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Effect of pesticide exposure on human sperm characteristics, genome integrity, and methylation profile analysis

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According to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization, the quantities of pesticide used around the world have increased regularly since the 1990s. Given that pesticides may be classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic, neurotoxic, or toxic for reproduction, some have endocrine-disrupting properties that might be associated with a decline in sperm parameters in general and sperm DNA integrity in particular. These days, a sperm analysis is not enough to determine the etiology of male infertility. Genome integrity analysis is a key step in clarifying a large proportion of cases of male infertility. The objective of the present retrospective study was to assess the impact of self-reported pesticide exposure on sperm parameters and sperm DNA integrity in men consulting for infertility. In a retrospective study, a population of 671 men living in the Picardy region of France were assessed in a conventional sperm parameter analysis, Shorr staining, a DNA fragmentation assay (terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUDP nick-end labelling), and chromatin decondensation with aniline blue staining. The exposed and the non-exposed groups did not differ significantly in some of the conventional sperm parameters (including volume, sperm count, and percent typical forms). However, vitality, progressive motility, and non-progressive motility were significantly lower in the exposed group. Levels of DNA fragmentation and chromatin decondensation were moderately higher in the exposed group.
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hal-04124635 , version 1 (10-06-2023)

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Marwa Lahimer, Severine Capelle, Elodie Lefranc, Rosalie Cabry, Debbie Montjean, et al.. Effect of pesticide exposure on human sperm characteristics, genome integrity, and methylation profile analysis. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023, ⟨10.1007/s11356-023-27695-7⟩. ⟨hal-04124635⟩

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