본 연구는 물리적 탈핵 방법인 aspiration 방법과 squeezing 방법을 사용해 핵이식된 소 체세포 복제란의 발달능을 조사하였다. 두 방법에 의해 탈핵된 수핵란에 한우 귀피부 세포를 융합하여 체외에서 7～8일간 배양하여 발육능을 검사하였다. 배양 7일째 배반포 발달율은 aspiration 방법 (31.9±13.4%)과 squeezing 방법 (33.6±15.7%) 간에 차이가 없었다. 또한 배양 8일째 배반포 발달율도 squeezing 방법 (35.3±15.1%)과 aspiration 방법 (37.8±10.4%) 간에 차이가 없는 것으로 나타났다. 배양 7일째 배반포의 평균 세포수에 있어 각 처리 간에 차이가 없는 것으로 조사되었으며 (aspiration: 110.3±39.2, squeezing: 103.7±42.8), 세포자연사의 비율에 있어서도 역시 유의적인 차이가 없는 것으로 조사되었다 (aspiration: 2.8±2.6 %, squeezing: 4.3±4.4%). 본 연구의 결과는 물리적 탈핵 방법인 aspiration 방법과 squeezing 방법 모두 소 체세포 복제수정란의 생산을 위한 유용한 방법임을 보여준다.

Sperm-mediated gene transfer (SMGT) can be used to transfer exogenous DNA into the oocyte at fertilization. The main objective of this study was to assess efficiency of transferring mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) fragment into boar spermatozoa in either presence or absence of liposome and quality of transfected spermatozoa. The mtDNA of chicken liver was isolated and purified by phenol and alkaline lysis extraction, and it was inserted to plasmid. The genome of transfected spermatozoa treated with DNase Ⅰ was purified by alkaline lysis, and then amplified by the PCR analysis. After electrophoresis, DNA quantitation of each well was calculated by comparison of the band intensity with standard. As a result, exogenous DNA was composed of mtDNA fragment (1.2 kb) and plasmid (2.7 kb). On the other hand, efficiency of transfection by liposome (9.0±0.34 ng/l) in SMGT was higher than that by DNA solution (6.9±0.53 ng/l). However, there was no significant difference. Transfering exogenous DNA into spermatozoa was completed within 90 min of incubation. In another experiment, there were significant (p<0.05) differences between transfected spermatozoa using both DNA solution and DNA/liposome complexes with untreated spermatozoa for viability (70.8±1.80 and 68.0±2.16% vs. 83.3±1.69%, respectively) and motility (78.7±1.59 and 79.3±2.14% vs. 86.7±1.59%, respectively). This study indicates that exogenous mtDNA can be efficiently transferred into boar spermatozoa regardless of the presence of liposome, and transfected spermatozoa can also use insemination and in vitro fertilization to generate transgenic pig.