Establishment of a simple and effective method for isolating male germline stem cells (GSCs) from testicular cells of neonatal and adult mice
- Authors
- Kim, Kye-Seong; Lim, Jung Jin; Yang, Yun Hee; Kim, Soo-Kyoung; Yoon, Tae Ki; Cha, Kwang Yul; Lee, Dong Ryul
- Issue Date
- Sep-2006
- Publisher
- KOREAN SOC MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY
- Keywords
- male germline stem cells (GSCs); in vitro proliferation; in vitro differentiation; haploid germ cells; mouse testis
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, v.16, no.9, pp.1347 - 1354
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
- Volume
- 16
- Number
- 9
- Start Page
- 1347
- End Page
- 1354
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/181037
- ISSN
- 1017-7825
- Abstract
- The aims of this study were to establish a simple and effective method for isolating male germline stem cells (GSCs), and to test the possibility of using these cells as a new approach for male infertility treatment. Testes obtained from neonatal and adult mice were manually decapsulated. GSCs were collected from seminiferous tubules by a two-step enzyme digestion method and plated on gelatin-coated dishes. Over 5-7 days of culture, GSCs obtained from neonates and adults gave rise to large multicellular colonies that were subsequently grown for 10 passages. During in vitro proliferation, oct-4 and two immunological markers (Integrin beta 1, alpha 6) for GSCs were highly expressed in the cell colonies. During another culture period of 6 weeks to differentiate to later stage germ cells, the expression of oct-4 mRNA decreased in GSCs and Sertoli cells encapsulated with calcium alginate, but the expression of c-kit and testis-specific histone protein 213 (TH2B) mRNA as well as the localization of c-kit protein was increased. Expression of transition protein (TP-1) and localization of peanut agglutinin were not seen until 3) weeks after culturing, and appeared by 6 weeks of culture. The putative spermatids derived from GSCs supported embryonic development up to the blastocyst stage with normal chromosomal ploidy after chemical activation. Thus,, GSCs isolated from neonatal and adult mouse testes were able to be maintained and proliferated in our simple culture conditions. These GSCs have the potential to differentiate into haploid germ cells during another long-term culture.
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