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Mice 3D testicular organoid system as a novel tool to study Zika virus pathogenesis

Zika virus (ZIKV) poses a serious threat to global public health due to its close relationship with neurological and male reproductive damage. However, deficiency of human testicular samples hinders the in-depth research on ZIKV-induced male reproductive system injury. Organoids are relatively simpl...

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Autores principales: Yang, Wei, Zhang, Chen, Wu, Yan-Hua, Liu, Li-Bo, Zhen, Zi-Da, Fan, Dong-Ying, Song, Zheng-Ran, Chang, Jia-Tong, Wang, Pei-Gang, An, Jing
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10006202/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36241087
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.virs.2022.10.001
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Sumario:Zika virus (ZIKV) poses a serious threat to global public health due to its close relationship with neurological and male reproductive damage. However, deficiency of human testicular samples hinders the in-depth research on ZIKV-induced male reproductive system injury. Organoids are relatively simple in vitro models, which could mimic the pathological changes of corresponding organs. In this study, we constructed a 3D testicular organoid model using primary testicular cells from adult BALB/c mice. Similar to the testis, this organoid system has a blood-testis barrier (BTB)-like structure and could synthesize testosterone. ZIKV tropism of testicular cells and ZIKV-induced pathological changes in testicular organoid was also similar to that in mammalian testis. Therefore, our results provide a simple and reproducible in vitro testicular model for the investigations of ZIKV-induced testicular injury.