Abstract

Ferroptosis is a more recently recognized form of cell death that relies on iron-mediated oxidative damage. Here, we evaluate the impact of high-iron diets or depletion of Gpx4, an antioxidant enzyme reported as an important ferroptosis suppressor, in the pancreas of mice with cerulean- or L-arginine-induced pancreatitis, and in an oncogenic Kras murine model of spontaneous pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). We find that either high-iron diets or Gpx4 depletion promotes 8-OHG release and thus activates the TMEM173/STING-dependent DNA sensor pathway, which results in macrophage infiltration and activation during Kras-driven PDAC in mice. Consequently, the administration of liproxstatin-1 (a ferroptosis inhibitor), clophosome-mediated macrophage depletion, or pharmacological and genetic inhibition of the 8-OHG-TMEM173 pathway suppresses Kras-driven pancreatic tumorigenesis in mice. GPX4 is also a prognostic marker in patients with PDAC. These findings provide pathological and mechanistic insights into ferroptotic damage in PDAC tumorigenesis in mice.

Ferroptosis is an iron-dependent mechanism of cell death. In this mouse study, the authors show that diets high in iron or depletion of the antioxidant Gpx4 potentiates pancreatic damage and tumour formation by activating the DNA damage pathway and recruiting macrophages to the pancreas.

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Title
Ferroptotic damage promotes pancreatic tumorigenesis through a TMEM173/STING-dependent DNA sensor pathway
Author
Dai Enyong 1 ; Leng, Han 1 ; Liu, Jiao 2 ; Xie Yangchun 3 ; Zeh, Herbert J 4 ; Kang, Rui 4 ; Bai Lulu 5   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Tang Daolin 4   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Department of Oncology and Hematology, Changchun, China (GRID:grid.415954.8) (ISNI:0000 0004 1771 3349) 
 Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Protein Modification and Degradation Lab, Guangzhou, China (GRID:grid.417009.b) (ISNI:0000 0004 1758 4591) 
 Central South University, Department of Oncology, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Changsha, China (GRID:grid.216417.7) (ISNI:0000 0001 0379 7164) 
 UT Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Dallas, USA (GRID:grid.267313.2) (ISNI:0000 0000 9482 7121) 
 First Hospital of Jilin University, Department of Pediatric Hematology, Changchun, China (GRID:grid.430605.4) 
Publication year
2020
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20411723
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2473315264
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2020. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.