Differential gene expression in mouse spermatogonial stem cells and embryonic stem cells.

ABSTRACT: Mouse spermatogonial stem cells (mSSCs) may be reprogrammed to become pluripotent stem cells under in vitro culture conditions, due to epigenetic modifications, which are closely associated with the expression of transcription factors and epigenetic factors. Thus, this study was conducted to compare the gene expression of transcription factors and epigenetic factors in mSSCs and mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs). Firstly, the freshly isolated mSSCs [mSSCs (f)] were enriched by magnetic-activated cell sorting with Thy1.2 (CD90.2) microbeads, and the typical morphological characteristics were maintained under in vitro culture conditions for over 5 months to form long-term propagated mSSCs [mSSCs (l)]. These mSSCs (l) expressed pluripotency‑associated genes and were induced to differentiate

SUBMITTER: Bai Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4934932 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature