산소소비량은 수정란이식 수태율에 영향을 미치는 여러 요인들 중 하나인 수정란의 품 질을 판정할 수 있는 기준으로 알려져 왔다. 최 등(2010)은 한우 체내수정란의 형태학적 인 등급에 따른 산소 소비량을 비교, 체외수정란의 산소 소비량과 총세포수의 상관관계 를 확인한 결과, 국제수정란이식학회(International Embryo Transfer Society, IETS)에서 규정하고 있는 수정란의 등급 판정 기준에 준하여 형태학적 등급이 좋을수록 수정란의 산소 소비량도 높아지고, 체외수정란의 산소 소비량에 따른 총 세포수와 산소 소비량 사 이에도 정의 관계가 있다고 보고 했다. 따라서, 본 연구는 수정란의 산소 소비량을 측정 하여 그 품질을 확인하고, 이를 바탕으로 체내수정란의 산소 소비량이 수태율에 미치는 영향을 구명하고자 수행하였다. 한우 체내수정란의 생산은 난소 및 자궁질환이 없는 건 강한 한우 공란우를 과배란을 유기하여 3 way Foley catheter를 이용하여 수정란을 채란 하였다. 체외수정란은 국립축산과학원 가축유전자원시험장 관행방법을 기준으로 생산하 여 시험에 사용하였다. 수정란의 산소 소비량 측정은 수정란 호흡장치(FHK, HV-405, Japan)를 이용하였고, 수정란 호흡 장치는 주사형 전기화학현미경(Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy, SECM)을 이용하여 산소 농도 분포를 각각 측정하였다. 한우 체내수정 란의 산소 소비량(10¹⁵/mol s— 1)을 측정하고 이를 수란우에 이식한 후 수태율을 조사한 결 과 산소 소비량이 가장 높은 12.0 이상에서 85.7%의 높은 수태율을 나타내었다. 이에 반 하여, 10.0 미만의 낮은 산소 소비량에서는 흥미롭게도 수태율이 0.00%를 나타내었다. 이런 결과들은 형태학적 등급이 좋을수록 수정란의 산소 소비량도 높아진다는 보고를 근 거하여, 산소 소비량이 높은 수정란을 이식하면 수정란이식 수태율이 높아진다는 것을 확인하였다.

Oxygen consumption has been regarded as a useful indicator for assessment of mammalian embryo quality. This study was performed to investigate whether oxygen consumption reflects morphological grade of in vivo derived bovine blastocyst-stage embryos (blastocyst). The oxygen consumption of in vitro produced blastocyst was compared to its total cell number. In addition, pregnant rate was measured after transplantation of in vivo blastocysts with different oxygen consumption. The quality of blastocyst collected on day 7 after artificial insemination was categorized as grade I and II (G I and G II) based on microscopic observation of the morphology. Oxygen consumption of blastocyst was measured using a scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) and total cell number of in vitro blastocyst was enumerated by counting cells stained by propidium iodide. Pregnancy of recipient cow was confirmed with rectal palpation after 60 days of embryo transfer. The oxygen consumptions of G I blastocysts were significantly higher than those of G II blastocysts ( versus , p<0.05). Total cell numbers of in vitro blastocysts were 74.8, 90.7, and 110.2 in the oxygen consumption of below 10.0, 10.0~12.0, and over respectively. Total cell number was significantly increased in embryos with high oxygen consumption (p<0.05). Pregnant rate in recipient cow was 0, 50, and 85.7% in the transplantation of embryo with the oxygen consumption of below 10.0, 10.0~12.0, and over , respectively. These results suggest that measurement of oxygen consumption may help increase the pregnant rate of bovine embryos.

Oxygen consumption has been regarded as a useful indicator for assessment of mammalian embryo quality. However, there was no standard criterion to measure the oxygen consumption of embryos. Here, we measured oxygen consumption of bovine embryos at various developmental stages was measured using a scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM). We found that the oxygen consumption significantly increased in blastocyst-stage embryos compared to other stage embryos (from 2-cell-stage to morula-stage), indicating that oxygen consumption reflects the cell number ( versus , p<0.05). In the morula-stage embryos, the oxygen consumption of in vivo derived embryos was significantly higher than that of in vitro produced embryos ( versus , p<0.05). However, there was no significant difference in consumption of oxygen by in vivo and in vitro-derived bovine blastocyst-stage embryos (p>0.05). In the frozen-thawed blastocyst-stage embryos, live embryos showed significantly higher oxygen consumption than dead embryos ( versus , p<0.05). These results indicate that the measuring oxygen consumption by SECM can be used to evaluate bovine embryo quality.

The purpose of this study was to establish modified physiological cost index (PCI) for predicting energy consumption by heart rate (HR) at isokinetic ergometer exercise testing. The subjects were twenty-eight healthy men in their twenties. All of them performed upper and lower extremity isokinetic ergometer exercise tests which had six loads (400, 500, 600, 700, 800, and 900 kg-m/min) and five loads (400, 500, 600, 700, and 800 kg-m/min) respectively. The exercise sessions were finished when HR was in plateau. HR and oxygen consumption were determined during the final minute. Resting heart rate and oxygen consumption were used for calculating heart rate, oxygen consumption changes and modified PCI. Regression analysis established the relationship between each variable to work load, HR and oxygen consumption. The results were as follows: 1) In the lower extremity ergometer exercise test, oxygen consumption increased continuously as work load increased, but in the upper extremity ergometer test, oxygen consumption only increased until work load was 700 kg-m/min. 2) HR increased as work load increased in both exercise tests, but in the upper extremity ergometer test, HR decreased from the 700 kg-m/min. 3) The modified PCI increased as work load mcreased until the 700 kg-m/min point in the lower extremity ergometer test and until the 500 kg-m/min point in the upper extremity ergometer test when it started to decrease in both tests. 4) In the lower extremity ergometer exercise test, regression analysis established the relation as = -.0215HR - .2141 where is given in l/min and HR in beat/min ( = .2677, p = .000). ln the upper extremity ergometer exercise test. regression analysis established the relation as = -.0115HR + .2746 ( = .1308, p = .000). The results of this study were similar to previous studies but were different under high work load conditions. So modified PCI should be used with only low intensity work load testing. Subjects for upper extremity ergometer exercise testing should complete a prescribed training course prior to testing, and only low intensity work load should be used for safety considerations.