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ArticleEpigenetics2025

Tributyltin chloride alters the structural, genomic, and epigenomic integrity of postejaculatory mammalian sperm.

Muhammad S Siddique, Santosh Anand, Marie-Pierre L Gauthier, Jason O Brant, Michael P Kladde, Ramji K Bhandari, Bradford W Daigneault

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Article in Epigenetics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Environmental and external stressors of postejaculatory sperm function.The Journal of reproduction and development · 2026
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7 authors.

Muhammad S SiddiqueDepartment of Animal Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2525-6865
Santosh AnandDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2287-0229
Marie-Pierre L GauthierDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.ORCID 0009-0002-1936-2231
Jason O BrantDepartment of Biostatistics, College of Public Health & Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9800-9251
Michael P KladdeDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7951-9291
Ramji K BhandariDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5608-7254
Bradford W DaigneaultDepartment of Animal Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8329-4221

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A global priority for ameliorating male factor infertility includes identification of environmental factors and mechanisms that impact sperm function. Detection of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC) in seminal plasma and within the female reproductive tract has created an urgent need to understand how environmental stressors alter postejaculatory sperm function. Tributyltin chloride (TBT) is an EDC and epigenetic modifier that causes reproductive disorders. The consequences of TBT exposure on postejaculatory sperm remain unknown. The present study was aimed at identifying structural, genomic, and epigenomic consequences of TBT exposure to postejaculatory sperm. Bovine sperm were exposed to TBT (0, 1, 10, 100 nM) for 24 h followed by quantification of sperm kinematics, DNA integrity, and methylation status. No differences were detected in sperm kinematics or capacitation status. However, acrosome integrity was compromised at both 0 and 24 h (

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DNA MethylationEndocrine DisruptorsEpigenesis, GeneticSpermatozoaTrialkyltin CompoundsAnimalsCattleMaleSperm CapacitationEndocrine DisruptorsTrialkyltin CompoundstributyltinBovineembryomethylomespermtributyltin chloride

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PMID40951939
PMCPMC12439583

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