PMID- 29971532 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180806 LR - 20181114 IS - 1432-1335 (Electronic) IS - 0171-5216 (Linking) VI - 144 IP - 9 DP - 2018 Sep TI - Cell growth potential drives ferroptosis susceptibility in rhabdomyosarcoma and myoblast cell lines. PG - 1717-1730 LID - 10.1007/s00432-018-2699-0 [doi] AB - PURPOSE: Ferroptosis is a programmed form of iron-dependent cell death caused by lipid hydroperoxide accumulation, which can be prevented by glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPx4) activity. Here we investigated the effects of ferroptosis inducers called erastin and RSL3, which act by glutathione depletion and GPx4 inactivation, respectively, on muscle-derived cell lines of embryonal and alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS), and mouse normal skeletal C2C12 myoblasts. METHODS: Myogenic lines were exposed to stepwise increasing concentrations of ferroptosis inducers either alone or in combination with iron supplementation, iron chelating agents (bathophenanthrolinedisulfonic acid, BPS), antioxidant molecules (glutathione, N-acetylcysteine), lipid peroxidation inhibitors (ferrostatin-1), and chemotherapeutic agents (doxorubicin and actinomycin D). Drug susceptibility was quantified by measuring cell viability, proliferation and differentiation via neutral red assay, crystal violet assay and Giemsa staining, respectively. The detection of lipid hydroperoxide and protein levels was performed by immunofluorescence and Western blot analysis, respectively. RESULTS: Erastin and RSL3 increased lipid hydroperoxide levels preferentially in the embryonal U57810 and myoblast C2C12 lines, leading to ferroptosis that was accentuated by iron supplementation or prevented by co-treatment with BPS, glutathione, N-acetylcysteine and ferrostatin-1. The inhibition of extracellular regulated kinases (ERK) pathway prevented ferroptosis in U57810 and C2C12 cells, whereas its increased activation in the embryonal RD cells mediated by caveolin-1 (Cav-1) overexpression led to augmented ferroptosis susceptibility. Finally, we observed the combination of erastin or RSL3 with chemotherapeutic doxorubicin and actinomycin D agents to be effective in increasing cell death in all RMS lines. CONCLUSIONS: Erastin and RSL3 trigger ferroptosis in highly proliferating myogenic lines through a ERK pathway-dependent fashion. FAU - Codenotti, Silvia AU - Codenotti S AD - Division of Biotechnology, Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy. FAU - Poli, Maura AU - Poli M AD - Division of Biotechnology, Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy. FAU - Asperti, Michela AU - Asperti M AD - Division of Biotechnology, Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy. FAU - Zizioli, Daniela AU - Zizioli D AD - Division of Biotechnology, Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy. FAU - Marampon, Francesco AU - Marampon F AD - Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy. FAU - Fanzani, Alessandro AU - Fanzani A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7475-2668 AD - Division of Biotechnology, Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy. alessandro.fanzani@unibs.it. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20180703 PL - Germany TA - J Cancer Res Clin Oncol JT - Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology JID - 7902060 RN - 0 (Carbolines) RN - 0 (Cyclohexylamines) RN - 0 (Phenylenediamines) RN - 0 (Piperazines) RN - 0 (RSL3 compound) RN - 0 (erastin) RN - 0 (ferrostatin-1) RN - 1CC1JFE158 (Dactinomycin) RN - 80168379AG (Doxorubicin) RN - EC 1.11.1.9 (Glutathione Peroxidase) RN - GAN16C9B8O (Glutathione) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Carbolines/pharmacology MH - Cell Death/drug effects/*physiology MH - Cell Line MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Proliferation/drug effects/*physiology MH - Cyclohexylamines/pharmacology MH - Dactinomycin/pharmacology MH - Doxorubicin/pharmacology MH - Glutathione/metabolism MH - Glutathione Peroxidase/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Lipid Peroxidation/drug effects/physiology MH - Mice MH - Myoblasts/drug effects/metabolism/*pathology MH - Phenylenediamines/pharmacology MH - Piperazines/pharmacology MH - Rhabdomyosarcoma/drug therapy/metabolism/*pathology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Erastin OT - Ferroptosis OT - GPx4 OT - Iron OT - RSL3 OT - Rhabdomyosarcoma EDAT- 2018/07/05 06:00 MHDA- 2018/08/07 06:00 CRDT- 2018/07/05 06:00 PHST- 2018/05/18 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/06/29 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/07/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/08/07 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/07/05 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s00432-018-2699-0 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s00432-018-2699-0 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Cancer Res Clin Oncol. 2018 Sep;144(9):1717-1730. doi: 10.1007/s00432-018-2699-0. Epub 2018 Jul 3.