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. 2021 Oct 27;11:743006. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2021.743006

Table 2.

Research progress on ferroptosis in acute myeloid leukemia.

Researcher Research object Related Pathway Target Conclusions/Results
Sarah Weber (110) Patients/mice Iron Metabolism pathway Iron Iron overexpression in patients with MDS and AML
Eric Grignano (111) Leukemic cells in vivo experiments/Patients Iron Metabolism pathway Iron Iron overload in AML
Rudy Birsen (112) AML cells both in vivo and ex vivo GSH synthesis pathway System Xc- GPX4 SLC7A11 or GPX4 genes were inactivated in MDS and AML cells after exposure to APR-246
Jie Wei (113) AML patient samples and normal samples Lipid peroxidation Glutathione peroxidases (GPXs) High expression of GPX-1, -3, -4, and -7 in AML patients
Yan Du (114) AML xenograft mouse model/in vitro studies Lipid synthesis pathway ROS Overexpression of lipid ROS in AML cells due to ATPR
Hai-Yan Zhu (115) AML cells Lipid synthesis pathway ROS The accumulation of intracellular and mitochondrial ROS and the activation of AMPK in AML due to TYP
Rushdia Zareen Yusuf (116) Leukemic cells in multiple mouse/human myeloid leukemias Lipid peroxidation Glutathione peroxidase-4 (GPX4) Glutathione peroxidase-4 (GPX4) inhibitors inhibited ALDH3A2 in AML
Fanghua Ye (117) HL-60/NRAS Q61L cells The RAS-JNK/p38 pathway TFR1 Through the Ras-JNK/p38 pathway, HMGB1 was downregulated and reduced the level of TFR1 in HL-60 cells
Jing Du (118) AML cell lines AMPK/mTOR/p70S6k signaling pathway Ferritin/Iron/ROS Increased unstable iron and ROS in AML due to DHA
Jessica Sagasser (119, 120) Leukemia cell lines such as HL-60 cells Lipid synthesis pathway ROS Chloride [N,N'-disalicidene-1,2-phenylenediamine] iron(III) complexes produced, induced lipid ROS and induce ferroptosis in HL-60 cells
Yan Yu (121) HL-60 cells Activation of JNK and p38 signaling pathway HMGB1 release Erastin increased the sensitivity of AML cells to chemotherapeutic agents.
Li-Hua Dong (122) AML cell lines(K-562 and HL-60)/ the nude mice/AML patients The putative binding sites among circKDM4C, hsa-let-7b-5p, and P53 P53 CircKDM4C upregulated P53 by sponging hsa-let-7b-5p to induce ferroptosis in AML
Zhe Chen (123) AML cells Iron metabolism pathway Iron Increased iron ameliorated AML by inducing the death of iron-dependent cancer cells