%0 Journal Article
%T Autologous Transplantation of Adult Mice Spermatogonial Stem Cells into Gamma Irradiated Testes
%A Morteza Koruji
%A Mansoureh Movahedin
%A Seyed Javad Mowla
%A Hamid Gourabi
%J Cell Journal
%D 2012
%I Royan Institute (ACECR), Tehran
%X Objective: We evaluated structural and functional changes of fresh and frozen-thawed adult mouse spermatogonial stem cells following auto-transplantation into gamma-irradiated testes.Materials and Methods: In this experimental research, the right testes from adult mice (n=25) were collected, then Sertoli and spermatogonial cells were isolated using two-step enzymatic digestion, lectin immobilization and differential plating. Three weeks after cultivation, the Bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU)-labeled spermatogonial cells were transplanted, via rete testis, into the other testis of the same mouse, which had been irradiated with 14Gy. The mice were transplanted with: fresh cells (control 1), fresh cells co-cultured with Sertoli cells (control 2), the frozen-thawed cells (experimental 1) and frozen-thawed cells co-cultured with Sertoli cells (experimental 2). The morphological changes between different transplanted testes groups were compared in 8 weeks after transplantation. The statistical significance between mean values was determined by Kruskal Wallis and one-way analysis of variance in efficiency of transplantation.Results: The statistical analysis revealed significant increases in the mean percentage of testis weight and normal seminiferous tubules following spermatogonial stem cells transplantation in the recipient¡¯s testes. The normal seminiferous tubules percentage in the co-culture system with fresh cells and frozen-thawed groups were more than those in non-transplanted and fresh cell transplanted groups (p¡Ü0.001).Conclusion: Our results demonstrated that spermatogonial stem cells in the colonies could result sperm production in the recipient¡¯s testes after autologous transplantation.
%K Spermatogenesis
%K Stem Spermatogonia
%K Gamma-Irradiated
%K Auto Transplantation
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