Cancer cells generally exhibit 'iron addiction' phenotypes, which contribute to their vulnerability to ferroptosis inducers. Ferroptosis is a newly discovered form of programmed cell death caused by iron-dependent lipid peroxidation. In the present study, pacidusin B, a dichapetalin-type triterpenoid from Phyllanthus acidus (L.) Skeels (Euphorbiaceae), induces ferroptosis in the HT1080 human fibrosarcoma cell line. Cells treated with pacidusin B exhibited the morphological characteristic 'ballooning' phenotype of ferroptosis. The biochemical hallmarks of ferroptosis were also observed in pacidusin B-treated cells. Both oxidative stress and ER stress play significant roles in pacidusin B-induced ferroptosis. The activation of the PERK-Nrf2-HO-1 signaling pathway led to iron overload, while inhibition of GPX4 further sensitized cancer cells to ferroptosis. Furthermore, the molecular docking study showed that pacidusin B docked in the same pocket in xCT as the ferroptosis inducer erastin. These results revealed that pacidusin B exerts anticancer effects via inducing ER-mediated ferroptotic cell death.
基金:
CAS "Light of West China" Program [82073740, 82293683 (82293680), 32270426, 32000548]; CAS "Light of West China" Program, National Natural Science Foundation of China [2021-I2M-5-004]; CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences (CIFMS) [202301AT070282]; Natural Science Foundation of Yunnan Province [YNQR-QNRC-2019-091]; Yunnan Revitalization Talent Support Program "Young Talent" Project; CAS Pioneer Hundred Talents Program, talent program from Kunming Institute of Botany CAS [202305AH340005]; Yunnan Province Science and Technology Department; State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China
第一作者机构:[1]Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming Inst Bot, State Key Lab Phytochem & Plant Resources West Chi, Kunming 650201, Peoples R China[2]Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China
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通讯机构:[1]Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming Inst Bot, State Key Lab Phytochem & Plant Resources West Chi, Kunming 650201, Peoples R China[4]Chinese Acad Med Sci, Res Unit Chem Biol Nat Antivirus Prod, Beijing 100730, Peoples R China[5]Chinese Acad Sci, Yunnan Key Lab Nat Med Chem, Kunming Inst Bot, Kunming 650201, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Zhu Guangyu,Luo Dian,Zhao Yueqin,et al.Pacidusin B isolated from Phyllanthus acidus triggers ferroptotic cell death in HT1080 cells[J].NATURAL PRODUCTS AND BIOPROSPECTING.2024,14(1):doi:10.1007/s13659-024-00454-y.
APA:
Zhu, Guangyu,Luo, Dian,Zhao, Yueqin,Xiang, Zhengrui,Chen, Chao...&Zhao, Yuhan.(2024).Pacidusin B isolated from Phyllanthus acidus triggers ferroptotic cell death in HT1080 cells.NATURAL PRODUCTS AND BIOPROSPECTING,14,(1)
MLA:
Zhu, Guangyu,et al."Pacidusin B isolated from Phyllanthus acidus triggers ferroptotic cell death in HT1080 cells".NATURAL PRODUCTS AND BIOPROSPECTING 14..1(2024)