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CRYOBIOLOGY
Volume 100, Issue -, Pages 32-39Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2021.04.001
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Cryopreservation of spermatogonia; Spermatogonial transplantation; Spermatogenesis; Surrogate broodstock
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The study successfully established a method for cryopreserving yellowtail spermatogonia and producing functional sperm through intraperitoneal transplantation into allogeneic recipients, demonstrating the feasibility of this technique.
The aim of this study was to establish a method for the cryopreservation of spermatogonia of the yellowtail (Seriola quinqueradiata), which is the most commonly farmed fish in Japan. Testicular cells were prepared by enzymatic dissociation of testicular fragments containing an abundance of type A spermatogonia and were added to cryomedium containing dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), ethylene glycol, glycerol, or propylene glycol at concentrations of 0.5-2.5 M. The cells were then frozen and stored in liquid nitrogen for 3 days. After thawing, their survival and transplantability were evaluated. Testicular cells were most successfully cryopreserved in 1.0 M DMSO as indicated by survival of 34% of cells. Furthermore, in situ hybridization using the yellowtail vasa probe showed that these recovered cells contained a similar proportion of germ cells to fresh testicular cells before freezing. Transplantation of the recovered cells into the peritoneal cavities of allogeneic larvae resulted in 94% of surviving recipients having donor-derived germ cells in their gonads after 28 days. Sperm were then collected from seven randomly selected recipients once they reached 2 years of age and used to fertilize wild-type eggs, which led to an average of 26% of the first filial (F1) offspring being derived from donor fish, as confirmed through the use of microsatellite markers. Thus, we successfully cryopreserved yellowtail spermatogonia and produced functional sperm via intraperitoneal transplantation into allogeneic recipients.
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