• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.482-496
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• 2003

effectiveness of the PAM graphite-electrode technology for the treatment of many types of low-level radioactive waste including : combustible material, solidified resins in cement, inorganic materials, steel, glass, and solidified boric acid cement. The objectives of PAM-200 evaluation were to verify that 1) the facility meets air emission regulations, 2) the facility can be safely operated when processing hazardous and radioactive materials and 3) satisfactory final waste forms can be produced. Results, derived from KAERI's(Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) analyses for samples of vitrified product, scrubbing solution and offgas collected during test period, show that PAM-200 can treat radioactive wastes as well as hazardous wastes with toxic constituents and radionuclides contained in the offgas exiting from the stack to the environment controlled to be far lower than the limit regulated by air conservation law and atomic law.

• 한국수정란이식학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수정란이식학회 2002년도 국제심포지엄
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• pp.78-78
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• 2002

The role of heat shock proteins in shielding organism from environmental stress is illustrated by the large-scale synthesis of these protein by the organism studied to date. However, recent evidence also suggests an important role for heat shock protein in fertilization and early development of mammalian embryos. Effects of elevated in vitro temperature on in vitro produced bovine embryos were analysed in order to determine its impact on the expression of heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) by control and frozen-thawed after in vitro fertilization (IVF) or nuclear transfer (NT). The objective of this study was to assess the developmental potential in vitro produced embryos with using of the various containers and examined expression and localization of heat shock protein 70 after it's frozen -thawed. For the vitrification, in vitro produced embryos at 2 cell, 8 cell and blastocysts stage after IVF and NT were exposed the ethylene glycol 5.5 M freezing solution (EG 5.5) for 30 sec, loaded on each containers such EM grid, straw and cryo-loop and then immediately plunged into liquid nitrogen. Thawed embryos were serially diluted in sucrose solution, each for 1 min, and cultured in CRI-aa medium. Survival rates of the vitrification production were assessed by re-expanded, hatched blastocysts. There were no differences in the survival rates of IVF using EM grid, cryo-loop. However, survival rates by straw were relatively lower than other containers. Only, nuclear transferred embryos survived by using cryo-loop. After IVF or NT, in vitro matured bovine embryos 2 cell, 8 cell and blastocysts subjected to control and thawed conditions were analysed by semiquantitive reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction methods for hsp 70 mRNA expression. Results revealed the expression of hsp 70 mRNA were higher thawed embryos than control embryos. Immunocytochemistry used to localization the hsp70 protein in embryos. Two, 8-cell embryos derived under control condition was evenly distributed in the cytoplasm but appeared as aggregates in some embryos exposed frozen-thawed. However, under control condition, blastocysts displayed aggregate signal while Hsp70 in frozen-thawed blastocysts appeared to be more uniform in distribution.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.7-14
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• 1994

The present experiments on cryopreservation were designed to examine the effects of solution toxicity, equilibration time and cell stages on the post-thaw survival of bovine IVF embryos. The oocytes were matured in vitro(IVM) for 24 hrs. in TCM-199 supplemented with 35 $\mu$g /ml FSH, 10 $\mu$g /ml LH, 1 $\mu$g /ml estradiol-17$\beta$ and granulosa cells at 39$^{\circ}C$ under 5% $CO_2$ in air. They were fertilized in vitro(IVF) by epididymal spermatozoa treated with heparin for 24 hrs., and then the zygotes were co-cultured in vitro(IVC) with bovine oviductal epithelial cells for 7 to 9 days. The bovine IVF embryos were exposed to the EFS solution in one step at room temperature, kept in the EFS solution during different period for toxicity test, vitrified in liquid nitrogen, and thawed rapidly. 1. after the bovine blastocysts were exposed to EFS solution for 2 min. at room temperature and then they were washed in 0.5 M sucrose solution and TCM-199, they were cultured to examined cryoprotectant induced injury during exposure, Most of the embryos(95.0%) developed to reexpanded blastocoels. However, when the exposure time was extended to 5 and 10 min, these development rates dropped dramatically in 5 min. (69.5%) and 10 min. (47.4%), respectively, 2. When the bovine IVF embryos were vitrified in EFS solution after the equilibration for 1 and 2 min. exposure, The embryos to have reexpanded blastocoels following thawing, washing and culture processes were found to he 82.6 and 73.9%, respectively. However, when the exposure time was extended to 3 min, this survival rate dropped to 18.2%. The optimal time for equilibration of bovine IVF blastocysts in EFS solution seemed to he 1~2 min. 3. When the bovine IVF embryos were equilibrated for 1 min. the significantly (P<0. 05) higher post-thaw survival rates were obtained from the embryos of blastocyst stage(81.3%) than morulae stage(5. 1%). The optimal cell stage for viterification with EFS solution proven to he blastocyst stage in bovine IVF embryos. 4. The number of blastomeres of blastocyst stage was examined with nuclear staining with Hoechst 33342 during 7 to 9 days post-insemination. The cell counts of frozen bovine IVF embryos were found significantly(P$\geq$7.5 and those of the fresh embryos 76.6$\geq$7. 1, which were cultured in the sarne period and conditions as frozen embryos.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.249-259
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• 2014

동결 닭 원시 생식 세포의 생식계열 키메라를 이용한 생체에의 복원을 실용화 하기 위해서는, 닭 원시 생식 세포의 동결 보존 기술의 향상에 의해 동결 및 융해 후의 많은 생존세포를 확보하는 것이 반드시 필요하다. 닭 원시 생식 세포는 배양 5.5일령의 닭 원시 생식선으로부터 채취하고, MACS 방법에 의해서 순수 닭 원시 생식 세포를 분리했다. 15% 각각의 EG를 동결 보호제로 사용한 처리군이 각 군의 농도에 상관없이 유의적(p<0.05)으로 PG 처리군보다 동결 및 융해 후의 세포의 생존율이 높음을 확인하였다. 특히, 동결 보호제로 10% EG를 이용한 유리화 처리군에서 85.63%로 동일한 농도의 PG 처리군(66.81%)보다 유의적(p<0.05)으로 가장 높은 생존율을 보였다. 한편, 10% EG를 이용한 완만 동결 처리군에서 66.14%로 동일한 농도의 PG 처리군(50.11%)보다 유의적(p<0.05)으로 가장 높은 생존율을 보였다. 이상의 결과들로부터 유리화 동결에 있어서 가장 높은 생존율을 보인 10% EG이 최적의 동결 보호제로서 사용 가능함을 확인하였고, 이는 한국재래닭(오계)의 원시 생식 세포의 동결 보존의 실용화가 보다 더 향상될 수 있는 또 하나의 방법이 될 수 있음을 시사한다.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.231-238
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• 1999

본 연구는 체외생산된 소 배반포기배를 발달 단계 및 배양일에 따라 구별하여 초자화 동결 및 융해하였을 때, 그 발달능을 유지하는지 확인하고자 실시하였다. 체외수정 후 8일간 배양된 배반포기 배는 20% ethylene glycol에 3분 동안 평형시키고, EFS40 (40% ethylene glycol, 18% ficoll, 0.3M sucrose 그리고 10% FBS가 함유된 mDPBS) 동결액에 30초 동안 노출한 후, 액체질소에 침지하여 초자화 동결되었다. 체외 생존 여부는 응해 24시간 및 48시간에 재팽창 및 탈출 또는 완전탈출로써 평가하였다. 그 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1) 체외수정 후 8일간 배 양하였을 때, 난할된 배의 배반포기 배로의 발달율은 41.0%였다 (초기 ; 7.6%, 팽창; 22.9%, 탈출; 4.6%, 완전탈출; 5.9%). 2) 배반포기배를 동결액에 노출 또는 초자화 동결하였을 때, 초자화 동결된 배반포기배의 재팽창율 (73.3%)은 대조군 및 동결액에 노출된 경우 (100, 97.0%)보다 낮았다 (p<0.05). 그러나 융해 48시간 후 탈출 또는 완전탈출 배반포기배 형성율은 초자화 동결된 경우 (66.7, 46.7%)와 노출된 경우 (66.7, 39.4%)는 유의한 차이를 나타내지 않았으나, 대조군(100, 100%)과는 차이를 보였다 (p<0.01). 그러나, 완전탈출까지 발달한 배반포기배의 총 세포수를 조사하였을 때, 각 처리군간의 유의한 차이는 없었다. 3) 배반포기배의 발달 단계에 따른 체외 생존율을 비교하였을 때, 재팽창율은 실험군간에 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았다 $(64.5{\sim}75.6%)$. 그러나 융해 48시간 후, 탈출 또는 완전탈출로써 평가된 초기 배반포기배의 발달율 (25.8, 9.7%)은 팽창 (69.7, 39.4%)및 탈출 배반포기배 (53.3, 43.3%)의 발달율보다 낮게 나타났다 (p<0.05). 4) 또한, 배양 7, 8 그리고 9일의 팽창 배반포기배를 초자화 동결하였을 때, 8일 및 9일간 배양된 배반포기배의 재팽창율은 7일간 배양된 경우보다 낮게 나타났다 (7일; 93.9%, 8일; 75.8%, 9일; 87.5%) (p<0.05). 그러나 완전탈출 배반포기배로의 발달율에서는 처리군간에 유의한 차이를 보이지 않았다 (7일; 36.4%, 8일; 36.4%, 9일; 31.3%). 이러한 결과는 EFS40을 이용한 2단계 초자화 동결 방법이 체외생산 된 팽창 및 탈출 배반포기배의 동결에 유용하게 이용될 수 있음을 시사한다.

• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.235-240
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• 2007

This study was conducted to examine the viability of Korean native striped cattle (Bos namadicus Falconer, Chikso) clone embryos after embryo transfer. Chikso somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) embryos were produced by fusion of ear skin cells derived from a female Chikso with enucleated oocytes matured in vitro for 18-24 hr. After in vitro culture of SCNT embryos for 7 to 8 days, fresh or vitrified blastocysts derived from SCNT were transferred into a uterine horn of recipient cows. Fifteen of total 43 recipients were pregnant at Day 50 and 4 recipients were maintained to term. Three IVF-derived calves and 1 clone Chikso calf were born. Pregnancy rate was higher when fresh embryos were transferred to recipients compared to vitrified embryos, but development to term was not different between both groups. The clone Chikso calf died at 5 days after birth due to the fullness of amniotic fluid in rumen and the infection of umbilical cord. The result of the present study shows that clone Chikso calf can produced from the embryo transfer of SCNT embryos, however, solution of abortion problem is necessary to improve the cloning efficiency.

• 한국가축번식학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.217-224
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• 1992

These studies were carried out ot investigate on the transferred embryo development following ultrarapid frozen for 8-cell and morula of in vitro fertilization mouse embryos. The post-thaw embryo survival was evaluated and compared by cell stage of embryos and by equilibration time before ultrarapid freezing. The results obatined were summerized as follows: 1. The effects of equilibration time of 3 vs. 6 minutes before ultrarapid freezing and after thawing on the morphological survival and the viability of 8-cell and morulas embryos were not significant. 2. When the ultrarapid frozen-thawed 32 eight-cell and 33 morula embryos, and 30 fresh blastocysts were transferred to pseudopregnant recipient mice, the number of normal offsprings produced were 9(28.1%), 14(42.4%) and 18(60.0%), respectively. From the above resutls, it was concluded that the optimal conditions of pH osmolality of the media for mouse IVF and embryo culture, and the period of sperm preincubation might be 7.1, 310 mOsm and 120 min., respectively,a nd somewhat high conception rate might be resulted from transfer of frozen embryos of morula stage and fresh embryos of blastocyst stage.

• 방사성폐기물학회지
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.231-238
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• 2004

원자력 발전소에서 발생하는 고체 방사성 폐기물인 이온교환수지, 제올라이트, 활성탄 및 슬러지 에 포함된 성분 원소 분석을 위한 산분해 조건을 확립하였다. 방사성 폐기물의 분해 에는 흔합산을 이용한 밀폐형 극초단파 산분해법을 사용하였으며, 제안한 방법에 따른 산분해 후의 용액은 맑고 색이 없는 투명한 상태임을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한, 산분해 과정을 거친 각각의 용액 시료는 ICP-AES와 AAS를 사용하여 분석하였고, 모의 방사성 폐기물에 첨가한 5종의 금속 원소들은 $94{\%}$ 이상의 높은 회수율을 보여주었다. 화학적 특성을 고려하여 제안된 산분해 조건에 의해 용액화된 중${\cdot}$저준위 방사성 폐기물의 성분 원소 분석은 최적의 유리화 기술 개발을 위한 기초 자료로 유용하게 사용될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.11-20
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• 1997

The influence of cryopreservation of donor embryos on the in vitro developmental potential in the nuclear transplant rabbit embryos was evaluated. The embryos of 16-cell stage were collected and cryopreserved with EFS solution by vitrification method. The frozen embryos were thawed and synchronized to S and G$_1$ phase of 32-cell stage. The recipient/ cytoplasms were obtained by removing the first polar body and chromosome mass from the oocytes collected by non-disruptive microsurgery procedure. The separated S and G$_1$ phase blastomeres of 32-cell stage were injected into enucleated recipient cytoplasms by micromanipulation. After culture until 20 hrs post-hCG injection, the nuclear transplant oocytes were electrofused and activated by electrical stimulation. The fused nuclear transplant embryos were co-cultured with rabbit oviduct epithelial cells. After in vitro culture for 120 hrs, the nuclear transplant embryos developed to blastocyst stage were stained with Hoechst 33342 dye and their blastomeres were counted. The electrofusion rate was significantly (P<0.05) reduced in the frozen nuclear donor,compared with fresh donor nuclei as 80.0 vs 62.8% in S phase and 81.7 vs 64.8% in G$_1$phase, respectivley. The in vitro developmental rate to blastocyst stage with the S and G$_1$phase of fresh embryos(26.3 and 61.1%, respectively) was found significantly (P<0.05) higher, compared to the S and G]phase of frozen embryos(11.9 and 34.6%, respectively). When frozen as well as fresh donor embryos were synchronized to G$_1$ phase, the in vitro developmental rate to blastocyst stage was significantly (P<0.05) higher, compared with S phase donor nuclei. The cell counts of nuclear transplant embryos developed to blastosyst stage were significantly (P<0.05) more in G$_1$ phase of fresh or frozen embryos (180.1 and 125.7 cells, respectively), compared with S phase nuclear donor (145.1 and 103.7 cells, respectively). From the above results it was concluded that the rabbit embryos cryo- preserved by vitrification might be available as nuclear donor, though the developmentalpotential and cell counts of nuclear transplant rabbit embryos were decreased significantly.

• 한국가축번식학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.35-42
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• 1996

본 실험은 체외수정에 의해 생산된 생쥐 배반포기배를 초자화 동결하였을 때 straw 제작방법 및 융해조건이 배반포기배의 생존성에 미치는 효과를 검토하고자 실시하였다. 융해시 각 straw내 동결보존액이 초자화 상태로 유지되는지를 확인하기 위하여 동결보존액 충전과 봉인방법이 다른 세 종류의 straw I, II, III가 제작되었는데, 이러한 모든 straw는 실온에 1~10초까지 노출된 후 $25^{\circ}C$ 수조에 침지되었다. 수정란은 20% ethylene glycol에 5분, EFS 40 용액에 1분간 노출된 후, straw내로 옮긴 다음 straw I과 II의 경우는 straw powder로, straw III는 straw powder와 열처리로 봉인하여 액체질소에 침지하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다; 1) Straw I embryo column은 융해시 3~6초의 실온 노출을 제외한 대부분의 노출시간에서 불투명한 반초자화 상태로 변화되었다. 그러나 Straw II embryo column을 사용하였을 때 다소 개선되었으나 완전히 초자화 상태를 유지하지는 못하였다. 반면, Straw III embryo column의 경우는 융해시 완전한 초자화 상태를 유지할 수 있었다. 2) Straw III loading 방법을 사용하여 초자화 동결, 융해된 난자의 생존율은 Straw I loading 방법을 사용하였을 때에 비해 유의하게 높았으며(P<0.05), 표준오차 범위는 낮게 나타났다. 3) 초자화 동결보존된 난자를 실온에 3, 5, 10초간 노출한 후 $25^{\circ}C$ 수조내에 침지하여 융해하였을 때, 배양 24시간째 생존율은 72.7~87.1%이었고, 배양 48시간째 탈출배반포기배까지의 발달율은 34.0~48.4%이었으며, 융해시 각 처리간 유의차는 인정되지 않았다. 본 연구 결과, 초자화 동결 융해 후 높은 생존율 및 낮은 오차범위는 Straw III loading 방법과 double 봉인방법 및 적절한 2단계 융해법을 사용함으로서 얻을 수 있었다.