• Int J Med Sci · Jan 2022

    Atranorin driven by nano materials SPION lead to ferroptosis of gastric cancer stem cells by weakening the mRNA 5-hydroxymethylcytidine modification of the Xc-/GPX4 axis and its expression.

    • Zhentian Ni, Xiaoli Nie, Hairong Zhang, Lingquan Wang, Zixiang Geng, Xiling Du, Haiyang Qian, Wentao Liu, and Te Liu.
    • Department of General Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China.
    • Int J Med Sci. 2022 Jan 1; 19 (11): 1680-1694.

    AbstractGastric cancer is a highly malignant tumor. Gastric cancer stem cells (GCSCs) are the main causes of drug resistance, metastasis, recurrence, and poor prognosis. As a secondary metabolite of lichen, Atranorin has a variety of biological effects, such as antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and wound healing; however, its killing effect on GCSCs has not been reported. In this study, we constructed Atranorin complexes comprising superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPION) (Atranorin@SPION). In vitro and in vivo experiments confirmed that Atranorin@SPION could significantly inhibit the proliferation, invasion, angiogenesis, and tumorigenicity of CD44+/ CD24+ GCSCs, and induce oxidative stress injury, Fe2+ accumulation, and ferroptosis. Quantitative real-time reverse transcription PCR and western blotting results showed that Atranorin@SPION not only reduced the expression levels of GCSC stem cell markers and cell proliferation and division markers, but also significantly inhibited the expression levels of key molecules in the cystine/glutamate transporter (Xc-)/glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4) and Tet methylcytosine dioxygenase (TET) family proteins. The results of high performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and Dot blotting showed that Atranorin@SPION significantly inhibited the mRNA 5‑hydroxymethylcytidine modification of GCSCs. Meanwhile, the results of RNA immunoprecipitation-PCR also indicated that Atranorin@SPIONs significantly reduced the 5-hydroxymethylcytidine modification level of GPX4 and SLC7A11 mRNA 3' untranslated region in GCSCs, resulting in a decrease in their stability, shortening their half-lives and reducing translation activity. Therefore, this study revealed that Atranorin@SPIONs induced ferroptosis of GCSCs by weakening the expression of the Xc-/GPX4 axis and the 5-hydroxymethylcytidine modification of mRNAs in the pathway, thereby achieving their therapeutic effect on gastric cancer.© The author(s).

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