机构:[1]Third Peoples Hosp Yuxi City, Dept Resp & Crit Care Med, Yuxi 653100, Yunnan, Peoples R China[2]Third Peoples Hosp Yuxi City, Dept Neurol, Yuxi 653100, Yunnan, Peoples R China[3]Kunming Med Univ, Affiliated Hosp 1, Dept Emergency, Kunming 650032, Yunnan, Peoples R China内科科室急诊医学科昆明医科大学附属第一医院[4]Peoples Hosp Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Dept Emergency, 35 Renmin South Rd, Xiaguan St, Dali 671000, Yunnan, Peoples R China
The impact of Sodium Houttuyniae (SH) on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced ALI has been investigated extensively. However, it remains ambiguous whether ferroptosis participates in this process. This study aimed to find out the impacts and probable mechanisms of SH on LPS-induced ferroptosis. A rat ALI model and type II alveolar epithelial (ATII) cell injury model were treated with LPS. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining, and Giemsa staining were executed to ascertain the effects of SH on LPS-induced ALI. Moreover, Transmission electron microscopy, Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK8), ferrous iron colorimetric assay kit, Immunohistochemistry, Immunofluorescence, Reactive oxygen species assay kit, western blotting (Wb), and qRT-PCR examined the impacts of SH on LPS-induced ferroptosis and ferroptosis-related pathways. Theresults found that by using SH treatment, there was a remarkable attenuation of ALI by suppressing LPS-induced ferroptosis. Ferroptosis was demonstrated by a decline in the levels of glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4), FTH1, and glutathione (GSH) and a surge in the accumulation of malondialdehyde (MDA), reactive oxygen species (ROS), NOX1, NCOA4, and Fe2+, and disruption of mitochondrial structure, which were reversed by SH treatment. SH suppressed ferroptosis by regulating TRAF6-c-Myc in ALI rats and rat ATII cells. The results suggested that SH treatment attenuated LPS-induced ALI by repressing ferroptosis, and the mode of action can be linked to regulating the TRAF6-c-Myc signaling pathway in vivo and in vitro.
基金:
Yunnan Applied Basic Research Project-Union Foundation under Grant (No. 202201AY070001-091) and National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 81960350).