Depression, anxiety, and stress impair sperm quality via dysregulation of the mitochondrial PDK-PDC axis.

However, chronic psychological stress pathologically activates this conserved pathway, trapping sperm in a"metabolic gridlock."Notably, although PDK1 and PDK3 expression trends did not reach statistical significance, their upregulation suggests progressive isoform-specific adaptation to prolonged stress.

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