Dr. Nemeth---Get It Right---Steps 1 and 2

Nemeth, Darlyne G.; Pastrana, Fernando; Hussey, J; Olivier, Traci W.

doi:10.1037/e512342017-001

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“…At present, ferroportin (FPN) is the only known cellular iron exporter and its loss-or gain-offunction disturbs iron export activity and induces iron metabolism disorders [41][42][43]. FPN has been found to be dysregulated in many cancers, such as breast tumor, prostate, ovarian, colorectal and multiple myeloma [44][45][46][47][48][49]. The enhanced expression of lipocalin-2 (Lcn2) is observed in many malignancies, which has reported as an alternative pathway for physiological iron delivery in recent years [50,51].…”

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Gene interfered-ferroptosis therapy of cancer

Gao

Luo

Lin

et al. 2020

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Although some effective therapies have been available for cancer, it still poses a great threat to human health and life due to its drug resistance and low response in patients. Here, we developed a novel therapy named as gene interfered-ferroptosis therapy (GIFT) by combining iron nanoparticles and cancer-specific gene interference. Using a promoter consisted of a NF-κB decoy and a minimal promoter (DMP), we knocked down the expression of two iron metabolism-related genes (FPN and Lcn2) selectively in cancer cells. At the same time, we treated cells with Fe3O4 nanoparticles. As a result, a significant ferroptosis was induced in a wide variety of cancer cells representing various hematological and solid tumors. However, the same treatment had no effect on normal cells. By using AAV and PEI-coated Fe3O4 nanoparticles as gene vectors, we found that the tumor growth in mice could be also significantly inhibited by the intravenously injected GIFT reagents. By detecting ROS, iron content and gene expression, we confirmed that the mechanism underlying the therapy is gene inference-enhanced ferroptosis.

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