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    Mercuric chloride (HgCl2), a widespread environmental pollutant, induces ferroptosis in chicken embryonic kidney (CEK) cells. Whereas activating transcription factor 4 (ATF4), a critical mediator of oxidative homeostasis, plays a dual role in ferroptosis, but its precise mechanisms in HgCl2-induced ferroptosis remain elusive. This study aims to investigate the function and molecular mechanism of ATF4 in HgCl2-induced ferroptosis. Our results revealed that ATF4 was downregulated during HgCl2-induced ferroptosis in CEK cells. Surprisingly, HgCl2 exposure has no significant impact on ATF4 mRNA level. Further investigation indicated that HgCl2 enhanced the expression of the E3 ligase beta-transducin repeat-containing protein (β-TrCP) and increased ATF4 ubiquitination. Subsequent findings identified that miR-15b-5p as an upstream modulator of β-TrCP, with miR-15b-5p downregulation observed in HgCl2-exposed CEK cells. Importantly, miR-15b-5p mimics suppressed β-TrCP expression and reversed HgCl2-induced cellular ferroptosis. Mechanistically, HgCl2 inhibited miR-15b-5p, and promoted β-TrCP-mediated ubiquitin degradation of ATF4, thereby inhibited the expression of antioxidant-related target genes and promoted ferroptosis. In conclusion, our study highlighted the crucial role of the miR-15b-5p/β-TrCP/ATF4 axis in HgCl2-induced nephrotoxicity, offering a new therapeutic target for understanding the mechanism of HgCl2 nephrotoxicity. Copyright © 2024 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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    Hong-Yu Fu, Yue Li, Han Cui, Jiu-Zhi Li, Wan-Xue Xu, Xi Wang, Rui-Feng Fan. miR-15b-5p promotes HgCl2-induced chicken embryo kidney cells ferroptosis by targeting β-TrCP-mediated ATF4 ubiquitin degradation. Toxicology. 2024 Mar;503:153742

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    PMID: 38325558

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