Protein disulfide isomerase plays a crucial role in mediating chemically-induced, glutathione depletion-associated hepatocyte injury in vitro and in vivo.

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Title: Protein disulfide isomerase plays a crucial role in mediating chemically-induced, glutathione depletion-associated hepatocyte injury in vitro and in vivo.
Authors: Zhu, Yan-Yin1 (AUTHOR), Zhang, Qi1 (AUTHOR), Jia, Yi-Chen1 (AUTHOR), Hou, Ming-Jie1 (AUTHOR), Zhu, Bao Ting1,2 (AUTHOR) BTZhu@CUHK.edu.cn
Source: Cell Communication & Signaling. 9/6/2024, Vol. 22 Issue 1, p1-29. 29p.
Subject Terms: *PROTEIN disulfide isomerase, *CELL death, *LABORATORY mice, *GENE expression, *LIVER injuries
Abstract: Recently we have shown that protein disulfide isomerase (PDI or PDIA1) is involved in mediating chemically-induced, glutathione (GSH) depletion-associated ferroptotic cell death through NOS activation (dimerization) and NO accumulation. The present study aims to determine the role of PDI in mediating chemically-induced hepatocyte injury in vitro and in vivo and whether PDI inhibitors can effectively protect against chemically-induced hepatocyte injury. We show that during the development of erastin-induced ferroptotic cell death, accumulation of cellular NO, ROS and lipid-ROS follows a sequential order, i.e., cellular NO accumulation first, followed by accumulation of cellular ROS, and lastly cellular lipid-ROS. Cellular NO, ROS and lipid-ROS each play a crucial role in mediating erastin-induced ferroptosis in cultured hepatocytes. In addition, it is shown that PDI is an important upstream mediator of erastin-induced ferroptosis through PDI-mediated conversion of NOS monomer to its dimer, which then leads to accumulation of cellular NO, ROS and lipid-ROS, and ultimately ferroptotic cell death. Genetic manipulation of PDI expression or pharmacological inhibition of PDI function each can effectively abrogate erastin-induced ferroptosis. Lastly, evidence is presented to show that PDI is also involved in mediating acetaminophen-induced liver injury in vivo using both wild-type C57BL/6J mice and hepatocyte-specific PDI conditional knockout (PDIfl/fl Alb-cre) mice. Together, our work demonstrates that PDI is an important upstream mediator of chemically-induced, GSH depletion-associated hepatocyte ferroptosis, and inhibition of PDI can effectively prevent this injury. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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ISSN:1478811X
DOI:10.1186/s12964-024-01798-1
Published in:Cell Communication & Signaling
Language:English