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Biology of Reproduction, Vol 45, 642-648, Copyright © 1991 by Society for the Study of Reproduction

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White-spotting mutations affect the regenerative differentiation of testicular germ cells: demonstration by experimental cryptorchidism and its surgical reversal

U Koshimizu, K Sawada, Y Tajima, D Watanabe and Y Nishimune
Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Japan.

The effect of white-spotting (W) mutations on differentiation of testicular germ cells was investigated by using experimental cryptorchidism and its surgical reversal. All mutant mice used in this study (Wv/+, Wsh/+, Wf/+ and Wf/Wf) showed normal fertility and well- ordered spermatogenesis, as in congenic +/+ mice. In the cryptorchid testis, which contains only type A spermatogonia as germ cells, the number and the proliferative activity of type A spermatogonia in mutant mice were comparable to +/+ mice. On the other hand, surgical reversal of the cryptorchid testis in mutants resulted in impaired regenerative differentiation of germ cells. Although complete recovery of spermatogenesis was observed in +/+ mice, testicular weight in Wsh/+, Wf/+ and Wf/Wf mice recovered to approximately 60-70% of intact levels, and some portions of seminiferous epithelium showed incomplete spermatogenesis. In Wv/+ mice, however, ability to recover the weight was completely lost, and only type A spermatogonia existed as germ cells in seminiferous tubules 3 mo after surgical reversal. These results suggest that W mutation affects the differentiation through type A spermatogonia to type B spermatogonia, indicating the functional significance of W (c-kit) in early spermatogenesis.


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