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ArticleCells2024

Chlormequat Chloride Inhibits TM3 Leydig Cell Growth via Ferroptosis-Initiated Inflammation.

Xiaoxia Wang, Chenping Kang, Wanqian Guo, Haoran Zhang, Qianqian Xiao, Weidong Hao

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Article in Cells, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Involvement of the pyroptosis-HMGB1 axis in systemic diseases.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026
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  3. Involvement of HMGB1-mediated ferroptosis in systemic diseases.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025
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6 authors.

Xiaoxia WangDepartment of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China.
Chenping KangDepartment of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China.
Wanqian GuoDepartment of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China.ORCID 0009-0003-8685-8664
Haoran ZhangDepartment of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China.
Qianqian XiaoDepartment of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China.
Weidong HaoDepartment of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81773466National Natural Science Foundation of China 82204082
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ferroptosis hallmarked by lipid peroxidation and iron homeostasis imbalance is involved in the occurrence and development of various diseases. The plant growth regulator chlormequat chloride (CCC) can contribute to the causality and exacerbation of reproductive disorders. However, the mechanism by which CCC may cause Leydig cell attenuation remains poorly understood. In this study, TM3 Leydig cells were used to investigate the inhibitory effect of CCC on cell growth and its possible mechanism. The results showed that CCC caused apoptosis, pyroptosis, ferroptosis and necroinflammation in TM3 cells. By comparing the effects of ferroptosis inhibitor Ferrostatin-1 (Fer-1) and pan-Caspase inhibitor Z-VAD-FMK (ZVF) on lipid peroxidation and Caspase-mediated regulated cell death (RCD), we found that Fer-1 was better at rescuing the growth of TM3 cells than ZVF. Although ZVF reduced mitochondrial ROS level and inhibited the activation of Caspase3 and Caspase1, it could not significantly ameliorate lipid peroxidation and the levels of IL-1β and HMGB1 like Fer-1. Therefore, ferroptosis might be a key non apoptotic RCD mode responsible for CCC-driven inflammation, leading to weakened viability and proliferation of TM3 cells. In addition, overexpression of ferritin light chain (FTL) promoted the resistance of TM3 cells to CCC-induced ferroptosis-mediated inflammation and to some extent improved the inhibition of viability and proliferation. Altogether, ferroptosis-initiated inflammation might play a key role in CCC-impaired TM3 cell growth.

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Cell ProliferationFerroptosisInflammationLeydig CellsAmino Acid Chloromethyl KetonesAnimalsApoptosisCell LineCyclohexylaminesLipid PeroxidationMaleMiceMitochondriaPhenylenediaminesReactive Oxygen SpeciesAmino Acid Chloromethyl KetonesCyclohexylaminesferrostatin-1PhenylenediaminesReactive Oxygen Specieschlormequat chlorideferritin light chainferroptosisinflammationLeydig cellsregulatory cell death

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PMID38891111
PMCPMC11171675

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