This invention relates to the fields of
environmental toxicology and
organoid technology, and particularly to a method for assessing the
toxicity of environmental microplastic
exposure based on testicular organoids. The method includes:
processing waste
testicular tissue into a single-
cell suspension, the single-
cell suspension comprising supporting cells, germ cells, and interstitial cells; seeding the single-
cell suspension onto a biomimetic
hydrogel scaffold for culture to obtain mature testicular organoids, which are then cultured in a target microplastic
exposure solution to establish a microplastic
exposure model; determining the raw values of
toxicity assessment indicators corresponding to the microplastic exposure model, including: morphological
score data,
grayscale values of
cell marker expression,
DNA damage indicators,
testosterone secretion levels, and
cytotoxicity indicators; calculating a comprehensive
toxicity score based on the raw values of each toxicity assessment indicator, and assessing the
reproductive toxicity risk level of the target microplastic exposure based on the comprehensive toxicity
score. This application can improve the accuracy of assessing the
reproductive toxicity risk level of microplastic exposure.