(1:200 in PBST-BSA containing 2% NGS) for 3 h, and avidin-biotin complex (2 µl/ml PBST) for 1 h. After being soaked in the TSA blocking solution for 30 min, the sections were reacted with biotinyl tyramide solution (1:200,
PerkinElmer, Waltham, MA, USA) for 10 min, and streptavidin-Alexa 488 (1:200, Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA, USA) in PBST for 1 h. They were then incubated with gC2 (1:2,000) for 48 h at 4°C and Alexa-555 conjugated anti-rabbit IgG
(1:200, Invitrogen) for 3 h. Kisspeptin/Dyn double-labeling immunohistochemistry was conducted using the same protocol and the anti-Dyn polyclonal antibody (1:20,000). Sections were mounted on gelatin-coated slides and
cover-slipped with a water-soluble mounting medium (Vector Laboratories). The sections were observed under a microscope (ECLIPSE E800M, Nikon, Tokyo, Japan) equipped with a charge-coupled device camera (AxioCam HRc, Carl Zeiss,
Jena, Germany). The two fluorescent images were merged using computer software (AxioVision, Carl Zeiss).