Isolation and enrichment of type A spermatogonia from pre-pubertal buffalo ( Bubalus bubalis) testis.
Summary of "Isolation and enrichment of type A spermatogonia from pre-pubertal buffalo ( Bubalus bubalis) testis."
The aim of this study was to isolate and subsequently enrich type A spermatogonia from pre-pubertal buffalo testis. Two-step enzymatic digestion was used to isolate spermatogonia from 10 to 14 months pre-pubertal buffalo calves, resulting in maximal release of spermatogonia from the seminiferous tubules. After enzymatic digestion, the type A spermatogonia were subsequently enriched by differential plating and Percoll gradient centrifugation. The identity of type A spermatogonia was determined by light microscopy and further characterised by Dolichos biflorus agglutinin, a specific marker for bovine type A spermatogonia by fluorescence-activated cell sorting analysis. After enzymatic isolation, the cell suspension contained about 27% of type A spermatogonia, which was enriched up to 71% with >70% cell viability. Further flow cytometric analysis showed the presence of THY1+ cells (cells expressing thymocyte differentiation antigen 1), suggesting that THY1 is a conserved marker of the undifferentiated spermatogonial cells in buffalo. The isolation of the enriched type A spermatogonia from buffalo testis opens ways to study the further biochemical characteristics of this important class of germ cells in this species.
Affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, National Dairy Research Institute, I.C.A.R., Karnal, Haryana, India.
Journal Details
This article was published in the following journal.
Name: Andrologia
ISSN: 1439-0272
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Links
- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22742713
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0272.2012.01331.x
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Spermatogonia
Euploid male germ cells of an early stage of SPERMATOGENESIS, derived from prespermatogonia. With the onset of puberty, spermatogonia at the basement membrane of the seminiferous tubule proliferate by mitotic then meiotic divisions and give rise to the haploid SPERMATOCYTES.
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Bison
A genus of the family Bovidae having two species: B. bison and B. bonasus. This concept is differentiated from BUFFALOES, which refers to Bubalus arnee and Syncerus caffer.
Quarantine
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