The present study was performed to identify changes of plasminogen activator (PA) and plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI) in porcine oviduct epithelial cells (POECs) during the estrous cycle. POECs obtained from ovary in pre‐ovulatory (Pre‐Ov), early to mid‐luteal stage (Early‐mid L) and post‐ovulatory stage (Post‐Ov). For the examine of PA activity, 1×105 fresh cells of POECs were cultured in DMEM/Ham F‐12 containing 10% FBS and 0.2% amphotericin under humidified atmosphere of 5% CO2 in air and 38℃. The urokinase‐type PA (uPA) was observed at 7 days of POECs culture. PA activity was measured with culture prolonged of 0, 3, 6, 12 and 24 hafter culture of 7 days. The PA activity were high significantly (p<0.05) at 12 h of culture, but PA activity were decreased with culture periods increased. The PA activity in POECs of Post‐Ov stage were higher significantly (p<0.05) than that of Early‐mid L and Pre‐Ov stage. When PAI‐1 and PAI‐2 were added during the POECs culture, the PA were observed significant low activity (p<0.05). The PA activity and protein expression were decreased by PA inhibitor. This results suggest that PAI‐1 and PAI‐2 have a suppressive action on change of PA activity uring the estrous cycle of pigs. Specifically, this study using PA inhibitor was effect the PA activity and PAI expression in oviduct epithelial cells in pigs.

본 연구는 소 난관 상피 세포를 채취 체외 배양을 실시하고, 이에 착상과 관련이 있은 IL-4를 첨가하여 배양액내의 임신에 관련된 호르몬들(P4, E2, TGF-)의 변화를 관찰함으로써, 소 난관 상피 세포와 착상과의 관계를 구명하고자 실시하였으며, 그에 따른 결과는 다음과 같다. 소 난관 상피 세포의 체외 배양시 IL-4 첨가에 의한 배양액내의 P4의 생산은 0.001 ng/ml의 IL-4를 첨가한 배양액의 P4의 농도는 배양 시간이 경과할수록 증가하

The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of thiol compounds with bovine oviduct epithlial crlls(BOEC) co culture on development and intracellular glutathione(GSH) concentrations of bovine embryos derived from IVM /IVF oocytes. In experiment 1 and 2, embryos developed to 2~8 cell stage after in vitro fertilization were co-cultured with BOEC in CRaa with or without -mercaptoethanol(-ME) and cysteamine. The percentage of embryos that developed to morulae and blastocysts in 0,10, 25 and 5OM -ME with BOEC was 48.1, 64.0, 72.9 and 75.9%, respectively. Twenty-five and 5OM -ME groups were significantly higher than in 0 and 1OM - -ME groups(PM cysteamine with BOEC was 50.0, 53.2, 72.0 and 66.7%, respectively. Fifty M cysteamine group was significantly higher than any other groups (Paa with 0 and 5OM -ME or cysteamine were 68.5, 77.8, 78.7 and 80.0pM, respectively. Fifty M -ME group was significantly higher than that of control(P<0.05), but cysteamine group was not. Cell numbers of blastocysts were not difference in all experimental groups. These experiments indicate that -ME and cysteamine with BOEC co-culture can affect the development and intracellular GSH concentrations of bovine embryos produced by IVM /IVF docytes.

초기배아의 발생과정동안 배아와 모체에서 발현되는 여러 cytokine은 착상을 위한 신호물질로 중요한 역할을 한다. 그 중 interleukin-1 (IL-1)는 배아와 모체간의 상호 신호전달체로서 성공적인 착상을 위한 필수적인 요소로 작용한다고 알려져 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 초기배아의 발생과정에 있어서 IL-1 유전자의 역할을 규명하기 위해 생쥐 초기배아에서의 IL-l 유전자의 발현양상을 역전사중합효소연쇄반응을 통해 조사하였고, IL-l 유전자의