[Cryopreservation of testicular tissue in children]

Bull Acad Natl Med. 2013 Apr-May;197(4-5):877-86; discussion 886.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The toxicity of cancer therapies can affect all organs and tissues. Some treatments damage spermatogonial stem cells (SSCs), with a risk of infertility. Storage and reimplantation of frozen testicular tissue is a recent approach tofertilitypreservationfor young boys. However, thawed frozen prepubertal testicular tissue must undergo a maturation process to restore sperm production. This process, currently being studied in animal models, can be achieved by in vivo transplantation of SSCs into seminiferous tubules or by testicular grafting, possibly following in vitro maturation.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Animals
  • Antineoplastic Agents / adverse effects
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cryopreservation* / methods
  • Fertility Preservation / methods*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infertility, Male / etiology
  • Infertility, Male / prevention & control*
  • Male
  • Neoplasms / therapy
  • Radiotherapy / adverse effects
  • Replantation*
  • Seminiferous Tubules
  • Spermatogonia
  • Testis / drug effects
  • Testis / radiation effects
  • Testis / surgery*
  • Transplantation, Autologous
  • Transplantation, Heterotopic

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents