본 연구는 혈통이 확인된 한우 암소의 체중과 월령에 따라 난소에서 난포의 분포 양상을 확인하고, 체외성숙배양 배지가 채취된 미성숙 난자/난구세포의 배양시 분할율에 미치는 영향을 확인하고자 수행하였다. 도축장에서 도축된 암소들의 혈통, 생체중, 및 월령을 기준으로 적출된 난소를 분류한 후, 난소 모양, 황체, 백체 및 난포액 분포 양상을 확인하였고, 개체별 한우 난소에서 18G 주사침이 장착된 5ml 주사기를 이용하여 난자를 채취한 후, 실체현미경으로 관찰하여 난구세포가 난자주변을 둘러싸고 있는 난자를 회수 하였다. 회수한 미성숙난자를 25mM HEPES 와 10% FBS 가 첨가된 TCM-199 으로 옮겨 2~3 회 세정한 후, follicle stimulating hormone(FSH, Sigma) 0.5 μg/ml, luteinizing hormone(LH, Sigma) 0.5μg/ml, β-estradiol(Sigma)1μg/ml 가 첨가된 미성숙 난자의 체외성숙배지 BO, TCM199, 및 IVMD101 를 각각 사용하여 22 시간 동안 38.5℃, 5% CO2 배양기에서 성숙시켰다. 동결정액은 동일한 보증씨수소 정액을 37.5℃에서 30 초간 융해 하였으며, 최종 정자에는 IVF100 을 첨가하여 각각의 정자 droplet 에 난자들을 38.5℃, 5% CO2 조건의 배양기에 5~6 시간동안 체외수정 하였다. 연구 결과, 무혈통 번식 한우의 체외성숙 배지별 분할율은 BO 배양액에서 23.99%였고, TCM199 에서 47.99%, IVMD101 에서 40.04%로, BO 가 가장 낮았고 TCM199 가 높은 경향을 나타냈다. 개체별 체중에 따른 난자의 체외성숙 배지별 분할율은 480kg 미만의 경우, TCM199 에서 72.73%였고, IVMD101 에서 33.77%로 TCM199 이 월등히 높았다. 480-639kg 의 경우, TCM199 에서 50.05%였고, IVMD101 에서 55.11%로 IVMD101 가 높았으나 비슷한 양상을 나타냈다. 640-699kg 의 경우는 TCM199 에서 65.38 %였고, IVMD101 에서 47.92%로 TCM199 가 높았으며, 700kg 이상의 경우에는 TCM199 에서 61.75%, IVMD101 에서 55.63%로 TCM199 가 더 높게 나타났다. 개체별 월령에 따른 난자의 체외성숙 배지별 분할율은 39 개월 미만의 경우, TCM199 에서 62.41%, IVMD101에서 50.00%로 TCM199 이 높았고, 39-50 개월미만의 경우에는 TCM199 에서 51.22%, IVMD101 에서 49.89%로 TCM199 이 더 높은 경향을 보였다. 50 개월 이상의 경우에는 IVMD101 에서 57.40%로 TCM199 에서 52.25%보다 높게 나타났다. 결과적으로 체중별로 채취된 난자는 TCM199 에서 분할율이 높았으며, 월령별로 채취된 난자는 50 개월이상의 경우 IVMD101 에서 분할율이 높았으나 39-50 개월미만과 39 개월미만의 경우 TCM199 에서 분할율이 높아 다른 경향을 보였다. 본 연구결과를 바탕으로 체중, 월령 및 배양 배지에 따라서 분할율의 향상과 이때 발현되는 번식형질 유전자의 발현에 관한 연구가 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

Historically, Korea old cattle had been consisted with various lines of coat color brindle, black and white-brown breeds or more. The two rare lines of black and white coat color are maintained for animal resources and preserved critically. The present study was carried out to evaluate potential usage of cysteamine supplementation during in vitro matration (IVM) and in vitro culture/production of embryo (IVP) by transvaginal ultrasound-guided follicle aspiration (Ovum Pick-Up: OPU) for the establishment of cryo-banking system. Immature slaughterhouse-derived cumulus-oocyte complexes (SL-COCs) were matured in IVM medium supplemented with 0, 0.1, 0.3 or 0.9 mM cysteamine, and then cultured in mSOF-BAS for 8 days after in vitro fertilization. The treatment of 0.1 mM cysteamine on SL-COCs showed higher rate of blastocyst, so OPU-derived COCs from rare breeds were matured in TCM media supplemented with or without 0.1 mM cysteamine, FSH and 5% FBS. The embryos were evaluated their developmental stages on day 8. During IVM, cysteamine treatment significantly increased the embryo production rate of slaughterhouse-derived COCs (19.6% vs. 30.5%). The presence of cysteamine during IVM of OPU-derived COCs from rare Korean cattle breeds (albino white and black line) also increased embryo production rates than those from SL-COCs (27.4% vs. 41.9% and 36.4%). With these results, cysteamine treatment during IVM is one of key factors IVP of blastocysts to establish banking system of endangered rare Koarean cattle with OPU derived transferable blastocysts.

This study was carried out to develop the useful inducing method of estrus for Korean native cows. Under the condition of estrus induction by administering for the cows in which corpus luteum (CL) in ovaries was detected by ultrasonography, ovarian responses and the changes of progesterone () concentration against compared with conception rate were observed in cows and heifers. In inducing estrus administering . to the cows which has corpus luteum in ovaries, ovarian reponses, the changes of progesterone concentration, and conception rate were identified and compared. The results attained from the studies were as follows. Significant decreases of CL in size over time after administration were detected in both cow and heifer groups (p<0.001), but not different between groups in the CL regression rate (p>0.05). In addition, the percentage changes relative to the plasma concentration on day 1 after treatment were decreased to below 1ng/ml. The growth rate of follicle was observed as 31% on day 1 and 42% on day 2 in cows, and 34% on day 1 and 97% on day 2 in heifers, resulting that growth of heifers are faster than that of cows (p<0.05). The conception rate after treatment were 60.5% and 64.2% in cows and heifers, respectively. It also indicated that the conception rate after estrus observation with injection was as high as 66.6% while that with timed-artificial insemination (TAI) regardless of the estrus observation was 56%, which means the pregnancy rate of artificial insemination after estrus observation was higher than that of TAI (p<0.05). In the result of all above, there were significant decreases in CL size and the plasma concentration by days but rapid growth in follicles, which has no differences in cows and heifers. The conception rate was commonly high after estrus observation and more than 50% under TAI.

The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of abnormal ovarian cycles after superovulation treatment of Hanwoo donors. Thirty six, at random stages of the estrous cycle, received a CIDR. Four days later, the animals were superovulated with a total of 28AU FSH (Antorin, 2AU=1 ml) administered twice daily in constant doses over 4 days. On the 3th administration of FSH, CIDR was withdrawn and 25 mg was administered. Cows were artificially inseminated twice after estrous detection at 12 hr intervals. The cows received GnRH at the time of Ind insemination. Embryos were recovered 7 or 8 days after the 1st insemination. The cows were considered to have resumed ovarian cyclicity on the day of ovulation if followed by regular ovarian cycles. 50.0 percentage of the cows (18/36) had normal resumption of ovarian cyclicity (resumption within 40 days after superovulation), and 50.0% (18/36) had delayed resumption(resumption did not occur until>40 days after superovulation). Delayed resumption Type II (first ovulation did not occur until 40 days after superovulation, i.e. delayed first ovulation 33.3%) were the most common types of delayed resumptions. The mean numbers of total ova from < 10 and 10 of corpora lutea (CL) was 7.3 and 13.9, respectively. The number of transferable embryos differed between < 10 and 10 CL was 4.2 and 5.1, respectively. 11.1 percentage of the cows (4/36) did not resumption their ovarian cyclicity until 60 days after superovulation treatment.

This study was carried out to investigate inflammation-related gene expression altered in ovary and endometrium of Korean cattle with reproductive disorders using microarray. In the present study, nine inflammation-related differential1y expressed genes (DEGs) were identified in the cystic ovary and endometrium with endometritis. In the follicular cyst, eotaxin and alpha-2-HS-glycoprotein (AHSG) were up-regulated, whereas complement component 3 (C3) and oxidised low density lipoprotein (lectin-like) receptor 1 (OLR1) were down-regulated. Complement component 4A (C4A) was up-regulated in luteal cyst. In the endometritis, chemokine 1igand l and 2 (CXCL1 and CXCL2), protein C (inactivator of coagulation factors Va and VIIIa), and complement component C5 were up-regulated, whereas kininogen was down-regulated. Of these genes, we focused on eotaxin and kininogen, which were highly regulated in the follicular cyst and endometritis, respectively and on C3 commonly regulated in both reproductive disorders. The microarray data of eotaxin, kininogen, and C3 were validated by semi-quantitative PCR. Consistent with microarray data, eotaxin was up-regulated by 4-fold in the follicular cyst, while kininogen was down-regulated by 5-fold in the endometritis. C3 was down-regulated in the both follicular cyst and endometritis. Our results suggest that these inflammation-related genes could be useful markers for diagnosis of cystic ovary and endometritis of Korean cattle.

본 연구는 한우 난소의 난포 발달에 있어서 bFF 또는 anti-inhibin serum(AI)의 생리적 역할을 검토하기 위해 수행하였다. Saline(0.95%, control), bFF 또는 AI를 경정맥 주사 처리한 9마리의 한우 암소에서 채혈하여 혈중 estradiol-17(E2), inhibin 및 progesterone(P4) 농도를 분석하였으며, 이들 처리에 의한 난포의 발달은 초음파 진단기를 이용하여 관찰하였다. 본 연구에서 얻어진 결과는

본 연구는 고급육을 생산한 한우의 유전자를 재활용하기 위해 기초 등록우와 혈통 등록우의 육질등급이 1 등급 이상인 암소의 난소에서 개체별로 채취한 난포란을 개체별로 각각 체외 성숙, 체외 수정 및 체외 배양하였다. 그 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 기초 등록우의 육질 등급별로 회수된 난포란은 각각 1 등급 평균 28.9개, 등급 평균 28.8개, 등급 29.6개로 평균 29.0개였다. 기초 등록우의 육질 등급별 배반포배 형성율은 각각 1 등급 27.2%

도축장에서 도축된 한우 중 난소낭종에 이환된 소 86두를 대상으로 수침법으로 초음파 검사를 실시하여 낭종의 직경, 낭종내강의 직경, 낭종벽의 두께를 측정하였으며 낭종액 중 농도와 농도를 측정하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 난소낭종에 이환된 소 86두는 해부학적 및 초음파 검사에 의하여 단포성 난포낭종 51두(59.3%), 다포성 난포낭종 19두(22.1%), 단포성 황체낭종 13두(15.1%), 다포성 황체낭종 3두(3.5%)의 발생률을 나타내어 황체

도축장에서 회수한 한우 난소로부터 난자를 회수하기 위한 방법으로 흡입법 후 세절법과 흡입법으로 난자를 회수하여, 난자의 회수율과 채란된 난자를 체외수정 후 발달율과 수정란 이식 후 수태율에 영향을 조사한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 난자 회수율은 각 난소당 회수된 난자수는 흡입 후 세절법이 8.2개, 흡입법이 6.5개로서 흡입 후 세절법을 병용하는 것이 난자 회수율에서 유의적으로 많았다. 2. 채란방법에 따른 체외수정란의 분할율은 흡입 후 세절법이 , 흡

본 연구는 한우 수정란의 체외생산에 있어서 효율과 품질의 향상을 위해서, 미성숙 난포란을 회수하는 난소의 형태와 배양 용기로서 straw의 효과를 검토하였다. 난소의 형태에 따른 수정율은 전 군에서 70.3∼84.1%로서 비슷한 경향이었다. 8세포기 및 배반포기 발달율은 황체와 난포가 모두 존재하지 않는 대조군이 가장 높았다. 배반포의 inner cell mass(ICM), trophectoderm(TE), total cell number(TCN) 및 ICM/TCN 비율은 낭종군과 퇴행황체군이 다른군에 비하여 높은 경향이었다. 체외성숙에 이용하는 배양용기에 따른 수정율은 0.5 ㎖ straw 군이, 8세포기 발달율은 대조군이 가장 높았으나, 배반포기 발달율은 23.1∼30.7％로서 각 군 간에 비슷한 경향이었다. 한편 각각의 배양 용기에서 유래된 배반포의 ICM, TE, TCN 및 ICM/TCN 비율은 유사한 경향이었다.

1. The concentrations of Ang. II were 7.20.91 × 10³, 3.80.34 × 10³, 3.50.30 × 10³, 2.80.22 × 10³ pg/ml in bovine follicular fluids from 1∼3 mm, 3∼5 mm, 5∼7 mm and 8∼10 m follicles, respectively. The concentrations of Ang. II decreased in follicular fluids from large follicles. 2. When oocytes were cultured in media containing various concentrations of Ang. II, a higher proportion of oocytes developed to MII stage in medium with 100 ng/ml (79.5%) Ang II compare to that without Ang. II (58.8%). When oocytes from different sizes of follicles were separately cultured in media containing 100 ng/ml Ang. II, maturation rates were higher in oocytes from small and medium follicles those from controls. 3. GSH content in oocytes cultured for 24 hrs in TCM-199 medium containing 10 and 100 ng/ml of Ang. II was also higher than that of oocytes cultured in medium containing 0 or 10 ng/ml Ang. II. When oocytes were cultured in media containing 0, 10, 100, 1,000 ng/ml of Ang. II, the concentrations of GSH were 5.1M, 5.5M, 7.2M, 8.7M, respectively. 4. When oocytes were cultured in media containing various concentrations of 10, 100, 1,000 ng/ml Ang. II, in vitro maturation and developmental rates were 84.0%, 90.0%, 78.0% and 28.0%, 36.0%, 20.0%, respectively. When oocytes were cultured with an addition of Ang. II in media, in vitro maturation rates higher than that of their controls (76.0%).

본 연구에서는 한우의 신속한 증식을 위한 번식기술 개발을 위해 발정이 재귀되지않은 무발정 한우의 번식장애 치료효과와 공태기를 감축하기 위한 난소실질내 PGF／sub 2처치효과를 알아보았다. 1. 번식장애의 감별진단 결과는 검사두수 43두중 둔성발정 또는 발정발견의 잘못이 18두 (41.9%)로 가장 많았고, 난소기능정지 14두 (32.6%), 난포낭종 4두(9.3%), 영구황체 3두 (7.0%), 자궁내막염 2두 (4.7%), 자궁축농증과 황체낭종은 각