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14 July 2016 Spermatogenesis in Explanted Fetal Mouse Testis Tissues
Kazuaki Kojima, Takuya Sato, Yuta Naruse, Takehiko Ogawa
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Abstract

We previously reported the successful induction of complete spermatogenesis of mice in neonatal testis tissues cultured on agarose gel, with the culture medium supplemented with a bovine serum albumin product, AlbuMAX. This method, however, has not been examined for fetal testis tissues. In this report, we tested the culture method for fetal testes of the Acrosin (Acr)-Gfp transgenic mouse, whose testicular germ cells express GFP from the midmeiotic phase onward, using AlbuMAX-containing medium. The fetal testis, from 19.5 days postcoitum (dpc) back to 14.5 dpc, showed spermatogenic progression and produced haploid cells in culture. On the other hand, testes of 13.5 dpc or earlier did not show the meiotic sign of Acr-Gfp expression. Regardless of the fetal age, tissue masses enlarged during the culture period because of the elongation and thickening of the seminiferous tubules. This simple culture method could be a useful experimental system to investigate fetal testicular development and germ cell biology.

Kazuaki Kojima, Takuya Sato, Yuta Naruse, and Takehiko Ogawa "Spermatogenesis in Explanted Fetal Mouse Testis Tissues," Biology of Reproduction 95(3), (14 July 2016). https://doi.org/10.1095/biolreprod.116.140277
Received: 10 March 2016; Accepted: 1 July 2016; Published: 14 July 2016
KEYWORDS
Organ culture
spermatogenesis
testis development
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