Abstract: [Objective] To explore the role of quercetin (Quer) regulating nuclear factor erythroid 2 related factor (NRF2) by heme oxygenase1 (HO1) signaling pathway on mouse ADTC- 5 cells. [Methods] Mouse ADTC- 5 cells were cultured in vitro and divided into 3 groups. Control group (Contr group) had no special treatment, while the IL-1β group was treated with 10 ng/ MLL-1β for 24 hours, and the IL-1β+Quer group was treated with 10 ng/mL IL-1β for 24 hours and then treated with 100 μmol/L Quer for 24 hours. Colorimetry, western blot and qRT-PCR assays were performed to detect ferrousion (Fe2+ ), protein and mRNA expressions of the factors. [Results] In term of colorimetric detection, compared with the contr group, the IL-1β and IL-1β+Quer groups measured Fe2+ [(6.6±0.2) μmol/L vs (13.9±0.2) μmol/L vs (9.2±0.2) μmol/L, P<0.001], malondialdehyde (MDA) [(2.2±0.1) nmol/mL vs (6.1±0.0) nmol/mL vs (3.6±0.1) nmol/mL, P<0.001] was significantly increased. However, compared with the contr group, the latter two groups measured superoxide dismutase (SOD) significantly decreased [(58.0±0.7) U/mL vs (26.1±0.8) U/mL vs (47.8±1.0) U/mL, P<0.001]. As results of western blot and qRT-PCR assays, the protein and mRNA expression levels of glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4), NRF2 and HO1 in mouse ADTC-5 cells were ranked up-down as the contr group >the IL-1β+Quer group>the IL-1β group, whereas the protein and mRNA expressions in the supernatant IL-1β and MMP-13 in mouse ADTC-5 cells were all ranked as the IL-1β group >the IL-1β+Quer group >the contr group. [Conclusion] The quercetin up-regulates NRF2-HO1 signaling pathway to inhibit iron death in mouse ADTC-5 cells.