Fig. 5: The apoptosis of spermatocytes decreases after 9 days of cryptorchidism in Trpv1−/− mice. | Cell Death Discovery

Fig. 5: The apoptosis of spermatocytes decreases after 9 days of cryptorchidism in Trpv1−/− mice.

From: The involvement of TRPV1 in the apoptosis of spermatogenic cells in the testis of mice with cryptorchidism

Fig. 5

Comparison of the testicular size (A), testicular weight (B), testicular weight/body weight ratio (C), and the number of spermatozoa in cauda epididymis (D) on day 9 after cryptorchidism in 8-week-old WT mice and Trpv1−/− mice (n = 5). E H&E staining of testes and cauda epididymis in cryptorchid surgery groups and sham groups of 8-week-old WT mice and Trpv1−/− mice. F Sections of testes from 8-week-old WT mice and Trpv1−/− mice on day 9 after cryptorchidism were stained with a TUNEL probe (green), and nuclei were stained with DAPI (blue). Histogram showing the quantification of TUNEL positive tubules (G) and TUNEL positive cells per tubule (H) on day 9 of cryptorchid testis in 8-week-old WT mice and Trpv1−/− mice (n = 3). Data were represented as mean ± SD from three independent experiments. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001 by Student’s t test.

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