Journal
ANDROLOGIA
Volume 52, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/and.13466
Keywords
17 beta-estradiol; differentiation; male germ cell; mouse-induced pluripotent stem cells; retinoic acid
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- Iran National Science Foundation [95820088] Funding Source: Medline
- Kashan University of Medical Sciences [94153, 9780] Funding Source: Medline
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This research aimed to explore the impacts of retinoic acid (RA)/17 beta-estradiol (E) induction and embryoid body formation to enhance differentiation of mouse-induced pluripotent stem cells (miPSCs) into male germ cells in vitro. Flow cytometry and qPCR were conducted to describe miPSCs differentiation process. Various temporal expression profiles of germ cell-related genes were traced. Stra8 gene expression increased in the RA group on the 4th day compared to other groups. The RA group experienced a more significant increase than E group. The expression of Sycp3 increased in RA + E group on 4th day compared with other groups. Expression of AKAP3 enhanced in the RA + E group than other groups on day 4. Moreover, miPSCs showed that this gene expression in the RA + E group was increased in comparison to RA and E groups on day 7. AKAP3 gene expression on day 7 of miPSCs decreased in RA and E groups. Flow cytometry data indicated that 3%-8% of the cells in sub-G1 stage were haploid after RA and E induction compared to other groups on day 4. This study showed that miPSCs possess the power for differentiating into male germ cells in vitro via formation of embryoid body by RA with/or E induction.
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