von Mässenhausen, A.* ; Zamora Gonzalez, N.* ; Maremonti, F.* ; Belavgeni, A.* ; Tonnus, W.* ; Meyer, C.* ; Beer, K.* ; Hannani, M.T.* ; Lau, A.* ; Peitzsch, M.* ; Hoppenz, P.* ; Locke, S.* ; Chavakis, T.* ; Kramann, R.* ; Muruve, D.A.* ; Hugo, C.* ; Bornstein, S.R. ; Linkermann, A.*
Dexamethasone sensitizes to ferroptosis by glucocorticoid receptor-induced dipeptidase-1 expression and glutathione depletion.
Sci. Adv. 8:eabl8920 (2022)
Dexamethasone is widely used as an immunosuppressive therapy and recently as COVID-19 treatment. Here, we demonstrate that dexamethasone sensitizes to ferroptosis, a form of iron-catalyzed necrosis, previously suggested to contribute to diseases such as acute kidney injury, myocardial infarction, and stroke, all of which are triggered by glutathione (GSH) depletion. GSH levels were significantly decreased by dexamethasone. Mechanistically, we identified that dexamethasone up-regulated the GSH metabolism regulating protein dipeptidase-1 (DPEP1) in a glucocorticoid receptor (GR)-dependent manner. DPEP1 knockdown reversed the phenotype of dexamethasone-induced ferroptosis sensitization. Ferroptosis inhibitors, the DPEP1 inhibitor cilastatin, or genetic DPEP1 inactivation reversed the dexamethasone-induced increase in tubular necrosis in freshly isolated renal tubules. Our data indicate that dexamethasone sensitizes to ferroptosis by a GR-mediated increase in DPEP1 expression and GSH depletion. Together, we identified a previously unknown mechanism of glucocorticoid-mediated sensitization to ferroptosis bearing clinical and therapeutic implications.
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Site-directed Mutagenesis; Renal Dipeptidase; Heme Oxygenase-1; Cell-death; Kidney; Degradation; Induction; Residues; Protects; Features
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englisch
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2022
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2022
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2375-2548
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2375-2548
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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Washington, DC [u.a.]
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Peer reviewed
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Institute of Pancreatic Islet Research (IPI)
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90000 - German Center for Diabetes Research
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Helmholtz Diabetes Center
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G-502600-007
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Technische Universität Dresden
Sander-Stiftung
Else Kroner-Fresenius Stiftung
State of Saxony
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European Fund for Regional Development-EFRE
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2022-04-29