• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.46-55
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• 1989

The effects of an antiprogesterone (RU 486) and an antiestrogen (tamoxifen) on ovulatory response and oocyte morphology were examined in pregnant mare serum gonadotropin (PMSG)-primed immatare female rats (28 days of age): a comparison has been made on two different regirnens primed with a "control" dose (4 IU) and a "superovulatory" dose (40 IU) of PMSG. Females for control control regimen received three consecutive injections of lmg RU486, lmg tamoxifen, or vehicle at 24, 36 and 48hr, and were killed at 72l'r after PMSG. Animals for superovalatory regimen received lmg RU486, 2.5mg tamoxifen, or vehicle fouowlag the injection schedule comparable to control regimen, and were killed at 60 and 72hr after PMSG. Compared to vehicle group, there was a significant reduction in ovulatory response as judged by the proportion of rats ovulating andi or by the mean number of oocytes per rat for each treatment of RU486 and tamoxifen in both regimens. The activity of tamoxifen in inhibiting the ovulatory response was greater in control, but less in superovulatory regimen than that of RU486 based on the dose employed for each antisteroid. In both regimens, RU 486 did not have any effect 6n the changes in the proportion of degenerate oocytes as well as ovarian weight, well tamoxifen treatment resulted in a marked promotion of oocyte degeneration as well as a great reduction in ovarian weight, compared to each parameter of vehicle group. RU486 treatment in each regimen did not alter the serum levels of any steroid hormones observed. Howerver, tamoxifen treatment was associated with significant increases in serum 17$\beta$-estradiol and decreases in progesterone in both regimens; also significant increases in androgens in superovulatory regimen. The results illustrate the relative inhibitory activity of RU486 and tamoxifen indicating major steroid hormone involved in PMSG-induced ovulation: 17$\beta$-estradiol for control and progesterone for superovulatory regimen. It also appears that tamoxifen-associated elevation of circulating 17$\beta$-estradiol andi or androgens could be in part, a contributing factor to the promotion of oocyte degeneration presumably by producing a hostile oviductal environment after ovulation.ent after ovulation.

• 한국동물위생학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.151-156
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• 2003

This study was carried out to get a fundamental information for improvement of reproductive performance in gilt. We investigated the effects of breeds on body weight, age, body length, wither's height, girth and backfat thickness, and the serum concentrations of estradiol-17${\beta}$, cortisol and progesterone at first estrus and mating of gilts. A total of 47 gilts of Duroc, Landrace and Yorkshire, produced at Livestock Experiment Station, Chungnam livestock sanitation research institute from 2000 through 2002, were used for this experiment. Body weight, age and girth of Duroc at frist estrus and mating were higher than those of Landrace and Yorkshire. There were no differences on body length among the three breeds at frist and mating. Wither's height of Duroc and Yorkshire at first estrus and mating was higher than that of Landrace. Backfat thickness of Yorkshire was thinnest among the three breeds at first estrus, but there were no differences on backfat thickness among the three breeds at first mating. Serum estradiol-17${\beta}$ concentration of Landrace(45.0 pg/ml) at first estrus was higher than that of Yorkshire(27.4 pg/ml) and Duroc(21.8 pg/ml), but there were no differences on estradiol-17${\beta}$ concentration (from 18.5 to 31.9 pg/ml) among the three breeds at first mating. Serum cortisol concentration of Duroc at first esturs and mating was higher than that of Landrace and Yorkshire. There were no differences on serum progesterone concentration among the three breeds at first estrus and mating of gilt.

• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.67-73
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• 1999

The insulin-like growth factor (IGF)s are believed to one of several growth factors that play an adjunctive role in ovarian follicular development. These factors circulate bound to a family of IGF-binding protein (IGFBP)s. It is known that circulating IGFBPs are involved in the transport of IGFs to tissues and modulate IGFs actions at local tissue. The purposes of this study were to evaluate changes in serum IGFBPs profiles during normal ovulatory menstrual cylce and to compare serum IGFBPs profiles in periovulatory phase of between normal ovulatory menstrual cylce and controlled hyperstimulated cycle. Fasting blood samples were obtained from 15 normal healthy women throughout normal ovulatory menstural cyle and on the day of aspiration of oocyte from 10 patients undergoing ovarian hyperstimuation for in vito fertilization-embryo transfer. Serum IGFBP-1 - IGFBP-4 were measured by western ligand blot and immunoprecipitation. Serum $17{\beta}$-estradiol was determined by radioimmunoassay. Type and molecular weight of serum IGFBP did not changed during normal ovulatory menstural cycle. No significant variation in the relative proportion and level of each IGFBP was found throughout normal ovulatory menstural cyle. Also, the relative proportion and level of each IGFBP did not correlated with serum $17{\beta}$-estradiol level. There was no significant difference in the relative proportion and level of each serum IGFBP between on the day of ovulation in normal ovulatory menstrual cylce and on the day of aspiration of oocyte in controlled hyperstimulated cycle. Our data indicate that IGFBPs have regulatory functions in ovary through an paracrine and autocrine rather than endocrine mechanism during normal ovulatory menstural cycle.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.799-804
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• 2003

천연물에 포함되어 있는 에스트로겐 효과를 가지는 성분의 생체 내에서의 직접적인 효과를 검정하기 위하여, 에스트로겐 수용체를 발현하는 것으로 알려진 인체 유방암 세포주 MCF7에 에스트로겐에 반응성을 나타내도록 고안된 CAT 리포터 플라스미드를 도입한 in vitro 검출시스템을 사용하여 에스트로겐 활성을 측정하였다. 이미 여러 분야에서 그 기능성의 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있는 광합성 조류인 스피루리나(spirulina)와 파래 등의 해양식물을 대상으로 에스트로겐 반응 리포터 시스템을 이용하여 에스트로겐 활성을 측정하였다. 그 결과, 스피루리나 에탄올 추출물의 CAT 활성은 $500\mug/ml\; 와\; 50 \mug/ml$의 농도에서 표준물질인 $17\beta-estradiol$의 농도 $10^{-8}$ M과 비슷한 정도의 에스트로겐 활성 효과를 나타내었고, $5\mug/ml$의 농도에서는 표준물질인 $17\beta-estradiol$의 농도 $10^{-10}$ M과 비슷한 정도의 에스트로겐 활성 효과를 나타내었다. 하지만 파래 추출물의 경우에는 에탄올을 처리한 대조군과 비교하여 유의한 CAT활성 변화를 나타내지 않았다 한편, 불가사리와 새우 등의 해양동물을 대상으로 한 실험에서는 에탄올을 처리한 대조군과 비교하여 유의한 CAT 활성 변화를 나타내지 않았다. 이 연구 결과로 광합성 조류인 스피루리나에 에스트로겐 활성을 효과적으로 나타내는 생리활성성분이 포함되어 있을 수 있다는 가능성을 확인하였다.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제6권5호
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• pp.261-267
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• 2002

The aim of the present study was to investigate the interaction of $estradiol-17{\beta}-bovine$ serum albumin $(E_2-BSA)$ and calcitropic hormones, such as parathyroid hormone, calcitonin, and vitamin D, in regulation of $Ca^{2+}$ uptake in primary cultured renal proximal tubule cells. Statistically significant increase in $Ca^{2+}$ uptake was found from 2 hours after $(E_2-BSA)\;(10^{-9}\;M)$ treatment, while $estradiol-17{\beta}\;(10^{-9}\;M)$ did not affect. Treatment of the cells with $(E_2-BSA)\;(10^{-9}\;M)$ together with parathyroid hormone (PTH) $(10^{-8}\;M),$ vitamin D $(10^{-8}\;M),$ or calcitonin $(10^{-8}\;M)$ significantly stimulated $Ca^{2+}$ uptake by 32.50%, 29.30%, or 27.75%, respectively, compared with the control. However, calcitropic hormones did not exhibit any synergistic effect on the E2-BSA-induced stimulation. $E_2-BSA$ significantly increased cAMP generation and PKC activity. The stimulatory effect of cotreatment of $E_2-BSA$ and PTH or vitamin D was blocked by SQ22536 (an adenylate cyclase inhibitor) and staurosporine (a PKC inhibitor), but the effect of cotreatment of $E_2-BSA$ and calcitonin was not blocked. Furthermore, 8-Br-cAMP and TPA (an artificial PKC promoter) increased $Ca^{2+}$ uptake by 25.51% and 16.47%, respectively, compared with the control. In conclusion, $E_2-BSA$ combined with calcitropic hormones regulated $Ca^{2+}$ uptake partially via cAMP and PKC-dependent mechanisms in renal proximal tubule cells.

• 한국수정란이식학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수정란이식학회 2003년도 제3회 발생공학 국제심포지움 및 학술대회
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• pp.59-59
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• 2003

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.209-212
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• 2007

내분비 교란 물질 중에서 최근에 문제가 되고 있는 물질이 프탈레이트계통 물질로서 플라스틱의 가소제로 사용하고 있는 DEHP와 DBP에 대하여 사람유방암세포 이면서 에스트로젠 의존성을 가지고 있는 MCF-7 세포에서의 세포 증식 정도를 농도 별로 측정하여 두 물질의 에스트로젠 작용가능성에 대하여 조사하였다. 시험물질인 DEHP와 DBP의 MCF-7 세포의 최대 증식 시의 농도를 조사해 본 결과, DEHP는 $17{\beta}-Estradiol$에 비하여 100배정도 높은 농도인 $10^{-7}M$ 에서 최대 증식능력을 보였고, DBP는 10배정도 높은 $10^{-8}M$ 에서 최대 증식능력을 보였다. 최대 증식 능력을 보일 때의 양성대조물질인 $17{\beta}-Estradiol$와 증식 정도 차이를 비교하였을 때에는 DEHP는 양성대조군 대비 87.5%의 증식 정도를 나타내었고, DBP는 73.4%의 증식 정도를 나타내었다 결론적으로 DEHP와 DBP 두 물질 모두 MCF-7 세포의 증식에 영향을 주는 것으로 판단되었으며, 최대 작용농도에 있어서는 DBP>DEHP, 세포 증식 정도에 있어서는 DEHP>DBP 인 것으로 판단되어 진다.

• 한국어류학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.173-179
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• 2000

Estradiol-$17{\beta}(E_2)$와 2,4-dichlorophenoxy acetic acid (2, 4- D)가 난황 전구물질의 합성에 미치는 영향을 넙치 Paralichthys olivaceus 간세포의 초대 배양을 통하여 조사하였다. 배양간세포의 생존율은 배양온도 $27^{\circ}C$에 서 가장 높게 나타났으며, $15^{\circ}C$에서는 생존율이 급격히 감소하여 약 50%의 생존율을 나타내었다. $E_2$에 의한 VTG 의 합성은 $10^{-6}M$에서 최대치를 나타내었다. 2, 4-D $10^{-7}\sim10^{-5}M$의 첨가에 의해 VTG의 합성은 이루어지지 않았다. 그러나, 저농도인 $10^{-8}M$에서는 VTG의 합성이 증가하였다. $E_2$ 및 2, 4-D에 의해 합성된 VTG는 $10^{-6}M$ tamoxifen의 첨가에 의해 유의하게 억제되었다 (P<0.01). 본 연구 결과에서 $E_2$와 2, 4-D의 동시 첨가는 VTG의 합성을 억제하지 않았다. 이러한 결과는 2, 4-D의 작용이 $E_2$와 유사한 작용을 가지지만, VTG의 합성에 있어서 $E_2$ 수용체에의 작용 양식은 서로 다른 것으로 추정된다.

• 한국환경생물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국환경생물학회 2002년도 학술대회
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• pp.141-144
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• 2002

Environmental estrogens are natural or synthetic substances present in the aquatic environment, especially in effluent from sewage treatment. However, the adverse effects of these estrogenic substances on fish reproduction are unknown. Di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) is the most common phthalate, which Ps used as a plasticizer in polyvinylchloride (PVC), and it is widespread in the environment and has been found in aquatic organisms and sediments. Therefore, juvenile common carps (Cyprinus carpio) were exposed to nominal concentrations of 17$\beta$-estradiol (E2) (0.5, 5, 50 $\mu\textrm{g}$/L) and DEHP (10, 100, 500 $\mu\textrm{g}$/L) for 21 days, to determine the adverse reproductive effects of these compounds on plasma vitellogenin (VTG) induction, sex steroid level, and gonad weight. Electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) revealed that much of VTG was induced in fish exposed to 5 and 50 E$_2$ $\mu\textrm{g}$/L, but none of DEHP exposure showed induction. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) revealed that VTG was significantly induced in fish exposed to 5 and 50 E$_2$ $\mu\textrm{g}$/L, and combination of 50 E$_2$ $\mu\textrm{g}$/L with 10 and 500 DEHP $\mu\textrm{g}$/L, but none of DEHP exposure showed induction. Analysis of sex steroid levels in some fish revealed that testosterone (T) was detected in both male and female fish of the control and DEHP exposures, but none of fish exposed to 22 concentrations had detectable testosterone level. On the other hand, E$_2$ exposure induced 17$\beta$-estradiol in plasma of male fish, but there was no induction of 17$\beta$-estradiol in plasma of male fish exposed to DEHP. Comparison of gonadosomatic index (GSI) revealed that maximal E$_2$ exposure inhibited ovarian growth, but maximal DEHP exposure stimulated testicular growth. The results indicated that those comparisons can be a useful bio-indicator for determining adverse reproductive effect of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs).

• 농업과학연구
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.70-74
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• 1985

한국재래산양(韓國在來山羊)에 대하여 혈청(血淸) LH, FSH, prolactin, estradiol-$17{\beta}$ 및 progesterone의 농도(濃度)를 교배일(交配日)로부터 20일간격(日間隔)으로 140일(日)까지와 분만당일(分娩當日) 및 분만후(分娩後) 10일(日)과 20일(日)에 조사(調査)하였다. 혈청(血淸) LH의 농도(濃度)는 임신(姙娠) 60일(日)에 1.95mIU/ml로 최고치(最高値)였고, 임신(姙娠) 100일(日0까지는 높은 수준(水準)이었으나 그 후(後)로는 급격(急激)히 감소(減少)하여 분만시(分娩時)에는 0.02 mIU/ml를 나타냈다. Prolactin의 농도(濃度)는 임신(姙娠) 140일(日)부터 급격(急激)히 증가(增加)하여 분만시(分娩時)에는 29.75 ng/ml로 최고치(最高値)였으며, 분만후(分娩後)에는 다시 감소(減少)하였다. FSH는 모든 관찰시간(觀察時間)에서 분절하한치(分折下限値)인 1.25 mIU/ml 이하(以下)의 수준(水準)이었다. 혈청(血淸) estradiol-$17{\beta}$의 수준(水準)은 임신기간(姙娠期間)이 경과(經過)할수록 증가(增加)하였으며, 분만시(分娩時)에는 159.62 pg/ml로 최고치(最高値)였고, 분만후(分娩後)에는 월등(越等)히 감소(減少)하였다. 혈청(血淸) progesterone은 임신(姙娠) 120일(日)에 6.62 ng/ml로 최고치(最高値)였고, 그 후(後)로는 감소(減少)하여 분만시(分娩時)에는 1.25 ng/ml로 매우 낮은 수준(水準)이었다.