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Environmental Exposure of Sperm Sex-Chromosomes: A Gender Selection Technique

  • Oyeyipo, Ibukun P.;van der Linde, Michelle;du Plessis, Stefan S.
    • Toxicological Research
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    • 제33권4호
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    • pp.315-323
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    • 2017
  • Preconceptual sex selection is still a highly debatable process whereby X- and Y-chromosome-bearing spermatozoa are isolated prior to fertilization of the oocyte. Although various separation techniques are available, none can guarantee 100% accuracy. The aim of this study was to separate X- and Y-chromosome-bearing spermatozoa using methods based on the viability difference between the X- and Y-chromosome-bearing spermatozoa. A total of 18 experimental semen samples were used, written consent was obtained from all donors and results were analysed in a blinded fashion. Spermatozoa were exposed to different pH values (5.5, 6.5, 7.5, 8.5, and 9.5), increased temperatures ($37^{\circ}C$, $41^{\circ}C$, and $45^{\circ}C$) and ROS level ($50{\mu}M$, $750{\mu}M$, and $1,000{\mu}M$). The live and dead cell separation was done through a modified swim-up technique. Changes in the sex-chromosome ratio of samples were established by double-label fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) before and after processing. The results indicated successful enrichment of X-chromosome-bearing spermatozoa upon incubation in acidic media, increased temperatures, and elevated $H_2O_2$. This study demonstrated the potential role for exploring the physiological differences between X-and Y-chromosome-bearing spermatozoa in the development of preconceptual gender selection.

핵형 분류를 위한 퍼지 멤버쉽 함수의 처리 (Computing of the Fuzzy Membership Function for Karyotype Classification)

  • 엄상희;남재현
    • 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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    • 제11권6호
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2006
  • 많은 연구자들이 자동 염색체 핵형 분류와 해석을 연구하고 있다. 현미경상의 이미지를 개개의 염색체로 자동 분류하기 위해서는 이미지 전처리 핵형 분류기 구현 등의 세부 절차가 필요하다. 이미지 전처리에서는 개개의 염색체 분리, 잡음 제거, 특징 파라미터 추출을 진행한다. 추출된 형태학적 특징 파라미터는 동원체 지수, 상대 길이비, 상대 면적비이다. 본 논문에서는 인간 염색체 핵형 분류를 위하여 퍼지 분류기가 사용되어졌다. 추출된 형태학적 특징 파라미터가 퍼지 분류기의 입력 파라미터로 사용되었다. 우리는 개개의 염색체 그룹에 대한 최적 퍼지 분류기를 위하여 멤버쉽 함수를 선택하는 것을 연구하였다.

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Regulation of Immune Responses by the Activating and Inhibitory Myeloid-Associate Immunoglobuline-Like Receptors (MAIR) (CD300)

  • Shibuya, Akira;Nakahashi-Oda, Chigusa;Tahara-Hanaoka, Satoko
    • IMMUNE NETWORK
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    • 제9권2호
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    • pp.41-45
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    • 2009
  • Activating and inhibitory cell surface receptors play important roles in regulation of immune responses. Recent progress has demonstrated that many inhibitory receptors pair with activating, as well as inhibitory, isoforms, both of whose genes are located in small clusters on a chromosome. We and others identified paired activating and inhibitory immunoglobulin-like receptors, designated myeloid-associated immunoglobulin-like receptors (MAIR) (CD300). MAIR is a multigene family consisting of nine genes on a small segment of mouse chromosome 11. MAIR family receptors are preferentially expressed on myeloid cells, including macrophages, dendritic cells, granulocytes, and bone-marrow-derived cultured mast cells, and a subset of B cells and regulate activation of these cells. Thus, MAIR plays an important role in innate immunity mediated by myeloid cells.

The gene encoding guanidinoacetate methyltransferase (GAMT) maps to mouse chromosome 10 near the locus of hesitant mutation affecting male fertility

  • Chae, Young-Jin;Chung, Chan-Ee;Kim, Byung-Jin;Lee, Mun-Han;Lee, Hang
    • 한국발생생물학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국발생생물학회 1998년도 제4차 학술발표대회 및 정기총회
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    • pp.50-51
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    • 1998
  • guanidinoacetate methyltransferase (GAMT) catalyzes the last step of creatine biosynthesis in mammals. Creatine plays an important role in cellular energy metabolism in variety of tissues including brain and male reproductive tract. Congenital deficiency of the enzyme leads to a neurologic disorder in humans. We used an interspecific backcross DNA panel to map Gamt to the central region of mouse Chromosome (Chr) 10 near the locus of hesitant mutation affecting male fertility. We assigned the human GAMT gene to Chr 19 by PCR analysis of a human/rodent somatic hybrid cell line DNA panel, and further localized the human gene to Chr 19 at band p13.3 by PCR analysis of a human radiation hybrid DNA panel. Human chr 19p13.3 is homologous to the central part of mouse Chr 10 where mouse Gamt is located. Furthermore, this part of mouse Chr 10 contains mutant loci the phenotype of which is similar to the GAMT deficiency in human.

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사람의 배양세포염색체의, 방사선감수성에 관한 연구 (Studies on the Radiosensitivity of the Chromosomes in Cultured Human Cells)

  • 강영선;김영진;이정길
    • 한국동물학회지
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    • 제10권1호
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    • pp.17-20
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    • 1967
  • The present experiment was perform to investigate the frequencies of chromosome aberration with special regard to the chromosome groups and the various time intervals after X-irradiation (60 r) in ormal human foetus cells grown in culture. The cytological preparations were prepared at every 5 through 30 hours after X-irradiation by the air-drying method. 1. The frequencies of chormosome aberration are on the whole decreased as tie elapses after irradiation and this is thought to be due to gradual recovery with time . However, a slight increase in frequencies is observed at 25 and 30 hours after irradiation respectively. This shows that the cells at the these periods are more sensitivity to X-irradation , and those cells are thought to be at G$_2$ and late S stage at the time of irradiation respectively, so t is evident that G$_2$ and late S stages a the time of irradiation respectively , so it is evident that G$_2$ and late S stages are more sensitive to X-irradiation than any other stages. 2. The frequencies of chormosome aberration are decreased in descending order of chormosome group number. The differences among these frequencies are highly significant statistically . Therefore it can be concluded that there is a highly significant difference in radiosensitivity among chromosome groups. that is, the chromosomes of the group A are the most radiosensitive , followed by B, C, D ,E and G in descending order.

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Characterization of a Novel Gene in the Extended MHC Region of Mouse, NG29/Cd320, a Homolog of the Human CD320

  • Park, Hyo-Jin;Kim, Ji-Yeon;Jung, Kyung-In;Kim, Tae-Jin
    • IMMUNE NETWORK
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    • 제9권4호
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    • pp.138-146
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    • 2009
  • Background: The MHC region of the chromosome contains a lot of genes involved in immune responses. Here we have investigated the mouse NG29/Cd320 gene in the centrometrically extended MHC region of chromosome 17. Methods: We cloned the NG29 gene by RT-PCR and confirmed the tissue distribution of its gene expression by northern blot hybridization. We generated the NG29 gene expression constructs and polyclonal antibody against the NG29 protein to perform the immunofluorescence, immunoprecipitation and flow cytometric analysis. Results: The murine NG29 gene and its human homologue, the CD320/8D6 gene, were similar in the gene structure and tissue expression patterns. We cloned the NG29 gene and confirmed its expression in plasma membrane and intracellular compartments by transfecting its expresssion constructs into HEK 293T cells. The immunoprecipitation studies with rabbit polyclonal antibody raised against the NG29-NusA fusion protein indicated that NG29 protein was a glycoprotein of about 45 kDa size. A flow cytometric analysis also showed the NG29 expression on the surface of Raw 264.7 macrophage cell line. Conclusion: These findings suggested that NG29 gene in mouse extended MHC class II region was the orthologue of human CD320 gene even though human CD320/8D6 gene was located in non-MHC region, chromosome 19p13.