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Esophageal Cancer Stem-like Cells Resist Ferroptosis-Induced Cell Death by Active Hsp27-GPX4 Pathway
Cancer stem cells (CSCs), a subpopulation of cancer cells responsible for tumor initiation and treatment failure, are more susceptible to ferroptosis-inducing agents than bulk cancer cells. However, regulatory pathways controlling ferroptosis, which can selectively induce CSC death, are not fully un...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8773805/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35053196 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biom12010048 |
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author | Liu, Chen-Chi Li, Hsin-Hsien Lin, Jiun-Han Chiang, Ming-Chen Hsu, Tien-Wei Li, Anna Fen-Yau Yen, David Hung-Tsang Hsu, Han-Shui Hung, Shih-Chieh |
author_facet | Liu, Chen-Chi Li, Hsin-Hsien Lin, Jiun-Han Chiang, Ming-Chen Hsu, Tien-Wei Li, Anna Fen-Yau Yen, David Hung-Tsang Hsu, Han-Shui Hung, Shih-Chieh |
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description | Cancer stem cells (CSCs), a subpopulation of cancer cells responsible for tumor initiation and treatment failure, are more susceptible to ferroptosis-inducing agents than bulk cancer cells. However, regulatory pathways controlling ferroptosis, which can selectively induce CSC death, are not fully understood. Here, we demonstrate that the CSCs of esophageal squamous carcinoma cells enriched by spheroid culture have increased intracellular iron levels and lipid peroxidation, thereby increasing exposure to several products of lipid peroxidation, such as MDA and 4-HNE. However, CSCs do not reduce cell viability until glutathione is depleted by erastin treatment. Mechanistic studies revealed that damage from elevated lipid peroxidation is avoided through the activation of Hsp27, which upregulates GPX4 and thereby rescues CSCs from ferroptosis-induced cell death. Our results also revealed a correlation between phospho-Hsp27 and GPX4 expression levels and poor prognosis in patients with esophageal cancer. Together, these data indicate that targeting Hsp27 or GPX4 to block this intrinsic protective mechanism against ferroptosis is a potential treatment strategy for eradicating CSC in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. |
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spelling | pubmed-87738052022-01-21 Esophageal Cancer Stem-like Cells Resist Ferroptosis-Induced Cell Death by Active Hsp27-GPX4 Pathway Liu, Chen-Chi Li, Hsin-Hsien Lin, Jiun-Han Chiang, Ming-Chen Hsu, Tien-Wei Li, Anna Fen-Yau Yen, David Hung-Tsang Hsu, Han-Shui Hung, Shih-Chieh Biomolecules Article Cancer stem cells (CSCs), a subpopulation of cancer cells responsible for tumor initiation and treatment failure, are more susceptible to ferroptosis-inducing agents than bulk cancer cells. However, regulatory pathways controlling ferroptosis, which can selectively induce CSC death, are not fully understood. Here, we demonstrate that the CSCs of esophageal squamous carcinoma cells enriched by spheroid culture have increased intracellular iron levels and lipid peroxidation, thereby increasing exposure to several products of lipid peroxidation, such as MDA and 4-HNE. However, CSCs do not reduce cell viability until glutathione is depleted by erastin treatment. Mechanistic studies revealed that damage from elevated lipid peroxidation is avoided through the activation of Hsp27, which upregulates GPX4 and thereby rescues CSCs from ferroptosis-induced cell death. Our results also revealed a correlation between phospho-Hsp27 and GPX4 expression levels and poor prognosis in patients with esophageal cancer. Together, these data indicate that targeting Hsp27 or GPX4 to block this intrinsic protective mechanism against ferroptosis is a potential treatment strategy for eradicating CSC in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. MDPI 2021-12-29 /pmc/articles/PMC8773805/ /pubmed/35053196 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biom12010048 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Liu, Chen-Chi Li, Hsin-Hsien Lin, Jiun-Han Chiang, Ming-Chen Hsu, Tien-Wei Li, Anna Fen-Yau Yen, David Hung-Tsang Hsu, Han-Shui Hung, Shih-Chieh Esophageal Cancer Stem-like Cells Resist Ferroptosis-Induced Cell Death by Active Hsp27-GPX4 Pathway |
title | Esophageal Cancer Stem-like Cells Resist Ferroptosis-Induced Cell Death by Active Hsp27-GPX4 Pathway |
title_full | Esophageal Cancer Stem-like Cells Resist Ferroptosis-Induced Cell Death by Active Hsp27-GPX4 Pathway |
title_fullStr | Esophageal Cancer Stem-like Cells Resist Ferroptosis-Induced Cell Death by Active Hsp27-GPX4 Pathway |
title_full_unstemmed | Esophageal Cancer Stem-like Cells Resist Ferroptosis-Induced Cell Death by Active Hsp27-GPX4 Pathway |
title_short | Esophageal Cancer Stem-like Cells Resist Ferroptosis-Induced Cell Death by Active Hsp27-GPX4 Pathway |
title_sort | esophageal cancer stem-like cells resist ferroptosis-induced cell death by active hsp27-gpx4 pathway |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8773805/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35053196 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biom12010048 |
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