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BIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION
卷 71, 期 6, 页码 2012-2021出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.104.028381
关键词
developmental biology; gamete biology; male reproductive tract; Sertoli cells; testis
资金
- Medical Research Council [MC_U127661055, U.1276.00.002(61055)] Funding Source: Medline
in the human fetal testis, germ cells that have migrated to the genital ridges become enclosed within testicular cords by 8 wk of gestation. Most papers refer to all types of germ cells as being gonocytes or prespermatogonia, giving the impression that they are identical. Detailed morphological studies, however, have suggested a heterogeneous population. We have used single, double, and triple immunohistochemistry to evaluate the differentiation of cells within fetal testes recovered during the first (7-9 wk) and second (14-19 wk) trimesters. In the first trimester, differentiation of Sertoli cells preceded the formation of testicular cords and the differentiation of interstitial (Leydig, peritubular myoid) cells. Immunostaining for CHK2, C-KIT, placental alkaline phosphatase, PCTAIRE-1, and MAGE-A4 revealed that the proportion of germ cells expressing each of these proteins was correlated with gestational age. Expression of the pluripotency marker OCT4 was restricted to a population of small, round germ cells. Three types of germ cell were identified, and we propose that these should be known as gonocytes (OCT4(pos)/C-KITpos/MAGE-A4(neg)), intermediate germ cells (OCT4(low/neg)/C-KITneg/MAGE-A4(neg)), and prespermatogonia (OCT4(neg)/C-KITneg/MAGE-A4(pos)). In the first trimester, most germ cells had a gonocyte phenotype; however, from 18 wk of gestation, prespermatogonia were the most abundant cell type. These data provide evidence for the functional differentiation of human testicular germ cells during the second trimester of pregnancy, and they argue against these germ cells being considered as a homogeneous population, as in rodents.
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