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. 2023 Apr 18;24(8):7418. doi: 10.3390/ijms24087418

Figure 1.

Figure 1

NTS, NTSR1, and ERα/β in normal cycling adult females. Representative images of the ovaries of cycling adult females showing NTS-ir in oocytes, granulosa cells from different follicles, the corpus luteum in diestrus phase (a,b), and in the oocyte cytoplasm of a multilayered primary follicle in proestrus phase (c); NTSR1-ir in granulosa cells of an antral follicle and cells of corpus luteum in diestrus phase (d,e), and the cytoplasm of the oocyte of a secondary follicle as well as in theca cells in proestrus phase (f); ERα-ir in the oocytes and granulosa cells of different follicles in the diestrus phase (g,h), and the cytoplasm and nucleus of the oocytes from secondary follicles in the proestrus phase (i); and ERβ-ir in the granulosa cells of an antral follicle and cells of the corpus luteum in the diestrus phase (j,k) and the cytoplasm of oocytes from primary follicles in the proestrus phase (arrows) (l). AF: antral follicle; AS: antral space; CL: corpus luteum; GC: granulosa cells; Oc: oocyte; SF: secondary follicle; TC: theca cells. Scale bars: (a,b): 50 µm; (c,f): 20 µm; (d,g,h,j): 60 µm; (e,i,k): 30 µm; and (l): 35 µm.