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Effect of a Freezing Medium Containing Melatonin on Markers of Pre-Meiotic and Post-Meiotic Spermatogonial Stem Cells (Sscs) After Transplantation in an Azoospermia Mouse Model Due to Testicular Torsion Publisher Pubmed



Kazemzadeh S1 ; Rastegar T1 ; Zangi BM1 ; Malekzadeh M1 ; Khanehzad M1 ; Khanlari P1 ; Madadi S2 ; Bashghareh A1 ; Hedayatpour A1
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  1. 1. Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran

Source: Reproductive Sciences Published:2021


Abstract

Spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs) are essential to the initiation of spermatogenesis. Cryopreservation, long-term maintenance, and auto-transplantation of SSCs could be a new treatment for infertility. The aim of this study was to add melatonin to the basic freezing medium and to evaluate its effect on the efficiency of the thawed SSCs after transplantation into the testicles of azoospermic mice. SSCs were isolated from newborn NMRI mice, and the cells were enriched to assess morphological features. The thawed SSCs were evaluated for survival, apoptosis, and ROS level before transplantation, and the proliferation (MVH and ID4) and differentiation (c-Kit, SCP3, TP1, TP2, and Prm1) markers of SSCs were examined using immunofluorescence, western blot, and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) after transplantation. It was found that the survival rate of SSCs after thawing was significantly higher in the melatonin group compared with the cryopreservation group containing basic freezing medium, and the rate of apoptosis and level of ROS production also decreased significantly in the cryopreservation group with melatonin (p < 0.05). The expression of proliferation and differentiation markers after transplantation was significantly higher in the cryopreservation group with melatonin compared to the cryopreservation group (p < 0.05). The results suggest that adding melatonin to the basic freezing medium can effectively protect the SSCs by increasing the viability and reducing the ROS production and apoptosis and improve the transplantation efficiency of SSCs after cryopreservation, which will provide a significant suggestion for fertility protection in the clinic. © 2021, Society for Reproductive Investigation.
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