• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.247-253
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• 2000

This study was undertaken to optimize enucleation and reconstitution methods for the production of cloned mice by somatic cell nuclear transfer Outbred ICR mouse oocytes at the metapahse- II stage were retrieved from female mice superovulated by PMSG and hCG. In Experiment 1, oocytes were enucleated in medium supplemented with cytochalasin B (CCB) of 3 levels (0, 7.5 or 15 $\mu\textrm{g}$/mL), and higher rate of encleation was obtained at 7.5 and 15 $\mu\textrm{g}$/mL than at $\mu\textrm{g}$/mL. In Experiment 2, oocytes enucleated in 7.5 $\mu\textrm{g}$/mL CCB-containing medium were reconstituted with different types of somatic cell by following methods; 1) cumulus cells by direct cell injection, 2) cumulus cells by electric fusion (1.25 kV/cm, 2 pulses for each 70 $mutextrm{s}$) or 3) STO cells by the electrofusion. Electrofusion of STO cells with enucleated oocytes yielded the greatest (P<0.05) rate of reconstitution without lysis (76%) than any other combinations. Although significant decrease in the rate of somatic cell introduction was found, the electrofusion of cumulus cells yielded better rate of reconstitution than direct injection (0 vs. 18%). In Experiment 3, the duration of electric stimulation for the fusion was changed to either 50 $mutextrm{s}$ or 90 $mutextrm{s}$, but no significant improvement of reconstitution efficacy was obtained. In conclusion, this study showed that ICR mouse oocytes could be used for the production of reconstituted oocytes and a fusion method of 1.25 KV/cm with 2 pulses using 570 cell was the optimal.

• 한국동물번식학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국동물번식학회 2001년도 춘계학술발표대회
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• pp.22-22
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• 2001

To produce reconstituted rabbit embryos with fetal fibroblasts, the present study was evaluated the efficiencies of the different fusion and activation conditions as assessments of subsequent development and chromosome in the embryos. New Zealand White rabbits were used throughout the study. Fetal fibroblasts collected from 22-d of fetuses were cultured in DMEM ＋ 10% FBS in 5% $CO_2$ in air. The culture was maintained for 10 passages. In every passage half of cell suspension were kept In frozen. From rabbits treated with FSH in 30% PVP solution and hCG, oocytes were surgically collected from oviducts at 14 h post-hCG injection and stripped off their cumulus cells by re-pipetting in a 300 IU hyaluronidase solution. Oocytes with an extruded first polar body and dense cytoplasm were enucleated by micromanipulation in Ham's F-10 medium＋7.5 g/$m\ell$ cytochalasin B. Euncleation was confirmed under a fluorescence microscope after staining with 5 g/$m\ell$ bisbenzimide for 2 min. Each enucleated oocyte was injected with a fetal fibroblast into a perivitelline space. Reconstructed eggs were compared fusion rates either at 2.0 ㎸/cm or 1.6 ㎸/cm(60 sec, double pulses). After fusion, all eggs were activated with the combination of 5 M ionomycin (5 min) and 10 g/$m\ell$ cycloheximide (CHX, 3h), and cultured in CRlaa medium and transferred into TCM199＋10% FBS on day 3. Although there was not significantly differ in fusion rate between treatments (60%, 2.0 ㎸/cm vs. 79.4%, 1.6 ㎸/cm), none of them in the eggs fused with 2.0 ㎸/cm developed to blastocyst. In comparison of development and chromosome status between different activation treatments (Group 1; 5 M ionomycin/10 g/$m\ell$ CHX, Group 2; 5 M ionomycin/5 g/$m\ell$ CHX ＋ 2 mM DMAP after fusion with 1.6 ㎸/cm), there were not differ in cleavage and development rates (67.3% and 28.9% in Group 1; 67% and 33% in Group 2). All out of 8 embryos evaluated in Group 1 appeared a normal diploid chromosome sets and mean number of cells (Mean SEM) on day 4.5 of culture was 141.5 23.15 (n=8). It can be concluded that the use of cycloheximide has not happened in chromosome abnormalities, and fetal fibroblasts can be used for cloning in rabbit.

• 한국가축번식학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.271-278
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• 1999

본 연구는 핵이식 기술에 의한 재구축 배의 작성과정에서 핵의 세포주기단계에 따른 재구축 배의 염색체의 핵상변화를 검토하고, 염색체의 핵상변화와 핵이식란의 체외발육과의 관계를 검토하였다. 공핵란은 nocodazole 처리에 의해 분할구가 분열기에 정지되도록 한 후, 분열개시 1.5 시간 이내, 분열 후 3 시간째 핵 및 무처리 분할구 핵올 활성화 전 (metaphase-II기 : M II기 ), 후 (S 기)의 탈핵 미수정란 세포질에 이식하였다. MII기 수핵란에 핵이식 된 재구축 배의 극체상 방출, 미성숙 염색체응축, 염색질구조 변화 등과 같은 핵형 변화 형태 및 재구축 배의 발육능은 핵의 세포주기 단계에 의해 영향을 받았으며, 극체상 방출 유무에 따라서도 재구축 배의 발육율에 차이가 있었다. S기 수핵란에 핵이식 된 경우에는 이식된 핵의 형태변화가 거의 없었다. 본 연구의 결과는 재구축 배의 핵형 변화가 핵 및 세포질의 세포주기단계에 따라 다양하며, 이것이 핵이식 재구축 배의 발육에 영향을 미칠 수 있음을 확증한다.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.345-350
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• 2014

We investigate the effect of L-glutathione (GSH), an antioxidant, treatment during the somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) procedures on the in vitro development and DNA methylation status of bovine SCNT embryos. Bovine in vitro matured (IVM) oocytes were enucleated and electrofused with a donor cell, then activated by a combination of Ca-ionophore and 6-dimethylaminopurine. The recipient oocytes or reconstituted oocytes were treated with $50{\mu}M$ GSH during these SCNT procedures from enucleation to activation treatment. The SCNT embryos were cultured for 7 days to evaluate the in vitro development, apoptosis and DNA methylation in blastocysts. The apoptosis was measured by TUNEL assay and caspase-3 activity assay. Methylated DNA of SCNT embryos at the blastocyst stages was detected using a 5-methylcytidine (5-MeC) antibody. The developmental rate to the blastocyst stage was significantly higher (P<0.05) in GSH treatment group ($32.5{\pm}1.2%$, 78/235) than that of non-treated control SCNT embryos ($22.3{\pm}1.8%$, 50/224). TUNEL assay revealed that the numbers of apoptotic cells in GSH treatment group ($2.3{\pm}0.4%$) were significantly lower (P<0.05) than that of control ($3.8{\pm}0.6%$). Relative caspase-3 activity of GSH treated group was $0.8{\pm}0.06$ fold compared to that of control. DNA methylation status of blastocysts in GSH treatment group ($13.1{\pm}0.5$, pixels/embryo) was significantly lower (P<0.05) than that of control ($17.4{\pm}0.9$, pixels/embryo). These results suggest that antioxidant GSH treatment during SCNT procedures can improve the embryonic development and reduce the apoptosis and DNA methylation level of bovine SCNT embryos, which may enhance the nuclear reprogramming of bovine SCNT embryos.

• 한국발생생물학회지:발생과생식
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.75-85
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• 1999

생쥐 초기 배아의 형태형성에 영향을 주는 세포질내 인자의 기원과 작용기작을 연구하기 위해 단백질 합성과 단백질 활성화 효소 (protein kinase)의 억제제를 처리한 배아의 세포질로 재조합된 배아에서 발생과 RNA합성, 단백질 인산화를 조사하였다. 단백질 합성 억제제인 cycloheximide (CHX)가 함유된 배양액에서 24시간 배양한 1-세포 배아의 제핵된 세포질을 두 개의 전핵을 모두 가진 절반의 1-세포 배아와 재조합한 P+P-CHX군의 배아 발생과 유전자의 활성화는 P+P군의 배아와 유사하였으나, 밀집 형성과 밀집형성이 일어나는 세포 시기는 빨라져서 P+2군과 유사하였다. 또한 초기 배아의 발생 시 1-세포기에서 2-세포기 사이에 일어나는 단백질 인산화가 형태형성과정에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위해, tyrosine protein kinase와 serine-threonine protein kinase의 억제제인 genistein (Gen)과 6-dimethylaminopurine (6-DMAP)이 처리된 배아의 제핵된 세포질과 2개의 전핵을 가진 절반의 1-세포 배아를 융합시킨 P+2-Gen과 P+2-DMAP군 배아의 발생과 밀집현상을 대조군인 P+P와 P+2군과 비교하였다. P+2-Gen과 P+2-DMAP군 배아에 발생은 대조군에 비해 빨랐으며, 특히 P+2-Gen군 배아는 밀집이 4-세포기에 일어나 8-세포기에 일어나는 P+2-DMAP군의 배아에 비해 일어나는 시간과 세포 시기가 빨라졌다. SDS-PAGE 방법으로 분석한 재조합 3시간째 P+2-Gen과 P+2-DMAP군의 단백질 인산화량은 대조군인 P+P와 P+2군에 비해 증가하였으나 종류의 변화는 없었다. 한편 2차원 전기영동법을 이용하여 P+2-DMAP군의 배아에서 P+2-Gen에 비해 80KD와 110KD 단백질의 인산화가 억제된다는 결과를 얻었다. 이상의 결과들은 생쥐의 초기 배아에서 형태 형성의 조절은 유전자 활성화 또는 난자내 모계 mRNA에 의해 수정 후 합성되는 새로운 단백질에 의한 것이 아니고, 난자내에 존재하는 인자에 의해 조절됨을 시사한다. 이 인자들 중 단백질의 인산화는 배아 발생과 형태형성에 밀접한 관계가 있으며, 특히 초기 1∼2세포기 사이에 serine-threonine protein kinase에 의해 인산화되는 단백질이 밀집현상을 조절하는 데 중요한 역할을 하는 것으로 사료된다.

• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.49-53
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• 2012

The present study was conducted to examine the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) during micromanipulation procedures in bovine somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) embryos. Bovine enucleated oocytes were electrofused with donor cells, activated by a combination of Ca-ionophore and 6-dimethylaminopurine culture. Oocytes and embryos were stained in dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate or 3'-(p-hydroxyphenyl) fluorescein dye and the $H_2O_2$ or $^.OH$ radical levels were measured. $In$ $vitro$ fertilization (IVF) was performed for controls. The samples were examined with a fluorescent microscope, and fluorescence intensity was analyzed in each oocyte and embryo. The $H_2O_2$ and $^.OH$ radical levels of reconstituted oocytes were increased during manipulation (37.2~49.7 and 51.0~55.2 pixels, respectively) as compared to those of mature oocytes ($p$<0.05). During early $In$ $vitro$ culture, the ROS levels of SCNT embryos were significantly higher than those of IVF embryos ($p$<0.05). These results suggest that the cellular stress during micromanipulation procedures can generate the ROS in bovine SCNT embryos.

• 한국가축번식학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.233-240
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• 2003

본 연구는 난자의 성숙시간, PHA-P 처리 또는 활성화 방법이 소 미수정란의 탈핵, 재구축란의 융합, 활성화 또는 체외발육에 미치는 영향을 검토하였다. 미수정란은 성숙 후 16∼24시간에 탈핵을 실시하고, PHA-P 처리 또는 무처리된 귀 피부세포를 이식 후 전기융합을 실시하였다. 후자의 경우는 융합 전에 PHA-P로 15분간 배양하였다. 융합란은 A23187과 CHXM 혹은 DMAP의 병용처리에 의해 활성화를 유기하고, 7∼9일간 체외배양하였다. 탈핵율은 성숙 후 16∼18시간에 실시한 경우(70.2∼92.3%)가 성숙 후 20∼24시간(44.3∼3.4%)에 비하여 유의적으로 높았다(P<0.05). M-II기 염색체의 위치는 성숙배양 시간이 길어짐에 따라 제 1 극체와의 간격이 멀어졌다. Donor 세포 혹은 재구축란에 PHA-P를 처리한 경우는 무처리구에 비하여 융합율이 향상되었다(P<0.05). 핵이식배의 분할율 및 배반포 발달율은 A23187+DMAP 처리구에서 78.6%와 32.9%로, A23187+CHXM 처리구에 비하여 유의적으로 높았다(P<0.05). 본 실험 결과는 성숙후 18시간에 탈핵을 실시하는 것이 효과적이며, donor세포 또는 융합 전 재구축란의 PHA-P 처리가 융합율 향상시킬 수 있고, 또한, 융합란을 A23187과 DMAP으로 병용처리 함으로써 난자의 활성화 및 배반포 발육율을 향상시켜, 결과적으로 핵이식기술의 효율성을 증진시킬 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.105-113
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• 1995

This study was conducted to examine the efficiency of enucleation and blastomere isolation from recipient oocytes and donor embryos, respectively and to determine the effect of oocyte age and electric voltage on the fusion rate and in vitro development of the fused oocytes in rabbit nuclear transplantation. Immature oocytes collected from ovarian follicles were matured in vivo for 12 h in TCM-199 containing FCS and hormones and in vivo matured oocytes were collected 17 to 18 h post-HCG. The fresh and frozen donor embryos of 8- to 16-cell stage were collected from the oviduct of superovulated does. The proportion of successfully enucleated oocytes was greatly lower in in vitro matured oocytes (42.3%) than that (62.7%) in in vivo matured oocytes The level of cytochalasin B for in vivo matured oocytes did not affect the efficiency of enuleation, but 7.5 $\mu$g /mL cytochalasin B for in vitro matured oocytes showed a high enucleation rate significantly. The isolation efficiency of a single blastomere nucleus did not differ between 8- and 16-cell stage embryos. The percentage of single blastomeres isolated from 16-cell stage fresh embryos after 0.5% pronase treatment was greatly higher at 16-min treatment (94.4%) than at 8-min(78. 1%) and the blastomeres(61.5%) isolated from frozen-thawed embryos after 16-min pronase were significantly fewer than those of fresh embryos. The age of recipient oocytes affected nuclear fusion rate. The reconstituted oocytes fused at 24-h age showed slightly higher fusion rate (77.8%) than those (65.0%)fused at 18-h age. The fusion rate of in vitro and in vivo matured oocytes inserted with fresh blastomere did not differ among electric voltages, but the cleavage rate and development to morula-blastocysts of in vitro matured oocytes was more higher under 0.6 kV/cm than under 0.8 to 1.2 kV/cm, while the cleavage rate and development of in vivo matured oocytes was higher under 0.8 to 1.0 kV/cm than under 1.2 kV/cm. The fusion and cleavage rate fol1owing insertion with frozen-thawed blastomere was not different between the in vitro and in vivo matured oocytes and was similar to those from fresh blastomere insertion.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.355-360
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• 1990

포유동물의 초기 발생단계에서 핵의 분화와 전능성(totipotency) 을 규명하고, 수정란의 cloning technique를 개발하여 우량유전자로 조성된 개체를 복제함으로써 효과적인 종축개량 기법으로 응용하기 위하여 생쥐 수정란을 모델로 하여 미세조작기법과 Sendai virus를 이용한 핵융합기술을 이용하여 인위적으로 동일한 유전자를 가진 복제 수정란을 작출하고 이들의 작출효과, 체외발달능력 및 체내 이식후 개체발생여부 등을 조사하였다. 2-세포기, 4-세포기 및 8-세포기의 수정란으로부터 핵을 채취하여 이들을 탈핵된 2-세포기의 수정란에 이식하였을 때, 이들의 핵융합 성공율은 각각 88.6%, 87.1% 및 84.7%이었다. 나아가서 이들 핵융합된 수정란을 체외에서 96시간 배양한 결과, 2-세포기, 4-세포기 및 8-세포기의 핵이 이식된 수정란은 각각 76.5%, 68.4% 및 48.3%가 배반포로 발달하였다. 핵이식 후 체외에서 배반포로 발달된 수정란을 골라 수란생쥐에 이식하였던 바, 2-세포기의 핵이 이식된 수정란 156개 중 58개(37.1%) 가 발달하여 신생자로 생산되었으며, 4-세포기의 핵아 이식된 수정란 135개 중 40개(29.6%)가, 그리고 8-세포기의 핵이 이식된 92개의 수정란 중 15개(16.3%)가 신생자로 생산되었다.

• 한국수정란이식학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2016

Xenotransplantation involves multiple steps of immune rejection. The present study was designed to produce nuclear transfer embryos, prior to the production of transgenic pigs, using fibroblasts carrying transgenes human complement regulatory protein hCD59 and interleukin-18 binding protein (hIL-18BP) to reduce hyperacute rejection (HAR) and cellular rejection in pig-to-human xenotransplantation. In addition to the hCD59-mediated reduction of HAR, hIL-18BP may prevent cellular rejection by inhibiting the activation of natural killer cells, activated T-cell proliferation, and induction of $IFN-{\gamma}$. Transgene construct including hCD59 and ILI-18BP was introduced into miniature pig fetal fibroblasts. After antibiotic selection of double transgenic fibroblasts, integration of the transgene was screened by PCR, and the transgene expression was confirmed by RT-PCR. Treatment of human serum did not affect the survival of double-transgenic fibroblasts, whereas the treatment significantly reduced the survival of non-transgenic fibroblasts (p<0.01), suggesting alleviation of HAR. Among 337 reconstituted oocytes produced by nuclear transfer using the double transgenic fibroblasts, 28 (15.3%) developed to the blastocyst stage. Analysis of individual embryos indicated that 53.6% (15/28) of embryos contained the transgene. The result of the present study demonstrates the resistance of hCD59 and IL-18BP double-transgenic fibroblasts against HAR, and the usefulness of the transgenic approach may be predicted by RT-PCR and cytolytic assessment prior to actual production of transgenic pigs. Further study on the transfer of these embryos to surrogates may produce transgenic clone miniature pigs expressing hCD59 and hIL-18BP for xenotransplantation.