Development of strips of ovine testes after xenografting under the skin of mice and co-transplantation of exogenous spermatogonia with grafts

Author:

Rodriguez-Sosa Jose R,Foster Robert A,Hahnel Ann

Abstract

Xenografting of testicular tissue is an attractive new strategy for studying postnatal development of spermatogenesis and to preserve male genetics in large mammals. Typically, small cubes of immature testis (1 mm3) are grafted under the dorsal skin of immune-deficient mice. We attempted to increase the total number of seminiferous tubules in each xenograft with spermatogenesis by grafting flat strips of testis (∼9×5×1 mm) from ram lambs in immune-deficient mice. The percentage of grafts that survived and percentage of seminiferous tubules that developed spermatogenesis were the same as those reported after xenografting small cubes of lamb testis. Partially purified sheep spermatogonia were labeled with the fluorescent dye carboxy fluorescein diacetate succinyl diester and transplanted into the seminiferous tubules of one of the donor testis just before engraftment. The temporary label in the donor cells was detected for 4 weeks after xenografting, suggesting that co-engraftment of spermatogonia with testicular tissue may be a way to rapidly determine the effect of a specific gene on spermatogenesis. Finally, Sertoli cell lesions in xenografts of lamb testes were quantified, and their number and severity were found to increase, especially after grafts had been in place for 4 weeks. Although this coincided with the development of spermatogenesis, the extent of germ cell differentiation negatively correlated with severity of the lesions.

Publisher

Bioscientifica

Subject

Cell Biology,Obstetrics and Gynecology,Endocrinology,Embryology,Reproductive Medicine

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