Lentinan inhibits tumor necrosis factor α-ferritinophagy and antagonizes hepatic tissue ferroptosis in sodium arsenite-exposed mice
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1. Guangxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Exposure Omics and Whole Life Cycle Health, School of Public Health, Guilin Medical College, Guilin 541199, China. 2. Hunan Key Laboratory of Dong Medicine Research, Research Center of Ethnic Medicine, Hunan Medical University, Huaihua 418000

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    Objective To explore the effect and mechanism of lentinan (LNT)on hepatic tissue ferroptosis in mice exposed to sodium arsenite (SA). Methods C57BL/6N male mice were exposed to SA low-dose, SA highdose, and LNT intervention combined with SA high-dose, then, hematoxylin and eosin(HE)staining was applied to assess pathological liver tissue damage; Enzyme-linked immunosorbent and Western blot were used to detect the content or expression of tumor necrosis factor α (TNFα), interleukin-6 (IL-6), ferritinophagy or ferroptosis biomarkers. Results Compared with the control group, SA exposure induced the elevated levels of TNFα, IL-6, ferritinophagy biomarker ferritin heavy chain 1(FTH1)and microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3B (MAP1LC3B)in mice liver tissue, while levels the ferroptosis biomarker GPX4 decreased(P<0.05). Compared with SA high-dose groups, LNT intervention showed the reduced pathological liver damage and the downregulated levels of TNFα, IL-6, FTH1, and MAP1LC3B, while the level of GPX4 upregulated(P<0.05). Western blot experiment showed that LNT intervention antagonized the upregulated levels of FTH1, and autophagy biomarker LC3B/A, and antagonized the increased co-expressions of FTH1 with LC3B or Ub protein in SA high-dose group(P<0.05). Conclusions LNT antagonizes SA-exposed hepatic pathological injury and ferroptosis in mice, possibly associated with inhibition of TNFα-ferritinophagy signaling.

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  • Received:June 14,2024
  • Online: April 18,2025
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