Journal: Journal of Virology
Article Title: Testicular Degeneration and Infertility following Arbovirus Infection
doi: 10.1128/JVI.01131-18
Figure Lengend Snippet: 3β-HSD and P450 expression in BTV-1 experimentally infected rams and mock-infected controls. (A and B) Immunohistochemistry showing expression of 3β-HSD (A) and P450 (B) (in brown) by the Leydig cells in sections of the testes of mock-infected healthy control rams. Arrows point to Leydig cells. (C to F) Immunohistochemistry showing lack of expression of 3β-HSD (C and E) and P450 (D and F) by Leydig cells in the testes of rams infected with BTV-1 IT2006 (C and D) or BTV-1 IT2013 (E and F). The peritubular areas where the Leydig cells are located are highlighted with a broken line. Scale bars, 100 μm. (G) Graph representing the relative levels of testosterone, assessed by ELISA, in the blood of rams infected with either BTV-1 IT2006 or BTV-1 IT2013 . Values are shown as percentages of the values of testosterone taken at day 0 before virus infection. Note the significant reduction in the levels of testosterone in rams infected with BTV-1 IT2006 between 0 and 8 to 11 dpi ( P < 0.05; one-way ANOVA) and in rams infected with BTV-1 IT2013 between 0 and either 5 or 15 dpi ( P < 0.05; one-way ANOVA).
Article Snippet: The concentration of testosterone in the sera of BTV-1 IT2006 - and BTV-1 IT2013 -infected rams was measured using a sheep testosterone ELISA kit (Shanghai Korain Biothec Co., China) according to the manufacturer's instructions.
Techniques: Expressing, Infection, Immunohistochemistry, Control, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay, Virus