Yang Fang, Li Xiaoya, Wang Meijing, Lan Xiucheng, Zhang Jingyi, Li Junjun, Chang Degui, Yu Xujun
TCM Regulating Metabolic Diseases Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.
School of Medical and Life Sciences, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China.
World J Mens Health. 2025 Jul;43(3):477-491. doi: 10.5534/wjmh.240254. Epub 2025 Jan 16.
Environmental endocrine disruptors, as exogenous chemicals that interfere with hormonal behavior, are known to cause testicular Leydig cell death and senescence. The incidence of diseases of the male reproductive system has been increasing over the past half-century. Genetic defects alone cannot explain the rapid increase in incidence, and there is growing evidence that environmental factors or lifestyle changes are responsible for the high incidence in recent years. Testicular Leydig cells occupy an important role in the male reproductive system. In this study, we review the mechanisms by which environmental endocrine disruptors promote both death and senescence of testicular Leydig cells, refine the former into two programmed death modes, apoptosis, and autophagy, and further explore the interactions among them, thus summarizing the advances of the toxic effects of environmental endocrine disruptors on testicular Leydig cells, and expecting to provide a new therapeutic idea.
环境内分泌干扰物作为干扰激素行为的外源性化学物质,已知会导致睾丸间质细胞死亡和衰老。在过去的半个世纪里,男性生殖系统疾病的发病率一直在上升。仅基因缺陷无法解释发病率的快速上升,越来越多的证据表明环境因素或生活方式的改变是近年来高发病率的原因。睾丸间质细胞在男性生殖系统中起着重要作用。在本研究中,我们综述了环境内分泌干扰物促进睾丸间质细胞死亡和衰老的机制,将前者细化为两种程序性死亡模式,即凋亡和自噬,并进一步探讨它们之间的相互作用,从而总结环境内分泌干扰物对睾丸间质细胞毒性作用的研究进展,期望提供一种新的治疗思路。