The objective of this study was to produce calves derived from in vitro fertilization of in vitro matured follicular oocytes. Oocytes aspirated from small antral folicles of ovaries obtained at a local slaughter house were matured and fertilized in vitro. At l8hrs after insemination with Korean native cattle semen, oocytes were co-cultured for 6~7 days by utilizing co-culture system with bovine oviduct epithelial cell. After co-culture, good or excellent quality late morulae or early blastocysts were selected by morphological criteria under stereo microscope. Selected embryos were transferred to recipients on day 6 or 7 (estrus = day 0). Recipients were monitored by observation for estrus and rectal palpation after 60 days from embryo transfer. One of them went to term with the birth of a calf. This case is the first production of calf derived from in vitro fertilization in Korea.

This study was carried out to propagate Korean native cattle using beef recipients by embryo transfer. Seven Korean native cattle donors were superovulated with FSH 32mg and Embryos collected from donors were frozen and preserved in National Animal Breeding Institute. Frozen-thawed embryos were transferred to synchronized 40 beef recipients nonsurgically in Daekwanryeong Branch of National Animal Breeding Institute. The results obtained were as follows : 1. Total ova and transferable embryos per donor were 11.4 and 11.1 from 7 donors, respectively. 2. Among 40 recipients transferred with frozen-thawed embryos, 20 were pregnant(50.0%). 3. The pregnancy rate according to time from embryo thawing to transfer was higher when transferred within 3 hours than after 3 hours(57.6% vs. 14.3%). 4. The cow recipients showed slightly higher pregnancy rate than the heifer(53.3% vs. 48.0%). 5. Two grade embryos showed higher pregnancy rate than 1 grade(66.7% vs. 45.2%).

These experiments were carried out to determine the effect of pregnancy in bisected embryo. The embryos of ICR mouse were microsurgically bisected at morula and blastocyst stage using microsurgical blade attached a micromanipulator. These bisected embryos without zona pellucida were cultured up to blastocyst stage and cell count and diameter of stained blastomere, and transferred pseudopregnant mice. And the development of these bisected embryos was compared with the results of production of young of the corresponding intact embryos or cell stage. When the bisected mouse embryos were cultured in vitro for 20 to 24 hours in morula stage(77.2%) or 3 to 6 hours in blastocyst stage(84.1%), them were developed to the expanded blastocyst stage. There were no significant(P<0.05) differences in the development rate of bisected embryos between in morula and blastocyst stages. The embryo size of blastocyst developed in vitro from bisected embryo was small(P<0.05)than intact embryo. However, the number of blastomeres with bisected embryo (24.7+1.3and 21.5+1.2 respectively) were significantly(P<0.05) reduced, compared with that of intacted embryos(36.3+1.1 and 41.4+1.2 respectively). When compared with the result of pregnancy rate(63.6%) after surgical transfer of bisected morulae, a similar result(65.4%) was obtained with bisected blastocyst stage(P< 0.05). However, production of youngs (38.8%) after transfer of bisected morula, a similar result (38.1%) was obtained with bisected blastocyst stage (P<0.05).

가축의 일란성 쌍태를 생산하기 위한 기술 개발을 확립하고자 상실배 및 포배기에 있는 BALB/c 계통의 생쥐 수정란을 micromanipulator로 분할 수정란을 작출하고 이를 체외배양을 실시하여 발달성적을 조사하였으며, 외과적 및 비외과적 이식을 실시하여 착상율 및 산자생산 성적을 조사한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 상실배 및 포기배에 있는 총 811개의 정상적인 수정란을 분할하여 이중에서 666(82.1%)개가 분할시의 물리적인 손상이 없이 분할되었

These experiments were carried out to determine the effect of cell stage in embryo bisection on the sub-Sequent in vitro and in vivo development in mouse. The embryos of ICR mouse were microsurgicaily bisected at 2-cell, 4-cell, 8-cell, morula and blastocyst stage using a microsurgical blade attached a micromanipulator. These demi-embryos without zona pellucida were cultured up to blastocyst stage and transferred to pseudopregnant mice, and the development of these demi-embryos was compared with the results of intact embryos of the corresponding cell stage. The successful rate of mouse embryo bisection at 4-cell stage (59.0%) was significantly (p <0.05) lower than those at 8-cell (75.6%), 2ce11 (80.7%) or morula stage (84.8%), and highest at blastocyst stage (95.7%). When the bisected embryos without any damage from microsurgery were cultured in vitro up to blastocyst,the in vitro de'velopment of demi-embroys bisected at morula to blastocyst was 91.6 to 95.3%, which was similar to the culture result of intact embryos of corresponding stage. However, the in vitro development of demi-em-bryos bisected at 2- to 8-cell stage was signiflcantiy (p <0.05) lower.The post-transfer implantation rate of demi-embryos developed in vitro to eu-blastocyst were 19.6 and 25.4% in demi-embryos bisected at morula and blastocyst stage,respectively and not significantly (P <0.05)different from the result of intact embryos of the same stage. However, the implantation rates of demi-embryos bisected at 2- or 8-cell stage were significantly (P <0.05) lower than the result from the intact embryos of the corresponding stage.

본(本) 연구(硏究)는 생쥐에 대한 과배란반응(過排卵反應), 회수(回收)된 수정란(受精卵)의 양분율(兩分率), 양분(兩分)된 분할구(分割球)의 체외배양(體外培養) 및 이식후(移植後) 산자(産仔)로의 발달율(發達率)을 조사하기 위하여 CBA 및 C57BL 계통(系統)의 공시(供試)생쥐에서 얻어진 수정란(受精卵)을 0.5% protease로 투명대 제거 및 미세유리봉으로 양분(兩分)하여 얻어진 분할구(分割球)를 blastocyst로 배양(培養)하여 BALB/C 계통(系統)의 수란(受卵)생쥐에 이식(移植)하여 다음과 같은 결과(結果)를 얻었다. hCG 주사후(注射後) 36~42시간(時間), 48~54시간(時間), 62~66시간(時間), 72~78시간(時間)에 수정란(受精卵)을 회수(回收)한 결과(結果) 각각(各各) 2세포기(細胞期), 4세포기(細胞期), 8세포기(細胞期) 및 상실배기(桑實胚期)의 수정란(受精卵)이 대부분 회수(回收)되었으며 수당(首當) 평균(平均) 17.0개(個)의 난자(卵子)가 회수(回收)되었다. 회수후(回收後) 양분(兩分)한 8세포기(細胞期) 수정란(受精卵)의 양분율(兩分率)은 83.6%로서 상실배(桑實胚)의 65.5%에 비(比)해 유의적으로 높았으나 blastocyst로의 분할구(分割球)의 발달율(發達率)은 상실배(桑實胚)에서 얻어진 분할구(分割球)가 76.5%로서 8세포기(細胞期) 분할구(分割球)의 60.9%에 비(比)해 유의적으로 높았다. 한편 배양(培養)된 분할구(分割球)와 intact embryo에 있어서 세포기(細胞期)에 따라 각각(各各) 수란(受卵)생쥐당(當) 2개(個), 10개(個), 15개(個)씩 이식(移植)하였을 때 공(共)히 15개(個)씩 이식(移植)한 경우 수태율(受胎率)이 가장 높았으나 세포기(細胞期)에 따른 수태율(受胎率)에 있어서 유의적인 차이는 없었다. 배양(培養)된 분할구(分割球)와 intact embryo의 이식(移植)후 새깨생산율(生産率)에 있어서 8세포기(細胞期)에서는 intact embryo를, 상실배(桑實胚)에서도 intact embryo를 이식(移植)하였을때 새끼 생산율(生産率)은 각각(各各) 37.6% 및 43.4%로서 각각(各各) 배양(培養)된 분할구(分割球)를 이식(移植)하였을때 보다 새끼생산율(生産率)이 유의적으로 높았다.

This study investigates the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and subsequent apoptosis in duced during somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) process of porcine SCNT embryos. Porcine SCNT and in vitro fertilization (IVF) embryos were sampled at 3 h and 20 h after SCNT or IVF and at the blastocyst stage for mRNA extraction. The x-box binding protein 1 (Xbp1) mRNA and the expressions of ER stress-associated genes were confirmed by RT-PCR or RT-qPCR. Apoptotic gene expression was analyzed by RT-PCR. Before commencing SCNT, somatic cells treated with tunicamycin (TM), an ER stress inducer, confirmed the splicing of Xbp1 mRNA and increased expressions of ER stress-associated genes. In all the embryonic stages, the SCNT embryos, when compared with the IVF embryos, showed slightly increased expression of spliced Xbp1 (Xbp1s) mRNA and significantly increased expression of ER stress-associated genes (p<0.05). In all stages, apoptotic gene expression was slightly higher in the SCNT embryos, but not significantly different from that of the IVF embryos except for the Bax/Bcl2L1 ratio in the 1-cell stage (p<0.05). The result of this study indicates that excessive ER stress can be induced by the SCNT process, which induce apoptosis of SCNT embryos.