Figure 4. Effect of MC-LR on gene expression of LHr and FSHr.

Mice were treated with various concentrations of MC-LR (0, 3.75, 7.50, 15.00 and 30.00 µg/kg body weight per day), at the indicated time point, the LHr and FSHr mRNA were detected with RT-PCR. 18s rRNA was used as an internal control for equal loading of samples. Representative blots shown were from 6 mice.