PMID- 34171402 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220322 LR - 20220322 IS - 1873-2747 (Electronic) IS - 0361-9230 (Linking) VI - 174 DP - 2021 Sep TI - N2L, a novel lipoic acid-niacin dimer, attenuates ferroptosis and decreases lipid peroxidation in HT22 cells. PG - 250-259 LID - S0361-9230(21)00188-X [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2021.06.014 [doi] AB - Ferroptosis, a new type of programmed cell death discovered in recent years, plays an important role in many neurodegenerative diseases. N2L is a novel lipoic acid-niacin dimer regulating lipid metabolism with multifunction, including antioxidant effect. It also exerts neuroprotective effects against glutamate- or beta-amyloid (Abeta) -induced cell death. Because reactive oxygen species (ROS) play an essential role in ferroptosis, we hypothesize that N2L might protect cells from ferroptosis. Here, we investigated the protective effect of N2L and the underlying mechanism(s) under RAS-selective lethality 3 (RSL3) treatment in HT22 cells. RSL3 decreased the cell viability and induced excessive accumulation of ROS in HT22 cells. N2L pretreatment effectively protected HT22 cells against lipid peroxidation. What's more, N2L recovered glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4) expression and blocked the increase of Cyclooxygenase-2 (cox-2) and acyl-CoA synthetase long-chain family member 4 (ACSL4) protein expressions. Moreover, N2L also significantly prevented Ferritin Heavy Chain 1 (FTH1) from downregulation and maintained iron homeostasis. Finally, N2L pretreatment could decrease c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) / extracellular regulated protein kinases (ERK) activation induced by RSL3. Taken together, our results showed that N2L could protect HT22 cells from RSL3-induced ferroptosis through decreasing lipid peroxidation and JNK/ERK activation. And N2L could be a ferroptosis inhibitor for the therapy of ferroptosis-related diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Peng, Weijia AU - Peng W AD - School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, PR China. FAU - Zhu, Zeyu AU - Zhu Z AD - School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, PR China. FAU - Yang, Yang AU - Yang Y AD - School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, PR China. FAU - Hou, Jiawei AU - Hou J AD - School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, PR China. FAU - Lu, Junfeng AU - Lu J AD - School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, PR China. FAU - Chen, Chen AU - Chen C AD - School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, PR China. FAU - Liu, Fang AU - Liu F AD - School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, 510006, PR China. FAU - Pi, Rongbiao AU - Pi R AD - School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510006, PR China. Electronic address: pirb@mail.sysu.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20210624 PL - United States TA - Brain Res Bull JT - Brain research bulletin JID - 7605818 RN - 0 (Antioxidants) RN - 0 (Hypolipidemic Agents) RN - 0 (Neuroprotective Agents) RN - 0 (Reactive Oxygen Species) RN - 2679MF687A (Niacin) RN - 73Y7P0K73Y (Thioctic Acid) RN - E1UOL152H7 (Iron) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antioxidants/*pharmacology MH - Cell Line MH - Ferroptosis/*drug effects MH - Hypolipidemic Agents/*pharmacology MH - Iron/metabolism MH - Lipid Peroxidation/*drug effects MH - MAP Kinase Signaling System/drug effects MH - Mice MH - Neuroprotective Agents/*pharmacology MH - Niacin/*pharmacology MH - Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism MH - Thioctic Acid/*pharmacology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Extracellular regulated protein kinase OT - Ferroptosis OT - Lipid peroxidation OT - N2L OT - c-Jun N-terminal kinase EDAT- 2021/06/26 06:00 MHDA- 2022/03/23 06:00 CRDT- 2021/06/25 20:12 PHST- 2021/04/05 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/06/15 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/06/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/06/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/03/23 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/06/25 20:12 [entrez] AID - S0361-9230(21)00188-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2021.06.014 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Brain Res Bull. 2021 Sep;174:250-259. doi: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2021.06.014. Epub 2021 Jun 24.