본 연구는 OPS 방법에 의한 돼지미성숙 및 성숙난자의 동결-융해 후 난자의 생존성에 있어서 난구세포의 영향을 검토하였다. 그 결과 미성숙 난자의 동결-융해 후의 성숙율은 난구세포의 부착 (25%) 및 제거 (15%)시 유의적인 차이는 인정되지 않았지만 control group (62%)에 비해서는 유의적으로 낮게 나타났다(P<0.05). 미성숙난자의 동결-융해 후 체외성숙시킨 난자의 체외수정시 난구세포 제거시 (19%), 부착된 (9%) 난자에 비해
Vitrification of oocytes has been applied recently fur pigs, but remains elusive. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of vitrification in open pulled straws (OPS) on in vitro survival of porcine oocytes. When immature follicular oocytes frozen-thawed were cultured for in vitro maturation, maturation rates to metaphase-II stage were higher in oocytes with (25%) than without (15%) cumulus cells. After In vitro fertilization of oocytes frozen-thawed, the maturation rates were also significantly (P<0.05) higher in oocytes with (41%) that than without (17%) cumulus cells. However, the penetration rates were higher in oocytes without (19%) that than with (9%) cumulus. In another experiment, porcine oocytes matured in vitro were frozen and thawed for in vitro fertilization. The penetration rates were higher than in oocytes without (35%) that than with (26%) cumulus cells. However, the proportions of oocytes dead after in vitro fertilization were significantly (P<0.05) higher in oocytes with that than without cumulus cells. On the other hand, the rates of penetration and dead oocytes at 6 h after in vitro fertilization were not significant differences between oocytes with and without cumulus cells. However, the proportions of dead oocytes with (18%) and without (16%) cumulus cells were higher than in oocytes of control group (0%). These finding indicated the possible broader application for OPS, as they demonstrated that the maturation and fertilization in vitro by frozen-thawed oocytes may be accompained by cumulus cells and culture periods according to the requirements of the survival ability after freezing of mature and immature oocytes in pigs.