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Neutrophil ferroptosis has been identified as a significant contributor to neutropenia and disease progression in SLE, but its role in NPSLE remains unclear. Female MRL\/lpr and MRL\/Mpj mice were used. The selective ferroptosis inhibitor liproxstatin-1 and the acyl-CoA synthetase long-chain family member 4 (ACSL4) inhibitor rosiglitazone were administered separately. Assessments included behavioral testing, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), ELISA, Western blotting, RT-PCR, and Nissl staining. Our data showed that neurons in the brain parenchyma undergo ferroptosis, with decreased glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4) expression and increased levels of lipid peroxidation indicators and have the typical morphology of ferroptosis confirmed by transmission electron microscopy. Selective ferroptosis inhibitor liproxstatin-1 attenuated the neuropsychiatric manifestations, including depression-like and impulsive behaviors, of MRL\/lpr mice. ACSL4 is the main enzyme in lipid metabolism. Our study further found that the utilization of rosiglitazone by inhibiting ACSL4 could also significantly attenuate neuropsychiatric manifestations of MRL\/lpr mice. Moreover, blocking ACSL4 might considerably boost GPX4 levels and decrease lipid peroxidation indicators in NPSLE, with reduced neuronal damage, as well as reduced neuroinflammation. This study concluded that inhibiting ACSL4 could facilitate the recuperation of behavioral deficits by suppression of ferroptosis in NPSLE, implying that ACSL4 might be a potential new therapeutic focus for NPSLE.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijms26083553","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,10]],"date-time":"2025-04-10T05:28:07Z","timestamp":1744262887000},"page":"3553","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Inhibition of ACSL4 Attenuates Behavioral Deficits by Regulating Ferroptosis in a Murine Model of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"26","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2978-8834","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mengdi","family":"Jiang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Rheumatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Heng","family":"Cao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Rheumatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3819-7841","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Weiqian","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Rheumatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ye","family":"Yu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Rheumatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9970-9380","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jin","family":"Lin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Rheumatology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2110","DOI":"10.1056\/NEJMra1100359","article-title":"Systemic lupus erythematosus","volume":"365","author":"Tsokos","year":"2011","journal-title":"N. 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