Paternal Cocaine Exposure and Its Testicular Legacy: Epigenetic, Physiological, and Intergenerational Consequences

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Gonzalez, Candela Rocio; Gonzalez, Betina
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2025
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Cocaine use remains a major public health concern, with rising global prevalence and a well-established profile of neurotoxicity and addictive potential. While the central nervous system has been the primary focus of cocaine research, emerging evidence indicates that cocaine also disrupts male reproductive physiology. In the testis, cocaine alters the endocrine microenvironment, induces cell-specific damage, and disrupts spermatogenesis. Cocaine also interferes with epigenetic programming in germ cells and mature sperm, potentially leading to heritable epimutations. Epidemiology data reveal that approximately two-thirds of regular cocaine users are males of reproductive age, and preclinical models have documented numerous behavioral and molecular alterations in their offspring, often linked to paternal cocaine exposure—such as increased drug resistance or vulnerability, altered anxiety-like behavior, impaired learning/memory, disrupted social behaviors, and shifts in neural circuitry and gene expression in reward-related brain regions. This review aims to integrate findings from studies that have independently examined testicular dysfunction, germline epigenetic reprogramming, and offspring outcomes, offering a unified perspective on their potential interconnections and highlighting future directions for research in the field of epigenetic inheritance.
Fil: Gonzalez, Candela Rocio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Farmacológicas. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Instituto de Investigaciones Farmacológicas; Argentina
Fil: Gonzalez, Betina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Farmacológicas. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Instituto de Investigaciones Farmacológicas; Argentina
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COCAINE
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EPIGENETIC INHERITANCE
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Paternal Cocaine Exposure and Its Testicular Legacy: Epigenetic, Physiological, and Intergenerational Consequences
title Paternal Cocaine Exposure and Its Testicular Legacy: Epigenetic, Physiological, and Intergenerational Consequences
spellingShingle Paternal Cocaine Exposure and Its Testicular Legacy: Epigenetic, Physiological, and Intergenerational Consequences
Gonzalez, Candela Rocio
COCAINE
SPERM
EPIGENOME
EPIGENETIC INHERITANCE
title_short Paternal Cocaine Exposure and Its Testicular Legacy: Epigenetic, Physiological, and Intergenerational Consequences
title_full Paternal Cocaine Exposure and Its Testicular Legacy: Epigenetic, Physiological, and Intergenerational Consequences
title_fullStr Paternal Cocaine Exposure and Its Testicular Legacy: Epigenetic, Physiological, and Intergenerational Consequences
title_full_unstemmed Paternal Cocaine Exposure and Its Testicular Legacy: Epigenetic, Physiological, and Intergenerational Consequences
title_sort Paternal Cocaine Exposure and Its Testicular Legacy: Epigenetic, Physiological, and Intergenerational Consequences
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Gonzalez, Candela Rocio
Gonzalez, Betina
author Gonzalez, Candela Rocio
author_facet Gonzalez, Candela Rocio
Gonzalez, Betina
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author2 Gonzalez, Betina
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv COCAINE
SPERM
EPIGENOME
EPIGENETIC INHERITANCE
topic COCAINE
SPERM
EPIGENOME
EPIGENETIC INHERITANCE
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Cocaine use remains a major public health concern, with rising global prevalence and a well-established profile of neurotoxicity and addictive potential. While the central nervous system has been the primary focus of cocaine research, emerging evidence indicates that cocaine also disrupts male reproductive physiology. In the testis, cocaine alters the endocrine microenvironment, induces cell-specific damage, and disrupts spermatogenesis. Cocaine also interferes with epigenetic programming in germ cells and mature sperm, potentially leading to heritable epimutations. Epidemiology data reveal that approximately two-thirds of regular cocaine users are males of reproductive age, and preclinical models have documented numerous behavioral and molecular alterations in their offspring, often linked to paternal cocaine exposure—such as increased drug resistance or vulnerability, altered anxiety-like behavior, impaired learning/memory, disrupted social behaviors, and shifts in neural circuitry and gene expression in reward-related brain regions. This review aims to integrate findings from studies that have independently examined testicular dysfunction, germline epigenetic reprogramming, and offspring outcomes, offering a unified perspective on their potential interconnections and highlighting future directions for research in the field of epigenetic inheritance.
Fil: Gonzalez, Candela Rocio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Farmacológicas. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Instituto de Investigaciones Farmacológicas; Argentina
Fil: Gonzalez, Betina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Houssay. Instituto de Investigaciones Farmacológicas. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Instituto de Investigaciones Farmacológicas; Argentina
description Cocaine use remains a major public health concern, with rising global prevalence and a well-established profile of neurotoxicity and addictive potential. While the central nervous system has been the primary focus of cocaine research, emerging evidence indicates that cocaine also disrupts male reproductive physiology. In the testis, cocaine alters the endocrine microenvironment, induces cell-specific damage, and disrupts spermatogenesis. Cocaine also interferes with epigenetic programming in germ cells and mature sperm, potentially leading to heritable epimutations. Epidemiology data reveal that approximately two-thirds of regular cocaine users are males of reproductive age, and preclinical models have documented numerous behavioral and molecular alterations in their offspring, often linked to paternal cocaine exposure—such as increased drug resistance or vulnerability, altered anxiety-like behavior, impaired learning/memory, disrupted social behaviors, and shifts in neural circuitry and gene expression in reward-related brain regions. This review aims to integrate findings from studies that have independently examined testicular dysfunction, germline epigenetic reprogramming, and offspring outcomes, offering a unified perspective on their potential interconnections and highlighting future directions for research in the field of epigenetic inheritance.
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Gonzalez, Candela Rocio; Gonzalez, Betina; Paternal Cocaine Exposure and Its Testicular Legacy: Epigenetic, Physiological, and Intergenerational Consequences; MDPI; Biology; 14; 8; 8-2025; 1-17
2079-7737
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