前列腺癌
癌症研究
转移
前列腺
E2F型
癌症
生物
医学
内科学
细胞周期
作者
Mu-En Wang,Jiaqi Chen,Yi Lu,Alyssa R. Bawcom,Jinjin Wu,Jianhong Ou,John M. Asara,Andrew J. Armstrong,Qianben Wang,Lei Li,Yuzhuo Wang,Jiaoti Huang,Ming Chen
摘要
Inactivation of the RB1 tumor suppressor gene is common in several types of therapy-resistant cancers, including metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, and predicts poor clinical outcomes. Effective therapeutic strategies against RB1-deficient cancers remain elusive. Here, we showed that RB1 loss/E2F activation sensitized cancer cells to ferroptosis, a form of regulated cell death driven by iron-dependent lipid peroxidation, by upregulating expression of ACSL4 and enriching ACSL4-dependent arachidonic acid-containing phospholipids, which are key components of ferroptosis execution. ACSL4 appeared to be a direct E2F target gene and was critical to RB1 loss-induced sensitization to ferroptosis. Importantly, using cell line-derived xenografts and genetically engineered tumor models, we demonstrated that induction of ferroptosis in vivo by JKE-1674, a highly selective and stable GPX4 inhibitor, blocked RB1-deficient prostate tumor growth and metastasis and led to improved survival of the mice. Thus, our findings uncover an RB/E2F/ACSL4 molecular axis that governs ferroptosis and also suggest a promising approach for the treatment of RB1-deficient malignancies.
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