인간 배아줄기세포의 생식세포로의 분화 및 효소에 의해 분리된 단일줄기세포 배양조건

지희준,최순영,정다연,Chi, Hee-Jun,Choi, Soon-Young,Chung, Da-Yeon 대한생식의학회 2010 Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine Vol.37 No.1

목 적: 본 연구는 인간 배아줄기세포를 생식세포로의 분화를 유도하고 효소에 의해 분리된 단일 배아줄기세포의 배양조건을 확립하기 위해 수행하였다. 연구방법: Embryonic body (EB)는 배아줄기세포 (hESCs) colony를 떼어내어 3일간 hanging drop culture 방법으로 작성하였고, 이러한 EB를 retionic acid (RA)와 bone morphogenetic protein-4 (BMP4)를 단독 또는 함께 배양액에 첨가하여 14일간 배양함으로써 생식세포로의 분화를 유도하였다. 분화를 유도한 EB는 생식세포 발현유전자인 c-kit과 VASA의 표지인자를 이용한 면역조직형광법으로 분화여부를 조사하였다. 줄기세포는 Collagenase, Tryple 그리고 Accutase 등의 효소로 각각 분리하였고 분리된 단일세포들의 colony formation rate를 조사하였다. 한편 Rho-associated kinase inhibitor (Y-27632)를 단일세포 배양액에 첨가하여 단일세포 분리과정 중에 발생하는 apoptotic damage를 감소시키고자 하였다. 결 과: Tryple 또는 Accutase를 이용하여 분리한 단일세포가 Collagenase에 의해 분리된 세포에 비해 높은 colony formation rate를 나타내었다. 단일세포를 $5{\times}10^3$ cells/well (4 well dish) 농도로 지지세포 위에 seeding하였을 때 다른 농도의 세포를 seeding한 것에 비해 높은 colony formation rate를 확보하는데 효과적이었다. Y27632의 첨가는 단일세포의 colony formation rate를 유의하게 향상시켰으며 특히 Tryple로 분리한 단일세포에 보다 효과적이었다. EB의 분화유도후 c-kit과 VASA의 표지인자를 이용한 면역조직형광염색은 대조군인 정소조직에 비해 약한 형광염색을 나타내었다. 결 론: Tryple을 이용한 단일세포 분리가 건강한 단일세포를 얻는데 가장 효율적이었으며 Y27632 의 첨가는 단일 세포의 생존 및 colony formation에 유익하다는 것을 확인하였다. 다른 연구와는 달리 본 연구에서는 단지 생식세포 표지인자의 희미한 형광염색만을 관찰하였는데 이러한 결과는 본 연구의 분화유도기간이 상대적으로 짧았던 것이 원인이었을 것으로 생각된다. Objective: The present study was carried out to induce differentiation of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) into germ cells and to establish a culture condition for single hESCs dissociated by enzyme. Methods: Embryonic body (EB) was formed by hanging drop culture for 3 days from hESCs colony. The EBs were cultured in the medium supplemented with retionic acid (RA) or/and bone morphogenetic protein-4 (BMP4) for 14 days to differentiate into germ cells. Germ cell specific markers, c-kit and VASA were used for immunohistochemistry of EB. Human ESCs colonies were dissociated into single cells by Collagenase, Tryple and Accutase, and then colony formation rate of the single cells was examined. Rho-associated kinase inhibitor (ROCK inhibitor, Y27632) was added into the culture medium of single cells to reduce the apoptotic damage during the dissociation. Results: Single cells dissociated with Tryple or Accutase showed higher colony formation rates compared to the cells dissociated with Collagenase. Seeding of $5{\times}10^3$ cells/well (4 well dish) was efficient to obtain high colony formation rate compared to other concentrations of seeding cell. Addition of Y27632 significantly increased the colony formation rate of the single cells dissociated by Tryple. Immunohistochemistry of EB with c-kit and VASA markers showed a weak fluorescence signals compared to the signals from the testicular tissue. Conclusion: Dissociation with Tryple was useful to obtain healthy single cells and addition of Y27632 was beneficial for survival and colony formation of the single cells. Unlike other studies, we just observed a dim fluorescence staining of the germ cell markers, probably caused by the short-term culture for the differentiation of EB compared to other studies.

Hyposanthine이 포유동물 난자의 핵성숙에 미치는 영향

지희준 한국동물생명공학회(구 한국동물번식학회) 1997 Reproductive & developmental biology Vol.20 No.4

번식 1 ; 생쥐 미성숙 난자의 Meiotic Maturation 에 있어서의 Purine 의 역할 2. 난자의 제 1 극체 돌출율과 생존율에 미치는 Purine 의 영향

지희준,황영호,이훈택,정길생 한국동물자원과학회 ( 구 한국축산학회 ) 1993 한국축산학회 심포지움자료집 Vol.- No.-

번식 1 ; 생쥐 미성숙 난자의 Meiotic Maturation 에 있어서의 Purine 의 역할 1. Purine 의 GV 억제효과 및 억제효과에 대한 HFCS , HMFF 의 영향

지희준,고정재,이훈택,정길생 한국동물자원과학회 ( 구 한국축산학회 ) 1993 한국축산학회 심포지움자료집 Vol.- No.-

Purine이 생쥐 미성숙난자의 핵성숙에 미치는 영향 I. 난핵포붕괴(GVBD)에 대한 Purine, 인간태아제대혈청 및 인간성숙난포액의 작용

지희준,고정재,이훈택,정길생 한국동물번식학회 1993 Reproductive & developmental biology Vol.17 No.2

Purine has been identified in the preparation of follicular fluid and shown an activity in maintaining oocyte meiotic arrest. Therefore this study was performed to examine the inhibitory effect of purine on germinal vesicle break down(GVBD) in the presence and absence of human fetal cord serum(HFCS) or human mature follicular fluid(HMFF), as a protein source, in vitro culture. Immature oocytes(GV stage) were collected from ovaries of 21∼28 days old ICR mice by puncturing the antral follicles with a fine needle, at 48 hrs after PMSG injection. Some of the oocytes were denuded by drawing the cumulus-enclosed(complex) oocytes in and out of a pasteur pipet. Complex oocytes and denuded oocytes were cultured 3 hrs. in T6 media containing 0.75mM adenosine or/and 4mM hypoxanthine, with HFCS or HMFF. Their GVBD rates were observed at every 1 hr. during the culture time. Both adenosine and hypoxanthine have shown a time-dependent inhibitory effect on GVBD in complex and denuded oocytes and the inhibitory effect was maximized in culture medium containing hypoxanthine and adenosine. HFCS and HMFF increased the GVBD rates in the presence of the purines, thus HFCS and HMFF may contain a factor that could reverse the inhibitory effect of purines. Also complex oocytes were more sensitive to not only the inhibitory effect of purines but the promoting action of HMFF on GVBD than denuded oocytes. Therefore it was reconfirmed that granulosa cells play an important part in meiotic arrest and resumption.

Purine이 생쥐 미성숙난자의 핵성숙에 미치는 영향 Ⅱ. 미성숙 난자의 제 1극체 방출과 생존성에 미치는 Purine의 효과

지희준,황영희,이훈택,정길생 한국동물생명공학회(구 한국동물번식학회) 1993 Reproductive & developmental biology Vol.17 No.2

생식보조시술시 단백질원으로서 인간난포액의 적합성 및 효율성에 관한 연구;I. 인간난포액이 생쥐난포란의 체외성숙에 미치는 효과

지희준,김동훈,김지연,구정진,장상식,정길생,Chi, H.J.,Kim, D.H.,Kim, J.Y.,Koo, J.J.,Chang, S.S.,Chung, K.S. 대한생식의학회 1996 Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine Vol.23 No.1

For evaluating the suitability of human follicular fluid(HFF) as protein supplement in ART, this preliminary study was performed to examine the maturation promoting activity of HFF on mouse follicular oocytes in vitro. Mouse follicular oocytes were collected from ovaries of 21-28 day old ICR mice by puncturing the antral follicles with fine needle at 48 hours after PMSG injection. The oocytes were rinsed and cultured in modified Whittingham's $T_6$ medium containing purines or dbcAMP to maintain meiotic arrest, and different concentrations of HFF were added into the culture medium to examine the effect of HFF on releasing the oocytes from the suppressive influence of the meiotic inhibitors. As a control for HFF, the maturation promoting activity of human fetal cord serum(HFCS) was investigated and compared with the activity of HFF. While HFF was separated, by molecular weight(M.W), into high M.W. fraction(M.W>30,000) and low M.W. fraction(M.W<30,000) and the effects of the fractions on meiotic resumption were investigated in the presence of the meiotic inhibitors. Also hormone analysis was performed to compare the content of hormones in HFF with that in HFCS. Same concentrations of HFF and HFCS induced similar germinal vesicle break down(GVBD) rates of the oocytes meiotic arrested by purines(4mM hypoxanthine+0.75mM adenosine), but the extrusion rate of 1st polar body(PB) of the oocytes cultured in HFF(65.0%, P<0.05) was significantly higher than that(51.6%) in HFCS. While, in the presence of 200 M dbcAMP, the maturation promoting activity of HFF (GVBD: 70.5%, $p<10^{-6}$; 1st PB extrusion: 67.1%, $p<10^{-3}$) was significantly greater than that of HFCS(GVBD: 35.2%; 1st PB extrusion: 41.1%). The oocytes cultured in the fraction of HFF containing high M.W. components showed higher meiotic maturation rates than the oocytes cultured in the low M.W. fraction of HFF. Gonadotropins and $E_2$ were known to improve the completion of maturation changes, and the levels of these hormones were higher in HFF than in HFCS. Therefore, HFF was more effective than HFCS to use for promoting meiotic resumption of mouse oocytes in vitro.

IVF-ET 시술 시 파편제거가 파편화된 인간배아의 발달에 미치는 효과

지희준,구정진,이주옥,류형은,김광례,박찬,노성일,Chi, Hee-Jun,Koo, Jung-Jin,Lee, Ju-Ok,Ryu, Hyoung-Eun,Kim, Kwang-Rae,Park, Chan,Roh, Sung-Il 대한생식의학회 2010 Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine Vol.37 No.4

목적: 본 연구는 체외수정 및 배아이식술 (In vitro fertilization-embryo transfer, IVF-ET)에서 인간의 파편화된 배아를 대상으로 수행한 파편제거술이 배아의 발달과 임상적 결과에 미치는 유용한 결과를 조사하고자 수행하였다. 연구방법: 본 연구는 전향적 연구로서 한나여성의원과 미즈메디병원에서 수행되었으며 IVF-ET 시술을 받는 60명의 환자를 대상으로 하였다. 실험군으로서 29명 환자의 106개의 파편화된 배아를 대상으로 이식하기 전 미세수술적 파편 제거술을 수행하였고 대조군으로서 31명의 환자의 122개의 파편화된 배아의 파편을 제거하지 않고 이식하였다. 파편 제거술이 파편화된 배아의 형태학적 변화와 임상적 결과에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 결과: 실험군 배아의 평균 형태학적 등급은 G2.79였으나 파편제거술 이후 G1.63 (p<0.001)로 유의하게 향상되었다. 대부분의 파편화된 배아는 파편제거 후 이어지는 배양과정 동안 파편화 현상이 재 발생하지 않았으며 파편이 제거된 배아의 발달에 파편제거술이 유용한 효과를 미치는 것이 관찰되었다. 실험군의 착상률과 임신율은 각각 12.3%와 31.3%이었으나 대조군은 각각 6.6%와 22.5%를 나타내었다. 이러한 두 군간의 결과의 차이는 낮은 시술 건수로 인해 통계학적 유의성은 없었다. 결론: 미세수술적 파편제거술은 파편화된 배아의 형태학적 등급뿐만 아니라 지속적인 발달능력을 향상시켰다. 파편제거술은 파편에 의해 손상된 세포간 전달체계의 복원과 파편에 의한 해로운 물질의 생성 가능성을 제거함으로써 주위의 할구들에게 이로운 효과를 나타낸 것으로 생각된다. Objective: To investigate the beneficial effect of fragment removal on the subsequent cell division and clinical outcome of the fragmented human embryos. Methods: A prospective study was performed in Hanna Women's Clinic and Mizmedi Hospital. Sixty couples undergoing In vitro fertilization-embryo transfer (IVF-ET) program were participated in the present study. The microsurgical fragment removal was performed in 106 fragmented embryos of 29 patients before the transfer. As a control group, 122 fragmented embryos of 31 patients were transferred without the fragment removal. Effects of fragment removal on morphological changes and clinical outcomes of fragmented embryos were investigated. Results: Mean morphological grade (G2.79) of fragmented embryos was significantly improved after the fragment removal(G1.63, p<0.001). Most of the fragmented embryos did not show a regeneration of fragments after the fragment removal during the subsequent development, and a beneficial effect of fragment removal on the development of the fragment removed embryos was observed. Implantation and pregnancy rates of fragment removed embryos were 12.3% and 31.3%, whereas the rates of control group embryos were 6.6% and 22.5%, respectively. There was no statistical significance in the rates between the two groups because of the low number of trials. Conclusion: Microsurgical fragment removal improved the subsequent development as well as the morphological grade of fragmented embryos. The fragment removal may be beneficial for neighboring blastomeres by repairing the intercellular communication and removing the secretion of the potential toxic materials by fragments.

Purine이 생쥐 미성숙난자의 핵성숙에 미치는 영향 Ⅰ. 난핵포붕괴(GVBD)에 대한 Purine, 인간태아제대혈청 및 인간성숙난포액의 작용

지희준,고정재,이훈택,정길생 한국동물생명공학회(구 한국동물번식학회) 1993 Reproductive & developmental biology Vol.17 No.2

Purine이 생쥐 미성숙난자의 핵성숙에 미치는 영향 II. 미성숙 난자의 제 1극체 방출과 생존성에 미치는 Purine의 효과

지희준,황영희,이훈택,정길생 한국동물번식학회 1993 Reproductive & developmental biology Vol.17 No.2

In the previous study, we observed that Purine has a time dependent effect in maintaining the oocytes in meiotic arrest, and human fetal cord serum(HFCS) and human mature follicular fluid(HMFF) reverse the GVBD suppressed by purines. And it was reported that purine has a harmful effect on the development of oocytes or embryos, when they were cultured for a long time, in vitro. Therefore this study was performed to investigate the effects of purine on extrusion rates of 1st pb and viability of oocytes cultured for a long time, in vitro. Immature oocytes(GV stage) were collected from ovaries of 25~28 day old ICR mice at 48 hrs after PMSG injection. Cumulus-enclosed and denuded oocytes collected were assigned randomly to one of several culture conditions. Some of the oocytes were cultured in 4mM hypoxanthine for 24hr, and the extrusion rates of 1st pb and viability of the oocytes were assessed at every 12 hrs. In the viability, the oocytes showed granulation, pigmentation of cytoplasm or lysis of 1st pb extruded were regarded as degenerating oocytes. Also some of the oocytes were cultured in hypoxanthine for 12 hrs then the resulting oocytes were transferred to hypoxanthine-free medium and cultured for 12 hrs to determine whether the inhibitory effect of hypoxanthine on the 1st pb extrusion was reversible. The rest of the oocytes were cultured in medium containing hypoxanthine and adenosine for 18 hrs to compare the 1st pb extrusion be attendant upon hte concentration of HFCS or HMFF supplemented. Hypoxanthine suppressed the extrusion of 1st pb and viability of the oocytes significantly, when they were cultured for more than 12 hrs and the harmful effect of hypoxanthine was showed in denuded oocytes, prominently. The suppressive effect of hypoxanthine was reversed by just removal of the hypoxanthine from the cultrue medium. Also there was no difference in reverse the pb extrusion rate suppressed between HFCS and HMFF. The extrusion rate of 1st pb in medium containing adenosine and hypoxanthine was increased in line with the concentration of HFCS or HMFF supplemented. Hypoxanthine suppressed the extrusion of 1st pb and viability of the oocytes significantly, when they were cultured for more than 12 hrs and the harmful effect of hypoxanthine was showed in denuded oocytes, prominetly. The suppressive effect of hypoxanthine was reversed by just removal of the hypoxanthine fromthe culture medium. Also there was no difference in reverse the pb extrusion rate suppressed between HFCS and HMFF. The extrusion rate of 1st pb in medium containing adenosine and hypoxanthine was increased in line with the concentration of HFCS or HMFF supplemented.