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    • A method for the isolation of intact Sertoli cell-germ cell associations from rat seminiferous tubules and their further partition into Sertol cell and germ cell fractions

      MeenaKumari S Duraiswami

      Volume 10 Issue 3 September 1986 pp 413-422

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    • Keywords

       

      Rat seminiferous tubules; Sertoli cells; germ cells; isolation

    • Abstract

       

      A technique is described for obtaining a Sertoli cell-enriched and a germ cell-enriched fraction from immature rat testes. Sertoli cell-germ cell associations were obtained by incubating washed seminiferous tubule fragments with Collagenase and Pancreatin. They were then manually dissociated into a suspension comprising Sertoli cells as well as the various germ cell types characteristic for a given day of ontogeny. Fractionation into a Sertoli cell-enriched fraction and a germ cell-enriched fraction was effected by centrifugation following layering over a stepwise gradient of Ficoll-400. While the time-span compares favourably with other procedures reported in the literature, it is believed this is the first time a method is described that enables the simultaneous recovery of both the Sertoli cells and the germ cells.

    • Author Affiliations

       

      MeenaKumari1 S Duraiswami1

      1. Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi - 10 007, India

    • Dates

       
      Published
      September 1986
      Manuscript received
      30 June 1986

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