Isolation, Purification and Cryopreservation of Cells from Neonatal Bovine Testis

The development and application of spermatogonial stem cell technology have an important significance in animal cloning, preservation of endangered species and spermatogenesis research. In this study, the seminiferous epithlium cells were isolated and purified, the cells were cryopreserved after identification, and the effects of different purification and cyopreservation methods on bovine testicular cells were studied. The results showed that there were spermatogonial stem cells and sertoli cells in the neonatal bovine seminiferous tubules, differential adherent selection methods could effectively separate these two cell types. Spermatogonial stem cells were positive after AKP, C-kit, and OCT-4 identification; sertoli cells were positive after oil red O and vimentin identification. Frozen stock solution supplemented with 10% DMSO had the best effect in spermatogonial stem cell cryopreservation, while frozen stock solution supplemented with 10% of ethylene glycol and 0.1 mmol • L−1 trehalose had the best effect in sertoli cells cryopreservation.