Enhanced Enrichment of Medaka Ovarian Germline Stem Cells by a Combination of Density Gradient Centrifugation and Differential Plating
dc.contributor.author | Ryu, Jun Hyung | |
dc.contributor.author | Gong, Seung Pyo | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-11-20T17:46:45Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-11-20T17:46:45Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-10-24 | |
dc.description.abstract | Fish ovarian germline stem cells (OGSCs) have great potential in various biological fields due to their ability to generate large numbers of mature eggs. Therefore, selective enrichment of OGSCs is a prerequisite for successful applications. To determine the optimal conditions for the enrichment of OGSCs from Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes), we evaluated the effects of Percoll density gradient centrifugation (PDGC), differential plating (DP), and a combination of both methods. Based on cell morphology and gene expression of germ cell-specific Vasa and OGSC-specific Nanos2, we demonstrated that of seven density fractions obtained following PDGC, the 30–35% density fraction contained the highest proportion of OGSCs, and that Matrigel was the most effective biomolecule for the enrichment of Oryzias latipes OGSCs by DP in comparison to laminin, fibronectin, gelatin, and poly-l-lysine. Furthermore, we confirmed that PDGC and DP in combination significantly enhanced the efficiency of OGSC enrichment. The enriched cells were able to localize in the gonadal region at a higher efficiency compared to non-enriched ovarian cells when transplanted into the developing larvae. Our approach provides an efficient way to enrich OGSCs without using OGSC-specific surface markers or transgenic strains expressing OGSC-specific reporter proteins. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | This research was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (2015R1D1A1A01059056 and 2019R1F1A1058145) and a Research Grant of Pukyong National University (2019). | en_US |
dc.description.uri | https://www.mdpi.com/2218-273X/10/11/1477/htm | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 15 pages | en_US |
dc.genre | journal articles | en_US |
dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/m28vns-67ru | |
dc.identifier.citation | Jun Hyung Ryu and Seung Pyo Gong, Enhanced Enrichment of Medaka Ovarian Germline Stem Cells by a Combination of Density Gradient Centrifugation and Differential Plating, Biomolecules 2020, 10(11), 1477; https://doi.org/10.3390/biom10111477 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.3390/biom10111477 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/20117 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | MDPI | en_US |
dc.relation.isAvailableAt | The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) | |
dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Marine-Estuarine-Environmental Sciences Collection | |
dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Faculty Collection | |
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dc.title | Enhanced Enrichment of Medaka Ovarian Germline Stem Cells by a Combination of Density Gradient Centrifugation and Differential Plating | en_US |
dc.type | Text | en_US |