Abstract:
PURPOSE: An improved method of intracytoplasmic sperm injection is provided, thereby reducing the medium amount used, inhibiting damage of oocyte and inducing mechanical damage of the sperm head membrane, so that the fertilization success rate can be improved. CONSTITUTION: An injection pipette having the diameter which is larger than the maximum head diameter of sperms to be introduced into the oocyte cytoplasm and is smaller than the maximum tail diameter of sperms is used in the intracytoplasmic sperm injection(ICSI), wherein the end of the pipette has a plurality of spikes. The improved method of intracytoplasmic sperm injection comprises the steps of: collecting a sperm with the injection pipette; introducing the sperm into the oocyte cytoplasm; and recovering the injection pipette, wherein the sperm head is collected by the tip of the injection pipette.
Abstract:
PURPOSE: A GFP(Green Fluorescent Protein)-transfected clone pig, a GT(alpha 1, 3 galactrosyltransferase) knock-out clone pig and a production method thereof are provided to produce a clone pig with a determined genetic character using transfection and targeting technologies. CONSTITUTION: The production method of the GFP-transfected clone pig comprises the steps of: preparing a cell line taken and cultured from a pig as a nucleus donating cell; introducing the GFP clone to the nucleus donating cell and expressing by forming a lipid(or a positive charge polymer)-DNA structure complex, adding the complex to the nucleus donating cell culture solution and culturing; producing a transfected embryo by transplanting the cell to an enucleated pig embryo and activating; and producing a piglet by transplanting the embryo to a surrogate mother.
Abstract:
본 발명은 통상적인 ICSI 방법이 가지는 문제점을 해소하고 수정율을 향상시키기 위해 개선된 ICSI 방법 및 이를 가능하게 하는 주입용 피펫에 관한 것이다. 보다 구체적으로, 본 발명은 정자 두부 막의 기계적인 손상을 유발하도록 형성된 주입용 피펫을 사용하여 정상적인 수정 과정에 더 근접한 환경을 제공할 수 있는 새로운 ICSI 방법에 관한 것이다. 본 발명의 위와 같은 효과는 주입용 피펫의 내경을 주입하고자 하는 정자의 두부의 최대 직경보다 크지 않게 구성하고 주입과 동시에 기계적인 손상을 유발함으로써 가능하다.
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PURPOSE: A transgenic cloned pig producing human erythropoietin and a method for producing the same transgenic cloned pig are provided, thereby producing a large quantity of human erythropoietin in the urinary bladder of the transgenic cloned pig with reduced costs. CONSTITUTION: The nuclear transfer embryo produced by a fusion of a pig-derived enucleated oocyte with a nucleus of a pig-derived somatic cell transfected and targeted with a gene encoding human erythropoietin is provided. The transgenic cloned pig expresses human erythropoietin in the urinary bladder of pig. The method for producing a transgenic cloned pig producing human erythropoietin comprises the steps of: (a) transfecting and targeting a gene encoding human erythropoietin into a pig-derived somatic cell line to prepare a nuclear donor cell; (b) removing cumulus cells surrounding a recipient oocyte and then the cytoplasm including the first polar body from the oocyte to prepare a pig-derived enucleated recipient oocyte; (c) transferring the transfected nuclear donor cell into the enucleated recipient oocyte and carrying out cell fusion to generate nuclear transfer embryos; and (d) transplanting the nuclear transfer embryo into a surrogate mother pig to produce live offspring.