• 한국수정란이식학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수정란이식학회 2002년도 국제심포지엄
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• pp.117-117
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• 2002

The oocytes from most of animal species accumulate genetic information and other necessary materials during oogenesis for the later use in the early development. Over the years oocyte maturation has been studied extensively both in vitro and in vivo. Particularly, maturation of follicular oocyte in vitro becomes one of the important tools for the studies of basic cell biology, the in vitro technology of animal production, and in particular, the somatic cell cloning by nuclear transfer. We examined meiotic maturation and cumulus expansion in the presence of translation or transcription inhibitors for varying periods of in viかo maturation (IVM) of pig oocyte. In Experiment 1, the results revealed that translation and transcription inhibitors inhibited cumulus expansion and meiotic maturation during 35h of IVM. However, 50 to 60% of the oocytes underwent nuclear maturation without cumulus expansion during 75h of IVM. The rest of the oocytes were arrested at metaphase I (40-50%) in the presence of the inhibitors. In Experiment II, the OCCs were exposed to the drugs only for 15h to examine translation and transcription inhibitors on cumulus expansion and meiotic maturation. Transcription inhibitors for 15h did not arrest meiotic maturation when the oocytes were cultured for subsequent, necessary period of IVM, whereas cumulus expansion was completely inhibited, suggesting that initial 15h is critical transcription activity far cumulus expansion. Translation inhibitors for 15h exposure did not alter cumulus expansion and meiotic maturation during subsequent culture in the absence of the drugs. In Experiment III, the OCCs were exposed to the drugs only for later 30h to examine the influence of transcription and translation inhibitors on oocyte maturation. Interestingly, all meiotic maturation underwent normally with full expansion of cumulus. Similar results were obtained from Experiment IV where 5h of exposure from 15 to 20h of IVM culture to the drugs was performed and subsequently cultured for same period in fresh medium. Taken there results together, both transcription and translation are necessary for nuclear maturation and cumulus expansion, and first 15h IVM for cumulus expansion is critical. The arrested oocytes by the drugs were still capable of undergoing nuclear maturation, although cumulus expansion was affected.

• 한국발생생물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국발생생물학회 2003년도 제3회 국제심포지움 및 학술대회
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• pp.124-124
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• 2003

The successful development of embryos cloned by nuclear transfer (NT)have been dependent on a wide range of known factors including cell cycle of donor and recipient ooplast, oocyte quality, NT procedure and oocyte activation. The present study compared the development of cloned porcine embryos following different activation treatments. Cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs) were aspirated from 26 mm follicles of slaughterhouse ovaries and cultured for 22 h in NCSU #23 medium supplemented with 10% porcine follicular fluid, 0.57 mM cysteine, 0.5 g/mL LH, 0.5 g/mL FSH and 10 ng/mL EGF. The COCs were further cultured for an additional 22 h in the same medium at $39{\cird}C$ in an atmosphere of 5% $CO_2$ in air, without hormonal supplements. Primary cultures of fibroblasts isolated from a female fetus on day 40 of gestation were established in DMEM + 15% FCS. For nuclear donation, cells at the 5th-6th passage were cultured in DMEM +0.5% FCS for 5 days in order to arrest the cells in G0/Gl. After enucleation, oocytes were reconstructed by transfer of donor cells and fusion with three DC pulses (1.4 KV/cm, 30 sec) in 0.28 M mannitol containing 0.01 mM $CaCl_2$ and 0.01 mM $MgCl_2$. Eggs were then divided into three treatment groups, control (without further treatment, Group 1), eggs cultured in 10 g/ml cycloheximide (CHX) for 5 h (Group 2), and eggs cultured in 1.9 mM 6-dimethylaminopurine (6-DMAP) for 5 h (Group 3). The eggs were then cultured in sets of 30 in 60 I drops of NCSU#23 supplemented with 4mg/ml BSA (essentially fatty acid free) until day 7 at $39{\circ}C$ in a humidified atmosphere of 5% $CO_2$. On day 4 the culture were fed by adding 20 I NCSU #23 supplemented with 10% FBS. Development rates into blastocysts were significantly higher (P<0.05) in Group 3 embryos compared to Group 1 controls ($27.6 \mu 2.7% vs. 20.1 \mu 4.1%$, respectively), but rates did not differ in Group 2 compared to control ($23.8 \mu 5.7%$). Total cell number in Group 3 blastocysts was however significantly higher (P<0.05) than in Groups 1 and 2 ($44.6 \mu 2.4 vs. 19.9 \mu 1.9 and 21.9 \mu 2.1$, respectively). These results suggest that 6-DMAP is more efficient than cycloheximide in the activation of electrically fused NT oocytes during in vitro production of cloned porcine embryos.

• 한국가축번식학회지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.323-329
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• 1996

미성숙난자 성장과 핵성숙을 성공적으로 유도할 수 있는 체외 배양체계의 개발은 난자발생과정 등 기초 생리학 연구에 도움을 줄 뿐만 아니라, 산업적으로 필요한 난자를 공급해 줄 수 있다는 데 그 의의가 있다. 최근 보고에 따르면 성장 중에 있는 생쥐 난포란은 체외배양과 체외수정과정을 거쳐 산자 생산가지 가능하지만 돼지 난포란 성숙을 위해서는 좀더 고려해야 할 사항들이 있다. 즉, 난성숙 배양액에 낮은 농도의 FSH 첨가는 난자와 과립세포의 생존성을 유지시키고, Hypoxanthine의 첨가는 난성숙율의 향상에 도움을 준다고 한다. 따라서 금후 생쥐난자에서 얻어진 결과들을 기초로 하여 돼지 난포란의 성장과 성숙에 적합한 배양체계의 개발연구에서 괄목할만한 진전이 있다면 대가축들의 난포란 성숙기술을 개발하는데 큰 도움을 줄 것이라고 본다.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.121-126
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• 2012

The objective of this study was to examine the effect of in vitro culture media on embryonic development of in vitro-matured (IVM) oocytes after parthenogenetic activation (PA) in pigs. Immature pig oocytes were matured in TCM-199 supplemented with porcine follicular fluid, cysteine, pyruvate, EGF, insulin, and hormones for the first 22 h and then further cultured in hormone-free medium for an additional 22~26 h. IVM oocytes were activated by electric pulses and cultured in porcine zygote medium-3 (PZM-3) and North Carolina State University-23 supplemented with essential and non-essential amino acids (NCSU-23aa). These media were further modified by supplementing 2.77 mM myo-inositol, 0.34 mM trisodium citrate, and $10{\mu}M$ ${\beta}$-mercaptoethanol (designated as mPZM-3 and mNCSU-23aa, respectively). Culture of PA embryos in mPZM-3 significantly increased development to the blastocyst stage than culture in NCSU-23aa (36.2% vs. 24.8%, p<0.05). Modified PZM-3 showed a significantly higher blastocyst formation than NCSU-23aa in both groups of embryos that were activated at 44 h and 48 h of IVM (51.0% vs. 35.5% and 49.0% vs. 34.2% in oocytes activated at 44 h and 48 h of IVM, respectively). Irrespective of the follicle diameter where oocytes were collected, embryonic development to the blastocyst stage was increased (p<0.05) by the culture in mPZM-3 compared to culture in NCSU-23aa (25.9% vs. 34.2% and 32.9% vs. 44.8% in embryos derived from small and medium size follicles, respectively). Our results demonstrated that culture media had significant effect on preimplantation development PA embryos and that mPZM-3 was superior to mNCSU-23 in supporting development to the blastocyst stage in pigs. This beneficial effect of mPZM-3 on embryonic development was not impaired by other factors such as time of oocyte activation and origin of immature oocytes (small and medium size follicles).

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제59권2호
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• pp.81-88
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• 2019

This study was performed to examine the effects of various macromolecules in in vitro growth (IVG) media on the growth, maturation, and parthenogenesis (PA) of pig oocytes derived from small antral follicles (SAF). Immature oocytes were cultured for two days in IVG medium supplemented with 10% (v/v) fetal bovine serum (FBS), 10% (v/v) pig follicular fluid (PFF), 0.4% (w/v) bovine serum albumin (BSA), or 0.1% (w/v) polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and then maintained for 44 h for maturation. After IVG, the mean diameters of the SAF treated with FBS, PVA, and no IVG-MAF ($113.0-114.8{\mu}m$) were significantly larger than that of no IVG-SAF ($111.8{\mu}m$). The proportion of metaphase II oocytes was higher in PFF (73.6%) than in BSA (43.5%) and PVA (53.7%) but similar to that in the FBS treatment (61.5%). FBS and PFF increased cumulus expansion significantly compared to PVA and BSA while the intraoocyte glutathione content was not influenced by the macromolecules. Blastocyst formation of PA oocytes treated with FBS (51.8%), PFF (50.4%), and PVA (45.2%) was significantly higher than that of the BSA-treated oocytes (20.6%). These results show that the PFF and FBS treatments during IVG improved the growth, maturation, and embryonic development of SAF.

• 한국동물번식학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국동물번식학회 2004년도 춘계학술발표대회
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• pp.240-240
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• 2004

The modification of in vitro maturation (IVM) conditions should be required to efficient production of matured porcine oocyte in vitro. Estradiol-17β (E₂) as steroid hormone exists in ovarian follicular fluid and plays a major role in ovulation. It has been reported that estradiol as well as other steroids are involved in keeping the oocytes in meiotic arrest. (omitted)

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.966-975
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• 1999

Technologies on preimplantation porcine embryos have been developed quickly and significantly. Successful development of systems for culture of porcine zygotes to the blastocyst stage has made it possible to utilize follicular oocytes for in vitro production of embryos and thus stimulated research on various embryo technologies. Recent technological development of embryo cryopreservation, separation of X- and Y-bearing spermatozoa and non-surgical embryo transfer has also made it easy to utilize in vivo- and in vitro-produced embryos for artificial manipulation to produce clones and transgenic pigs. Further progress in overcoming various problems associated with each embryo technology will result in acceptable efficiency to utilize porcine embryos with a high or increased quality. Combining these technologies will accelerate further expansion of the swine industry not only for meat production but also for the production of therapeutic recombinant proteins and xonografts.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.275-282
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• 2004

본 연구는 체외성숙/체외수정 유래의 돼지 난자를 이용하여 체외발달시 배양액의 종류나 교체에 따른 영향을 구명하고자 수행하였다. mNCSU-23에서 체외성숙시킨 다음 mTBM에서 체외수정시킨 난자를 목적에 따라 두 가지로 나누어 실험한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 체외성숙/체외수정란을 NCSU-23에서 배양액 교체없이 7일 동안 배양하거나 CZB에서 4일 배양한 다음 Pig-MEM으로 옮겨서 나머지 3일간 배양한 결과, 난분할율은 배양액간 차이를 보이지 않은 반면, 추정수정란대 배반포 발달을(P<0.05)과 분할란대 배반포 발달율은 NCSU-23에서 배양된 것이 유의적으로 높았다(P<0.01). 그러나 배 반포의 ICM 세포수, TE 세포수 및 총세포수에서는 모두 차이가 없었다. 2. 체외성숙/체외수정란를 NCSU-23에서 배양액 교체없이 7일 동안 배양하거나 체외배양 5일째에 신선한 동일 배양액이나 0.4％ BSA를 10％ FBS로 대체한 배양액(mNCSU-23F)으로 완전히 교체하여 배양한 결과, 난분할율, 배반포발달율, 배반포의 ICM 세포수, TE 세포수 및 총세포수 모두 처리간 유의적인 차이를 보이지 않았다. 결과적으로, NCSU-23이 CZB/Pig-MEM보다 체외성숙/체외수정 유래의 난자를 체외발달시키는데 적합한 것으로 사료되며, 체외발달배양 과정에 신선한 배양액이나 일부 변경된 배양액으로의 교체에 대해서는 더 많은 연구가 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국동물학회지
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.523-530
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• 1995

돼지의 난소 조직내에 존재하는 심방이뇨 호르몬 수용체 분포를 알아 보기 위하여 자가방사법을 통해 125I로 표지한 rANP(1-28)의 특이적 결합 부위를 관찰하였다. 난소 조직 중 125I-rANP(1-28)의 강한 결합 부위는 난포의 과립막 세포층이었으며, 외난포막층에서도 125I-rANP(1-28)의 결합 부위가 관찰되었다. 그러나 내난포막층을 포함한 난소내의 다른 조직과 특히 황체에서는 125I-rANP(1-28)의 결합 부위가 나타나지 않았다. 난포의 과립막 세포층과 외난포막층에서의 이러한 125I-rANP(1-28)의 결합은 다량의 rANP(1-28)에 의하여 완전히 전위되었지만, 펩티드 호르몬인 angiotensin II 및 arginine vasopressin에 의해서는 과량의 농도에서도 전위되지 않아 125I-rANP(1-28)의 결합이 특이적임을 확인하였다. 또한 이러한 특이적 결하은 심방이뇨 호르몬의 생물학적 수용체 외에, 다른 기능을 담당하는 clearance 수용체의 특이적 ligand인 C-ANF에 의해서도 전이되었다. 이상의 결과는 돼지의 난소에 있어서 난포의 과립막 세포층 및 외난포막에 심방이뇨 호르몬의 생물학적 또는 coearance 수용체가 존재함을 보여주며, 이는 심방이뇨 호르몬의 수용체가 난자의 성숙에 관련된 난포의 발달과정에 관여할 수 있음을 시사한다.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.339-344
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• 2014

The clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR associated protein (Cas9) system can be applied to produce transgenic pigs. Therefore, we applied CRISPR/Cas9 system to generate FoxN1-targeted pig parthenogenetic embryos. Using single guided RNA targeted to pig FoxN1 genes was injected into cytoplasm of in vitro matured oocyte before electrical activation. In results, regardless of the concentrations of vector, the cleavage rate were significantly (p<0.05) decreased ($4ng/{\mu}l$, 51.24%; $8ng/{\mu}l$, 40.88%; and $16ng/{\mu}l$; 45.22%) compared to no injection group (70.44%). The blastocyst formation rates were also decreased in vector injected 3 groups ($4ng/{\mu}l$, 7.96%; $8ng/{\mu}l$, 6.4%; and $16ng/{\mu}l$; 9.04%) compared to no injection group (29.07%). In addition, the blastocyst formation rates between sham injected group (13.51%) and no injection group (29.07%) also showed significant difference (p<0.05). The mutation rates were comparable between groups ($4ng/{\mu}l$, 18.4%; $8ng/{\mu}l$, 12.5%; and $16ng/{\mu}l$; 20.0%). The sequencing analysis showed that blastocysts derived from each group were successfully mutated in FoxN1 loci regardless of the vector concentrations. However, the deletion patterns were higher than the patterns of point mutation and insertion regardless of the vector concentrations. In conclusion, we described that cytoplasmic microinjection of FoxN1-targeted CRISPR/Cas9 vector could efficiently generate transgenic pig parthenogenetic embryos in one-step.