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ArticleAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Silibinin Inhibits Cell Ferroptosis and Ferroptosis-Related Tissue Injuries.

Wentao Duan, Zexian Ou, Yuxing Huang, Yifan Zhang, Lan Zhang, Yanan Zhao, Ruikun He, Yihan Zhang, Yuanlong Ge, Huiling Lou and 2 more

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Article in Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wentao DuanKey Laboratory of Regenerative Medicine of Ministry of Education, Institute of Aging and Regenerative Medicine, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
Zexian OuKey Laboratory of Regenerative Medicine of Ministry of Education, Institute of Aging and Regenerative Medicine, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
Yuxing HuangKey Laboratory of Regenerative Medicine of Ministry of Education, Institute of Aging and Regenerative Medicine, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
Yifan ZhangKey Laboratory of Regenerative Medicine of Ministry of Education, Institute of Aging and Regenerative Medicine, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
Lan ZhangKey Laboratory of Regenerative Medicine of Ministry of Education, Institute of Aging and Regenerative Medicine, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
Yanan ZhaoKey Laboratory of Regenerative Medicine of Ministry of Education, Institute of Aging and Regenerative Medicine, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
Ruikun HeBYHEALTH Institute of Nutrition & Health, Guangzhou 510663, China.
Yihan ZhangBYHEALTH Institute of Nutrition & Health, Guangzhou 510663, China.
Yuanlong GeKey Laboratory of Regenerative Medicine of Ministry of Education, Institute of Aging and Regenerative Medicine, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
Huiling LouDepartment of Geriatrics, National Key Clinical Specialty, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510180, China.
Zhenyu JuKey Laboratory of Regenerative Medicine of Ministry of Education, Institute of Aging and Regenerative Medicine, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.
Qian HuKey Laboratory of Regenerative Medicine of Ministry of Education, Institute of Aging and Regenerative Medicine, College of Life Science and Technology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2889-4491
Jinan University · CNGuangzhou First People's Hospital · CN

Funding

By-health Research Foundation BR23008National Key R&D Program of China 2021YFA1100103National Natural Science Foundation of China 92049304, 82030039, 82230047Open Project of the State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burn and Combined Injury, Third Military Medical University SKLKF202002Program for Guangdong Introducing Innovative and Entrepreneurial Teams 2017ZT07S347
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ferroptosis is involved in various tissue injuries including neurodegeneration, ischemia-reperfusion injury, and acute liver injury. Ferroptosis inhibitors exhibit promising clinical potential in the treatment of various diseases. As a traditional chemical, silymarin has been widely used in healthcare and clinical applications to treat liver injuries in which ferroptosis is involved. Silibinin is the main active ingredient of silymarin. However, the effect of silibinin on ferroptosis and ferroptosis-related diseases remains unclear. Here, we found that silibinin inhibited death in different kinds of cells caused by ferroptosis inducers including RSL3 and erastin. Moreover, silibinin alleviated lipid peroxidation induced by RSL3 without affecting the labile iron pool. Next, the antioxidant activity of silibinin was demonstrated by the DPPH assay. In vivo, silibinin strikingly relieved tissue injuries and ferroptosis in the liver and kidney of glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4) knockout C57 BL/6J mice. Moreover, silibinin effectively rescued renal ischemia-reperfusion, a well-known ferroptosis-related disease. In conclusion, our study revealed that silibinin effectively inhibits cell ferroptosis and ferroptosis-related tissue injuries, implicating silibinin as a potential chemical to treat ferroptosis-related diseases.

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ferroptosisglutathione peroxidase 4renal ischemia reperfusionsilibinin

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PMID38136238
PMCPMC10740598
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