Authors
Tao Yin, Chaoyi Bian, Yunxia Cao
Published in
Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association. Pages 116440. Oct 11, 2026. Epub Oct 11, 2026.
Abstract
Sodium p-perfluorous nonenoxybenzene sulfonate (OBS) is an emerging polyfluoroalkyl ether sulfonate with environmental persistence and potential biological toxicity. However, its effects on male reproductive health and associated molecular alterations remain poorly understood.
Network toxicology, transcriptomic and single-cell transcriptomic analyses, data-independent acquisition-based proteomics, molecular docking, and mouse experiments were integrated to investigate OBS-associated spermatogenic toxicity.
FAAH and LIPE were prioritized as candidate targets potentially associated with OBS-induced spermatogenic impairment. In human non-obstructive azoospermia datasets, FAAH and LIPE were downregulated and showed discriminatory ability between affected and control samples. Molecular docking predicted potentially favorable interaction conformations between OBS and the two proteins. In mice, exposure to 0.5 or 2.5 mg/kg OBS was associated with disrupted seminiferous tubule architecture, impaired sperm quality, reduced testicular FAAH and LIPE expression, and fewer offspring after mating.
OBS exposure was associated with impaired spermatogenesis and reduced male reproductive performance in mice. FAAH and LIPE may be involved in OBS-associated testicular injury, although their functional roles and direct interactions with OBS require further experimental validation. These findings provide additional evidence of the male reproductive toxicity of OBS and highlight the need for continued evaluation of emerging PFAS alternatives.
PMID:
42860217
Bibliographic data and abstract were imported from PubMed on 12 Oct 2026.
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