Anticholinesterase insecticide action at the murine male reproductive system.

Abstract: The present report describes for the first time that anticholinesterase type insecticides specifically inhibit the fatty acid amide hydrolase and/or monoacylglycerol lipase, as secondary target(s), in the murine male reproductive system (testis and epididymis cauda), thereby presumably being involved with spermatotoxicity such as deformity, underdevelopment, and reduced motility. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]