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. 2023 Jan 5;20:1. doi: 10.1186/s12989-022-00511-9

Table 2.

Male reproductive system AOPs on AOP-Wiki

AOP ID: Title KE AO Taxonomic Applicability References
18 PPARα activation in utero leading to impaired fertility in males

MIE: Activation, PPARα

KE1: Decrease, Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (STAR)

KE2: Reduction, Cholesterol transport in mitochondria

KE3: Reduction, Testosterone synthesis in Leydig cells

KE4: Reduction, Testosterone level

KE5: Decrease, Translocator protein (TSPO)

Impaired, Fertility

Malformation, Male reproductive tract

Rattus norvegicus

Homo sapiens

Mus musculus

[138]
64 Glucocorticoid Receptor (GR) Mediated Adult Leydig Cell Dysfunction Leading to Decreased Male Fertility

MIE: Glucocorticoid Receptor Agonist, Activation

KE1: Repressed expression of steroidogenic enzymes

KE2: Increased apoptosis, decreased number of adult Leydig Cells

KE3: Reduction, Testosterone synthesis in Leydig cells

KE4: Reduction, testosterone level

KE5: Decreased sperm quantity or quality in the adult, Decreased fertility

Impaired, Fertility Rattus norvegicus [151]
207 NADPH oxidase and P38 MAPK activation leading to reproductive failure in Caenorhabditis elegans

MIE: Activation, NADPH Oxidase

KE1: ROS formation

KE2: Increase, Oxidative Stress/Activation, PMK-1 P38 MAPK

KE3: Activation, HIF-1

KE4: Increased, DNA Damage-Repair

KE5: Damaging, Mitochondria

KE6: Apoptosis

Reproductive failure Caenorhabditis elegans [55]
208 Janus kinase (JAK)/Signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) and Transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta pathways activation leading to reproductive failure

KE1: Activation, JAK/STAT pathway

KE2: Activation, TGF-beta pathway

Reproductive failure Caenorhabditis elegans [59]
322 Alkylation of DNA leading to reduced sperm count

MIE: Alkylation, DNA

KE1: Inadequate DNA repair

KE2: Increase, DNA strand breaks

KE3: Increase, Apoptosis

Reduce, Sperm count No information [122]
323 PPAR alpha Agonism Impairs Fish Reproduction

MIE: Activation, PPARα

KE1: Decreased, cholesterol

KE2: Decreased, 11KT

KE3: Impaired, Spermatogenesis

KE4: impaired, Fertility

No information Teleost fish [152]
444 Ionizing radiation leads to reduced reproduction in Eisenia fetida via reduced spermatogenesis and cocoon hatchability

MIE: Deposition of Energy

MIE: Increase in reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (RONS)

MIE: Increase, DNA damage

KE1: Increased, Oxidative Stress

KE2: Increase, Apoptosis

KE3: Decreased spermatogenesis

KE4: Decrease, Fecundity

KE5: Decrease, Reproduction

Decrease, Population growth rate No information [153]