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Resolving the Role of Lipoxygenases in the Initiation and Execution of Ferroptosis

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Shah, Ron, Shchepinov, Mikhail S., Pratt, Derek A.·2018·ACS Central Science

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High Resolution Image Download MS PowerPoint Slide Lipoxygenases (LOXs) have been implicated as central players in ferroptosis, a recently characterized cell death modality associated with the accumulation of lipid hydroperoxides: the products of LOX catalysis. To provide insight on their role, human embryonic kidney cells were transfected to overexpress each of the human isoforms associated with disease, 5-LOX, p12-LOX, and 15-LOX-1, which yielded stable cell lines that were demonstrably sensitized to ferroptosis. Interestingly, the cells could be rescued by less than half of a diverse collection of known LOX inhibitors. Furthermore, the cytoprotective compounds were similarly potent in each of the cell lines even though some were clearly isoform-selective LOX inhibitors. The cytoprotective compounds were subsequently demonstrated to be effective radical-trapping antioxidants, which protect lipids from autoxidation, the autocatalytic radical chain reaction that produces lipid hydroperoxides. From these data (and others reported herein), a picture emerges wherein LOX activity may contribute to the cellular pool of lipid hydroperoxides that initiate ferroptosis, but lipid autoxidation drives the cell death process.

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  • Iron affects lipid peroxidation through interactions with iron-dependent oxidases such as lipoxygenase, subsequently activating ferroptosis to accelerate AD progression.

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Authors
Shah, R., Shchepinov, M. S., & Pratt, D. A.
Affiliations
  • University of Ottawa (CA)
  • Retrotope (United States) (US)
Corresponding author
Pratt, Derek A.
Venue
ACS Central Science
Published
2018-02-07
Volume
4
Issue
3
Pages
387-396
ISSN
  • 2374-7943 (ISSN-L)
  • 2374-7951
OpenAlex
W2786707817
Cited by
782
References
65
Citations by year
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35.98
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • ACS Central Science (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • Canada Foundation for Innovation
  • Canada Research Chairs
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Cell death mechanisms and regulation
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Biochemistry › Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
Keywords
lipoxygenase, ferroptosis, 5-lipoxygenase, 15-lipoxygenase-1, lipid hydroperoxides, lipid autoxidation, radical-trapping antioxidants, cell death, human embryonic kidney cells

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