Title
Intraluminar testicular colonization and differentiation of the inner cell mass in mice (Mus Musculus)
Other title
[Colonización intraluminar testicular y diferenciación de la masa celular interna en ratones (Mus musculus)]
Date Issued
01 December 2011
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
Primordial germ cells (PGC's) are transplanted to testicle of other individual of the same species, they colonize the lumen of the seminiferous tubules, seeking a niche to differentiate into sperm. Our objective was to evaluate the intraluminal colonization of a suspension of cells in the inner cell mass (IMC's) of blastocysts obtained from mice, using a novel technique. It was transplanted a suspension of ICM by mean of inmunosurgery into the rete testis of recipient animals which were previously treated with cyclophosphamide to reduce their own spermatogenesis. We confirmed the presence of intraluminal minitubules in 2 of 100 seminiferous tubules, demonstrating that transplantation of a suspension of cells from the inner cell mass can colonize the seminiferous tubules and also maintain a synchronously xenogenic spermatogenesis with the receiver.
Start page
367
End page
372
Volume
18
Issue
3
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
BiologÃa reproductiva
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85044864666
Source
Revista Peruana de Biologia
ISSN of the container
15610837
Sponsor(s)
Consejo de Investigación, Universidad Nacional de Salta
Sources of information:
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