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Assessment of the effect of different concentration of foetal bovine serum (FBS) in freezing media on the viability of spermatogonial stem cells

Mehdi Abdollahi1, Parviz Tajik2* and Hamid Ghasemzadeh-Nava3

1Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran; 2Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran; 3Department of Theriogenology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

 
Abstract

An in vitro system that supports spermatogonial stem cells survival and proliferation is useful for enhancement of stem cell number and efficient transplantation. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of different concentrations of foetal bovine serum on survival of bovine spermatogonial stem cells and Sertoli cells after cryo-preservation. Samples were surgically obtained from testes of 3-5 months old calves and digested twice in enzymatic media to get the isolated cells. These cells were co-cultured for two weeks to obtain the adequate amount of cells. In the freezing step, the purified spermatogonial stem cells were frozen in four different freezing media including bio-freeze medium® as Control and 3 other groups containing: Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium (DMEM) and 50%, 70% and 90% fetal bovine serum (FBS) plus 10% dimethyl-sulfoxide (DMSO) as treatments. After 2 weeks of preserving in liquid nitrogen, to assess the viability, the cells were rapidly thawed by swirling in 38°C water bath for two minutes. The viability of the cells was assessed by using flow cytometry technique. The results showed that the frozen cells in 50 and 70% FBS groups had significantly (P<0.05) higher viability rates than control and 90% FBS groups. It is concluded that spermatogonial stem cells can be cryopreserved in DMEM plus 10% DMSO and 50 to 70% FBS.

Keywords: Spermatogonial stem cell; Sertoli cell; cryo-preservation; viability; freezing medium
 
To cite this article: Abdollahi M, P Tajik and H Ghasemzadeh-Nava, 2015. Assessment of the effect of different concentration of fetal bovine serum (FBS) in freezing media on the viability of spermatogonial stem cells. Res. Opin. Anim. Vet. Sci., 5(9): 383-387.
 
 
 
 
 

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