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Common pesticide product reduces testosterone levels

The chemical HPTE, a metabolite of the common pesticide methoxychlor, reduces testosterone production and could be a contributory factor in male infertility, Population Council scientists report in the March 2000 issue of Biology of Reproduction*. Methoxychlor-a pesticide in the DDT family-gained popularity after DDT was banned in the United States in 1972.

Matt Hardy and Benson Akingbemi have been investigating endocrine disruptors and their effects on the reproductive system. They examined the effect of HPTE on testosterone production in developing (progenitor and immature) and adult Leydig cells. The researchers found that the more HPTE that Leydig cells were exposed to, the less testosterone the cells produced. HPTE inhibited testosterone production in developing Leydig cells after ten hours of treatment, and in adult Leydig cells after 18 hours. Inhibition of Leydig cells was due to the down regulation of one of four enzymes that catalyze the reactions that occur during androgen biosynthesis.

To determine the reversibility of HPTE-induced testosterone inhibition, the researchers waited 18 hours in each case to see whether testosterone production in these cells recovered to the levels observed in control cells. When treated for three hours, testosterone production by immature and adult Leydig cells rebounded within the 18-hour recovery period, but remained significantly inhibited within progenitor Leydig cells. When treatment lasted six or more hours, however, immature and adult Leydig cells also failed to fully resume testosterone production within the 18-hour recovery period. The onset of HPTE action and the reversibility of its effect showed that Leydig cells are more sensitive to this compound during pubertal differentiation than in adulthood.

Hardy, a reproductive biologist at the Population Council's Center for Biomedical Research, comments that "While HPTE and similar agents are of concern for environmental reasons, studyin
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Contact: Sandra Waldman
swaldman@popcouncil.org
212-339-0525
Population Council
13-Mar-2000


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