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CRYOBIOLOGY
Volume 97, Issue -, Pages 191-197Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2020.03.001
Keywords
Felids; Testicular cells; Me2SO; Cryopreservation
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- Philipp Schwartz Initiative of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
- Federal Foreign Office in Germany
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Testicular cell suspension (TCS) can be cryopreserved for male germ-line preservation and fertility restoration. We aimed to validate a cryopreservation protocol for TCS of domestic cat to be applied in endangered felids species. Testis tissue from adult domestic cats was enzymatically dissociated and spermatogenic cells were enriched. The resulting TCS was diluted in 7.5% or 15% Me2SO based medium. Slow and fast freezing methods were tested. We examined the effects of freezing approaches using two combinations of fluorescent dyes: Calcein-AM with Propidium iodide (C/PI) and SYBR14 with Propidium iodide (S/PI). Ploidy analysis of domestic cat fresh TCS revealed that the majority of testicular cells were haploid cells. Based on microscopic observation, two size populations (12.3 +/- 2.3 mu m and 20.5 +/- 4 mu m in diameter) were identified and presumed to be mainly spermatids and spermatocytes, respectively. Both evaluation methods proved higher viability of aggregated cells before and after cryopreservation compared with single cells, and superiority of low concentration of Me2SO (7.5%) in association with slow freezing to preserve viability of testicular cells. However, S/PI resulted in a more precise evaluation compared with the C/PI method. The combination of 7.5% Me2SO-based medium with slow freezing yielded post thaw viability of S/PI labeled aggregated (49.8 +/- 20%) and single cells (31.5 +/- 8.1%). Comparable results were achieved using testes of a Cheetah and an Asiatic golden cat. In conclusion, TCS from domestic cat can be successfully cryopreserved and has the potential to support fertility restoration of endangered felids species.
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