Porcine blastocyst’s quality derived from in vitro is inferior to in vivo derived blastocysts. In this study, to improve in vitro derived blastocyst’s quality and then establish porcine ESCs (pESCs), we treated in vitro fertilized (IVF) embryos and parthenogenetic activated (PA) embryos with three chemicals: porcine granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (pGM-CSF), resveratrol (RES) and β-mercaptoethanol (β-ME). The control group was produced using M199 media in in vitro maturation (IVM) and porcine zygote medium-3 (PZM3) in in vitro culture (IVC). The treatment group is produced using M199 with 2 μM RES in IVM and PZM5 with 10 ng/mL pGM-CSF, 2 μM RES and 10 μM β-ME in IVC. Data were analyzed with SPSS 17.0 using Duncan’s multiple range test. In total, 1210 embryos in PA and 612 embryos in IVF evaluated. As results, we observed overall blastocyst quality was increased. The blastocyst formation rates were significantly higher (p<0.05) in the treatment groups (54.5%) compared to the control group (43.4%) in PA and hatched blastocysts rates in day 6 and 7 were also increased significantly. Total cell numbers of blastocyst were significantly higher (p<0.05) in the treatment group (55.1) compared to the control group (45.6). In IVF, hatched blastocysts rates in day 7 were increased significantly, too. After seeding porcine blastocyst, the attachment rates were higher in the treatment group (36.2% in IVF and 32.2% in PA) than the control group (26.6% in IVF and 19.5% in PA). Also, colonization rates and cell line derivation rates were higher in treatment group than control group. Colonization rates of control group were 10.8% in IVF and 2.4% in PA, but treatment group were 17.75% in IVF, and 13.1% in PA. And we investigated the correlation between state of blastocysts and attachment rate. The highest attachment rate is in hatched blastocyst (78.35±15.74 %). So, the novel system increased quality of porcine blastocysts produced from in vitro, subsequently increased attachment rates. The cell line derivation rates were 4.2% (IVF) and 2.4% (PA) in control group. In treatment group, they were 10.0% (IVF) and 7.2% (PA). We established 3 cell lines from PA blastocysts (1 cell line in control group and 2 cell lines in treatment group). All cell line has alkaline phosphatase activity and express pluri-potent markers. In conclusion, the novel system of IVM and IVC (the treatment of RES during IVM and RES, β-ME, and pGM-CSF during IVC) increased quality of porcine blastocysts produced from in vitro, subsequently increased derivation rates of porcine putative ESCs.

본 연구는 돼지 난포란의 체외배양액에 황화합물인 β-mercaptoethanol(β-ME)을 첨가배양함으로서 돼지난포란의 체외성숙과 체외배발달에 미치는 향을 구명하고자 실시하였다. 본 연구에서 얻어진 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 돼지난포란을 체외성숙배양액인 NCSU-23 배양액에 β-ME를 각각 0, 25, 50 및 100μM 첨가배양하여 성숙을 유기한 다음, 체외수정을 실시한 결과, 모든 처리구에서 핵성숙률, 정자침투율, 웅성전핵형성률, 다정자침입률 및 평균침입정 수에서 유의적인 차이가 인정되지 않았다 P>0.05). 2. 체외성숙 및 수정을 실시한 후, 배발달 배양액인 NCSU-23에 7일간 배양한 결과, 배반포 형성률은 25μM의 β-ME 처리구가 유의적(P<0.05)으로 높은 결과를 나타냈고, 총세포수에 있어서는 대조구와 처리구간 유의적인 차이가 인정되지 않았다. 3. 배발달배양액인 NCSU-23에 β-ME를 각각 0, 12.5, 25 및 5μM 첨가하고 5 및 20%산소조건 하에서 7일간 배양한 결과, 처리구별 산소농도에 따른 배발달률 및 총세포수에 있어서는 유의 적 인 차이가 없었으나, 25μM β-ME 처리구에서 유의적으로 높은 결과를 나타냈다(P<0.05). 그러나 총세포수에서는 처리구 및 대조구간 유의성이 인정되지 않았다. 결론적으로 돼지난포란의 체외성숙 및 배발달시 황화합물인 β-ME의 첨가는 25μM이 가장 적합하며, 산소농도에 따라서는 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 조사되었다.