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Human Reproduction, Vol. 14, No. 2, 388-394, February 1999
© 1999 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology

Flow cytometric method to isolate round spermatids from mouse testis

Bruno Lassalle1, Ahmed Ziyyat, Jacques Testart, Catherine Finaz and Annick Lefèvre

Unité Maturation Gamètique et Fécondation, INSERM unité 355 (Maturation gamètique et fécondation) and Institut Fédératif de Recherche sur les Cytokines, IFR 13, 32 rue des Carnets, 92140 Clamart, France

The purpose of this study was to isolate pure populations of round spermatids from mouse testis by flow cytometry followed by cell sorting. Cell suspensions from mouse testis were enriched in germ cells by centrifugation on a discontinuous Percoll gradient, then analysed using a FACScalibur flow cytometer measuring the cell size and density. A large and well-delimited population of cells (R1) expected to contain round spermatids was observed on the dot plot diagram. Sorted R1 cells were very homogeneous in size (~11 µm) and displayed the characteristic cytological aspect of round spermatids. Spermatid-specific gene expression was confirmed by reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction (RT–PCR) analysis of R1 cells using primers for protamine 2 gene (PRM2) and SP-10. A positive signal for SP-10 was obtained with a single cell using nested primers. The 5.5 kb transcript of c-kit, which is not expressed in spermatids, was not detected by nested RT–PCR, excluding a contamination with spermatogonia. Our results clearly established that flow cytometry followed by cell sorting allows the isolation of a highly homogeneous population of round spermatids from the testis.

Key words: flow cytometry/polymerase chain reaction/spermatids/spermatozoa

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