• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.311-318
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• 1997

Bypassing acrosome reaction and fusion process in intracytoplasmic sperm injection(ICSI), most of injected spermatozoa still contain intact acrosome contents and plasma membrane. It Is not known yet what acrosome contents and plasma membrane of spermatozoa have effect on the development of embryo. For further understanding of fertilization process after ICSI, we studied the time of pronucleus formation, disappearance and first cleavage in human zygote, and pregnancy rate in relation to acrosome reaction rate of spermatozoa after ICSI. Seventy cycles undergoing ICSI program were randomly selected. Sperm suspension from 38 cycles were treated 50% human follicular fluid(hFF) for 3 hours in order to induce acrosome reaction, others were not treated as control. Acrosome reaction in hFF treated and non-treated group was assessed by fluorescein isothiocyanate(FITC)-conjugated Arachis hypogea(PNA) and Pisum sativum agglutinin(PSA). Oocytes were classified into 'good' and 'poor' according to their morphology. After ICSI, fertilization of oocytes were assessed by detection of two pronuclei at 16 hours. The pronuclei disappearance and first cleavage of zygotes were observed at 24 hours, and then embryos were transferred to uterus after culture for 72 hours. The rate of acrosome reaction of spermatozoa in hFF treated group was significantly higher than that in control(p<0.01). Fertilization rates of good oocytes were not different both control and hFF treated group(81.3%(174/206) vs. 72.1%(102/130)). But, in poor oocytes, the fertilization rates in hFF treated group(72.1%(149/183)) were increased compared than those of control group (63.6%(98/140), p<0.01). In either good or poor oocytes, the rates of pronuclei disappearance in hFF treated-spermatozoa injected oocytes were higher than control (59.1%(103/174), 56.4%(84/149) vs. 32.4%(33/102), 37.8%(37/98), p<0.01). Also, the rates of thirst cleavage were increased in hFF treated group (31%(54/174), 24.1%(36/149)) compared than those of control group (10.8%(11/102), 13.2%(13/98), p<0.01). The pregnancy rates of hFF treated group (42.1%(16/38)) were slightly higher than control group (28.1%(9/32), p>0.05). But, the pregnancy rate of group which possessed more than one cleavaged zygote at 24 hours was higher than group which did not (45.2%(19/42) vs. 21.4%(6/28), p<0.05). From these results, the development of zygotes were faster in higher acrosome reacted sperm group than lower acrosome reacted sperm group after ICSI. Our results may be explained that acrosomal membrane and plasma membrane are easily detached from spermatozoa in acrosome reacted spermatozoa compared with acrosome intact sperm in the cytoplasm of oocyte during pronuclear formation. We conclude that the injection of acrosome reacted spermatozoa will increase the pregnancy rate as they can induce fast embryonic development in ICSI.

• 원예과학기술지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.335-342
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• 2010

무 13종을 고도가 다른 3지역(강릉-해발5m, 진부-해발550m, 대관령-해발 750m)에서 재배하여 설포라판함량, 총페놀함량, 항산화성을 조사하였다. 설포라판함량은 재배지역과 품종에 따라 0.1-$120.5{\mu}g{\cdot}g^{-1}$의 큰 차이가 있었으며 재배지역($P{\leq}0.001$), 품종($P{\leq}0.001$), 그리고 두 요소의 교호작용($P{\leq}0.01$)에 의해 영향을 받은 것으로 나타났다. 특히, 대관령에서 재배된 무 품종들은 다른 두 지역보다 설포라판함량이 높았으며, 품종들 중에는 검정무(근부, $107.8{\mu}g{\cdot}g^{-1}$)와 푸른무(엽부, $120.5{\mu}g{\cdot}g^{-1}$)가 가장 높았다. 총페놀함량은 근부의 경우 품종별($P{\leq}0.001$) 큰 차이가 있었으며, 품종 및 지대의 교호작용($P{\leq}0.01$)에 의해서도 영향을 받았으나, 지역에 따른 유의적 차이는 없었다. 엽에서는 근부와 달리 지역($P{\leq}0.01$)에 따라 차이가 있었으며, 품종별($P{\leq}0.001$) 그리고 지대와 품종의 교호작용($P{\leq}0.001$)에 의해서도 영향을 받았다. 전자공여능으로 분석한 항산화능은 재배지대와 품종, 그리고 두 요소의 교호작용에 의해 차이가 났다. 한편, 주요 시식부위인 무의 근부에서 총페놀함량과 항산화능의 상관성은 매우 높은 정의 상관(Pearson's r=0.897)을 보였으나 설포라판과 총페놀함량 및 설포라판과 항산화능은 상관성이 낮았다. 본 연구에서 무는 일반식품뿐만 아니라 기능성 식품의 원료로도 가치가 있음이 확인되었다. 또한, 건강기능성을 목적으로 한 무의 생산을 위해서는 품종과 재배지대의 선택이 중요하며, 지대가 높은 고랭지가 유리한 것으로 판단되었다.