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Zheng, Xin; Pang, Yuxin; Hasenbilige; Yang, Yanqiu; Li, Qiujuan; Liu, Yong; Cao, Jun
Ecotoxicology and environmental safety, August 2024, 2024-08-00, 20240801, 2024-08-01, Volume: 281Journal Article
Hexavalent chromium Cr(VI) exists widely in occupational environments. The mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) has been well-documented to regulate autophagy negatively. However, we found that low concentration of Cr(VI) (0.2 μM) elevated both mTOR and autophagy and promote cell survival. Conversely, high concentration of Cr(VI) (6 μM) caused cell death by inhibiting mTOR and subsequently inducing autophagy. Tunicamycin (Tm), as an Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress activator was used to induce mild ER stress at 0.1 μg/ml and it activated both autophagy and mTOR, which also caused cell migration in a similar manner to that observed with low concentration of Cr(VI). Severe ER stress caused by Tm (2 μg/ml) decreased mTOR, increased autophagy and then inhibited cell migration, which was the same as 6 μM Cr(VI) treatment, although Cr(VI) in high concentration inhibited ER stress. Activating transcription factor 4 (ATF4), a downstream target of ER stress, only increased under mild ER stress but decreased under severe ER stress and 6 μM Cr(VI) treatment. Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) experiment indicated that ATF4 could bind to the promoter of ATG4B and AKT1. To sum up, our data revealed that mild ER stress induced by low concentration of Cr(VI) could enhance transcriptional regulation of ATG4B and AKT1 by ATF4, which induced both autophagy and mTOR to promote cell viability. Display omitted •Cr(VI) simultaneously induced autophagy and mTOR in vitro and in vivo.•High concentration of Tm and Cr(VI) inhibited mTOR, induced autophagy but reduced cell migration.•Low concentration of Cr(VI)-induced mild ER stress accelerated cell survival by increasing ATF4-mediated autophagy and mTOR.•ATF4 regulated autophagy by binding to ATG4B promoter and ATF4 increased mTOR by binding to AKT1 promoter.
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