QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF SPERMATOGENESIS OF RAT - A REVISED MODEL FOR RENEWAL OF SPERMATOGONIA
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF SPERMATOGENESIS OF RAT - A REVISED MODEL FOR RENEWAL OF SPERMATOGONIA
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DOI:
10.1002/aja.1001110202
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发表时间:
1962-01-01
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CLERMONT, Y
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CLERMONT, Y
The mode of renewal of spermatogonia was investigated in adult rats by analysing counts of germ cells (type A, In and B spermatogonia, spermatocytes) at various stages of the cycle of the seminiferous epithelium and by investigating maps of resting and dividing type A stem-spermatogonia. Some 10.6% of the second generation type A spermatogonia degenerate during prophase of the second of the series of five spermatogonial divisions. The quantitative data on In and B spermatogonia, and on spermatocytes, elements which arise from type A spermatogonial mitoses, were corrected accordingly, and new corrected cell counts were obtained. Maps of type A stem cells revealed that they divided in groups and within these groups they were paired. Utilizing the corrected cell counts and considering the pair arrangement of the stem cells, the following "stem cell renewal" model was proposed. A pair of type A stem cells start dividing at stage IX of the cycle, thereafter the four daughter type A cells divide successively at stages XII and XIV-I, their number increasing in geometrical progression. Following this third division two spermatogonia arising from the same type A cell, form a pair of new dormant type A stem cells which later provide for the renewal of the spermatogonial population. The other spermatogonia become intermediate type cells which in turn divide at stage IV to give type B spermatogonia which in turn divide at stage VI to yield primary spermatocytes.