Recruitment of primordial follicles(PMF) is crucial for female fertility. however, factors and mechanisms that regulate this process is poorly understood. The present study was conducted to obtain an inclusive view of the gene expression and to identify novel factors and their pathways of regulating PMF arrest and/or growth initiation. Ovaries from one-day neonatal(consists of oocyte and PMF) and five-day old(consists of PMF and primary follicles, PRIF) mice were collected, either total RNA or mRNA was isolated, and suppression subtractive hybridization(SSH) was used to isolate and clone genes that differentially expressed in day 1 and day 5 ovaries. Confirmation that some of these genes are differentially expressed in PMF and/or in PRIF was accomplished by using laser captured microdissection(LCM), RT-PCR. in situ hybridization(ISH) and/or immunohistochemistry(IHC). In toto, 357 clones were sequenced and analyzed by BLAST and RIKEN program. Sequences of 330 clones significantly matched database entries while 27 clones were novel. Forty-two and 47 different genes were identified as differentially expressed in day 1 and day 5 ovaries, respectively, while 7 genes were expressed in both stages of ovaries. Day 5-subtracted library included several genes known as markers far growing follicles, such as ZP2, MATER, and fetuin. Among the genes with assigned functions, 23.8% was associated with cell cycle/apoptosis regulation, 7.1% with cellular structure, 11.9% with metabolism, 26.2% with signal transduction, and 31.0% with gene/protein expression in day 1; while 10.6%, 17.0%, 23.5%, 25.5%, and 23.4% in day 5, respectively. Genes such as GDF-8, Lats2, Septin2, and Weel were the highly expressed genes in PMF, while HSP84, Laminin2, MATER, MTi7, PTP, and Wrn were highly expressed genes in PRIF. We have successfully discovered list of genes expressed in day 1 and day 5 ovaries and confirmed that some of them are differentially expressed in PMF and/or PRIF. Gene expression profile from the present study would provide insight for the future study on the mechanism(s) involved in primordial-primary follicular transition. This work was Supported by Korean Health 21 RND Project, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Korea (01-PJ10-PG6-01GN13-0002).

천마 재배에서 차광방법 개발과 접종목 재활용의 가능성을 검정하여 저 비용, 고 생산의 재배법을 확립하기 위한 실험을 수행하였다. 비가림을 하지 않은 노지재배에서는 종마의 수량이 성마의 수량 보다 높았다. 차광 방법에 따른 천마의 수량은 95% 차광망 1겹, 2겹 및 무차광순 이었으며, 접종목 혼용에 따른 천마의 수량은 생목만 사용하였을 경우에 가장 높았고, 다음으로는 생목과 재활용목을 2:1로 및 1:1 혼용처리 처리 순이었다. 접종목 혼용에 따른 수익성 비교에서 95% 차광막 1겹 처리시 생목과 재생목을 2:1로 혼용한 경우는 생목만 사용한 경우 수익의 81%이었다. 재배법 개선을 통해 수량성을 높일 수 있다면 생목과 재생목을 적당한 비율로 섞어 재배할 경우 비용 절감과 환경보호 차원에서 유용한 방법으로 사료된다.