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Ferroptosis as a target for protection against cardiomyopathy

2019; National Academy of Sciences; Volume: 116; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1073/pnas.1821022116

1091-6490

Xuexian Fang, Hao Wang, Dan Han, Enjun Xie, Xiang Yang, Jiayu Wei, Shanshan Gu, Feng Gao, Nali Zhu, Xiangju Yin, Qi Cheng, Pan Zhang, Wei Dai, Jinghai Chen, Fuquan Yang, Huang‐Tian Yang, Andreas Linkermann, Wei Gu, Junxia Min, Fudi Wang,

Mitochondrial Function and Pathology

Significance Nonapoptotic cell death-induced tissue damage has been implicated in a variety of diseases, including neurodegenerative disorder, inflammation, and stroke. In this study, we demonstrate that ferroptosis, a newly defined iron-dependent cell death, mediates both chemotherapy- and ischemia/reperfusion-induced cardiomyopathy. RNA-sequencing analysis revealed up-regulation of heme oxygenase 1 by doxorubicin as a major mechanism of ferroptotic cardiomyopathy. As a result, heme oxygenase 1 degrades heme and releases free iron in cardiomyocytes, which in turn leads to generation of oxidized lipids in the mitochondria membrane. Most importantly, both iron chelation therapy and pharmacologically blocking ferroptosis could significantly alleviate cardiomyopathy in mice. These findings suggest targeting ferroptosis as a strategy for treating deadly heart disease.