Mizunuma M, Dohmae K, Tajima Y, Koshimizu U, Watanabe D, Nishimune Y. Loss of sperm in juvenile spermatogonial depletion (jsd) mutant mice is ascribed to a defect of intratubular environment to support germ cell differentiation.
J Cell Physiol 1992;
150:188-93. [PMID:
1346141 DOI:
10.1002/jcp.1041500125]
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Abstract
C57BL/6(B6)-jsd/jsd mice are sterile due to the defective spermatogenesis in the testes. To know the cause of the deficient spermatogenesis in B6-jsd/jsd mice, we examined whether the problem is within or outside the seminiferous tubules by transplanting tubules from cryptorchid testes of B6- +/+ mice into B6-jsd/jsd testes or tubules from B6-jsd/jsd mice into testes of (WB x C57BL/6)F1-W/Wv (hereafter, WBB6F1-W/Wv) mice. Type A spermatogonia differentiated into spermatids in seminiferous tubules from cryptorchid testes transplanted into B6-jsd/jsd testes. In contrast, in B6-jsd/jsd tubules transplanted into WBB6F1-W/Wv testes, type A spermatogonia were stimulated to mitotic proliferation, but didn't proceed to any differentiated germ cells. The present results suggest that the cause of the deficient spermatogenesis in B6-jsd/jsd mice is a defect of intratubular environment to support germ cell differentiation.
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