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ArticleNeurochemical research2021

Benefits of Iron Chelators in the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease.

Xiaoyan Zeng, Hedi An, Fei Yu, Kai Wang, Lanlan Zheng, Wei Zhou, Yiwen Bao, Jie Yang, Nan Shen, Dongya Huang

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Article in Neurochemical research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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63 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 93 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xiaoyan Zeng *Department of Neurology, East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200120, China.
Hedi An *Department of Neurology, East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200120, China.
Fei YuDepartment of Neurology, East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200120, China.
Kai WangDepartment of Neurology, East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200120, China.
Lanlan ZhengDepartment of Neurology, East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200120, China.
Wei ZhouDepartment of Neurology, East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200120, China.
Yiwen BaoDepartment of Neurology, East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200120, China.
Jie YangDepartment of Neurology, East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200120, China.
Nan ShenDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200127, China. shennan@scmc.com.cn.
Dongya HuangDepartment of Neurology, East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200120, China. dongyahuang77@hotmail.com.
Shanghai East Hospital · CNShanghai Jiao Tong University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81771258
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As a novel discovered regulated cell death pattern, ferroptosis has been associated with the development of Parkinson's disease (PD) and has attracted widespread attention. Nevertheless, the relationship between ferroptosis and PD pathogenesis is still unclear. This study aims to investigate the effect of iron overload on dopaminergic (DA) neurons and its correlation with ferroptosis. Here we use nerve growth factor (NGF) induced PC12 cells which are derived from pheochromocytoma of the rat adrenal to establish a classical PD in vitro model. We found significantly decreased cell viability in NGF-PC12 cell under ammonium ferric citrate (FAC) administration. Moreover, excessive intracellular iron ions induced the increase of (reactive oxygen species) ROS release as well as the decrease of mitochondrial membrane potential in PC12-NGF cells. In addition, we also found that overloaded iron can activate cell apoptosis and ferroptosis pathways, which led to cell death. Furthermore, MPP-induced PD cells were characterized by mitochondrial shrinkage, decreased expression of glutathione peroxidase 4 (Gpx4) and ferritin heavy chain (FTH1), and increased divalent metal transporter (DMT1) and transferrin receptor 1 (TfR1) expression level. In contrast, Lip-1 and DFO increased the expression level of GPX4 and FTH1 compared to MPP-induced PD cell. In conclusion, we indicated that overloaded intracellular iron contributes to neurons death via apoptosis and ferroptosis pathways, while DFO, an iron chelator, can inhibit ferroptosis in order to protect the neurons in vitro.

Indexed as

AnimalsApoptosisCell Line, TumorCell SurvivalDeferoxamineDopaminergic NeuronsFerric CompoundsFerroptosisHumansIron Chelating AgentsIron OverloadNerve Growth FactorNeuroprotective AgentsParkinson Disease, SecondaryQuaternary Ammonium CompoundsQuinoxalinesDeferoxamineferric ammonium citrateFerric CompoundsIron Chelating Agentsliproxstatin-1Nerve Growth FactorNeuroprotective AgentsQuaternary Ammonium CompoundsQuinoxalinesReactive Oxygen SpeciesSpiro CompoundsFerroptosisIron chelatorIron depositionNeuroprotective effectParkinson’s disease

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PMID33646533
PMCPMC8053182
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