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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-2-3
pubmed:abstractText
In adults, stem cells are responsible for the maintenance of many actively renewing tissues, such as haematopoietic, skin, gut and germinal tissues. These stem cells can self-renew or be committed to becoming progenitors. Stem-cell commitment is thought to be irreversible but in male and female Drosophila melanogaster, it was shown recently that differentiating germ cells can revert to functional stem cells that can restore germinal lineage. Whether progenitors are also able to generate stem cells in mammals remains unknown. Here we show that purified mouse spermatogonial progenitors committed to differentiation can generate functional germinal stem cells that can repopulate germ-cell-depleted testes when transplanted into adult mice. We found that GDNF, a key regulator of the stem-cell niche, and FGF2 are able to reprogram in vitro spermatogonial progenitors for reverse differentiation. This study supports the emerging concept that the stem-cell identity is not restricted in adults to a definite pool of cells that self-renew, but that stemness could be acquired by differentiating progenitors after tissue injury and throughout life.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1476-4679
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
190-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19098901-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19098901-Cell Dedifferentiation, pubmed-meshheading:19098901-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:19098901-Cell Lineage, pubmed-meshheading:19098901-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:19098901-Fibroblast Growth Factor 2, pubmed-meshheading:19098901-Germ Cells, pubmed-meshheading:19098901-Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, pubmed-meshheading:19098901-Green Fluorescent Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19098901-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19098901-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:19098901-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:19098901-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:19098901-Regeneration, pubmed-meshheading:19098901-Spermatogonia, pubmed-meshheading:19098901-Stem Cell Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:19098901-Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:19098901-Testis
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Mouse differentiating spermatogonia can generate germinal stem cells in vivo.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratoire Gamétogenèse, Apoptose et Génotoxicité, INSERM U566, Institut de Radiobiologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, Direction des Sciences du Vivant, CEA, 92265 Fontenay aux Roses, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't