• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.267-271
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• 2008

We experimentally determined the physico-chemical properties of seminal plasma as well as the sperm cryopreservation techniques of masou salmon, Oncorhynchus masou masou. Seminal plasma contained $18{\pm}1mmol/L$ potassium, $144{\pm}4mmol/L$ sodium, $116{\pm}3mmol/L$ chloride, $83.2{\pm}3.1mg/L$ calcium, $14.8{\pm}0.7mg/L$ magnesium, $45{\pm}9mg/L$ glucose, and $1.0{\pm}0.0g/L$ total protein. The osmolality and pH of seminal plasma were $287{\pm}7\;and\;7.7{\pm}0.1mmol/kg$, respectively, and the spermatocrit was $28{\pm}2$. The rate of embryonic survival at the eyed-stage and the hatching rate were highest in 10% methanol with 300 mM glucose. Compared to DMSO or glycerol, methanol served as a better cryoprotectant of masou salmon sperm.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제40권6호
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• pp.374-379
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• 2007

Two experiments were designed to examine short-term effects of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), and long-term effects of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa), $17{\alpha}-hydroxyprogesterone$ (17P), and $17{\alpha},20{\beta}-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one\;(17,20{\beta}P)$, alone or in combination, on milt production of the starry flounder Platichthys stellatus. In the first experiment, fish were injected with either 200 IU hCG/kg body weight or the same volume of marine fish Ringer's solution (MFRS). In the second experiment, each fish was implanted with a blank cholesterol pellet (control), $200\;{\mu}g$ GnRHa, $500\;{\mu}g$ 17P, or $100\;{\mu}g\;17,20{\beta}P/kg$ body weight alone or in combination. In the first experiment, hCG injection resulted in an increase in the expressible milt volume and a decrease in the spermatocrit (Sct). After pellet implantation in the second experiment, the milt volume was increased in males treated with GnRHa, GnRHa+17P, or $GnRHa+17,20{\beta}P$. On day 7 after hormone pellet implantation, the milt volume began to increase, and on day 14, the milt volume in the $GnRHa+500\;{\mu}g$ 17P group was significantly higher than that in the control group. Compared with the control group, the hormone pellet-treated groups had a significant reduction in the mean Sct and sperm concentration (Sc) at day 7 after pellet implantation, while there were no differences in total sperm number. The results suggest that increases in milt volume are generally associated with decreases in Sct and SC, suggesting that the main mechanism for the increase in milt volume was milt hydration.

• Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• 제24권12호
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• pp.437-445
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• 2021

Roughscale sole (Clidoderma asperrimum) is only wild caught because basic reproductive research on this species is lacking and gamete production in an artificial setting has not been successful. Exogenous hormone treatment has been used to induce gonadal maturation and final spermiation in wild-caught individuals. In this study, the effects of an exogenous hormone on spermiation in roughscale sole was investigated by implanting different concentrations of a salmon gonadotrophin-releasing hormone analog (sGnRH; 0, 25, 50, and 100 ㎍/kg body weight) into male fishes. The control group did not produce sperm after 21 days post-implantation, and the duration of spermiation was shorter compared to the other groups. The spermiation period and milt amount differed among the hormone-treated groups according to the hormone concentration used. Milt volumes in the groups treated with 25 and 100 ㎍/kg sGnRH increased compared to the control group, whereas exogenous hormone treatment had no effect on the movable sperm ratio. The spermatocrit was high at the beginning of spermiation in all groups and then tended to decrease gradually over time except in the experimental group treated with 100 ㎍/kg sGnRH. Plasma levels of testosterone, 11-ketotestosterone, 17α, 20β-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one were not significantly affected by the sGnRH treatments. Our results demonstrate that it is possible to prolong the spermiation period and increase milt volume by treating male roughscale soles with an exogenous hormone. In addition, the artificial hormone treatment did not affect sperm motility.

• 한국양식학회지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.149-157
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• 1995

양식어류의 정자보존을 위한 기초자료를 얻고자, 순환여과 사육시스템에서 사육한 전장 $21.8\pm2.8cm$, 체중 $173.8\pm67.5g$의 감성돔, Acanthopagus schlegeli을 재료로 하여, 정액의 물리$\cdot$화학적 특성과 $Na^+,\;K^+,\;Mg^{++},\;Ca^{++}$ 농도별 삼투압에 따른 정자의 운동성을 평가하였다. 개체당 1회 착출시 정액량은 평균 1.97ml였으며, 정자의 농도는 $2.33\pm1.30\times10^{10}$ sperm/ml, spermatocrit는 $90.6\pm5.0$이었다. 정액의 pH는 $8.3\pm0.1$이었으며, 사육해수와 정장 및 혈장의 삼투압은 각각 $939\times24,\;382\pm70,\;342\pm77$ mOsm/l, 정장의 $Na^+,\;K^+,\;Cl^-$ 농도는 각각 $169.5\pm4.5,\;4.9\pm2.2,\;156\pm2.0$ mM/l였다. $Na^+,\;K^+,\; Mg^{++}$ 및$Ca^{++}$결여 인공해수에 정액을 희석시켰을 경우, $Na^+$ 결여 인공해수에서만 정자의 운동이 개시되지 않았다. $Na^+$결여 인공해수에 1M NaCl을 서서히 첨가하여 삼투압을 상승시켰을 때, 삼투압 $1398\~1736$mOsm/l에서는 정자의 운동성이 낮았으나, $457\~l128$ mOsm/l에서는 높은 운동성을 보였다. NaCl 첨가시와 같은 방법으로 $K^+,\;Mg^{++}$ 및 $Ca^{++}$ 결여 인공해수에 1M의 KCl, $MgCl_2$및$CaCl_2$ 처리를 한 경우, 각각의 삼투압 범위 $904\~1434,\;818\~l175$ 및 $956\~1343$ mOsm/l에서 정자의 운동성이 높았다.