SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE

Neutrophil extracellular traps drive intestinal microvascular endothelial ferroptosis by impairing Fundc1-dependent mitophagy.

Redox biology
Chu C, Wang X, Yang C, Chen F, Shi L, Xu W, Wang K, Liu B, Wang C, Sun D, Ding W.

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2023
Immunology
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Key Finding
However, the administration of the ferroptosis inhibitor ferrostatin-1 or the inhibition of NETs via neutrophil-specific peptidylarginine deiminase 4 (Pad4) deficiency led to positive outcomes, with reduced intestinal endothelial ferroptosis and microvascular function recovery. Moreover, RNA-seq analysis revealed a significant enrichment of mitophagy- and ferroptosis-related signaling pathways in HUVECs incubated with NETs.
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Researchers relied on a Countstar instrument for cell-count measurements in the study's cell samples during quality assessment in the 2023 Redox biology study.
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