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Impact of Temperature and Time Interval Prior to Immature Testicular-Tissue Organotypic Culture on Cellular Niche

Journal

REPRODUCTIVE SCIENCES
Volume 28, Issue 8, Pages 2161-2173

Publisher

SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s43032-020-00396-z

Keywords

Immature testicular tissue; Prepubertal age; Organotypic culture; Holding temperature; Ultraprofound hypothermic temperature

Funding

  1. Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) research grant [EMR/2015/000012]

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This study investigated the influence of handling mouse ITT at different temperatures and time durations on cellular niche and quality. The results showed that storing ITT at ultraprofound-hypothermic-temperature is most suitable for organotypic culture, while long-term exposure at profound-hypothermic-temperature may compromise cell viability. These findings provide valuable insights for human prepubertal fertility restoration research.
Cryopreservation of immature-testicular-tissue (ITT) prior to gonadotoxic treatment, while experimental, is the only recommended option for fertility preservation in prepubertal boys. The handling and manipulation of ITT before cryopreservation could influence the functionality of cells during fertility restoration, which this study explored by evaluating cellular niche and quality of mouse ITT subjected to various temperatures and time durations in vitro. ITT from 6-day-old mice were handled at ultraprofound-hypothermic, profound-hypothermic, and mild-warm-ischemic temperatures for varying time periods prior to 14-day organotypic culture. Viability, functionality, synaptonemal complex and chromatin remodeling markers were assessed. Results have shown that cell viability, testosterone level, and in vitro proliferation ability did not change when ITT were held at ultraprofound-hypothermic-temperature up to 24 h, whereas cell viability was significantly reduced (P < 0.01), when held at profound-hypothermic-temperature for 24 h before culture. Further, cell viability and testosterone levels in cultured cells from profound-hypothermic group were comparable to corresponding ultraprofound-hypothermic group but with moderate reduction in postmeiotic cells (P < 0.01). In conclusion, holding ITT at ultraprofound-hypothermic-temperature is most suitable for organotypic culture, whereas short-term exposure at profound-hypothermic-temperature may compromise postmeiotic germ cell yield post in vitro culture. This data, albeit in mouse model, will have immense value in human prepubertal fertility restoration research.

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