Isolation and characterization of human spermatogonial stem cells

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Research

Tao Xiong¹  Wei Tang¹  Shixue Liu¹  Ziwei Tang² 

[1] Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, 400016, Chongqing, China;West China Medical College, Sichuan University, 610041, Chengdu, China;

关键词: spermatogonial stem cells;    spermatogenesis;    spermatogonia;    spermatocytes;    sperm cells;    male infertility;    andrology;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1477-7827-9-141

 received in 2011-07-10, accepted in 2011-10-24,  发布年份 2011

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundTo isolate and characterization of human spermatogonial stem cells from stem spermatogonium.MethodsThe disassociation of spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) were performed using enzymatic digestion of type I collagenase and trypsin. The SSCs were isolated by using Percoll density gradient centrifugation, followed by differential surface-attachment method. Octamer-4(OCT4)-positive SSC cells were further identified using immunofluorescence staining and flow cytometry technques. The purity of the human SSCs was also determined, and a co-culture system for SSCs and Sertoli cells was established.ResultsThe cell viability was 91.07% for the suspension of human spermatogonial stem cells dissociated using a two-step enzymatic digestion process. The cells isolated from Percoll density gradient coupled with differential surface-attachement purification were OCT4 positive, indicating the cells were human spermatogonial stem cells. The purity of isolated human spermatogonial stem cells was 86.7% as assessed by flow cytometry. The isolated SSCs were shown to form stable human spermatogonial stem cell colonies on the feeder layer of the Sertoli cells.ConclusionsThe two-step enzyme digestion (by type I collagenase and trypsin) process is an economical, simple and reproducible technique for isolating human spermatogonial stem cells. With little contamination and less cell damage, this method facilitates isolated human spermatogonial stem cells to form a stable cell colony on the supporting cell layer.

【 授权许可】

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