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BOR - Papers in Press, published online ahead of print September 8, 2004.
Biol Reprod 2004, 10.1095/biolreprod.104.033092
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Submitted June 11, 2004
Returned for revision July 19, 2004
Accepted August 27, 2004

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Clonal Organization of Proliferating Spermatogonial Stem Cells in Adult Males of Two Species of Non-Human Primates, Macaca mulatta and Callithrix jacchus

Jens Ehmcke , Marc Luetjens , and Stefan Schlatt *

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: schlatt{at}pitt.edu.

Abstract
The present study examines the existence of clonogenic patterns in the proliferation and differentiation of spermatogonial stem cells in two species of non-human primates, the marmoset and the rhesus monkey. We developed a novel approach to detect proliferating spermatogonial clones in whole mounts of seminiferous tubules. Dual fluorescence labeling of bromodeoxyuridine and acrosin in conjunction with confocal microscopy allows the description of the clonogenic and spatial arrangement of proliferating spermatogonia at specific stages of the seminiferous epithelial cycle. Cross-sections of paraffin-embedded tissue were labeled by the same approach. For both monkey species we demonstrate the presence of proliferating spermatogonial clones of variable size at specific stages of the cycle of the seminiferous epithelium. Detailed analysis of the rhesus monkey reveals proliferating Apale spermatogonia at stages VII and IX of the cycle of the seminiferous epithelium, and of proliferating B spermatogonia at stages II, IV, VI, and XII. Proliferating Apale spermatogonia at stages VII and IX of the cycle are organized in pairs or quadruplets. B1 spermatogonia appear as quadruplets or 8-cell clones and B2 spermatogonia as 8- or 16-cell clones. We conclude that spermatogenesis in the rhesus monkey is initiated by two divisions of duplets or quadruplets of Apale spermatogonia: A first division at stage VII after which the clones of Apale spermatogonia separate. A second division at stage IX leading to clones of B1 spermatogonia as well as pairs and quadruplets of Apale spermatogonia replenishing the seminiferous epithelium to maintain the original size of the A spermatogonial population.

Key words: Gamete Biology • Spermatogenesis


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