Balbach, MelanieFushimi, MakotoHuggins, DavidSteegborn, ClemensMeinke, PeterLevin, LonnyBuck, Jochen2020-05-142020-05-142020-04https://hdl.handle.net/1813/69929Efforts to develop new male or female non-hormonal, orally available contraceptives assume that to be effective and safe, targets must be (1) essential for fertility; (2) amenable to targeting by small-molecule inhibitors; and (3) restricted to the germline. In this perspective, we question the third assumption and propose that despite its wide expression, soluble adenylyl cyclase (sAC: ADCY10), which is essential for male fertility, is a valid target. We hypothesize that an acute-acting sAC inhibitor may provide orally available, on-demand, non-hormonal contraception for men without adverse, mechanism-based effects. To test this concept, we describe a collaboration between academia and the unique capabilities of a public-private drug discovery instituteen-USAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalcontraceptivesdrug discoveryarticle32307523