Component
Male fertility
Reproductive function examined in selenium-restriction and genetic animal models.
2 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
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What it does
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What acts on it
Selenium restriction can impair male fertility in animal models.
Experimental context and source evidence
- availability_state
- Selenium restriction affects sperm biology; genetic disruption of delivery or GPX4 provides related but distinct evidence.
- experimental_scope
- Animal dietary-restriction and genetic models; the experiments address related mechanisms with different perturbations.
- limitations
- Genetic loss is not an ordinary dietary-deficiency phenotype. No human plasma threshold or guaranteed fertility outcome is established.
- trigger_kind
- nutrient_deficiency
Selenium deficiency: a mechanism-first reference · lines 420–430
Supplied selenium deficiency reference · supports · Supplied reference; verify the primary study and experimental context. · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
4.5 Male fertility GPX4 has a distinctive role in sperm: during maturation, a structural form contributes to the mitochondrial sheath. Selenium restriction and disruption of the SELENOP–ApoER2/LRP8 pathway can impair male fertility in animal models. SELENOP delivery / GPX4 biology disrupted ↓ mitochondrial-sheath and membrane defects ↓ reduced sperm motility and fertility in experimental models Evidence: strong genetic and animal-model evidence; translation to a specific human plasma selenium threshold is not established.
Complete structured claim and evidenceMale Txnrd3-knockout mice showed impaired reproductive performance and reduced fertilization in the reported assays.
Experimental context and source evidence
- experimental_model
- Txnrd3-knockout mice, sperm thiol assays and in-vitro fertilization.
- limitations
- This experiment-specific relationship does not establish a human dietary-deficiency threshold or supplementation benefit.
- organism
- Mouse
Selenium: literature corrections and mechanism additions · lines 987–996
Metabolic Ledger literature curation, 17 September 2026; primary papers linked individually · supports · Txnrd3-knockout mice, sperm thiol assays and in-vitro fertilization. · secondary_verified · secondary_verified
## txnrd3-mouse-fertility Removing TXNRD3 impaired fertility in the studied mice. Male Txnrd3-knockout mice showed impaired reproductive performance and reduced fertilization in the reported assays. Experimental model: Txnrd3-knockout mice, sperm thiol assays and in-vitro fertilization. Organism: Mouse Limitations: This experiment-specific relationship does not establish a human dietary-deficiency threshold or supplementation benefit. Primary reference: [Selenoprotein TXNRD3 supports male fertility via the redox regulation of spermatogenesis](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9352919/)
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The events it takes part in
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Situations it appears in
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