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A Dual Role of Heme Oxygenase-1 in Cancer Cells

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Chiang, Shih-Kai, Chen, Shuen-Ei, Chang, Ling-Chu·2018·International Journal of Molecular Sciences

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Heme oxygenase (HO)-1 is known to metabolize heme into biliverdin/bilirubin, carbon monoxide, and ferrous iron, and it has been suggested to demonstrate cytoprotective effects against various stress-related conditions. HO-1 is commonly regarded as a survival molecule, exerting an important role in cancer progression and its inhibition is considered beneficial in a number of cancers. However, increasing studies have shown a dark side of HO-1, in which HO-1 acts as a critical mediator in ferroptosis induction and plays a causative factor for the progression of several diseases. Ferroptosis is a newly identified iron- and lipid peroxidation-dependent cell death. The critical role of HO-1 in heme metabolism makes it an important candidate to mediate protective or detrimental effects via ferroptosis induction. This review summarizes the current understanding on the regulatory mechanisms of HO-1 in ferroptosis. The amount of cellular iron and reactive oxygen species (ROS) is the determinative momentum for the role of HO-1, in which excessive cellular iron and ROS tend to enforce HO-1 from a protective role to a perpetrator. Despite the dark side that is related to cell death, there is a prospective application of HO-1 to mediate ferroptosis for cancer therapy as a chemotherapeutic strategy against tumors.

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Authors
Chiang, S.-K., Chen, S.-E., & Chang, L.-C.
Venue
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2018-12-21
Volume
20
Issue
1
Pages
39
ISSN
1422-0067 (ISSN-L)
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W2905675459
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465
References
109
FWCI
9.89
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journal article
Language
en
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