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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)
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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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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
Keywords Site-directed Mutagenesis; Renal Dipeptidase; Heme Oxygenase-1; Cell-death; Kidney; Degradation; Induction; Residues; Protects; Features
Language english
Publication Year 2022
HGF-reported in Year 2022
ISSN (print) / ISBN 2375-2548
e-ISSN 2375-2548
Quellenangaben Volume: 8, Issue: 5, Pages: , Article Number: eabl8920 Supplement: ,
Publisher American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Publishing Place Washington, DC [u.a.]
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Institute of Pancreatic Islet Research (IPI)
POF-Topic(s) 90000 - German Center for Diabetes Research
Research field(s) Helmholtz Diabetes Center
PSP Element(s) G-502600-007
Grants Technische Universität Dresden
Sander-Stiftung
Else Kroner-Fresenius Stiftung
State of Saxony
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
European Fund for Regional Development-EFRE
Scopus ID 85123974058
PubMed ID 35108055
Erfassungsdatum 2022-04-29