PMID- 36288647 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20221202 LR - 20221202 IS - 1878-1705 (Electronic) IS - 1567-5769 (Linking) VI - 113 IP - Pt A DP - 2022 Dec TI - Mitoquinone alleviates bleomycin-induced acute lung injury via inhibiting mitochondrial ROS-dependent pulmonary epithelial ferroptosis. PG - 109359 LID - S1567-5769(22)00843-8 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.intimp.2022.109359 [doi] AB - Numerous studies demonstrated that bleomycin (BLM) caused acute lung injury (ALI). This study explored the role of mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) on BLM-induced ALI and pulmonary epithelial ferroptosis. Male C57BL/6J mice were intratracheally injected with BLM (3.0 mg/kg). BEAS-2B cells, human bronchial epithelial cells, were cultured with BLM (10 mug/ml). Pulmonary MDA and 4-HNE, two markers of lipid peroxidation, were elevated in BLM-exposed mice. Oxidized lipids were upregulated in BLM-exposed BEAS-2B cells. Ferroptosis-characteristic ultrastructure, mainly disappearance of mitochondrial bilayer membrane structure and cristae, was observed in BLM-exposed pulmonary epithelium. Ferrostatin-1, a specific inhibitor of ferroptosis, attenuated BLM-evoked pulmonary lipid peroxidation, ferroptosis-characteristic mitochondrial ultrastructure and pulmonary epithelial death. The in vitro experiments showed that mitochondrial membrane potentials (MMPs) were decreased and mitochondrial ROS were increased in BLM-exposed BEAS-2B cells. Mitoquinone (MitoQ), a mitochondria-targeted antioxidant, prevented BLM-induced MMP reduction and mitochondrial ROS elevation in BEAS-2B cells. The in vivo experiment found that MitoQ attenuated BLM-evoked GSH depletion and lipid peroxidation in mouse lungs. Moreover, MitoQ prevented BLM-induced ferroptosis-characteristic mitochondrial changes, pulmonary epithelial death and ALI. In conclusion, mitochondrial ROS are an initiator of BLM-induced pulmonary epithelial ferroptosis. Mitochondria-targeted antioxidants may be used as potential therapeutic agents for BLM-induced ALI. CI - Copyright (c) 2022. Published by Elsevier B.V. FAU - Zhan, Ping AU - Zhan P AD - Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, China. FAU - Lu, Xue AU - Lu X AD - Department of Toxicology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230032, China. FAU - Li, Zhao AU - Li Z AD - Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, China. FAU - Wang, Wen-Jing AU - Wang WJ AD - Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, China. FAU - Peng, Kun AU - Peng K AD - Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, China. FAU - Liang, Nan-Nan AU - Liang NN AD - Department of Toxicology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230032, China. FAU - Wang, Yan AU - Wang Y AD - Department of Toxicology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230032, China. FAU - Li, Jian AU - Li J AD - Department of Toxicology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230032, China. FAU - Fu, Lin AU - Fu L AD - Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, China. FAU - Zhao, Hui AU - Zhao H AD - Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, China. FAU - Xu, De-Xiang AU - Xu DX AD - Department of Toxicology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230032, China. Electronic address: xudex@126.com. FAU - Tan, Zhu-Xia AU - Tan ZX AD - Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, China. Electronic address: tanzhuxia@126.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20221023 PL - Netherlands TA - Int Immunopharmacol JT - International immunopharmacology JID - 100965259 RN - 11056-06-7 (Bleomycin) RN - 0 (Reactive Oxygen Species) RN - 47BYS17IY0 (mitoquinone) SB - IM MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Humans MH - Animals MH - Bleomycin/toxicity MH - Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism MH - *Ferroptosis MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Lung MH - *Acute Lung Injury/chemically induced/drug therapy/metabolism MH - Mitochondria OTO - NOTNLM OT - Acute lung injury OT - Ferroptosis OT - Mitochondrial reactive oxygen species OT - Mitoquinone COIS- Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2022/10/27 06:00 MHDA- 2022/12/03 06:00 CRDT- 2022/10/26 18:15 PHST- 2022/07/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/09/20 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/10/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/10/27 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/12/03 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/10/26 18:15 [entrez] AID - S1567-5769(22)00843-8 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.intimp.2022.109359 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int Immunopharmacol. 2022 Dec;113(Pt A):109359. doi: 10.1016/j.intimp.2022.109359. Epub 2022 Oct 23.