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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
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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
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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.
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Keywords:
Spermatogonial stem cell; Sertoli cell; cryo-preservation; viability;
freezing medium |
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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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