• Journal of Embryo Transfer
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.137-145
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• 2005

본 연구는 NCSU-23과 PZM-3 배양액에 EGF, $\beta-ME$와 glucose의 첨가가 돼지 난자의 체외성숙에 미치는 영향과, 배양조건을 다르게 하여 계대배양한 섬유아세포를 이용한 핵이식 배를 다른 배양액과 산소조건에서 배양하였을 때 체외발생율에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 난자를 20ng/ml EGF를 첨가 또는 첨가하지 않은 NCSU-23 및 PZM-3 배양액에서 44시간 배양하였을 때 난자의 체외성숙율은 각각 $85.7\pm3.1\%,\;75.2\pm2.8\%,\;87.1\pm2.4\%$와 $78.2\pm2.6\%$였으며 EGF를 첨가한 배양액에서 배양한 난자의 체외성숙율은 EGF를 첨가하지 않은 배양액에서 배양했을 때의 난자보다 높은 체외성숙율을 나타냈다(p<0.05). 난자를 $25{\mu}M\;\beta-ME$를 첨가 또는 첨가하지 않은 NCSU-23 및 PZM-3 배양액에서 44시간 배양하였을 때 난자의 체외성숙율은 각각 $79.5\pm2.6\%,\;74.7\pm2.5\%,\;80.2\pm2.3\%,\;78.6\pm2.7\%$였고 $\beta-ME$를 첨 가한 PZM-3 배양액에서 배양한 난자의 체외성숙율이 가장 높게 나타났다. 난자를 1.5mM glucose를 첨가 또는 첨가하지 않은 NCSU-23 및 PZM-3 배양액에서 44시간 배양하였을 때 난자의 체외성숙율은 각각 $79.2\pm2.3\%,\;75.0\pm2.6\%,\;85.5\pm2.5\%$와 $78.9\pm2.7\%$였고, glucose를 첨가한 PZM-3 배양액에서 배양한 난자의 체외성숙율은 glucose를 첨가하지 않은 PZM-3 배양액에서 배양한 난자보다 높은 체외성숙율을 나타냈다(p<0.05). 핵이식 배를 20ng/m1 EGF, $25{\mu}M\;\beta-ME$ 및 1.5mM glucose를 첨가한 NCSU-23 및 PZM-3 배양액에서 48시간, 144시간 배양하였을 때 2세포기 및 배반포로의 체외발생율은 각각 $56.4\pm2.7\%,\;54.3\pm2.9\%,\;70.5\pm2.1\%,\; 69.6\pm1.5\%$ 및 $12.0\pm1.3\%,\;9.6\pml.7\%,\;10.9\pm2.1\%,\;11.9\pm1.8\%$였다.

• Journal of Embryo Transfer
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.147-156
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• 2005

본 연구는 NCSU-23과 PZM-3 배양액에 EGF, $\beta-ME$와 glucose의 첨가가 돼지 난자의 체외성숙에 미치는 영향과 배양조건을 다르게 하여 계대배양한 섬유아세포를 이용한 핵이식배를 다른 배양액과 산소조건에서 배양하였을 때 체외발생율에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 핵이식 배를 20ng/ml EGF를 첨가 또는 첨가하지 않은 NCSU-23 및 PZM-3 배양액에서 배양하였을 때 배반포로의 체외 발생율은 각각 $12.0\pm1.3\%,\;9.6\pm1.9\%,\;10.9\pm2.1\%,\;9.1\pm2.3\%$였다. 핵이식 배를 $25{\mu}M\;\beta-ME$를 첨가 또는 첨가하지 않은 NCSU-23 및 PZM-3 배양액에서 144시간 배양하였을 때 배반포로의 체외 발생율은 각각 $9.6\pm1.7\%,\;7.3\pm2.3\%,\;11.9\pm1.8\%$와 $7.4\pm2.1\%$였다. $\beta-ME$를 첨가한 PZM-3 배양액에서 배양하였을 때 배반포로의 체외 발생율은 $\beta-ME$를 첨가하지 않은 배양액에서 배양한 배보다 높은 체외발생율을 나타냈다. (p<0.05). 핵이식 배를 1.5mM glucose를 첨가 또는 첨가하지 않은 NCSU-23 및 PZM-3 배양액에서 배양하였을 때 배반포로의 체외 발생율은 각각 $9.4\pm2.2\%,\;6.8\pm2.7\%,\;10.9\pm2.4\%$와$8.9\pm2.6\%$였다. Glucose를 첨가한 NCSU-23과 PZM-3 배양액에서 배양하였을 때 배반포로의 체외 발생율은 glucose를 첨가하지 않은 배양액에서 배양한 배보다 높은 체외 발생율을 나타냈다. 핵이식 배를 NCSU-23 및 PZM-3 배양액과 $5\%$ 및 $20\%$ 산소 조건에서 배양하였을 때 배반포로의 체외 발생율은 각각 $11.1\pm1.8\%,\;9.8\pm1.4\%,\;12.5\pm1.6\%$와$10.9\pml.5\%$였다. NUSU-23과 PZM-3 배양액에서 $5\%$ 산소 조건에서 배양하였을 때 $20\%$산소 조건에서 배양한 난자보다 높은 체외 발생율을 나타났다. 섬유아세포를 NCSU-23 배양액에서 배양하여 공여자세포로 이용하여 10 및 $11\~15\;passage$ 이내로 계대배양하였을 때의 융합율은 $60.0\~73.3\%,\;52.5\%$였다. 섬유아세포를 PZM-3 배양액에서 배양하여 공여자세포로 이용하여 10 및 $11\~15passage$ 이내의 계대배양시의 융합율은 $60.4\~75.1\%$ 및 $58.7\%$였다.

• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• v.35 no.3
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• pp.313-317
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• 2011

This study was conducted to examine the effect of oocyte donor age and micromanipulation medium on the development of mouse cloned embryos receiving cumulus cells. Mouse oocytes were obtained from 6 to 11 week-old mice BDF1 female mice(experiment 1) and cumulus cells were used as donor cells. Micromanipulation procedures for nuclear transfer(NT) were performed in FHM, M2 or Hepes-buffered TCM199(TCM199) medium(experiment 2). After nuclear transfer, the reconstructed oocytes were activated by 10 mM $SrCl_2$ in Ca-free CZB medium in the presence of 5 II ${\mu}$g/ml cytochalasin B for 5 h and cultured in KSOM medium for 4 days. In experiment 1, the survival rate of oocytes after injection of cumulus cells were significantly(p<0.05) lower in oocytes from 6~7 week-old mice(53.3%) than in oocytes from 8~9(80.9%) and 10~11 week-old mice(77.1%). In experiment 2, the survival rate of oocytes after cell injection were significantly(p<0.05) higher in FHM and M2 medium(71.7% and 76.9%) than in TCM199 medium(51.2%). The activation rates of cloned embryos were not different among the micromanipulation media. However, the embryos developed to blastocyst stage were significantly(p<0.05) higher in FHM medium(13.9%) than in M2 and TCM199 medium(0.0% and 0.0%). In conclusion, the present study suggest that oocytes from above 8 week-old mice are superior to oocytes from 6~7 week-old mice as a source of recipient cytoplasm and FHM is superior to M2 and TCM199 as a micromanipulation medium for mouse somatic cell cloning.

• Korean Journal of Animal Reproduction
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.277-286
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• 2001

Improvement and possible commercialization of a home-made electroporation apparatus(home-made) were further tried to establish a simple and effective introduction of foreign gene into sperm followed by in vitro fertilization. Expressions of introduced pJJ9 and pNT plasmids were shown in all fertilized eggs with electroporated spermatozoa. In particular, with this gene transfer system all the fry showed a consistently transient expression in the syncytium of the yolk sac. This fact is important since some required, minute quantity of human proteins can be produced from the established transient expression on the yolk sac of all fry derived from in vitro fertilization with electroporated spermatozoa. To explore tissue-specific expression in fish, which we will use a similar system later, we targeted the nerve tissue to see whether tissue-specific promoter is working in fish properly. pNT plasmid containing a nerve cell-specific tubulin promoter gene demonstrated consistently exact targeted expressions among the developing nerve cells in later stages of embryos and hatched fry. Finally, liver-specific genes are now being cloned by using already selected primers for useful human protein gene fusion.

• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• v.35 no.4
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• pp.511-518
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• 2011

To avoid hyperacute rejection of xenografts, ${\alpha}1,3$-galactosyltransferase knock-out (GalT KO) pigs have been produced. In this study, we examined whether Sia-containing glycoconjugates are important as an immunogenic non-Gal epitope in the pig liver with disruption of ${\alpha}1,3$-galactosyltransferase gene. The target cells were then used as donor cells for somatic cell nuclear transfer (scNT). A total of 1,800 scNT embryos were transferred to 10 recipients. One recipient developed to term and naturally delivered two piglets. Real-time RT-PCR and glycosyltransferase activity showed that ${\alpha}2,3$-sialyltransferase (${\alpha}2,3ST$) and ${\alpha}2,6$-sialyltransferase (${\alpha}2,6ST$) in the heterozygote GalT KO liver have higher expression levels and activities compared to controls, respectively. According to lectin blotting, sialic acidcontaining glycoconjugate epitopes were also increased due to the decreasing of ${\alpha}$-Gal in heterozygote GalT KO liver, whereas GalNAc-containing glycoconjugate epitopes were decreased in heterozygote GalT KO liver compare to the control. Furthermore, the heterozygote GalT KO liver showed a higher Neu5Gc content than control. Taken together, these finding suggested that the deficiency of GalT gene in pigs resulted in increased production of Neu5Gc-bounded epitopes (H-D antigen) due to increase of ${\alpha}2,6$-sialyltransferase. Thus, this finding suggested that the deletion of CMAH gene to the GalT KO background is expected to further prolong xenograft survival.

• Journal of Embryo Transfer
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.207-215
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• 2005

본 연구는 돼지 난포란의 동결보존 후 생존성과 난자의 활성화 처리에 따른 체외발생율과 이를 이용한 핵 이식배의 체외발생율을 조사하였다. 활성화 처리된 배는 $5\%$ FBS가 첨가된 NCSU 23 배양액으로 $38.5^{\circ}C$, $5\%\;CO_2$와 $95\%$ air의 조건으로 배양하였다. 1. 난포란을 EDS와 $5\%$ PVP로 동결 후 $10\%$ FBS가 첨가된 NCSU 23 배양액으로 $0{\~}10$시간 배양했을 때 체외발생율은 $36.0\%$로서 대조군인 비동결 난포란의 체외발생율 $46.0\%$에 비해 낮았다. 2. Ethanol과 cyclojexamide로 처리 후 42 및 46시간 배양한 배의 분할율은 각각 $33.3\%$, $36.0\%$ 및 $27.1\%$, $30.0\%$로서 대조군의 $8.8\%$, $11.4\%$에 비해 높게 나타났다. 3. 동결 및 비동결 난포란을 이용한 핵이식 배의 융합율과 발생율 간에는 유의한 차이가 없었다. 4. Ethanol과 cyclojexamide로 활성화 처리한 난자를 이용하여 재구축한 핵 이식배의 발생율은 $2.8\%$, $5.3\%$ 및 $1.5\%$, $2.9\%$로서 대조군의 $0.0\%$, $0.0\%$에 비해 높은 발생율을 나타냈다.

• Journal of Embryo Transfer
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.105-112
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• 2005

The present study was conducted to examine some factors affecting in vitro development of oocytes from somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) in Korean native goats. Recipient oocytes were surgically collected after superovulation by using CIDR and FSH, PMSG, hCG and estrous synchronization in Korean Native goats. For nuclear transfer, the fibroblasts from caprine ear cells and fetal fibroblasts were surgically harvested and were cultured in vitro until cell confluency in serum-starvation condition (TCM-199 + $0.5\%$ FBS) for 3 to 5 days. The zona pellucidae of matured oocytes were partially drilled by laser irradiation. A single somatic cell was individually transferred into each enucleated oocyte. The reconstructed oocytes were then electrically fused and activated. Activated NT embryos were cultured in mSOF medium supplemented with $0.8\%\;BSA\;6\~7\;day\;at\;39^{\circ}C,\;5\%\;CO_2,\;5\%\;O_2,\;90\%\;N_2$ in air. There were no significant difference in the number of embryos cleaved and 4-cell development between the fibroblast nuclei from mature ear cells and fetal cells, but the rate of 8-cell development was higher (P<0.05) in ear cells $(40.5\%)$ than in fetal cells $(55.5\%)$. However, the embryo development to morula or blastocyst was not significantly different between both the groups$(6.7\%\;vs\;16.0\%)$, respectively. The number of embryo cleaved $(79.0\%)$ were higher (P<0.05) in the oocytes activated with ionomycin+6-DMAP than in the oocytes activated electrically $(9.5\%)$. The development of fused embryos to morula or blastocyst was found $15.6\%$ in ionomycin+6-DMAP, but no morula or blastocysts were developed in electrical stimulation. The development rate of SCNT embryos to morula or blastocyst was love. (P<0.05) in SCNT embryos $(19.0\%\;vs\;0.0\%)$ than that in parthenotes $(66.1\%\;vs\;59.1\%)$. In the parthenotes, the cleavage rate and development to morula or blastocyst were significantly higher (P<0.05) as $86.8\%\;and\;50.0\%$ in ovulated oocytes than in follicular oocytes $(69.0\%\;vs\;23.6\%)$, respectively. These results suggest that some factors Including superovulation treatment, oocyte source, maturation of follicular oocytes, activation method and culture condition may affect in vitro developmental capability of embryos produced by somatic cell nuclear transfer in Korean Native goats, and the fusion rate be greatly low compared with other species.

• Proceedings of the KSAR Conference
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• 2004.06a
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• pp.228-228
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• 2004

Interferon-tau (IFN-τ) is the primary agent responsible for maternal recognition of pregnancy in cattle. Bovine embryos begine to express IFN-τ as the blastocyst forms. Pregnancy recognition in ruminants occurs when IFN-τ from the trophoblast prevents the increase of oxytocin receptors, disrupting luteolytic pulses of prostaglandin (PG) F2a by oxytocin. The expression of IFN-τ is strongly associated with the degree of methylation of the CpG islands in promoter region. (omitted)

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Developmental Biology Conference
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• 2005.10a
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• pp.138-138
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• 2005

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Embryo Transfer Conference
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• 2005.10a
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• pp.138-138
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• 2005