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Production of fertile sperm from in vitro propagating enriched spermatogonial stem cells of farmed catfish, Clarias batrachus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 July 2016

Swapnarani Nayak ,
Shajahan Ferosekhan ,
Sangram Ketan Sahoo ,
Jitendra Kumar Sundaray ,
Pallipuram Jayasankar  and
Hirak Kumar Barman
Swapnarani Nayak
Affiliation:
Fish Genetics and Biotechnology Division, ICAR - Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Kausalyaganga, Bhubaneswar 751002, Odisha, India.
Shajahan Ferosekhan
Affiliation:
Aquaculture Production and Environment Division, ICAR – Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Kausalyaganga, Bhubaneswar 751002, Odisha, India.
Sangram Ketan Sahoo
Affiliation:
Aquaculture Production and Environment Division, ICAR – Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Kausalyaganga, Bhubaneswar 751002, Odisha, India.
Jitendra Kumar Sundaray
Affiliation:
Fish Genetics and Biotechnology Division, ICAR - Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Kausalyaganga, Bhubaneswar 751002, Odisha, India.
Pallipuram Jayasankar
Affiliation:
Fish Genetics and Biotechnology Division, ICAR - Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Kausalyaganga, Bhubaneswar 751002, Odisha, India.
Hirak Kumar Barman*
Affiliation:
Fish Genetics and Biotechnology Division, ICAR – Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Kausalyaganga, Bhubaneswar 751002, Odisha, India. Fish Genetics and Biotechnology Division, ICAR - Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Kausalyaganga, Bhubaneswar 751002, Odisha, India.
*
All correspondence to: H. K. Barman. Fish Genetics and Biotechnology Division, ICAR – Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Kausalyaganga, Bhubaneswar 751002, Odisha, India. Tel: +91 6742465407; +91 6742465414. Fax: +91 6742465407. E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
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Summary

Spermatogenesis is a highly co-ordinated and complex process. In vitro propagation of spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) could provide an avenue in which to undertake in vivo studies of spermatogenesis. Very little information is known about the SSC biology of teleosts. In this study, collagenase-treated testicular cells of farmed catfish (Clarias batrachus, popularly known as magur) were purified by Ficoll gradient centrifugation followed by magnetic activated cell sorting using Thy1.2 (CD90.2) antibody to enrich for the spermatogonial cell population. The sorted spermatogonial cells were counted and gave ~3 × 106 cells from 6 × 106 pre-sorted cells. The purified cells were cultured in vitro for >2 months in L-15 medium containing fetal bovine serum (10%), carp serum (1%) and other supplements. Microscopic observations depicted typical morphological SSC features, bearing a larger nuclear compartment (with visible perinuclear bodies) within a thin rim of cytoplasm. Cells proliferated in vitro forming clumps/colonies. mRNA expression profiling by qPCR documented that proliferating cells were Plzf + and Pou2+, indicative of stem cells. From 60 days onwards of cultivation, the self-renewing population differentiated to produce spermatids (~6 × 107 on day 75). In vitro-produced sperm (2260 sperm/SSC) were free swimming in medium and hence motile (non-progressive) in nature. Of those, 2% were capable of fertilizing and generated healthy diploid fingerlings. Our documented evidence provides the basis for producing fertile magur sperm in vitro from cultured magur SSCs. Our established techniques of SSC propagation and in vitro sperm production together should trigger future in vivo experiments towards basic and applied biology research.

Keywords

Clarias batrachusFertile spermIn vitroMagnetic activated cell sortingSSC
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Zygote , Volume 24 , Issue 6 , December 2016 , pp. 814 - 824
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2016 

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