난관상피세포와 그 배양액에서 분비된 고분자 분획이 소정자의 수정능력에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 알아보고자 실시한 실험에서 다음과 같은 결론을 얻었다. 1. 난관상피세포배양액으로부터 MW 5 kDa cut-off bucket을 사용하여 탈염 및 농축을 실시, 단백질/고분자분획을 회수하고 이를 체외수정용 배양액에 첨가하고 난관상피세포 monolayer와 공배양을 통해 체외수정을 실시한 결과 고분자분획첨가 및 난관상피세포 공배양(OM+OEC)군이 고분자분획첨가(OM) 군에 비하여 유의적으로 높은 분할율을 나타내었으며 난관상피 세포 공배 양(OEC)군 및 OM 군 모두 대조군에 비해서는 유의적으로 높은 분할율을 나타내었다(p〈0.01). 2. 난관상피세포와 전배양한 정자의 체외수정능을 조사한 결과 정자와 OEC를 4시간 동안 전배양한 후 체외수정한 군이 난자와 정자를 동시에 배양한 군에 비하여 유의적으로 높은 분할율을 나타내었다(p〈0.01). 이상의 결과에서 소 정자의 체외수정능은 난관 상피세포와의 접촉 및 분비액유래 고분자단백분획의 공동효과에 의한 것으로, 난관상피세포와의전배양은 체외에서 수정능획득을 유도하는 것으로 판단된다.
The aim of these experiments was to investigate the effects of oviduct epithelial cells on bovine in vitro fertilization. Oviduct epithelial cell monolayers (OEC) on the 4-well dish were prepared according to general procedures. Monolayers were formed within 5days. The medium for OEC culture (TCM199 with 10% FBS) was replaced with IVF-TALP 2h before each experiment. Macromolecules/proteins from oviductal conditioned medium (OM) were recovered by ultrafiltration, which desalted and concentrated macromolecules greater than 5kDa, and this OM were added to W medium (experiment 1). The cleavage rate in OM+OEC group was significantly higher than in OM group (p〈0.01). In this experiment 2, oocytes were inseminated on OEC with sperm which had been pre-incubated with OEC for 0 or 4h before insemination. In this experiment, oocytes were exposed to sperm only 8 h for clarifying the effect. After insemination, oocytes were cultured in CRlaa. At 42 h post insemination, oocytes were denuded and examined for evidence of cleavage. The cleavage rates of oocytes which were inseminated with OEC treated sperm for 4 h were significantly higher than those of the other group (p〈0.01). In conclusion, sperm released from OEC have more fertilizing ability than those before attachment.
