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- Title
Bortezomib elevates intracellular free Fe<sup>2+</sup> by enhancing NCOA4-mediated ferritinophagy and synergizes with RSL-3 to inhibit multiple myeloma cells.
- Authors
Zhang, Yanyan; He, Fen; Hu, Wei; Sun, Jingqi; Zhao, Hongyan; Cheng, Yuzhi; Tang, Zhanyou; He, Jiarui; Wang, Xiangyuan; Liu, Tairan; Luo, Cong; Lu, Zhongwei; Xiang, Mei; Liao, Yiting; Wang, Yihao; Li, Junjun; Xia, Jiliang
- Abstract
Iron contributes to tumor initiation and progression; however, excessive intracellular free Fe2+ can be toxic to cancer cells. Our findings confirmed that multiple myeloma (MM) cells exhibited elevated intracellular iron levels and increased ferritin, a key protein for iron storage, compared with normal cells. Interestingly, Bortezomib (BTZ) was found to trigger ferritin degradation, increase free intracellular Fe2+, and promote ferroptosis in MM cells. Subsequent mechanistic investigation revealed that BTZ effectively increased NCOA4 levels by preventing proteasomal degradation in MM cells. When we knocked down NCOA4 or blocked autophagy using chloroquine, BTZ-induced ferritin degradation and the increase in intracellular free Fe2+ were significantly reduced in MM cells, confirming the role of BTZ in enhancing ferritinophagy. Furthermore, the combination of BTZ with RSL-3, a specific inhibitor of GPX4 and inducer of ferroptosis, synergistically promoted ferroptosis in MM cell lines and increased cell death in both MM cell lines and primary MM cells. The induction of ferroptosis inhibitor liproxstatin-1 successfully counteracted the synergistic effect of BTZ and RSL-3 in MM cells. Altogether, our findings reveal that BTZ elevates intracellular free Fe2+ by enhancing NCOA4-mediated ferritinophagy and synergizes with RSL-3 by increasing ferroptosisin MM cells.
- Subjects
MULTIPLE myeloma; IRON proteins; CELL lines; CANCER invasiveness; CELL death; FERRITIN
- Publication
Annals of Hematology, 2024, Vol 103, Issue 9, p3627
- ISSN
0939-5555
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00277-024-05762-4