인슐린 유사 성장 호르몬 1과 2 (IGF-1 & IGF-2)는 착상 전 초기배아 발생을 조절하는 중요한 요소이다. 생쥐 착상 전 초기배아에서 IGF-1의 역할에 관한 연구를 위해, IGF-1과 IGF-1 수용체의 전사물의 존재 여부를 난자와 착상 전 초기배아에서 조사하였다. 새로이 고안된 IGF-1 primer를 이용하여 난자에서 전사물을 검출하였다. 그리고, PCR 산물을 제한효소인 Msp I으로 절단하여 확인하였다. 이 실험에서 IGF-1과 IGF
Insulin-like growth factors (IGF-1 and IGF-2) play an important regulatory role in premplantation embryonic development. To study the role of IGF-1 during premplantation embryonic development in mouse, the presence of mRNA transcripts for IGF-1 and IGF-lR in the oocytes and preimplantation embryos was examined. In this study, the transcripts of IGF-1 was detected in oocytes using primers for IGF-1. The PCR products were identified by Msp I restriction enzyme digest. We revealed that the transcripts of IGF-1 and IGF-1R were presented in the oocytes and preimplantation embryos. The highest mRNA levels in GV stage oocytes were decreased at 4- or 8-cell stage and then reincreased upto blastocyst. The presence of IGF-1 and IGF-lR in GV-oocytes suggests that the transcripts in the early stage embryos were derived from maternal genome. Additionally, the presence of IGF-1 and IGF-lR in the oocytes and preimplantation embryos suggests that IGF-1 plays an autocrine role during preimplantation embryonic development through IGF-lR as a signalling pathway.