GPX4: The hub of lipid oxidation, ferroptosis, disease and treatment

Y Liu, Y Wan, Y Jiang, L Zhang, W Cheng - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPx4) moonlights as structural protein and antioxidase
that powerfully inhibits lipid oxidation. In the past years, it is considered as a key regulator of …

The glutathione peroxidase family: Discoveries and mechanism

L Flohé, S Toppo, L Orian - Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
The discoveries leading to our present understanding of the glutathione peroxidases (GPxs)
are recalled. The cytosolic GPx, now GPx1, was first described by Mills in 1957 and claimed …

Copper-dependent autophagic degradation of GPX4 drives ferroptosis

Q Xue, D Yan, X Chen, X Li, R Kang, DJ Klionsky… - Autophagy, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Ferroptosis is a type of iron-dependent regulated cell death characterized by unrestricted
lipid peroxidation and membrane damage. Although GPX4 (glutathione peroxidase 4) plays …

Tumor-specific GPX4 degradation enhances ferroptosis-initiated antitumor immune response in mouse models of pancreatic cancer

J Li, J Liu, Z Zhou, R Wu, X Chen, C Yu… - Science translational …, 2023 - science.org
Lipid peroxidation–dependent ferroptosis has become an emerging strategy for tumor
therapy. However, current strategies not only selectively induce ferroptosis in malignant cells …

GPX4 at the crossroads of lipid homeostasis and ferroptosis

GC Forcina, SJ Dixon - Proteomics, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Oxygen is necessary for aerobic metabolism but can cause the harmful oxidation of lipids
and other macromolecules. Oxidation of cholesterol and phospholipids containing …

Selective covalent targeting of GPX4 using masked nitrile-oxide electrophiles

JK Eaton, L Furst, RA Ruberto, D Moosmayer… - Nature chemical …, 2020 - nature.com
We recently described glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4) as a promising target for killing
therapy-resistant cancer cells via ferroptosis. The onset of therapy resistance by multiple …

Ferroptosis: mechanisms and implications for cancer development and therapy response

AF Dos Santos, G Fazeli, TNX da Silva, JPF Angeli - Trends in cell biology, 2023 - cell.com
As cancer cells develop resistance to apoptosis, non-apoptotic cell death modalities, such
as ferroptosis, have emerged as promising strategies to combat therapy-resistant cancers …

Peroxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids by lipoxygenases drives ferroptosis

WS Yang, KJ Kim, MM Gaschler… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
Ferroptosis is form of regulated nonapoptotic cell death that is involved in diverse disease
contexts. Small molecules that inhibit glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4), a phospholipid …

HSPA5 regulates ferroptotic cell death in cancer cells

S Zhu, Q Zhang, X Sun, HJ Zeh III, MT Lotze, R Kang… - Cancer research, 2017 - AACR
Ferroptosis is a form of regulated cell death driven by oxidative injury promoting lipid
peroxidation, although detailed molecular regulators are largely unknown. Here, we show …

Ferroptosis in liver diseases: an overview

MM Capelletti, H Manceau, H Puy… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Ferroptosis is an iron-dependent form of cell death characterized by intracellular lipid
peroxide accumulation and redox imbalance. Ferroptosis shows specific biological and …