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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2025

Lithium Exposure Causes Trophoblast Cuproptosis by Upregulating FOXO1/STEAP4 Axis in Unexplained Miscarriage.

Shuaishuai Xing, Yanbing Lin, Yi Sun, Xiaoping Yue, Qigang Fan, Jisheng Nie, Zhihong Zhang, Yajing Liu, Juntang Yang, Qingzheng Kang and 5 more

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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15 authors.

Shuaishuai XingResearch Center for Environment and Female Reproductive Health, the Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, 518033, China.
Yanbing LinResearch Center for Environment and Female Reproductive Health, the Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, 518033, China.
Yi SunResearch Center for Environment and Female Reproductive Health, the Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, 518033, China.
Xiaoping YueKey Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Quality Control of Hebei Province, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, China.
Qigang FanResearch Center for Environment and Female Reproductive Health, the Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, 518033, China.
Jisheng NieMOE Key Laboratory of Coal Environmental Pathogenicity and Prevention, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, 030001, China.
Zhihong ZhangSchool of Public Health, Shanxi Key Laboratory of Birth Defect and Cell Regeneration, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, 030001, China.
Yajing LiuReproductive Medicine Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230022, China.
Juntang YangHenan Normal University, College of Life Science, 46 Jianshe Road, Xinxiang, Henan, 453007, China.
Qingzheng KangResearch Center for Environment and Female Reproductive Health, the Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, 518033, China.
Yanxin WangResearch Center for Environment and Female Reproductive Health, the Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, 518033, China.
Haijun YanResearch Center for Environment and Female Reproductive Health, the Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, 518033, China.
Chan TianState Key Laboratory of Female Fertility Promotion, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, 100191, China.
Ying ChangTianjin Central Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tianjin, 300100, China.
Huidong ZhangResearch Center for Environment and Female Reproductive Health, the Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, 518033, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7845-3331

Funding

Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province 2023A1515110497Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province 2023B1515120054Futian Healthcare Research Project FTWS2022002Futian Healthcare Research Project No. FTWS011Natural Science Foundation of China NSFC No. 82373602Shenzhen Medical Research Fund No. B2303002Shenzhen Science and Technology Program JCYJ20220530144403008Shenzhen Science and Technology Program JCYJ20230807111401002Shenzhen Science and Technology Program JCYJ20240813180400002Shenzhen Science and Technology Program No. JCYJ20241202152800001
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Abstract

Lithium (Li) batteries have been used worldwide, but few are recycled, thus, the waste Li has been widely spread into the environment and finally accumulated in human body. Cuproptosis is a newly reported Cu-dependent and programmed cell death form. The unclear pathogenesis of unexplained miscarriage (UM) largely restricts its clinical treatment and global human reproduction. In this study, a UM case-control study shows that Li levels in serum or villous tissues, the levels of cuproptosis in villous tissue, and UM are positively associated. Li-exposed mouse models further confirm that Li exposure causes placental cuproptosis to induce miscarriage. Mechanistically, Li exposure up-regulates FOXO1 expression levels and thus promotes FOXO1-mediated STEAP4 transcription, up-regulating STEAP4 levels. STEAP4 up-regulates intracellular Cu

Indexed as

Abortion, SpontaneousForkhead Box Protein O1LithiumTrophoblastsAdultAnimalsCase-Control StudiesCopperDisease Models, AnimalFemaleHumansMicePregnancyUp-RegulationCopperForkhead Box Protein O1FOXO1 protein, humanLithiumcuproptosisFOXO1Li exposureSTEAP4trophoblast cells, unexplained miscarriage

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PMID40855689
PMCPMC12520556

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