• Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
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• 제47권2호
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• pp.94-100
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• 2020

The inverse correlation between maternal age and pregnancy rate represents a major challenge for reproductive endocrinology. The high embryo ploidy error rate in failed in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycles reflects genetic misfires accumulated by older oocytes over time. Despite the application of different follicular recruitment protocols during IVF, gonadotropin modifications are generally futile in addressing such damage. Even when additional oocytes are retrieved, quality is frequently poor. Older oocytes with serious cytoplasmic and/or chromosomal errors are often harvested from poorly perfused follicles, and ovarian vascularity and follicular oxygenation impact embryonic chromosomal competency. Because stimulation regimens exert their effects briefly and immediately before ovulation, gonadotropins alone are an ineffective antidote to long-term hypoxic pathology. In contrast, the tissue repair properties (and particularly the angiogenic effects) of platelet-rich plasma (PRP) are well known, with applications in other clinical contexts. Injection of conventional PRP and/or its components (e.g., isolated platelet-derived growth factors as a cell-free substrate) into ovarian tissue prior to IVF has been reported to improve reproductive outcomes. Any derivative neovascularity may modulate oocyte competence by increasing cellular oxygenation and/or lowering concentrations of intraovarian reactive oxygen species. We propose a mechanism to support intrastromal angiogenesis, improved follicular perfusion, and, crucially, embryo ploidy rescue. This last effect may be explained by mRNA upregulation coordinated by PRP-associated molecular signaling, as in other tissue systems. Additionally, we outline an intraovarian injection technique for platelet-derived growth factors and present this method to help minimize reliance on donor oocytes and conventional hormone replacement therapy.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.17-22
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• 2021

Plants regenerated from in vitro cultures carry chromosomal variations, especially in long-term culture. Reducing the duration of plant tissue culture is one of the ways to reduce genetic and epigenetic changes. In this study, we reduced the duration of long-term culture and repeat subculture using small bulblets derived from bulb scales in two lily cultivars. The adventitious bulblets derived from bulb-scale tissue were cultured on three different media containing Murashige and Skoog (MS) basal medium supplemented with 1 g/L Charcoal, MS medium containing 0.3 mg/L IAA and 0.4 mg/L BA hormone with or without Charcoal, respectively. About seven weeks later, the number of newly propagated multiple shoots in the two media, A and B media, showed little differentiation. Compared to both media, the number of propagated multiple shoots increased 5-fold in MS medium containing 0.3 mg/L IAA and 0.4 mg/L BA hormone without Charcoal (C medium). The number of propagated multiple shoots ranged from 5 to 6 and 4 to 6 with an average of 5 in TropicalPink and GreenStar cultivars, respectively. The flow cytometric measurements indicated no variation in the ploidy level between control and in vitro propagated plants.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제50권2호
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• pp.193-206
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• 2023

Orchidaceae species account for one-tenth of all angiosperms including more than 30,000 species having significant ecological, evolutionary, and economic importance. Despite Orchidaceae being one of the largest families among flowering plants, crucial cytogenetic information for studying species diversification, inferring phylogenetic relationships, and designing efficient breeding strategies is lacking, except for 10% or less of orchid species cases involving mostly chromosome number or karyotype analysis. Also, only approximately 1.5% of the identified orchid species from less than a hundred genera have genome size data that provide crucial information for breeders and molecular geneticists. Various molecular cytogenetic techniques, such as fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and genomic in situ hybridization (GISH), have been developed for determining ploidy levels, analyzing karyotypes, and evaluating hybridity, in several ornamental crops including orchids. The estimation of genome size and the determination of nuclear DNA content using flow cytometry have also been employed in some Orchidaceae subfamilies. These different techniques have played an important role in supplementing beneficial knowledge for effective plant breeding programs and other related plant research. This review focused on orchid breeding summarizes the status of current cytogenetic tools in terms of background, advancements, different techniques, significant findings, and research challenges. Principal roles and applications of cytogenetics in orchid breeding as well as different ploidy level determination methods crucial for breeding are also discussed.

• 원예과학기술지
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• 제30권5호
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• pp.568-572
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• 2012

효율적인 교배를 위해서는 모본 또는 부본으로 사용하게 될 개체의 배수성 검정이 선행되어야 한다. 이에 본 연구에서는 국내 장미 신품종 육성 프로그램에 이용되고 있는 장미 7품종의 FISH 핵형분석을 통하여 배수성을 확인하고 이를 육종에 있어서 기초 자료로 이용하고자 수행되었다. 배수성 검경 결과, 7품종 모두 4배체(2n = 4x = 28)인 것으로 관찰되었다. FISH 핵형분석 결과, 45S rDNA는 4개의 signal이 7번 염색체 단완의 말단부위에서 관찰되었다. 염색체의 길이 관찰 결과, '알렉산드라'는 $1.67-2.67{\mu}m$, '프로이트'는 $1.40-2.04{\mu}m$, '리틀실버'는 $1.64-2.24{\mu}m$, '테레사'는 $1.69-2.26{\mu}m$, '티네케'는 $1.70-2.65{\mu}m$, '비탈'은 $1.35-2.08{\mu}m$, '옐로우미미'는 $1.39-2.04{\mu}m$로 관찰되었다. 염색체 전체 길이의 합은 프로이트 품종이 $11.23{\mu}m$ 로 가장 작았으며 알렉산드라 품종이 $15.05{\mu}m$로 가장 크게 관찰되었다. 염색체의 조성은 중부동원체형, 차중부동원체형, 차단부동원체형으로 구성되었으나 차단부염색체는 관찰되지 않았다.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제30권7호
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• pp.861-869
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• 2001

Objective : In this study, we investigated the relationship between the histologic grading of meningiomas and proliferative potentials determined by the Ki-67, proliferating cell nuclear antigen(PCNA) and flow cytometry (FCM) with the aim of determining whether these potentials can be used as a parameter to the proliferative activity, in particular of atypical and malignant meningiomas. Methods : This study consisted of 47 meningiomas(6 malignant, 14 atypical, and random sampled 27 benign meningiomas). By immunohistochemical staining of Ki-67 and PCNA on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded sections, the anti-human rabbit polyclonal antibody against Ki-67 antigen and anti-PCNA monoclonal antibody(PC10) scores were counted. FCM was also performed on paraffin-embedded tissue using a selective staining technique for DNA. DNA ploidy, S-phase fraction, and proliferative index(PI)) were determined. Results : The results are summarized as follows ; 1) Proliferation rates as assessed by Ki-67 and PCNA closely correlated with the degree of anaplastic histologic features. 2) Proliferative potentials determined by FCM(S-phase fraction and PI) were not able to distinguish between benign and atypical/malignant meningiomas. 3) DNA ploidy was not a useful indicator of histologic grade in these tumors. 4) Proliferative potentials such as Ki-67 staining index(SI) and PCNA SI did not correlate with the ploidy pattern. 5) There was a linear correlation between Ki-67 SI and PCNA SI, but we could not find a correlation between Ki-67 SI and S-phase fraction or PI. Our results also did not show a statistically signficant correlation between PCNA SI and S-phse fraction or PI. Conclusions : We conclude that evaluation of the proliferative potentials with Ki-67 and PCNA is important as an additional factor for the prediction of malignancy in meningiomas. A dual study of Ki-67 and PCNA SIs on the same tissue might improve the accuracy with which the proliferative potential of a tumor can be predicted. We demonstrated that FCM in meningiomas is not valuable in predicting the behavior of these neoplasms, but we did observe a trend toward more malignancy with higher percent S-phase fraction and higher PI. Analysis of the S-phase fraction and PI might therefore be a useful tool to discriminate among histologic grades of meningiomas.

• 한국작물학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.328-333
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• 1984

벼 약배양을 통하여 분화된 식물체의 배수성분포와 반수체식물의 효과적인 염색체배가시험을 실시하여 얻어진 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 15조합의 F$_1$을 재료로 하여 약배양한 결과 얻어진 574 식물체의 배수성분포는 반수체가 49.7%, 2배체는 48.6%, 다배체는 1.7%로 나타났다. 2. 통일형조합(Japonica/Indica)에서는 반수체(60.6%)가 많은 경향이었고, 일본형조합(Japonica/Japonica)에서는 2배체(54.8%)가 많은 경향이었다. 3. 2,4 -D, NAA가 첨가된 배지에서는 반수체가, Kinetin이 첨가된 배지에서는 2배체가 많은 경향이었다. 4. 반수체의 분얼경 분주에 의한 염색체자연배가율은 개체에 따라 0~25%로 나타났고 평균 8.2%였다. 5. Colchicine 0.1% 용액의 잎집주사접종법에 의한 염색체배가율은 0~33.3%의 변이를 보였으며 평균 18.8%로 나타났다. 6. 약배양에서 유래된 식물체의 배수성에 따른 형태적인 차이는 반수체가 2배체에 비하여 간장이 64.6%, 수장이 63.4%, 지엽장은 68%, 지엽폭은74.4%로 뚜렷한 차이를 나타내었다.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제50권
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• pp.19-26
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• 2023

이번 연구에서 인삼의 약 배양을 통한 배 형성과 식물체의 재분화가 확인되었다. 인삼의 약 배양에서 캘러스 유도에 적합한 기본 배지는 MS 배지였고 sucrose 농도는 3%였으며, 배 형성에 적합한 호르몬 농도는 2,4-D 1.0 mg/L 또는 3.0 mg/L이었다. 저온 전처리에 의한 인삼 약 배양의 캘러스 유도와 배 형성의 효율성 차이는 확인할 수 없었다. 인삼의 품종별 약 배양의 효율성을 검정한 결과, 청선 품종의 배 형성률이 가장 우수하였으며 선운 품종은 배 형성이 관찰되지 않았다. 약 배양으로 유도된 캘러스의 배수성을 검정한 결과, 반수체 캘러스가 확인되었지만 이 캘러스에서 배는 형성되지 않았다. 약 배양 유래의 배를 발아배지에 치상하였을 때 정상적으로 식물체가 재분화 하였으며, 이 식물체의 배수성을 검정한 결과, 모두 2배체로 확인되었다. 추후 DNA 마커를 이용한 약 배양 유래 식물체의 동형접합성의 확인이 필요하다고 판단된다. 인삼 약 배양을 통하여 동형접합성 식물체를 생산할 수 있다면 인삼 육종 효율성을 증진시키는데 크게 기여할 수 있을 것이다.

• Plant Resources
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.17-28
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• 2002

Palynological characters such as pollen grain polar axis length (PL), pollen equatorial diameter (ED), colpus length, colpus width, and P/E ratio of six species of Quercus subgenus Lepidobalanus Endl. from Korea were studied. A significant interspecific variation, unequal distances between the species, and various degree of intraspecific variations were found. The taxonomic value of the pollen morphology parameters measured was found to vary according to species. These results suggest a possible relationship between parameters measured and ploidy level of the Quercus species studied.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.745-752
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• 2012

Compared to wide ranges of genetic variation of natural populations, very limited Miscanthus cultivar has been released. This study was the first report on the development of Miscanthus cultivar by means of radiation breeding. Seeds of M. sinensis were initially exposed to gamma rays of 250 Gy for 24 h, generated from a $^{60}Co$ gamma-irradiator. The irradiated seeds were sown and then the highly tiller-producing mutants were selected for this study. Biomass-related parameters including tiller number, plant height, stem diameter, and leaf number were measured. Ploidy level and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) were investigated to characterize the mutants compared to wild type (WT) Miscanthus. Plant height and tiller number were negatively related, where multi-tillering mutants were relatively short after 4 month growth. However stem diameter and leaf number were greater in mutants. All the materials used in this study were diploid, implying that the mutants with greater tiller numbers and stem diameter were not likely related to polyploidization. Based on the sequence of ITS regions, the mutants demonstrated base changes from the gamma irradiation where G+C content (%) was decreased in the ITS1, but increased in ITS2 when compared to WT sequence. ITS2 region was more variable than in ITS1 in the mutants, which collectively allows identification of the mutants from WT. Those mutants having enhanced tillers and allelic variations might be used as breeding materials for enhanced biomass-producing Miscanthus cultivars.

• 한국작물학회지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.74-78
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• 1991

밀 약배양에 있어서 Callus 유기, 식물체분화 및 분화식물체의 염색체 변이에 미치는 돌연변이 유기제의 처리 효과를 검토코자 감수 분열기 1 핵기 이삭에 X-ray는 4수준( 100, 200, 500, 1,000 rad) Ethyle Methane Sulphonate 는 3수준 ( 0.1, 0.2, 0.3M)으로 각각 처리하여 $C_{l7}$배지에서 callus를 유기시키고 1/2 MS 배지에서 식물체를 분화시켰다. 그 결과 callus 유기는 억제되었으나 식물체분화는 다소 높았으며 특히 약치상 후 61～80일째 장기치상된 약의 callus에서 식물체분화율이 높았다. 분화식물체의 염색체 변이는 반수체(n=3 x=21) 발생율이 증가되었고 n=20, n=21개의 염색체를 갖는 이수체가 발생되어 염색체 변이가 컸다.다.