• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.245-252
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• 2005

The objective of the present work was to determine the corresponding uptake and assimilation of ${NO_3}^-$ in roots and shoots of leafy radish by applying of mixed amino acids (MAA). The amino acids used in this experiment were alanine (Ala), ${\beta}-alanine\;({\beta}-Ala)$, aspartic acid (Asp), asparagines (Asn), glutamic acid (Glu), glutamine (Gln), and glycine (Gly). Leafy radish was grown by conventional fertilization with macro- and micronutrients under controlled conditions. The 15-day-old seedlings were treated 0, 0.3 and 3.0 mM of MAA containing 5 mM ${NO_3}^-$ in growth medium. Nitrate uptake was determined by following ${NO_3}^-$ depletion from the uptake solution. The activity of the enzymes related to the process of ${NO_3}^-$ reduction (NR: nitrate reductase; NiR: nitrite reductase; GS: glutamine synthetase) and the content of ${NO_2}^-\;and\;{ND_3}^-$ were analyzed in shoots and roots. The results of this study showed that ${NO_3}^-$ uptake was inhibited 38% with treatment of 0.3 mM of MAA. However, there was more than three times increase of N03- uptake in 3.0 mM MAA. In addition, the enzymatic activities were positively affected by the high MAA rate. Finally, the ${NO_3}^-$ content was increased slightly both in shoots and roots of leafy radish by MAA treatments.

• 원예과학기술지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.357-362
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• 2012

울릉연화바위솔을 분화로 재배하고자 할 때, 적정 광도와 내음성 정도, 적정 분용토, 그리고 적정 시비조건을 알아보기 위해 실험을 수행한 결과는 다음과 같다. 적정 광도를 알아보기 위해 광도를 52, 82, 90, 97% 차광을 하고 울릉바위솔을 재배한 결과, 52% 차광에서 생육이 가장 양호한 것으로 나타나 최적 광도는 차광율 52% 이하로 판단되었다. 또한 82% 차광구부터는 생육이 급격하게 저하되고 엽색도 엷어지는 것으로 나타나 울릉연화바위솔은 내음성이 비교적 약한 종류임을 알 수 있었다. 적정 분용토 선발을 위하여 마사토:유비상토(80:20, v/v), 마사토:유비상토(60:40), 유비상토:강모래(20:80), 마사토:유비상토:강모래(60:20:20)와 같이 4종류의 배합토를 이용하였다. 그 결과 마사토:유비상토:강모래(60:20:20)에서 지상부생체중, 초폭, 런너수 등에서가장 좋은 것으로 나타났다. 특히 지상부 생체중의 경우 다른 용토에서는 약 5-8g 범위였으나, 마사토:유비상토:강모래(60:20:20)에서는 16g으로 2배 정도의 생육량을 보였다. 시비조건은 하이포넥스 액비를 1,000배로 희석하여 1회/주처리했을 때, 생체중 및 초폭, 분지수 등에서 가장 좋게 나타났다. 특히 생체중의 경우 대조구(무처리)가 19g인데 비해 1,000배액 1회/주 처리에서 약 35g으로 84% 정도 생장량이 증가하였다. 대체적으로 액비농도가 높고 처리횟수가 많을수록 생육이 양호하였다.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.1-8
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• 1977

산림토양(山林土壤)의 비옥도(肥沃度)를 수치분석방법(數値分析方法)으로 평가(評價)하였다. 본연구(本硏究)에서 35개(個) 토양통(土壤統)의 화학분석치(化學分析値)를 인용(引用)하였다. (표(表) 2) 조림수종(造林樹種)이 만족할 생장(生長)을 할 수 있는 최소양료함량(最小養料含量)의 평가(評價)는 표(表) 1과 같이 Wild씨(氏)의 기준치(基準値)에 준(準)했다. 시비요구수준(施肥要求水準)은 식(式)1을 사용(使用)하여 표(表)5와 같이 평가(評價)되었다. 토양통간(土壤統間)의 화학분석(化學成分)의 유사성(類似性)은 식(式)2를 이용(利用)하여 5개특성군(個特性群)으로 구분(區分)하였다. 1. 표토(表土)의 일반적(一般的)인 화학성질(化學性質) 공시통양토중(公試土壤統中) 약(約) 40%가 각각(各各) 유기물함량(有機物含量) 2%이하(以下), 인산함량(燐酸含量) 10ppm이하(以下), 치환성석회(置換性石灰)와 고토함량(苦土含量)이 1.25m.e/l00g 과 0.5m.e/100g 이하(以下)인 토양(土壤)이다. 치환성가리(置換性加里) 함량(含量)의 부족현상(不足現象)은 나타나지 않고 있다. CEC함량(含量)이 10m.e/100g 이하(以下)가 전체(全體)의 2/3가 되며 pH5.5이하(以下)인 강산성토양(强酸性土壤)이 전체(全體)의 4/5가 된다. 2. 각토양통(各土壤統)의 시비요구(施肥要求) 여부는 CEC, OM, MgO의 화학분석치(化學分析値)를 상대치화(相對値化)하여 공식(公式)1을 적용 간접적(間接的)으로 평가(評價)하였다. 35개(個) 토양통중(土壤統中) 8개통(個統)의 화학성분량(化學成分量)이 부족(不足)하여 시비요구(施肥要求)가 높은 것으로 생각되며 13개통(個統)의 화학성분(化學成分)으로 보아 시비(施肥)의 필요성(必要性)이 낮은 것으로 보여진다. 3. 토양통간(土壤統間) 화학성분(化學成分)의 유사성(類似性)을 비교(比較)한 결과(結果) 비옥도(肥沃度)는 다음과 같이 5개군(個群)으로 구분(區分)함이 적합(適合)한 것으로 생각된다. 1. CEC가 낮은 토양(土壤) 1-1 유기물함량(有機物含量)이 2%이라(以下)의 토양(土壤) 1-2 유기물함량(有機物含量)이 4%이라(以下)의 토양(土壤) 2. CEC와 유기물함량(有機物含量)이 높은 토양(土壤) 2-1 고토함량(苦土含量)이 낮은 토양(土壤) 2-2 고토함량(苦土含量)이 높은 토양(土壤) 3. 석회(石灰)와 고토함량(苦土含量) 높은 석회암질토양(石灰岩質土壤).

• 한국가축번식학회지
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.223-228
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• 2002

본 연구는 돼지의 미성숙 난포란을 체외에서 성숙, 수정시킨 후, 생산된 체외수정란을 NCSU 23 체외배양액에 항산화제NAC, ebselen 및 glutathione)와 BSO의 첨가가 돼지 체외수정란의 체외발육에 미치는 영향을 검토하였다. Glutathione 합성억제제인 BSO가 돼지수정란의 체외발육에 미치는 영향을 검토한 결과 0, 1.0 및 5.0 mM의 BSO을 첨가한 구에서 상실배기 이상 발육된 체외발육성적은 각각 35.9, 15.7 및 8.4%로서 BSO 첨가구가 대조구에 비해 통계적으로 유의하게 낮은 체외배율성적을 나타냈으며(P<0.05), NAC 1.0 mM ebselen 10 $\mu\textrm{m}$ 및 glutathione 100 $\mu\textrm{m}$ BSO 1.0 mM을 첨가하여 배양한 결과 상실배 이상 발육된 체외발육율은 40.5, 44.2, 36.0 및 10.9%로서 항산화제 첨가구가 BSO 첨가구보다 통계적으로 유의하게 높은 체외발육성적을 나타냈다P<0.05). 체외수정후 생산된 배반포기 수정란의 세포수는 BSO 농도(0, 1 및 5 mM)에 따른 차이는 인정되지 않았으나, 항산화제를 첨가한 경우에는 ebslene, NAC 및 glutathione 첨가구가 BSO 첨가구보다 유의하게 높은 세포수을 나타냈다(P<0.05).

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.211-218
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• 2002

본 연구는 체외에서 소 난포란유래의 배반포 생산에 있어서 배지 내에 첨가하는 외인성 고정질소 원으로써 아미노산과 FBS의 첨가효과를 검토하였다. 소 난포란의 체외성숙은 TCM-l99용액, 체외 수정은 Fer-TALP용액으로 행하였으며, 체외수정후 24시간째(day 1)의 수정난자를 체외배양에 제공하였다. 체외배양용 기초배지는 YS용액, 기초 배양법은 25개 난자/10 ${\mu}\ell$ 배지의 단순.미소적배양법을 이용하였다. 본 연구의 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 체외 수정란의 배양에 있어서 비필수 아미노산(MEM 유래) 첨가가 무첨가군보다 높은 배반포 발달율을 나타냈다. 2. 체외 수정란의 배양에 있어서 필수 아미노산(RPMI 1640 유래) 첨가가 무첨가군보다 유의하게 높은 배반포 발달율을 나타냈다. (P<0.05) 3. Day 1에 비 필수 아미노산, day 5에 필수 아미노산을 첨가하였을 경우 부화 배반포로의 발생율 및 배반포로의 부화율을 향상시켰다. 4. Day 1에 비필수.필수 아미노산을 첨가한 후 day 3, day 4, day 5에 각각 필수 아미노산만을 배지로부터 제거 시 배반포의 부화율은 현저하게 낮았다. 5. FBS의 첨가시기는 배양 후기(day 5)에 첨가할 수록 배반포율 또는 부화 배반포율이 유의하게 상승하였다(p<0.05). 이상의 결과에서 소 난포란 유래 배반포의 체외생산에 있어서 배지에 첨가하는 외인성 고정 질소 원들의 첨가에 있어서 첨가시기 및 농도를 조절함으로써 양질의 배반포 생산을 향상시킬 수 있는 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.269-274
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• 2008

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of Taxol pre-treatment to in vitro matured bovine oocytes, and sucrose and trehalose added to vitrification solution on spindle morphology and embryonic development following cryopreservation. Bovine oocytes were collected from ovaries and matured in tissue culture medium 199 (TCM 199) supplemented with 10% Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS), 0.05ng/ml epidermal growth factor, 0.01 IU/ml luteinizing hormone and $1{\mu}g/ml$ estradiol for 22h in $39^{\circ}C$, 5% $CO_2$, TCM 199-HEPES containing 20% FBS was used as basic medium (BM) to prepare vitrification solution. Oocytes were pre-treated with $1\;{\mu}M$ Taxol in maturation medium for 15 min prior to vitrification. Oocytes were exposed to 1.6 M ethylene glycol (EG) and 1.3M dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) in BM and then were exposed to 3.2 M EG, 2.6 M DMSO and 0.5 M sucrose in BM or 3.2 M EG, 2.6 M DMSO and 0.5 M trehalose in BM. Oocytes with cumulus cells and oocytes without cumulus cells were considered as control 1 and control 2, respectively and held in TCM 199-HEPES at $39^{\circ}C$. Oocytes were frozen using modified solid surface vitrification and were stored in cryotubes in liquid nitrogen for more than 1 week. Frozen oocytes were thawed in TCM 199-HEPES containing 0.5 M, 0.25 M and 0.1 M sucrose in BM for 2 min, respectively or 0.5 M, 0.25 M and 0.1 M trehalose in BM for 2 min, respectively. Immunoflurorescence staining of oocytes was performed to assess spindle morphology and chromosome configuration of oocytes. The rates of cleavage and blastocyst were examined following in vitro fertilization. Normal spindle morphology rate of oocytes pre-treated with Taxol prior to vitrification was not higher than that of other vitrified groups. Taxol pre-treatment did not increase cleavage and blastocyst formation rates, although control groups showed significantly higher rates (p<0.05). Percentages of normal spindle and embryonic development were not significantly different among vitrified groups regardless of type of sugar. In conclusion, Taxol pre-treatment of oocytes before cryopreservation did not reduce the damage induced by vitrification and subsequently did not improve embryonic development following vitrification. Trehalose may be used as an alternative non-permeating cryoprotectant in vitrification solution.

• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.185-191
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• 2010

Plasminogen activators (PAs) are serine protease that cleave plasminogen to form the active protease plasmin and may participate in mammalian fertilization. Although correlations have been reported between reactive oxygen species (ROS) and sperm function, the relationship between PA activity and ROS is unknown. We determined the effects of ROS on sperm function and PA activities in boar spermatozoa preincubated under the X-XO system. When spermatozoa were treated with the X+XO group, a significant increase (p<0.05) was observed in the percentage of acrosome reacted spermatozoa compared with that of the control group. However, when antioxidants were added to the medium with X+XO, the rate of acrosome reaction tended to decrease. Also, a significantly lower percentage of acrosome reacted spermatozoa was observed in the X+XO+catalase group at 6 hr of incubation compared with that of X+XO group. The density of malondialdehyde (MDA) was higher in the X+XO group than in different treatment groups. In another experiment, incubation of spermatozoa in medium with X+XO was associated with a significant (p<0.05) increase in activity of tPA-PAI and tPA compared with the control group. Antioxidants decreased the increased activity of tPA-PAI and tPA by preincubation in the X-XO system. Also, a significantly lower (p<0.05) activities of tPA-PAI and tPA were observed in the X+XO+catalase group compared with the X+XO group. No significant differences, however, were observed in the activity of uPA. These results suggest that the increase of acrosome reaction by the X-XO system resulted in increase of PAs activity in the sperm incubation medium.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.161-167
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• 2001

Objective: Granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factors known to be secreted in murine and human reproductive tract. The development of human, bovine and murine embryos could be promoted by addition of GM-CSF in culture medium. However, the pregnancy and implantation rate of embryos cultured in GM-CSF have not been evaluated. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of GM-CSF in embryo development, pregnancy and implantation rate. Methods: A total of 191 IVF cycles were divided into control and GM-CSF supplement group (control=96, GM-CSF=95). The embryos were cultured for three day with or without 2 ng/ml of recombinant human GM-CSF. The quality of embryo, developmental velocity, pregnancy and implantation rates were compared. Results: There was no difference in age, number of gonadotropin ampules used, number of oocytes and fertilization. The number of ICSI cycle was higher in GM-CSF group. In GM-CSF group, G-1 grade embryos were the highest in proportion (56.4%), while G-2 grade embryos were highest (44.3%) in control group. The developmental velocity of embryos were not different between GM-CSF and control group. The pregnancy and implantation rates were significantly higher in GM-CSF group than control (47.4% vs. 33.3%, 17.0% vs. 11.1% respectively). Conclusion: By adding GM-CSF in culture medium, the quality of embryo, pregnancy and implantation rate could be improved.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.185-191
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• 2013

The purpose of this study is to improve production efficiency of vitrified-thawed transgenic bovine embryos. Transgenic bovine embryos were produced by injection of FIV-GFP lentiviral vector into perivitelline space of in vitro matured MII stage oocytes, and then in vitro fertilization. EGFP-expressing transgenic bovine blastocysts were cultured in serum-containing and serum-free medium. These blsatocysts were vitrified by pull and cut (PNC) container made with 0.25 cm plastic straw. Results indicate that total developmental rates of normal IVF embryo cultured in serum-containing and-free medium into blastocyst were not significantly different (22.3 vs 21.5%) and those of GFP-expressing transgenic bovine embryo into blastocyst showed no significant difference between serum-containing (13.9%) and-free medium (13.1%). However, developmental rate of GFP transgenic embryo was significantly (P<0.05) lower than its of normal IVF embryos. In additional study, we vitrified GFP transgenic normal bovine blastocysts using PNC vitrification method. Survival rate of vitrified-thawed GFP transgenic blastocyst (23.1%) was significantly (P<0.05) lower than its of normal blastocysts (68.9%). Although, survival rate of vitrified-thawed GFP transgenic blastocyst was lower than its of normal blastocyst, our result may suggested that PNC vitrification method is feasible to cryopreserve transgenic embryos. Our next plan will be the production of GFP express transgenic bovine derived from vitrified-thawed embryos using PNC method.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제20권12호
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• pp.1820-1826
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• 2007

In this study, we conducted various experiments in order to develop enhanced cultural conditions for in vitro-produced porcine embryos. All embryos were produced by in vitro maturation (IVM) and fertilization (IVF) of immature oocytes from abattoir-derived ovaries. In experiment 1, we cultured IVF embryos in 4 different groups, namely, 0% bovine serum albumin (BSA), 3% BSA, 0.05% Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), and 0.5% Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) added to the basal fluid cultural medium, Porcine zygote medium 3 (PZM-3). The rates of embryo development were higher in the group where the PZM-3 media had been supplemented with 3% BSA than the other groups. While not statistically significant, the percent of blastocysts and hatched blastocytes were 6.9% and 25.0% in the 3% BSA group vs. 1.2-6.4% and 0-16.7% in the other groups, respectively. In experiment 2, we added 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS) to PZM-3 on day 0 of culture and observed the development rate of blastocysts per day of culture from days 0 to 5. The development rate of blastocysts was higher at 15.6% on day 4 than on any other day, and was significantly higher than on day 0 or day 1 (p<0.05). The development rate of hatched blastocysts was 26.7% on day 4, and was higher than on any other day. In experiment 3, we cultured IVF embryos with different fluid culture media, grouped as 1) PZM-3+0.3% BSA (day0-day7); 2) PZM-3+0.3% BSA${\rightarrow}$day-4) PZM-3+10% FBS; 3) PZM-3+0.3% BSA${\rightarrow}$PZM-3+0.3% BSA+(day-4) FBS 10%; and 4) PZM-3+0.3% BSA+10% FBS (day0-day7). The development rates of blastocysts and hatched blastocysts were 21.5% and 53.1% in group 3, respectively, which was significantly higher than group 4 with respect to blastocyst development (5.2%, p<0.05) but not hatched blastocysts (14.3%). The total cell number (TCN) of blastocysts in group 3 was higher at $37.8{\pm}16.1$ than the other groups at $16.8{\pm}4.4$ - $30.1{\pm}10.9$; however, this was not significantly different. The results of this study showed that PZM-3 containing 0.3% BSA and supplemented with FBS during the later stage of culture on day 4 resulted in better TCNs and an increased rate of hatched blastocysts.