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ArticleClinical epigenetics2025

EZH1 deficiency promotes ferroptosis resistance by activating NRF2 in sepsis-associated liver injury.

Meihua Mei, Ying You, Ningxin Tan, Xiaoshun He, Junqi Huang

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Article in Clinical epigenetics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Meihua MeiOrgan Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, People's Republic of China.
Ying YouOrgan Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, People's Republic of China.
Ningxin TanOrgan Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, People's Republic of China.
Xiaoshun HeOrgan Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, People's Republic of China.
Junqi HuangOrgan Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, People's Republic of China. huangjq@mail.sysu.edu.cn.

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Guangdong Provincial Funds for High-end Medical Equipment No. 2020B1111140003Guangdong Provincial International Cooperation Base of Science and Technology (Organ Transplantation), The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China No. 2015B050501002Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Organ Donation and Transplant Immunology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China No. 2017B030314018, No. 2020B1212060026National Natural Science Foundation of China No. 81871238Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province No. 2021A1515010435Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou, China No. 202103000007
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Abstract

Sepsis-associated acute liver injury (SALI) is a major clinical complication of sepsis due to excessive, unfettered inflammation. In recent years, the role of epigenetic regulatory mechanisms in SALI has been gradually emphasized. Here, we investigated the effects of a Histone-lysine N-methyltransferase EZH1 (Enhancer of zeste homolog 1) inhibition on promoting ferroptosis resistance to activate nuclear factor, erythroid derived 2, like 2 (NRF2) in SALI. We found that EZH1 deficiency improved animal survival in lethal sepsis. EZH1 deficiency mice exhibited alleviated SALI with decreased hepatocellular ferroptosis. EZH1 deficiency attenuated the H3K27me3 modification in the Nfe2l2 promoter, lending to the increased expression and nuclear translocation of NRF2. In the in vitro, LPS-induced ferroptosis model, EZH1 inhibitor DS3201 exhibited an anti-ferroptosis effect, which was reversed NRF2 inhibitor ML385. These findings indicate that EZH1 deficiency or inhibition with DS3201 alleviates ferroptosis in the liver by activating the NRF2, and it is suggested that targeting EZH1 may be a new therapeutic strategy in SALI.

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FerroptosisHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseNF-E2-Related Factor 2SepsisAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalEpigenesis, GeneticHumansLiverMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseNfe2l2 protein, mouseNF-E2-Related Factor 2EZH1FerroptosisLiver injuryNRF2Sepsis

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