a significant interaction between the two factors, either. 2. In the result of IVF, there was not significantly different between control and EGF supplemented, or between the number of COCs per culture droplet, or was not a significant interaction between the two factors, in the rate of sperm penetration, in the percentage of oocytes with male pronucleus (MPN), and in the rate of polyspermy. 3. In the result of IVD, there was not significantly different between control and EGF supplemented, or between the number of COCs per culture droplet in the percentage of cleaved oocytes. There was not significantly different between the number of COCs per culture droplet, but between control and EGF supplemented (p<0.01) in the percentage of blastocysts, the number of inner cell mass (ICM), trophectoderm (TC) and total cells. There was no significant interaction between the two factors anywhere. These results suggested that 10 ng/mL EGF supplement into mNCSU-23 for IVM was effective in the production of more as well as better blastocysts during IVD through increasing the number of cells in those.

돼지 난포란 유래 체외수정란 생산에 대한 제요인의 영향 II. 체외성숙배양시 EGF와 COC의 수가 체외성숙, 체외수정 및 체외발달에 미치는 영향

본 연구는 pFF, cysteine, ${\beta}$-mercaptoethanol, 성선자극호르몬 등 여러 가지 체외성숙 촉진 물질이 첨가딘 성숙배양액에 EGF 첨가가 돼지 미성숙 난포란의 체외성숙에 효과적인지 또한 그 효가는 배양소적당 COC의 수에 영향을 받는지을 구명하고자 EGF의 첨가 유무와 배양소적당 COC수(50개 또는 15개)를 조합한 $2{\times}2$ 요인시험을 실시했다. 도축돼지의 난소에서 채취한 COCs를 각 처리별로 mNCSU-23 에서 성숙배양하고 mTBM에서 운동정자의 최종동도가 $1{\times}10^5$sperm/mL 의 농도로 체외수정한 다음 NCSU-23 에서 체외발달을 유도한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 대조구와 EGF 첨가구에서 C4군의 COC 비율이 각각 41%dhk 82%로써 EGF 첨가가 난구세포의 팽화 정도를 크게 향상시키는 것으로 나타났으나, 난핵포 붕괴율과 핵성숙율에서는 EGF 첨가 여부나 배양소적당 COC 수에 따른 차이가 나타나지 않았고 두 요인간 상호작용도 없었다. 2. 정자 침투율, 웅성전핵 형성율 및 다정자수정 발생율에서도 EGF 첨가 여부나 배양소적당 COC 수에 따른 차이가 유의적인 것이 아니었고, 두 요인간 상호작용 역시 유의적이지 않았다. 3. 난분할율에서는 처리간에 유의적인 차이가 나타나지 않았으나 배반포 발달율, 배반포의 ICM 세포수, TE 세포수 및 총세포수에서는 EGF 첨가구가 모두 유의적으로 높았다(p<0.01). COC수에 따른 차이나 두 요인간 상호작용에서는 유의성이 인정되지 않았다. 결과적으로 돼지 미성숙 난포란을 mNCSU-23에서 성숙배양할 때 10 ng/mL EGF 첨가는 성숙배양 단계에서 난구세포의 팽화를 더욱 심화시키고, 발달배양단계에서 배반포의 세포수와 배반포발달율을 증가시키는데 효과가 있는 것으로 사료된다.