ArticleJournal of Zhejiang University. Science. B2024
Nrf2-mediated ferroptosis of spermatogenic cells involved in male reproductive toxicity induced by polystyrene nanoplastics in mice.
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- Advances in Male Reproductive Toxicology of Nanoplastics: Potential Risks to Human Reproduction-A Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Pooled it
- Lactational exposure to polystyrene nanoplastics induces oxidative stress, testicular histological alterations, and impaired sperm quality in rat offspring.Histochemistry and cell biology · 2026Article
- Chronic Arsenic Exposure Induced Reproductive Toxicity by Promoting Ferroptosis and the Protective Effects of Xylo-Oligosaccharides.Biological trace element research · 2026Article
- Toxicity Evaluation of Nano-Sized Particles by Analysis of mtDNA Content and Expression Levels of Genes Required for mtDNA Maintenance: A Meta-Analysis of Pre-Clinical Studies.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Cadmium induces ferroptosis in mouse spermatocytes by activating the ROS-TCA pathway.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Micro- and Nanoplastics and Functional Nutrients in Human Health: Epigenetic Mechanisms and Cellular Resilience Signaling in Brain Insulin Resistance and the Risk of Alzheimer's Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Integration of transcriptomics and metabolomics reveals the mechanism of Lycium barbarum polysaccharides inhibited MCF-7 cell proliferation.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Micro- and Nanoplastics Driving Adverse Human Health Effects.Toxics · 2025Review
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- Internalized polystyrene nanoplastics trigger testicular damage and promote ferroptosis via CISD1 downregulation in mouse spermatocyte.Journal of nanobiotechnology · 2025Article
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- Use of cardiac cell cultures from salmonids to measure the cardiotoxic effect of environmental pollutants.Journal of fish diseases · 2025Article
- Unmasking the Invisible Threat: Biological Impacts and Mechanisms of Polystyrene Nanoplastics on Cells.Toxics · 2024Review
- Type 1 diabetes impairs the activity of rat testicular somatic and germ cells through NRF2/NLRP3 pathway-mediated oxidative stress.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) have become hazardous materials due to the massive amount of plastic waste and disposable masks, but their specific health effects remain uncertain. In this study, fluorescence-labeled polystyrene NPs (PS-NPs) were injected into the circulatory systems of mice to determine the distribution and potential toxic effects of NPs in vivo. Interestingly, whole-body imaging found that PS-NPs accumulated in the testes of mice. Therefore, the toxic effects of PS-NPs on the reproduction systems and the spermatocytes cell line of male mice, and their mechanisms, were investigated. After oral exposure to PS-NPs, their spermatogenesis was affected and the spermatogenic cells were damaged. The spermatocyte cell line GC-2 was exposed to PS-NPs and analyzed using RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) to determine the toxic mechanisms; a ferroptosis pathway was found after PS-NP exposure. The phenomena and indicators of ferroptosis were then determined and verified by ferroptosis inhibitor ferrostatin-1 (Fer-1), and it was also found that nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) played an important role in spermatogenic cell ferroptosis induced by PS-NPs. Finally, it was confirmed in vivo that this mechanism of Nrf2 played a protective role in PS-NPs-induced male reproductive toxicity. This study demonstrated that PS-NPs induce male reproductive dysfunction in mice by causing spermatogenic cell ferroptosis dependent on Nrf2.
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