Alleviated NCOA4-mediated ferritinophagy protected RA FLSs from ferroptosis in lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation under hypoxia

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OBJECTIVE: Ferroptosis is a reactive oxygen species (ROS)- and iron-dependent form of non-apoptotic cell death process. Previous studies have demonstrated that ferroptosis participates in the development of inflammatory arthritis. However, the role of ferroptosis in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) inflammatory hypoxic joints remains unclear. This study sought to explore the underlying mechanism of ferroptosis on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced RA fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLSs).

METHODS: FLSs, isolated from patients with RA, were treated with LPS and ferroptosis inducer (erastin and RSL-3), and ferroptosis inhibitor (Fer-1 and DFO), respectively. The cell viability was measured by CCK-8. The cell death was detected by flow cytometer. The proteins level were tested by Western blot. The cytosolic ROS and lipid peroxidation were determined using DCFH-DA and C11-BODIPY581/591 fluorescence probes, respectively. The small interfering RNA (siRNA) was used to knock down related proteins. The levels of malondialdehyde (MDA), 4-hydroxynonenal (4-HNE), iron, inflammatory cytokines (IL6 and IL8), and LDH were analyzed by commercial kits.

RESULTS: Ferroptosis was activated by LPS in RA FLS with increased cellular damage, ROS and lipid peroxidation, intracellular Fe and IL8, which can be further amplified by ferroptosis inducer (erastin and RSL-3) and inhibited by ferroptosis inhibitor (Fer-1 and DFO). Mechanistically, LPS triggered ferroptosis via NCOA4-mediated ferritinophagy in RA FLSs, and knockdown of NCOA4 strikingly prevent the process of ferroptosis. Intriguingly, LPS-induced RA FLSs became insensitive to ferroptosis and NCOA4-mediated ferritinophagy under hypoxia compared with normoxia. Knockdown of HIF-1α reverted ferroptosis and ferritinophagy evoking by LPS-induced RA FLSs inflammation under hypoxia. In addition, low dose of auranofin (AUR) induced re-sensitization of ferroptosis and ferritinophagy through inhibiting the expression of HIF-1α under hypoxia.

CONCLUSIONS: NCOA4-mediated ferritinophagy was a key driver of ferroptosis in inflammatory RA FLSs. The suppression of NCOA4-mediated ferritinophagy protected RA FLSs from ferroptosis in LPS-induced inflammation under hypoxia. Targeting HIF-1α/NCOA4 and ferroptosis could be an effective and valuable therapeutic strategy for synovium hyperplasia in the patients with RA.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:73

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Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al. - 73(2024), 3 vom: 04. Feb., Seite 363-379

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Yang [VerfasserIn]
Ding, Hongmei [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Yuqun [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Xinyue [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Xiaoting [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Huan [VerfasserIn]
Tian, Yanshuang [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Xuguo [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Tian, Derun [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Fang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

E1UOL152H7
Ferritinophagy
Ferroptosis
Hypoxia
Inflammation
Interleukin-8
Iron
Journal Article
Lipopolysaccharides
NCOA4 protein, human
Nuclear Receptor Coactivators
RNA, Small Interfering
Reactive Oxygen Species
Rheumatoid arthritis
Transcription Factors

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Date Completed 26.02.2024

Date Revised 26.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00011-023-01842-9

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NLM366804332