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May 9, 2026Advanced Science1 citationsOpen Access

Zinc Exposure Causes Disulfidptosis to Induce Miscarriage by Up‐Regulating GATA1/METTL1/SLC7A11 Axis

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WHW HuangYSYi SunYWYanxin Wang

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  • This research investigates how excessive zinc exposure leads to miscarriage by causing disulfidptosis through the GATA1/METTL1/SLC7A11 pathway.
  • Utilized trophoblast Swan 71 cell model to assess zinc exposure effects.
  • Examined the up-regulation of GATA1, METTL1, and SLC7A11 transcripts.
  • Implemented knockdown techniques for murine Slc7a11, Gata1, or Mettl1 to measure impacts on placental disulfidptosis.
  • Zinc exposure significantly up-regulated GATA1, METTL1, and SLC7A11 expression.
  • Knockdown of Gata1, Mettl1, or Slc7a11 suppressed disulfidptosis and reduced miscarriage in mouse models.
  • Increase in METTL1-mediated m7G modification enhanced SLC7A11 mRNA stability, leading to elevated SLC7A11 levels.

Abstract

-exposed trophoblast Swan 71 cell model, we obtain a consistent conclusion that excessive Zn exposure causes disulfidptosis and thus induces miscarriage by up-regulating the GATA1/METTL1/SLC7A11 axis. In the mechanism, Zn exposure up-regulates GATA1 expression levels, which promotes GATA1-mediated METTL1 and SLC7A11 transcription. Meanwhile, Zn exposure also promotes METTL1-mediated m7G modification on SLC7A11 mRNA and thus increases SLC7A11 mRNA stability. Ultimately, Zn exposure up-regulates SLC7A11 expression levels at both transcription and post-transcription levels and thus causes disulfidptosis. Knockdown of murine Slc7a11, Gata1, or Mettl1, or supplement with NADPH suppresses mouse placental disulfidptosis and alleviates mouse miscarriage. This study not only discovers pathogenesis and biological mechanisms of Zn exposure-induced unexplained miscarriage but also provides potential targets, uncovering new health risk effects of Zn exposure in the environment-health field.

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Huang et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69fecfafb9154b0b82876a49https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202514513
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