Niu Xuegang, Wei Penghui, Zhu Mingtao, Zheng Hongjia, Kang Dezhi, Chen Qianxi, Chen Fuxiang, Li Yiping, Xie Rong, Zhu Yang, Wang Dengliang
Department of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgery Research Institute, The First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350005, China.
Department of Neurosurgery, National Regional Medical Center, Binhai Campus of the First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350212, Fujian, China.
Mater Today Bio. 2025 Aug 9;34:102184. doi: 10.1016/j.mtbio.2025.102184. eCollection 2025 Oct.
Lipid peroxidation (LPO) represents one of the most deleterious processes contributing to ferroptosis susceptibility. However, the tumor microenvironment is often characterized by an overproduction of endogenous glutathione (GSH) and reactive oxygen species (ROS)-scavenging enzymes, which limit the ferroptosis susceptibility. Herein, we introduce an iron single-atom enzyme (Fe/SAE) nanoplatform, termed Fe/SAE@A, that acts as hydrogen sulfide (HS) donor anethole trithione (ADT) delivery system to amplify LPO-mediated ferroptosis vulnerability. Upon internalization by cancer cells, Fe/SAE, featuring atomically dispersed active metal sites, exhibits remarkable peroxidase-mimicking activity, converting hydrogen peroxide (HO) into hydroxyl radicals. Furthermore, Fe/SAE@A facilitates the release of ADT, delivering HS to significantly inhibit ROS-scavenging enzymes, which results in elevated intracellular HO levels. This, in turn, initiates a robust Fe/SAE-catalyzed ROS cascade within cancer cells, driving irreversible LPO. Additionally, Fe/SAE@A exhibits glutathione oxidase-mimicking activity, efficiently oxidizing reductive GSH to glutathione disulfide, thereby promoting the inactivation of glutathione peroxidase 4. These results confirm the mechanistic basis of ferroptosis induced by Fe/SAE@A, underscoring remarkable capacity to deliver HS, ignite ROS storm, and consumes GSH, all of which enhance ferroptosis susceptibility. This work offers critical insights into leveraging HS-releasing cascade SAE for potentiating ferroptosis vulnerability in cancer cells.
脂质过氧化(LPO)是导致铁死亡易感性的最有害过程之一。然而,肿瘤微环境的特征通常是内源性谷胱甘肽(GSH)和活性氧(ROS)清除酶的过度产生,这限制了铁死亡的易感性。在此,我们引入了一种铁单原子酶(Fe/SAE)纳米平台,称为Fe/SAE@A,它作为硫化氢(HS)供体茴三硫(ADT)的递送系统,以放大LPO介导的铁死亡易损性。被癌细胞内化后,具有原子分散活性金属位点的Fe/SAE表现出显著的过氧化物酶模拟活性,将过氧化氢(HO)转化为羟基自由基。此外,Fe/SAE@A促进ADT的释放,递送HS以显著抑制ROS清除酶,从而导致细胞内HO水平升高。这反过来又在癌细胞内引发强大的Fe/SAE催化的ROS级联反应,驱动不可逆的LPO。此外,Fe/SAE@A表现出谷胱甘肽氧化酶模拟活性,有效地将还原性GSH氧化为谷胱甘肽二硫化物,从而促进谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶4的失活。这些结果证实了Fe/SAE@A诱导铁死亡的机制基础,强调了其递送HS、引发ROS风暴和消耗GSH的显著能力,所有这些都增强了铁死亡的易感性。这项工作为利用释放HS的级联SAE增强癌细胞中铁死亡易损性提供了关键见解。
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