Exposure to endocrine disruptors such as bisphenols, can lead to and be the explanation for idiopathic infertility. In our study, we assessed the effect of exposure to bisphenol S (BPS) via breast milk on the testicular tissue health of adult male mice. Lactating dams were exposed to BPS through drinking water (0.216 ng g bw/day and 21.6 ng g bw/day) from post-natal day 0-15. Although there was no significant difference in testicular histopathology between the control and experimental groups, we observed an increase in the number of tight and gap junctions in the blood-testis barrier (BTB) of adult mice after lactation BPS exposure. Moreover, there was an increase in oxidative stress markers in adult testicular tissue of mice exposed via breast milk. Our lactation model indicates that breast milk is a route of exposure to an endocrine disruptor that can be responsible for idiopathic male infertility through the damage of the BTB and weakening of oxidative stress resistance in adulthood.

Biomedical Center Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen Charles University Alej Svobody 1655 76 Pilsen 32300 Czech Republic

Department of Histology and Embryology Faculty of Medicine in Pilsen Charles University Karlovarská 48 Pilsen 30166 Czech Republic

RECETOX Faculty of Science Masaryk University Kamenice 5 Brno 62500 Czech Republic

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