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This experimental study explored the multigenerational and transgenerational effects of cadmium (Cd) exposure during pregnancy on the testicular tissue and spermatogenesis of male offspring rats. CdCl at different doses (0, 0.5, 1, 2 mg/kg/day) were dispensed to pregnant SD rats, thus producing generation F1. Adult females in F1 (PND 56) were mated with untreated fertile males so as to produce generation F2. Likewise, adult females in F2 were mated to produce generation F3. Damages to testicular tissue were observed in all the three generations, with serum testosterone (T) increased in F2 and F3. Notably, the genome-wide DNA methylation level in the testicular tissue of F1 was altered, as was the expression of F1-F3 methyltransferases. In addition, the expression of Creb/Crem pathway, a pathway critical for the metamorphosis from postmeiotic round spermatocytes to spermatozoa, was also remarkably altered in the three generations. In concludion, prenatal Cd exposure might bring multigenerational and transgenerational toxic effects to testes via genome-wide DNA methylation and the regulation of CREB/CREM pathway.
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