Seratrodast inhibits ferroptosis by suppressing lipid peroxidation

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Contributors

  • Juliane Tschuck - , Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health (Author)
  • Wulf Tonnus - , Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden (Author)
  • Shubhangi Gavali - , Department of Internal Medicine III, Division General Medicine, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, Heidelberg University  (Author)
  • Andrea Kolak - , Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health (Author)
  • Melodie Mallais - , University of Ottawa (Author)
  • Francesca Maremonti - , Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, Heidelberg University  (Author)
  • Mami Sato - , University of Würzburg (Author)
  • Ina Rothenaigner - , Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health (Author)
  • José Pedro Friedmann Angeli - , University of Würzburg (Author)
  • Derek A. Pratt - , University of Ottawa (Author)
  • Andreas Linkermann - , Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, Heidelberg University , Yeshiva University, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Author)
  • Kamyar Hadian - , Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health (Author)

Abstract

Ferroptosis is a regulated and non-apoptotic form of cell death mediated by iron-dependent peroxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acyl tails in phospholipids. Research of the past years has shed light on the occurrence of ferroptosis in organ injury and degenerative diseases of the brain, kidney, heart, and other tissues. Hence, ferroptosis inhibition may prove therapeutically beneficial to treat distinct diseases. In this study, we explored the ferroptosis-modulating activity of seratrodast, an inhibitor of thromboxane A2 (TXA2) receptor, which is approved in some countries for the treatment of asthma. Interestingly, seratrodast suppressed ferroptosis, but not apoptosis and necroptosis; thus, demonstrating selective anti-ferroptotic activity. While seratrodast itself does not inhibit lipid peroxidation, it exhibits potent radical-trapping antioxidant activity upon reduction to its corresponding hydroquinone form—analogously to ubiquinone and vitamin K. Importantly, seratrodast ameliorated the severity of renal ischemia-reperfusion injury in mice. Together, this study provides a drug repurposing case, where seratrodast—a marketed drug—can undergo fast-forward preclinical/clinical development for the inhibition of ferroptosis in distinct degenerative diseases.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number853
Pages (from-to)853
JournalCell Death and Disease
Volume15
Issue number11
Publication statusPublished - 22 Nov 2024
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

PubMedCentral PMC11584883
Scopus 85209765702
ORCID /0000-0001-6287-9725/work/173988899
ORCID /0000-0002-9728-1413/work/173989016

Keywords

Sustainable Development Goals

Keywords

  • Ferroptosis/drug effects, Animals, Lipid Peroxidation/drug effects, Mice, Humans, Reperfusion Injury/metabolism, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Male, Antioxidants/pharmacology