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Role of endocrine disruptors in male infertility and impact of COVID-19 on male reproduction

Several epidemiological studies suggest strong association of endocrine disruptors (EDs) with impaired male reproduction. High levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in serum are associated with low sperm count and poor fertility. A high dichloro diphenyl trichloroethane (DDT) concentration results in...

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Autores principales: Panner Selvam, Manesh Kumar, Sikka, Suresh C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8864147/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-89773-0.00059-X
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description Several epidemiological studies suggest strong association of endocrine disruptors (EDs) with impaired male reproduction. High levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in serum are associated with low sperm count and poor fertility. A high dichloro diphenyl trichloroethane (DDT) concentration results in low serum testosterone (T) and poor semen quality. DDT stimulates estrogen production by acting as estrogen receptor agonist and potent androgen receptor antagonist. Phthalates, another group of EDs, induce seminiferous tubule degeneration with impaired spermatogenesis via disruption of gene expression that regulates cholesterol and lipid homeostasis resulting in low T. Bisphenol A, a strong exogenous estrogen with antiandrogen effect, lowers serum follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, and T, resulting in impaired development of seminiferous tubules and spermatogenesis. Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalates can exert their antiandrogenic action by directly inhibiting testosterone biosynthesis via cytochrome P-450 dysfunction. Since these EDs are commonly found in plastic bottles, cosmetics, pesticides, some metal food cans, etc., and accumulate in the environment, it is very important to observe caution and avoid their exposure. This updated chapter also reviews the impact of COVID-19-related infection on male reproduction.
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spelling pubmed-88641472022-02-23 Role of endocrine disruptors in male infertility and impact of COVID-19 on male reproduction Panner Selvam, Manesh Kumar Sikka, Suresh C. Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology Article Several epidemiological studies suggest strong association of endocrine disruptors (EDs) with impaired male reproduction. High levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in serum are associated with low sperm count and poor fertility. A high dichloro diphenyl trichloroethane (DDT) concentration results in low serum testosterone (T) and poor semen quality. DDT stimulates estrogen production by acting as estrogen receptor agonist and potent androgen receptor antagonist. Phthalates, another group of EDs, induce seminiferous tubule degeneration with impaired spermatogenesis via disruption of gene expression that regulates cholesterol and lipid homeostasis resulting in low T. Bisphenol A, a strong exogenous estrogen with antiandrogen effect, lowers serum follicle-stimulating hormone, luteinizing hormone, and T, resulting in impaired development of seminiferous tubules and spermatogenesis. Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalates can exert their antiandrogenic action by directly inhibiting testosterone biosynthesis via cytochrome P-450 dysfunction. Since these EDs are commonly found in plastic bottles, cosmetics, pesticides, some metal food cans, etc., and accumulate in the environment, it is very important to observe caution and avoid their exposure. This updated chapter also reviews the impact of COVID-19-related infection on male reproduction. 2022 2022-02-18 /pmc/articles/PMC8864147/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-89773-0.00059-X Text en Copyright © 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active.
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