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Postnatal testicular development in Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs.
Contreras-Ortiz, Alan Jair; Vigueras, Rosa María; Mendoza-Elvira, Susana Elisa; Martínez-Castañeda, Francisco Ernesto; Gutiérrez-Pérez, Oscar; Trujillo-Ortega, María Elena.
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  • Contreras-Ortiz AJ; Programa Doctorado en Ciencias de la Producción y de la Salud Animal, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CDMX, Mexico.
  • Vigueras RM; Laboratorio de Biología de la Reproducción, Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, CDMX, C.P. 04530, Ciudad de México, Mexico. Electronic address: rmvigueras@yahoo.com.mx.
  • Mendoza-Elvira SE; Laboratorio de Virología, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Cuautitlán, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Estado de México, Mexico.
  • Martínez-Castañeda FE; Instituto de Ciencias Agropecuarias y Rurales, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Toluca, Estado de México, Mexico.
  • Gutiérrez-Pérez O; Centro de Enseñanza, investigación y extensión en Producción Porcina (C.E.I.E.P.P.), Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Jilotepec Estado de México, Mexico.
  • Trujillo-Ortega ME; Departamento de Medicina y Zootecnia de Cerdos, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, CDMX, C.P. 04510, Ciudad de México, Mexico. Electronic address: elenam@unam.mx.
Acta Histochem ; 123(5): 151741, 2021 Jul.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34197981
The Vietnamese pot-bellied pig is a breed with high investigation potential. However, at the reproductive level, its testicular characteristics are still unknown, as well as the different stages of its development. Therefore, the objective of this work is to describe the postnatal testicular development of Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs. In this study, we used pigs grouped into the neonatal stage, animals at zero weeks; prepubertal stage, animals at three and eight weeks; pubertal stage, animals at twelve and sixteen weeks; and postpubertal stage animals at twenty, twenty-four, twenty-eight and thirty-two weeks of age. The neonatal stage is characterized by gonocytes at different migration phases. In the prepubertal stage, gonocytes were differentiated into spermatogonia at 3 weeks of age, and the first spermatocytes were observed at 7 weeks of age. Puberty was determined to start at 12 weeks because seminiferous tubules are found with complete spermatogenesis and the highest peaks in positive cell counting of androgen receptors (AR) and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) factor that later decreased and further stabilized in the following weeks. In the postpubertal stage, an increase in seminiferous tubule areas was observed. The number of apoptotic cells ranged from low to null at all ages. Testosterone (T) and gonadotropin levels had two important peaks at 3 and 24 weeks. The seminiferous epithelium cycle was found to have 11 stages according to acrosome development. These characteristics of Vietnamese pot-bellied pig testes, which are different from rat testes and more similar to human testicles, make them a viable model to study human male reproductive biology. The postnatal testicular development of pot-bellied pigs is different from the postnatal testicular development of other breeds. Therefore, due to this difference in size and easy manipulation, the Vietnamese pig is an alternative for investigation compared to other pig breeds.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Escroto / Epitelio Seminífero / Espermatogonias / Testículo Tipo de estudio: Prognostic_studies Límite: Animals / Humans / Male Idioma: En Revista: Acta Histochem Año: 2021 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: México Pais de publicación: Alemania

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Escroto / Epitelio Seminífero / Espermatogonias / Testículo Tipo de estudio: Prognostic_studies Límite: Animals / Humans / Male Idioma: En Revista: Acta Histochem Año: 2021 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: México Pais de publicación: Alemania