scholarly journals Nigratine as first-in-class dual inhibitor of necroptosis and ferroptosis regulated cell death

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire DELEHOUZÉ ◽  
Arnaud COMTE ◽  
Marcelle HAUTEVILLE ◽  
Peter G GOEKJIAN ◽  
Marie-Thérèse DIMANCHE-BOITREL ◽  
...  

Nigratine (also known as 6E11), a natural flavanone derivative, was characterized as highly specific non-ATP competitive inhibitor of RIPK1 kinase, one of the key component of necroptotic cell death signaling. We show here that nigratine inhibited both necroptosis (induced by Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) and ferroptosis (induced by glutamate, erastin or RSL3 small chemical compounds) with EC50 in the microM range. Altogether, the data obtained showed that nigratine is the first-in-class dual inhibitor of necroptosis and ferroptosis cell death routes and opened new therapeutic avenues for treating complex necrosis-related diseases.

1995 ◽  
Vol 269 (2) ◽  
pp. G297-G304 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. H. Wang ◽  
H. P. Redmond ◽  
R. W. Watson ◽  
D. Bouchier-Hayes

The occurrence of acute hepatic failure during systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) is related to the extent of hepatocyte (HC) damage and cell death resulting from necrosis or apoptosis. We hypothesized that proinflammatory mediators such as lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) can, either directly or indirectly through neutrophil (PMN) and Kupffer cell (KC) activation, induce HC damage and cell death, and that the mechanism is cellular necrosis rather than apoptosis. The results in this study demonstrated that LPS and TNF-alpha alone and in combination are directly cytotoxic to cultured rat HC as indicated by the hepatocellular enzyme release and HC necrosis. However, LPS and TNF-alpha, in the presence of sodium arsenite (a heat shock inducer), were unable to induce HC apoptosis. Both KC and PMN activated by either LPS or TNF-alpha induced significant hepatocellular enzyme release and HC necrosis, which was dependent on the ratio of KC and PMN to HC. It is concluded that LPS and TNF-alpha may play a central role in the development of acute hepatic failure after severe trauma and sepsis by directly or indirectly inducing HC necrosis rather than apoptosis.


Blood ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 86 (11) ◽  
pp. 4184-4193 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Eissner ◽  
F Kohlhuber ◽  
M Grell ◽  
M Ueffing ◽  
P Scheurich ◽  
...  

In this report, we show that ionizing radiation (IR) at a clinically relevant dose (4 Gy) causes apoptosis in macrovascular and microvascular human endothelial cells. Treatment of irradiated cells with a low dose of bacterial endotoxin (LPS), similar to the levels observed in serum during endotoxemia, enhanced the rate of apoptosis, although LPS alone was unable to induce programmed cell death. The cytokine and endotoxin antagonist interleukin-10 (IL-10) reduced the rate of LPS + IR-induced apoptosis to levels obtained with irradiation alone. Using neutralizing antibodies against tumor necrosis factor- alpha (TNF), we could show crucial involvement of TNF in the LPS- mediated enhancement of IR-induced apoptosis, but not in the IR-induced apoptosis per se. However, further analysis strongly suggested the transmembrane form of TNF (mTNF), but not soluble TNF, to be accountable for the LPS-mediated cytotoxic effects. Studies with anatagonistic receptor specific antibodies clearly showed that TNF receptor type I (TR60) is essential and sufficient to elicit this effect. These findings are of potential clinical importance because they may disclose a relevant mechanism that leads to endothelial damage after radiotherapy or total body irradiation used for conditioning in bone marrow transplantation and that may thus contribute to transplant related complications, especially in association with endotoxemia or related inflammatory states.


2019 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. e92
Author(s):  
Marta Duran-Güell ◽  
Mireia Casulleras ◽  
Roger Flores-Costa ◽  
Cristina López-Vicario ◽  
Esther Titos ◽  
...  

1998 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 6353-6364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia A. Bradham ◽  
Ting Qian ◽  
Konrad Streetz ◽  
Christian Trautwein ◽  
David A. Brenner ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT This study assesses the controversial role of the mitochondrial permeability transition (MPT) in apoptosis. In primary rat hepatocytes expressing an IκB superrepressor, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) induced apoptosis as shown by nuclear morphology, DNA ladder formation, and caspase 3 activation. Confocal microscopy showed that TNFα induced onset of the MPT and mitochondrial depolarization beginning 9 h after TNFα treatment. Initially, depolarization and the MPT occurred in only a subset of mitochondria; however, by 12 h after TNFα treatment, virtually all mitochondria were affected. Cyclosporin A (CsA), an inhibitor of the MPT, blocked TNFα-mediated apoptosis and cytochrome c release. Caspase 3 activation, cytochrome c release, and apoptotic nuclear morphological changes were induced after onset of the MPT and were prevented by CsA. Depolarization and onset of the MPT were blocked in hepatocytes expressing ΔFADD, a dominant negative mutant of Fas-associated protein with death domain (FADD), or crmA, a natural serpin inhibitor of caspases. In contrast, Asp-Glu-Val-Asp-cho, an inhibitor of caspase 3, did not block depolarization or onset of the MPT induced by TNFα, although it inhibited cell death completely. In conclusion, the MPT is an essential component in the signaling pathway for TNFα-induced apoptosis in hepatocytes which is required for both cytochrome c release and cell death and functions downstream of FADD and crmA but upstream of caspase 3.


2006 ◽  
Vol 26 (8) ◽  
pp. 3071-3084 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping Hu ◽  
Zhang Han ◽  
Anthony D. Couvillon ◽  
Randal J. Kaufman ◽  
John H. Exton

ABSTRACT NF-κB is critical for determining cellular sensitivity to apoptotic stimuli by regulating both mitochondrial and death receptor apoptotic pathways. The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) emerges as a new apoptotic signaling initiator. However, the mechanism by which ER stress activates NF-κB and its role in regulation of ER stress-induced cell death are largely unclear. Here, we report that, in response to ER stress, IKK forms a complex with IRE1α through the adapter protein TRAF2. ER stress-induced NF-κB activation is impaired in IRE1α knockdown cells and IRE1α−/− MEFs. We found, however, that inhibiting NF-κB significantly decreased ER stress-induced cell death in a caspase-8-dependent manner. Gene expression analysis revealed that ER stress-induced expression of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) was IRE1α and NF-κB dependent. Blocking TNF receptor 1 signaling significantly inhibited ER stress-induced cell death. Further studies suggest that ER stress induces down-regulation of TRAF2 expression, which impairs TNF-α-induced activation of NF-κB and c-Jun N-terminal kinase and turns TNF-α from a weak to a powerful apoptosis inducer. Thus, ER stress induces two signals, namely TNF-α induction and TRAF2 down-regulation. They work in concert to amplify ER-initiated apoptotic signaling through the membrane death receptor.


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