Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2021, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (23): 3734-3739.doi: 10.12307/2021.047

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Ferroptosis and stroke

Zhu Rui1, Zeng Qing1, Huang Guozhi1, 2   

  1. 1Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510280, Guangdong Province, China; 2School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510280, Guangdong Province, China
  • Received:2020-09-24 Revised:2020-09-28 Accepted:2020-11-11 Online:2021-08-18 Published:2021-02-24
  • Contact: Huang Guozhi, MD, Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510280, Guangdong Province, China; School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510280, Guangdong Province, China
  • About author:Zhu Rui, MD candidate, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510280, Guangdong Province, China
  • Supported by:
    the National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Program), No. 81874032 (to HGZ); Guangdong Provincial Medical Science and Technology Research Project, No. A2017610 (to ZQ)

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Ferroptosis is a non-apoptotic form of programmed cell death characterized by the iron-dependent accumulation of toxic lipid reactive oxygen species, which is closely related to the occurrence and development of stroke.
OBJECTIVE: To review the recent researches regarding ferroptosis in stroke and summarize the occurrence and development of ferroptosis and the application prospects of ferroptosis inhibitors in stroke, in order to provide theoretical basis and new the treatment of strategies for targeting ferroptosis in the treatment of stroke.
METHODS: PubMed, Web of Science, Medline, WanFang, and CNKI databases were searched for relevant literatures. Then we used Mesh tool to search for “ferroptosis” and “stroke” to refine the search terms, and then searched by subject terms (title/abstract). Search terms were “stroke; CVA; cerebrovascular accident; brain hemorrhage; brain infarction; cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury; cerebral I/R injury; cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury; CI/R; ferroptosis; oxytosis” in English and Chinese, respectively. The retrieval time was from January 1, 2000 to June 25, 2020. Finally, 59 articles were included for review.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Ferroptosis, as an atypical cell death mode newly discovered in recent years, has been confirmed to be involved in the occurrence and development of stroke. Iron chelator is a classic iron death inhibitor that has been shown to improve nerve function damage in basic research, but there are still some therapeutic limitations in clinical practice. Therefore, a new strategy for the treatment of stroke by targeting ferroptosis represents the direction of our future exploration.

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:组织构建;骨细胞;软骨细胞;细胞培养;成纤维细胞;血管内皮细胞;骨质疏松;组织工程

Key words: ferroptosis, stroke, iron metabolism, cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury, lipid peroxides, GPX4, reactive oxygen species, iron

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