FIGURE 4.
Effects of atrazine on fetal Leydig cell proliferation. Sections were dually stained with PCNA (the biomarker for a proliferating cell) and CYP11A1 (the biomarker for the fetal Leydig cell). Proliferation Leydig cell nuclear was labeled by red color, and all Leydig cell was labeled by green color. The representative photomicrographs of rat testis sections after the treatment of 0 (A), 25 (B), 50 (C), and 100 mg/kg (D) ATR. White arrows point to PCNA-positive/CYP11A1-positive cells. Scale bar = 50 μm. (E) The percentage of PCNA-positive/CYP11A1-positive cells of total fetal Leydig cells. Mean ± SE, n = 6. Identical letters designate no difference between two groups at P < 0.05.
