Isolation of the synchronized A spermatogonia from adult vitamin A- deficient rat testes

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 439-444

  Van Pelt, Ans M M ^a   Morena, Anna Rita ^b   Van Dissel Emiliani, Federica M F ^a   Boitani, Carla ^b   Gaemers, Ingrid C ^a   De Rooij, Dirk G ^a   Stefanini, Mario ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELL VIABILITY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOGONIUM;

EID: 0029777477     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod55.2.439     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Huckins C. The spermatogonial stem cell population in adult ratsTheir morphology, proliferation and maturation. Anat Rec 1971; 169:533-558.
2. Oakberg EF. Spermatogonial stem-cell renewal in the mouse. Anat Rec 1971; 169:515-532.
3. Bellvé AR, Millette CF, Bhatnagar YM, O'Brien DA. Dissociation of the mouse testis and characterization of isolated spermatogenic cells. J Histochem Cytochem 1977; 25:480-494.
4. Bucci LR, Brock WA, Johnson TS, Meistrich ML. Isolation and biochemical studies of enriched populations of spermatogonia and early primary spermatocytes from rat testes. Biol Reprod 1986; 34: 195-206.
5. Davis JC, Schuetz AW. Separation of germinal cells from immature rat testes by sedimentation at unit gravity. Exp Cell Res 1975; 91:79-86.
6. Dym M, Jia M-C, Dirami G, Price JM, Rabin SJ, Mocchetti I, Ravindranath N. Expression of c-kit receptor and its autophosphorylation in immature rat type A spermatogonia. Biol Reprod 1995; 52:8-19.
7. Mitranond V, Sobhon P, Tosukhowong P, Chindaduangrat W. Cytological changes in the testis of vitamin A-deficient ratsQuantitation of germinal cells in the seminiferous tubules. Acta Anat 1979; 103:159-168.
8. Unni E, Rao MRS, Ganguly J. Histological and ultrastructural studies on the effect of vitamin A depletion and subsequent repletion with vitamin A on germ cells and Sertoli cells in rat testis. Indian J Exp Biol 1983; 21:180-192.
9. Huang HFS, Hembree WC. Spermatogenic response to vitamin A in vitamin A deficient rats. Biol Reprod 1979; 21:891-904.
10. Ismail N, Morales C, Clermont Y. Role of spermatogonia in the stage-synchronization of the seminiferous epithelium in vitamin-A-deficient rats. Am J Anat 1990; 188:57-63.
11. Van Pelt AMM, De Rooij DG. The origin of the synchronization of the seminiferous epithelium in vitamin A-deficient rats after vitamin A-replacement. Biol Reprod 1990; 42:677-682.
12. Wang Z, Kim H-K. Vitamin A-deficient testis germ cells are arrested at the end of S phase of the cell cycle: a molecular study of the origin of synchronous spermatogenesis in regenerated seminiferous tubules. Biol Reprod 1993; 48:1157-1165.
13. Van Pelt AMM, Van Dissel-Emiliani FMF, Gaemers IC, Van der Burg MJM, Tanke HJ, De Rooij DG. Characteristics of A spermatogonia and preleptotene spermatocytes in the vitamin A-deficient rat testis. Biol Reprod 1995; 53:570-578.
14. Morales C, Griswold MD. Retinol-induced stage synchronization in seminiferous tubules of the rat. Endocrinology 1987; 121:432-434.
15. Van Beek MEAB, Meistrich ML. Spermatogenesis in retinol-deficient rats maintained on retinoic acid. J Reprod Fertil 1992; 94: 327-336.
16. Van Dissel-Emiliani FMF, De Rooij DG, Meistrich ML. Isolation of rat gonocytes by velocity sedimentation at unit gravity. J Reprod Fertil 1989; 86:759-766.
17. De Rooij DG, Van Pelt AMM, Van De Kant HJG, Van Der Saag PT, Peters AHFM, Heyting C, De Boer P. Role of retinoids in spermatogonial proliferation and differentiation and the meiotic prophase. In: Bartke A (ed.), Function of Somatic Cells in the Testis. New York: Springer Verlag; 1994: 345-361.
18. De Rooij DG, Van Dissel-Emiliani FMF, Van Pelt AMM. Regulation of spermatogonial proliferation. In: Ewing LL, Robaire B (eds.), Regulation of Testicular Function: Signaling Molecules and Cell-Cell Communication. Ann NY Acad Sci 1989; 564:140-153.
19. Maekawa M, Nishimune Y. Separation of germ cells from somatic cells in mouse testis by affinity for a lectin, peanut agglutinin. Biol Reprod 1985; 32:419-425.
20. Manova K, Nocka K, Besmer P, Bachvarova RF. Gonadal expression of c-kit encoded at the W locus of the mouse. Development 1990; 110:1057-1069.
21. Yoshinaga K, Nishikawa S, Ogawa M, Hayashi S-I, Kunisada T, Fujimoto T, Nishikawa S-I. Role of c-kit in mouse spermatogenesis: identification of spermatogonia as a specific site of c-kit expression and function. Development 1991; 113:689-699.
22. Dym M. Spermatogonial stem cells of the testis. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1994; 91:11287-11289.
23. Brinster RL, Zimmermann JW. Spermatogenesis following male germ-cell transplantation. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1994; 91:11298-11302.
24. Brinster RL, Avorbock MR. Germline transmission of donor haplotype following spermatogonial transplantation. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1994; 91:11303-11307.