• 한국가축번식학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.251-258
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• 1996

본 연구는 착성전 Rat 8-세포기 난자의 체외배양시 glucose95.56 mM와 0mM)와 phosphate(1.19mM와 0 mM)의 억제효과를 규명하기 위하여 실시하였다. 48시간 배양후 발육율은 glucose＋phosphate군에서는 37%(31/84), glucose군은 70%(64/91), phosphate군은 69% (59/85) 그리고 glucose와 phosphate가 없는 무처리군에서는 77%(67/85)를 나타냈다. Glucose＋phosphate군의 발육율은 다른 처리군에 비해 유의적으로 낮았고, 그 외 처리군 사이에는 유의성이 없었다. 발육난자의 핵염색에 의한 세포수의 측정에서는 glucose군에서 가장 많은 세포수를 나타냈고 (29.3$\pm$0.97, P<.001), 그외 처리에서는 유의성이 없었다 (glucose＋phosphate, 17.5$\pm$1.04; phosphate, 18.6$\pm$1.01; no glucosephosphate, 19.8$\pm$1.01). 본 실험의 결과로 glucose와 phosphate는 Rat 8-세포기 난자의 발육에 억제효과를 나타냈고, glucose는 난자의 세포분열을 증진시키는 효과가 있는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.41-50
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• 1996

This experiment was carried out to investigate the ovarian responses of the ovulation point, ovarian weight and size, the number of ovarian follicles and collected embryos, and to study the effects of the developmental stages (oocytes, 2-4 cell. 8-16 cell and morulae), additional levels of Ficoll (0, 15, 30%) on the survival rate (FDA-test) of rat embryos frozen in vitrification solution (20% glycerol + 10% ethylene glycol + 10% sucrose). Sunanarized results was as follows; 1. The mean ovulation point per head was 7, and the weight of ovaries was 0.03g. The size of ovary was 5.9 mm(L) and 4.6 mm(W), and the number of ovarian follicles over and below 2 mm was 4.7 and 8.7, respectively. The number of the collected embryos per head was 5.5 (79%). 2. 2. The FDA score of embryos frozen in 20 G 10 E 10 S without Ficoll was 2.8 (oocyte), 2.6 (2-4 cell), 3.9 (8-16 cell) and 3.6 (morula), respectively. However, there were no significant differences among treatments. 3. The FDA score of embryos frozen in 20 G 10 E 10 S with 15% Ficoll was 3.4 (oocyte), 4.0 (2-4 cell), 4.7 (8-16 cell) and 4.8 (morulae), respectively (P>0.05). 4. The FDA score of embryos frozen in 20 G 10 E 10 S with 30 % Ficoll was 3.7 (oocyte), 3.2 (2-4 cell), 4.4 (8-16 cell) and 4.4 (morulae), respectively (P>0.05). 5. As shown in the above results, the higher survival rate was obtained in the treatment of 15% Ficoll than that of 30%. And the survival rate (FDA-test)of the oocytes and 2-4 cell stages of the rat embryos was lower than that of 8~16 cell and morulae stages. It was considered that 8-16 cell and morulae could be available for the successful freezing by vitrification of rat embryos with 15% Ficoll except for oocytes.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.41-48
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• 1991

The present investigation has been undertaken to elucidate the functional role of ovarian steroids on the mechanism of oviduct differentiation during early embryonic development in rat. The activity of alkaline phosphatase (ALPase) was measured in the oviduct tissue under different steroids treatment regime on day 9 pregnancy. The ALPase activity of the oviduct of pseudopregnant rat was compared with that of normal pregnant rat. The results of day 9 pregnancy rat oviduct clearly demonstrated that $17{\beta}-estradiol$ and progesterone were effective in pseudopregnant rat oviduct. In the ovary intact group the ALPase activity was similar in both of normal and pseudopregnant oviduct, but in the $17{\beta}-estradiol$ treated group the ALPase activity in normal pregnancy was significantly higher than that in pseudopregnancy. The effect of estradiol on the normal pregnant rat oviduct was apparently found on day 3 and day 9 pregnancy. This study, therefore, clearly demonstrates that $17{\beta}-estradiol$ is much potent in oviduct tissue differentiation. It is suggested that absence of $17{\beta}-estradiol$ effect on pseudopregnant rat oviduct is due to there is no embryo passing througth the oviduct.

• 한국동물학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.17-22
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• 1974

Pentose phosphate shunt의 첫 작용때 나타나는 효소 glucose-6-phosphate dehydorgenase의 활성을 출생전 및 출생후 연령에 따라서 쥐(white rat)의 간세포를 암수 성별로 spectrophotometer를 써서 측정하였다. 이 활성이 16일 된 배에서 가장 높았고 (54 I.U.), 그때부터 출생후 13일 까지 조금씩 저하되지만 (17 I.U.), 다시 서서히 증가해서 19일에는 53 I.U.까지 높아졌다. 성별로 본 결과는 일반적으로 수컷보다 암컷에서 G-6-PD의 활성이 약간 높게 나타났다.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제51권3호
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• pp.200-206
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• 2008

본 연구는 쌀 배아를 활용한 만성 대사성질환 예방용 제품 및 건강기능성 식품 개발의 일환으로써 고콜레스테롤 식이를 급여하여 고지혈증을 유발시킨 흰쥐에서 15%의 배아와 25%의 흑미 미강색소 배아젤리의 첨가가 혈장과 간 조직의 지질 대사와 항산화효소의 환성에 미치는 영향을 살펴보았다. 실험 식이를 6주 간 급여한 결과, 배아와 흑미 미강색소 배아젤리 첨가는 실험동물의 식이섭취에 영향을 미치지 않았다. 배아군과 흑미 미강색소 배아젤리군은 고콜레스테롤 급여 대조군에 비해 혈장의 총 콜레스테롤과 LDL-콜레스테롤 및 간의 중성지방과 총 콜레스테롤 농도를 감소시키고, HDL-콜레스테롤 농도와 HDL-C/TC 비는 증가시켰으며, 동맥경화지수는 감소시켜 체내 지질대사의 개선 효과가 있었다. 혈장 GOT와 GPT 수치는 배아와 흑미 미강색소 배아젤리를 첨가하였을 때 감소하여 고콜레스테롤혈증 상태에서 간 기능 보호에 긍정적인 효과가 있었다. 또한 배아와 흑미 미강색소 배아젤리는 고콜레스테롤 급여로 인해 증가된 혈장과 간 내의 지질과산화를 억제시키는 효과가 있었다. 반면, 항산화 효소인 간 조직의 SOD와 CAT활성은 배아와 배아젤리 첨가에 따라 증가하였다. 이상의 결과로 볼 때 배아와 흑미 미강색소 배아젤리는 고콜레스테롤 식이 흰쥐의 간 조직에서의 항산화 활성을 강화시키고 산화적 손상을 억제시키는 자용이 있으며 현장과 간조직의 지질대사를 개선하여 심혈관계 질환을 예방 및 감소시킬 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.183-187
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• 2008

This study was conducted to analyze the expression pattern of inhibitor of DNA binding proteins (Id)1 and Id2 mRNA on folliculogenesis in rat ovary. The ovaries were obtained from 27 days old Sprague-Dawley rat, fixed, dehydrated, and paraffin embedded. For in situ hybridization, anti-sense and sense Idl and Id2 cRNA probes were prepared and applied to the ovarian section. The ovarian sections were coated with NTB-2 emulsion. After that, the slides were developed and counterstained with hematoxylin and eosin staining. In oocytes, the hybridizational signals of Id1 mRNA were strong in primordial and primary follicles, however, there were no signals in that of atretic or preovulatory follicles. The Id2 mRNA signals were also strong in the oocytes of primordial, primary and secondary follicles. Interestingly, the Id2 mRNA was expressed specifically granulosa cells, but nor in oocyte or theca cells in dominant and preovulatory follicles. Based on these results, Id1 and Id2 mRNA was expressed specifically at follicle stages and follicular tissue and might be closely related with follicle development.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.101-105
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• 2012

Linuron is a pesticide with a weak anti-androgenic property, which impacts male reproductive organs. In this study, to clarify whether linuron affects the cellular antioxidant system of ventral prostate, gene expression patterns of the representative antioxidant enzymes such as glutathione peroxidase (GPx), selenoprotein P (SePP), and superoxide dismutase (SOD) were investigated in the rat ventral prostates exposed to linuron using real-time RT-PCR analyses. Sprague-Dawley rats castrated at 6 weeks old were treated with linuron (25, 50, or 100 mg/kg per oral) daily for 10 days after testosterone propionate administration (0.4 mg/kg) subcutaneously. As compared to normal control animals, mRNA levels of phospholipid hydroperoxide GPx (PHGPx), SePP, and Mn SOD significantly increased in the prostates exposed to linuron (25, 50, and 100 mg/kg). However, cytosolic GPx (100 mg/kg) and Cu/Zn SOD (25, 50, and 100 mg/kg) mRNA levels significantly decreased in the ventral prostates. These results indicate that linuron upregulates the expressions of PHGPx, SePP, and Mn SOD mRNAs, but down-regulates the expressions of cytosolic GPx and Cu/Zn SOD in rat prostates, suggesting that linuron may have dual effects in the cellular antioxidant system of prostate.

• 약학회지
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• 제42권3호
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• pp.336-344
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• 1998

Effects of ochratoxin A (OTA) on embryo development were studied in cultured whole embryos from 9.5 day gestation rat for 48 h. OTA (more than $0.5{\mu}g/ml$) induced microcephaly in the cultured rat whole embryos. Protein and DNA content, and DNA synthesis were significantly inhibited by OTA. We next examined whether the microcephaly seen in cultured whole embryo partially results from inhibition of differentiation of embryonic midbrain cells. Embryonic midbrain cells were extracted from 12 day gestation rat embryos, and cultured for 96 hr. OTA ibhibited cell differentiation about 50% over control. We also tested whether OTA-induced embryotoxicity would be associated with oxidative damages. We measured the ${\gamma}$-glutamyltranspeptidase (${\gamma}$-GT) and glutathione peroxidase (GPX) activities, and glutathione (GSH) content in both cultured whole embryos and embryonic midbrain cells. OTA decreased GSH content, whereas slightly increased ${\gamma}$-GT activity, but GPX activity was not significantly changed. These results show that OTA caused the microcephaly and its effect may be partially due to the inhibition of cell differentiation of embryonic midbrain cells, but the role of oxidative damages is not clear in embryotoxicity.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.357-363
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• 1998

The teratogenic potential of the anticonvulsant drug phenytoin (PHT) has been well documented both in the human and in the experimental animals. However there are few reports on the effects of PHT on embryonic development in rats in vitro. The present study was performed to evaluate the teratogenic effects of PHT using whole-embryo culture system in rats. Sprague-Dawley rat embryos were explanted on gestational day (GD) 9.5 and cultured for 48 hrs in the immediately centrifuged and heat-inactivated rat serum containing 0,25,50, or $100{\mu}g$ PHT/mL. At the end of culture period the embryos were scored for morphological development according to the procedure of Van Maele-Fabry, and their total protein contents were determined. At 100 ${\mu}$g/mL of culture medium. PHT caused significant reduction in developmental score and protein content of embryos and a high incidence morphological abnormalities (100%). Characteristic malformations included altered yolk and embryonic circulation, craniofacial hypoplasia, neural tube schisis, branchial arch defects, abnormal ratation, and limb bud hypoplasia, among others. There were no adverse effects on embryonic growth and development at concentrations of 25 and 50 ${\mu}$g /mL of culture medium. The results indicated that the dysmorphogenic effect of PHT on cultured embryos is due to a direct interference with embryonic development.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.179-190
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• 1998

Prolactin (PRL) surge in cycling rats at proestrous afternoon has previously been reported as an inducer of apoptotic cell death of luteal cells. This death-inducing action of PRL seeins unusual, because PRL can he categorized as a cell-survival factor, if other known physiological functions of PRL are taken into account. In this study, the apoptotic action of PRL was assessed in cultured cells prepared from rat luteal tissue and underlying molecular /cellular mechanism of PRL-induced luteolysis was analyzed. The latest crop of corpora lutea (CLs) were enucleated from rat ovaries at 18:00 h on the proestrous day before the next ovulation. Donor rats were pretreated with CB154, a dopamine agonist, in order to he exempted from the endogenous PRL surge. The harvested GLs were dispersed and cultured with or without PRL (2$\mu$g /ml) for 24 or 48 h. An addition of PRL to the culture medium changed the parameters indicative of cell death via apoptosis: a decrease in cell viability (MTT) and an increase in chromatin condensation. Most of the DNA breakdown in nuclei induced by PRL occurred in steroidogenic cells which were identified by 3$\beta$-HSD activity staining, and the number of 3$\beta$-HSD-positivecells were significantly decreased. Interestingly, most of the cells with an apoptotic nucleus adhered to one or more intact and seemingly non-steroidogenic cells. Because the expression of Fas has heen shown to be abundant in murine ovary, and Fas is known to have an exact physiological role in occurrence of apoptotic cell death, the membrane form-Fas ligand (rnFasL) was quantified in the cell lysate. An addition of PRL increased expression of mFasL. Moreover, an addition of concanavalin A (ConA), a T-cell specific activator, in place of PRL, enhanced the apoptotic parameters. Cumulatively, the apoptotic PRL action was addressed to cells unknown than steroidogenic lute~ cells. The most prohable candidate for the direct target cells is Tcells in the luteal tissue that can express mFasL in response to PRL.