ArticleCell death & disease2023
Dehydroascorbic acid sensitizes cancer cells to system x
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- Inhibition of Calcium-Dependent Lipid Droplets Relocation of ACSL4-PKCβ-ALOX15 Complex Alleviates Ferroptosis and Acute Pancreatitis.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Enhancing 5-fluorouracil efficacy in colorectal cancer by inhibiting glutathione antioxidant mechanisms with an xCT inhibitor.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The Multilayered Landscape of Ferroptosis: Plasticity, Propagation, and Evolutionary Perspectives.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Organelle-specific regulation of ferroptosis.Biology direct · 2026Review
- Context-dependent Activities of Mitrephorone Link Lipid Redirection, Anti-inflammatory Action, and Ferroptosis Control to Hepatocyte Protection.Theranostics · 2026Article
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- Decoding ferroptosis for cancer therapy.Nature reviews. Cancer · 2025Review
- High-Dose Ascorbic Acid Combined With Dihydroartemisinin Inhibits Lung Adenocarcinoma Malignancy by Inducing Ferroptosis via SLC7A11/GPX4 Pathway.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2025Article
- FSP1-mediated lipid droplet quality control prevents neutral lipid peroxidation and ferroptosis.Nature cell biology · 2025Article
- Ferroptosis in Cancer and Inflammatory Diseases: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Implications.MedComm · 2025Review
- From mitochondrial dysregulation to ferroptosis: Exploring new strategies and challenges in radioimmunotherapy (Review).International journal of oncology · 2025Review
- Bee Pollen Potential to Modulate Ferroptosis: Phytochemical Insights for Age-Related Diseases.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- FSP1-mediated lipid droplet quality control prevents neutral lipid peroxidation and ferroptosis.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- The gut-kidney axis is regulated by astragaloside IV to inhibit cyclosporine A-induced nephrotoxicity.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Article
- Mechanisms of Vitamins Inhibiting Ferroptosis.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Oxidative/Nitrosative Stress and Brain Involvement in Sepsis: A Relationship Supported by Immunohistochemistry.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- The cell biology of ferroptosis.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2024Review
- Ferroptosis in Cancer Therapy: Mechanisms, Small Molecule Inducers, and Novel Approaches.Drug design, development and therapy · 2024Review
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Abstract
Since the discovery of ferroptosis, it has been postulated that this type of cell death could be utilized in treatments for cancer. Unfortunately, several highly aggressive tumor models are resistant to the pharmacological induction of ferroptosis. However, with the use of combined therapies, it is possible to recover sensitivity to ferroptosis in certain cellular models. Here, we discovered that co-treatment with the metabolically stable ferroptosis inducer imidazole ketone erastin (IKE) and the oxidized form of vitamin C, dehydroascorbic acid (DHAA), is a powerful therapy that induces ferroptosis in tumor cells previously resistant to IKE-induced ferroptosis. We determined that DHAA and IKE + DHAA delocalize and deplete GPX4 in tumor cells, specifically inducing lipid droplet peroxidation, which leads to ferroptosis. Moreover, in vivo, IKE + DHAA has high efficacy with regard to the eradication of highly aggressive tumors such as glioblastomas. Thus, the use of IKE + DHAA could be an effective and safe therapy for the eradication of difficult-to-treat cancers.
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