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Spermatogenèsein vitro: une nouvelle voie de recherche

In vitro spermatogenesis: a new way of investigations

Andrologie volume 10, pages 284–288 (2000)Cite this article

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Nous avons mis au point au laboratoire deux systèmes de coculture permettant à certaines étapes de la différenciation de cellules germinales mâles mâles de rat et de souris de s’effectuer in vitro. Le premier système est une coculture de spermatocytes pachytènes de rats adultes et de cellules de Sertoli provenant d’animaux de 20 jours. Dans le second système de petits fragments de tubes séminifères sont ensemencés. De cette façon les jonctions intercellulaires qui sont présentsin vivo sont mieux maintenuesin vitro; de plus chaque type de cellule germinale présent dans les fragments de tubules au moment de l’ensemencement peut être étudié. Nos résultats ont montré que les deux divisions méiotiques peuvent se dérouler au cours d’une période de 2 à 4 semaines de culture. Ces résultats devraient avoir des applications dans différents domaines: recherche fondamentale, toxicologie, études cliniques et biotechnologies. Cependant, quelques améliorations et vérifications sont encore nécessaires pour établir la faisabilité et l’innocuité de ces procédures.

Abstract

Studies in our laboratory have aimed to settle two culture systems allowing some steps of rodent spermatogenic cell differentiation to occurin vitro. The first system is a coculture of pachytene spermatocytes from adult rats together with Sertoli cells from 20-day-old animals. In the second system, small pieces of spermatogenic tubules are seeded. In that way the cell-cell junctions which are presentin vivo are better maintainedin vitro; in addition every type of germ cell present in the tubule segments at the time of seeding can be studied. Our results have shown that the two meiotic divisions or even most of the meiotic process can occur over a 2 to 4 week-culture period. These results should have applications in basic research, toxicology, clinical studies and biotechnology. However, for these latter, some improvements and verifications are still needed in order to assess the feasibility and the innocuity of these procedures.

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  1. INSERM/INRA U418, Hôpital Debrousse, 69322, Lyon Cedex 05

    P. Durand, M. Benchaib, M. Godet, J. F. Guérin, A. Lefèvre, H. Lejeune, M. H. Perrard-Sapori, P. Sanchez, M. Vigier & M. Weiss

  2. Laboratoire de Biologie de la Reproduction, Université Claude-Bernard Lyon I, 69373, Lyon Cedex 08

    M. Benchaib & J. F. Guérin

  3. Unité de Biologie de la Reproduction, ENVL, BP 83, 69280, Marcy l’Etoile

    F. Grain & V. Lambert

  4. Laboratoire de Physiologie de la Reproduction, INRA, 37380, Nouzilly

    D. Hue & C. Staub

  5. Clinique Endocrinologique, Hôpital de l’Antiqualle, 69321, Lyon Cedex 05

    H. Lejeune

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Durand, P., Benchaib, M., Godet, M. et al. Spermatogenèsein vitro: une nouvelle voie de recherche. Androl. 10, 284–288 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03034750

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