• Proceedings of the KSAR Conference
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• 2004.06a
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• pp.279-279
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• 2004

성장중인 수토끼에서 성성숙 전후의 혈청내 IGF-I 수준과 정자형성의 변화를 12주령부터 28주령까지 2주 간격으로 조사하였다. IGF-I 수준 측정은 non-extraction IGF-I ELISA kit(Biognostic System, Lab, USA)를 이용하였으며 정소내 정자형성은 biopsy needle(22G×3¹/₂ 72㎜×8.89㎝, Becton Dickinson, USA)로 채취한 정소조직을 fled ctyometric ploidy analysis로 DNA histogram을 4개 peak(peak Ⅰ과Ⅱ :1N, peak Ⅱ :2N, peak Ⅳ : 4N, peak Ⅲ과 Ⅳ사이 : S기)로 구분하였다. (중략)

• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.163-168
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• 2005

The aim of this study was to investigate the changes in insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) and growth hormone (GH) in serum, the quantitation of spermato-genesis and the comparable relationships among these measurements during pubertal period in New Zealand White male rabbits. To investigate the age-related testicular changes in DNA contents of spermatogenic cells, the fine-needle testicular biopsies from males aged 10 to 28 wks were evaluated by flow cytometry(FCM). Body weight increased significantly between the ages of 12 and 20 wks (P<0.05) and reached 3.4 kg at 28 wks of age. The highest serum IGF-I level (451.3ng/mL) was observed at 20wks of age (P<0.05) and thereafter remained stable at low levels. Serum GH level at 18 wks of age was 183.3 pg/mL which was significantly higher compared to the other ages (P<0.05), and the rising time in serum GH tend to be somewhat earlier than that of IGF-I. The relative percentage of It-cells in testicular cell compartments was $48.2\%$ at the age of 18 wks which significantly increased than those of 16-wk-old (P<0.05) and thereafter increased with the advance of age to $68\%$. The percentage of 2C-cells in testis was $26.8\%$ at 18 wks of age which was significantly lower than $54.3\%$ at 16 wks old (P<0.05). The percentage of 4C-cells was constantly maintained $2\~6\%$ except the $9.9\%$ at 18 wks of age. In conclusion, the results suggest that the puberty onset occurred at about the 18 wks of age and that the IGF-I and GH in serum during the pubertal period showed the age/growth-specific changes and these changes might be related to the spermatogenesis. The DNA FCM combined with fine-needle testicular biopsy could offer a very sensitive method to monitor the quantitative spermatogenic events related to the puberty onset.