- 사람 성장호르몬 유전자를 발현하는 형질전환생쥐의 불임성
- Infertility of Transgenic Mice Experssing Human Growth Hormone Gene
- ㆍ 저자명
- 한용만,강만종,이철상,유대열,이경광
- ㆍ 간행물명
- 가축번식학회지
- ㆍ 권/호정보
- 1992년|16권 3호|pp.225-230 (6 pages)
- ㆍ 발행정보
- 한국동물번식학회
- ㆍ 파일정보
- 정기간행물| PDF텍스트
- ㆍ 주제분야
- 기타
Many transgenic mice expressing human growth hormone gene were infertile. To investigate the infertility of these transfenic mice, it was looked into the estrus cycle and sexual behaviour and also tested through in vitro fertilization whether the germ cells of these mice normal or not. The infertile female transgenic mice were mated to the fertile males of ICR strain, but in almost all of them the vaginal plugs were not detected and their estrus cycles by vaginal smear were almost irregular which kept up estrus or diestrus stage. Many male transgenic mice did not have the ability of sexual behaviour. Therefore the viability of germ cells in infertile male transgenic mice was investigated by in vitro fertilization, but the sperm were normally fertilized with the eggs and the transgene of parent was passed on to the progeny. These results consequently suggest that the infertility of transgenic mice experssing human growth hormone gene may be due to the physiological activity of human growth hormone, not germ cells.