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Girardet L, Bernet A, Calvo E, Soulet D, Joly-Beauparlant C, Droit A, Cyr DG, Belleannée C. Hedgehog signaling pathway regulates gene expression profile of epididymal principal cells through the primary cilium. FASEB J 2020; 34:7593-7609. [DOI: 10.1096/fj.202000328r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2020] [Revised: 03/18/2020] [Accepted: 03/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Laura Girardet
- Faculty of Medicine Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproduction Université Laval, CHU de Québec Research Center (CHUL) Quebec City QC Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproduction Université Laval, CHU de Québec Research Center (CHUL) Quebec City QC Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproduction Université Laval, CHU de Québec Research Center (CHUL) Quebec City QC Canada
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- Faculty of Pharmacy Université Laval, CHU de Québec Research Center (CHUL) Quebec City QC Canada
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- Computational Biology Laboratory Research Centre Faculty of Medicine Laval University Quebec City QC Canada
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- Computational Biology Laboratory Research Centre Faculty of Medicine Laval University Quebec City QC Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproduction Université Laval, CHU de Québec Research Center (CHUL) Quebec City QC Canada
- Laboratory for Reproductive Toxicology INRS‐Institut Armand‐Frappier Université du Québec Laval QC Canada
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- Faculty of Medicine Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproduction Université Laval, CHU de Québec Research Center (CHUL) Quebec City QC Canada
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Yeste M, Holt WV, Bonet S, Rodríguez-Gil JE, Lloyd RE. Viable and morphologically normal boar spermatozoa alter the expression of heat-shock protein genes in oviductal epithelial cells during co-culture in vitro. Mol Reprod Dev 2014; 81:805-19. [DOI: 10.1002/mrd.22350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2014] [Accepted: 06/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Marc Yeste
- Institute of Zoology; Zoological Society of London; London United Kingdom
- Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery; Autonomous University of Barcelona; Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona) Spain
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- Institute of Zoology; Zoological Society of London; London United Kingdom
- Academic Department of Reproductive and Developmental Medicine; University of Sheffield; Sheffield United Kingdom
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- Department of Biology; University of Girona; Girona Spain
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- Department of Animal Medicine and Surgery; Autonomous University of Barcelona; Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona) Spain
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- Institute of Zoology; Zoological Society of London; London United Kingdom
- Institute of Biomedical and Biomolecular Sciences; University of Portsmouth; Portsmouth United Kingdom
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Qu B, Gu Y, Shen J, Qin J, Bao J, Hu Y, Zeng W, Dong W. Trehalose maintains vitality of mouse epididymal epithelial cells and mediates gene transfer. PLoS One 2014; 9:e92483. [PMID: 24651491 PMCID: PMC3961358 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2013] [Accepted: 02/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In the present study, trehalose was utilized to improve primary culture of mouse epididymal epithelial cells in vitro, and to enhance naked DNA delivery in epididymis in vivo. During the six-day culture, the proliferation activity of the cells in the medium with addition of trehalose was higher than that of those cells cultured in absence of trehalose (p<0.01). To determine the optimal concentration for cell proliferation, a series of trehalose concentrations (0, 60, 120, 180 mM) were tested, and the result indicated that the cell in the medium with 120 mM trehalose showed the highest proliferation potential. The epididymis epithelial cells were cultured in the medium containing 120 mM trehalose upon 16th passage, and they continued expressing markers of epididymal epithelial cell, such as rE-RABP, AR and ER-beta. Our study also indicated that trehalose concentrations of 120–240 mM, especially 180 mM, could effectively enhance DNA delivery into the mouse epididymis epithelial cell in vitro. Moreover, trehalose could induce in vivo expression of exogenous DNA in epididymal epithelial cells and help to internalize plasmid into sperm,which did not influence motility of sperm when the mixture of trehalose (180 mM) and DNA was injected into epididymal lumen through efferent tubule. This study suggested that trehalose, as an effective and safer reagent, could be employed potentially to maintain vitality of mouse epididymal epthetial cells during long-term culture in vitro and to mediate in vitro and in vivo gene transfer.
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- Bin Qu
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, P. R. China
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- Shanghai Institute of Planned Parenthood Research, Shanghai, P. R. China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, P. R. China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, P. R. China
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada, United States of America
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, P. R. China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, P. R. China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, P. R. China
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de Almeida AM, Bendixen E. Pig proteomics: A review of a species in the crossroad between biomedical and food sciences. J Proteomics 2012; 75:4296-314. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2012.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2012] [Revised: 04/04/2012] [Accepted: 04/08/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Yeste M, Castillo-Martín M, Bonet S, Briz MD. Direct binding of boar ejaculate and epididymal spermatozoa to porcine epididymal epithelial cells is also needed to maintain sperm survival in in vitro co-culture. Anim Reprod Sci 2012; 131:181-93. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2012.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2011] [Revised: 02/28/2012] [Accepted: 03/02/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Nel-Themaat L, Gómez MC, Pope CE, Lopez M, Wirtu G, Cole A, Dresser BL, Lyons LA, Bondioli KR, Godke RA. Cloned embryos from semen. Part 1: in vitro proliferation of epithelial cells on embryonic fibroblasts after isolation from semen by gradient centrifugation. CLONING AND STEM CELLS 2008; 10:143-60. [PMID: 18241128 DOI: 10.1089/clo.2007.0067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Although epithelial-like somatic cells have been previously isolated from semen, cell proliferation rates were low. Culture of whole semen samples resulted in loss of potentially valuable spermatozoa. The aims of the present study were to: (1) isolate somatic cells from semen, while preserving sperm viability, and (2) optimize in vitro culture conditions for semen-derived epithelial cells. Density gradient centrifugation of washed ejaculates of two rams (Ovis aries) (n = 24) and one eland bull (Taurotragus oryx) (n = 4) was performed using a three-layer discontinuous Percoll column consisting of 90% (P-90), 50% (P-50), and 20% (P-20) Percoll. In vitro culture and Trypan Blue staining indicated that live somatic cells settled in the P-20 layer. Nonmotile spermatozoa were recovered at the P-50 and P-90 interfaces, whereas motile spermatozoa were collected in the pellet from the P-90 layer. Subsequently, somatic cells isolated from the P-20 layer were plated either on inactivated 3T3 mouse embryonic fibroblast feeder layers, collagen-coated plates with 3T3 feeder cell inserts, or on collagen-coated plates. Initial somatic cell plating was similar among treatments, but proliferation significantly increased when cocultured with 3T3 cells (feeder or insert). Furthermore, two different types of epithelial cells were obtained. The exact origin of the cells in the male reproduction system is uncertain and probably variable. The present method of cell isolation and in vitro culture may be of value for preserving endangered species. Specifically, cells isolated and cultured from cryopreserved semen of nonliving males could be used for producing embryos by somatic cell nuclear transfer.
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- Liesl Nel-Themaat
- Department of Animal Sciences, LSU Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, Louisana 70803, USA
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Bassols J, Bonet S, Belghazi M, Dacheux F, Dacheux JL. Proteomic study of the establishment of boar epididymal cell cultures. Theriogenology 2007; 68:76-86. [PMID: 17512977 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2007.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2007] [Revised: 03/28/2007] [Accepted: 04/01/2007] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A proteomic approach was used in this study to follow the protein expression of epididymal cells during the different phases of a cell culture protocol which was able to obtain an epididymal cell monolayer. The secretory activity of intact proximal and middle caput epididymal fragments and caput, corpus and cauda epithelial cell monolayers was examined on different days of culture. Transcriptomic activity was also followed by RT-PCR for the mRNA of several previously identified major proteins. During the establishment of epididymal cell cultures, a progressive shift was found in the pattern of protein secretion. The normal epididymal protein profile, specific for each epididymal region, was progressively replaced by a less specific profile with the secretion of new proteins. A correlation between protein secretion and the presence of the mRNA of the marker proteins was observed only in the first phase of culture. Most of the new proteins which appeared were characteristic of the secretion of cell monolayers cultivated over several weeks. Despite the significant modifications of the epididymal cell secretome, the presence of new proteins secreted only by cell cultures originating from a specific epididymal region shows the presence of remaining endogenous differentiation.
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- Judit Bassols
- Biotechnology of Porcine Reproduction, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Girona, Campus de Montilivi s/n, 17071 Girona, Spain.
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Bassols J, Kádár E, Briz M, Pinart E, Sancho S, Garcia-Gil N, Badia E, Pruneda A, Bussalleu E, Yeste M, Casas I, Dacheux JL, Bonet S. Evaluation of boar sperm maturation after co-incubation with caput, corpus and cauda epididymal cultures. Theriogenology 2005; 64:1995-2009. [PMID: 15964065 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2005.05.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2005] [Revised: 03/29/2005] [Accepted: 05/01/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Boar sperm from the proximal caput epididymis were co-incubated with 1, 4, 7, 10 and 14-day old caput, corpus and cauda epididymal cultures for 24, 48 and 72 h. Boar kidney epithelial cells (LLC-PK1) and ECM alone were used as negative controls. Sperm motility, morphology and membrane integrity were studied to evaluate boar sperm maturation in vitro. Our results showed that epithelial cell monolayers (10, 14-day old) create a suitable microenvironment for the survival of proximal caput sperm and the maintenance of sperm motility over a 72 h period. Moreover, corpus epididymal tubule fragments in culture (1, 4-day old) are capable of promoting the migration of the cytoplasmic droplet along the sperm tail after 24h of co-incubation.
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- J Bassols
- Biotechnology of Porcine Reproduction, Department of Biology, INTEA, Faculty of Sciences, University of Girona, Campus Montilivi s/n, 17071 Girona, Spain
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