세포내 칼슘은 다양한 세포에서 중요한 생리적 반응을 일으키며, ruthenium red와 ryanodine은 중요한 칼슘 조절자로 작용한다. Ruthenium red는 세포내 칼슘 저장고에서의 calcium induced calcium release(CICR)를 저해한다. Ryanodine은 ryanodine 통로를 통한 칼슘 방출을 촉진한다. 본 실험은 두 조절자가 생쥐 난자와 초기배아의 세포내 칼슘이온 농도에 영향을 미치는지 여부와 그 유효농도를 알
Intracellular calcium is an important physiological factor in most cells, and ruthenium red and ryanodine play an important role as calcium modulators. Ruthenium red inhibits calcium-induced calcium release(CICR) from the intracellular calcium store. Ryanodine activates calcium release through ryanodine channel. The present experiment was performed to investigate the effects of two modulators on calcium ion metabolism and to determine their dose-dependency in oocyte and early embryo of mouse. Intracellular calcium ion concentration was measured in realtime by using confocal laser scanning microscope(CLSM) after loading of Fluo-3/AM in mouse oocytes and early embryos. Ruthenium red decreased intracellular calcium ion concentration in oocytes and early embryos at its high concentration(30, 300 M). Ryanodine increased intracellular calcium ion concentration in oocytes and early embryos in low concentration(0.01 M) but decreased that at higher concentrations(1, 10 M). These results indicate that two modulators affected calcium ion metabolism in oocyte and early embryo of mouse, and their dose-dependency was different from somatic cell including myocytes.