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. 2022 Jun 24;9:919187. doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.919187

TABLE 1.

Reagents and mechanisms of ferroptosis in lung diseases.

Disease Reagent Proposed mechanism References
COPD Deferoxamine Chelate iron and block iron-dependent lipid peroxidation Ghio et al. (2008a); Yoshida et al. (2019); Tang et al. (2021a)
Ferrostatin-1 Inhibit lipid peroxidation Yoshida et al. (2019); Tang et al. (2021a); Lian et al. (2021)
NAC Recover intracellular cysteine
Curcumin Activate GPX4; Upregulate SLC7A11 Tang et al. (2021a)
Dihydroquercetin Regulate NRF2 Liu et al. (2022a)
Asthma Deferoxamine Chelate iron and block iron-dependent lipid peroxidation Wenzel et al. (2017)
Ferrostatin-1 Inhibit lipid peroxidation Wenzel et al. (2017); Yang and Shang, (2022)
3-methyladenine Upregulate system Xc-; Activate GPX4 Yang and Shang, (2022)
Acupuncture Downregulate SLC3A2 and ATP1A3 Tang et al. (2021c)
Erastin Block cysteine import, inducing GSH depletion and GPX4 inactivation Wu et al. (2020)
RSL3 Covalently inhibit GPX4, causing accumulation of lipid peroxidation Wu et al. (2020)
Artesunate Activate ferritinophage to increases iron abundance Wu et al. (2020)
Cystic fibrosis Deferoxamine Chelate iron and block iron-dependent lipid peroxidation Maniam et al. (2021)
Ferrostatin-1 Inhibit lipid peroxidation Maniam et al. (2021)
Pulmonary fibrosis Deferoxamine Chelate iron and block iron-dependent lipid peroxidation (Cheng et al., 2021; Takahashi et al., 2021)
Liproxstatin-1 Inhibit lipid peroxidation He et al. (2021)
Phytic acid Chelate iron and block iron-dependent lipid peroxidation
Ischemia–Reperfusion Injury Liproxstatin-1 Inhibit lipid peroxidation Xu et al. (2020)
Rosiglitazone Inhibition of ACSL4 Xu et al. (2020)
Irisin Regulate Nrf2/HO-1 axis; activates GPX4; inhibition of ACSL4 Wang et al. (2022a)
Lidocaine Regulate the p38/MAPK; increase FTH1 and GPX4; decrease Tf Ma et al. (2022)
Deferoxamine Chelate iron and block iron-dependent lipid peroxidation Lui et al. (2013)
Pirfenidone Chelate iron and block iron-dependent lipid peroxidation Liu et al. (2005)
Pulmonary hypertension Ferrostatin-1 Inhibit lipid peroxidation Xie et al. (2022)
Deferoxamine Chelate iron and block iron-dependent lipid peroxidation Jasenosky et al. (2015)
Infection: P. aeruginosa Ferrostatin-1 Inhibit lipid peroxidation Ousingsawat et al. (2021)
Baicalein Suppress peroxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids Dar et al. (2022)
CoQ10 Inhibit lipid peroxidation Ousingsawat et al. (2021)
Idebenone Inhibit lipid peroxidation Ousingsawat et al. (2021)
Pulmonary tuberculosis Ferrostatin-1 Inhibit lipid peroxidation Amaral et al. (2019)
Glutathione Recover intracellular cysteine Pan et al. (2020)
Vitamin E Inhibit lipid peroxidation Seyedrezazadeh et al. (2008)
Infection: Gram-negative bacteria Liproxstatin-1 Inhibit lipid peroxidation Klobucar et al. (2021)
COVID-19 Vitamin C Inhibit lipid peroxidation Chavarría et al. (2021)
Vitamin E Inhibit lipid peroxidation Chavarría et al. (2021)
NAC Recover intracellular cysteine Jaiswal et al. (2020); Chavarría et al. (2021)
Melatonin Chelate iron and block iron-dependent lipid peroxidation Chavarría et al. (2021)
Deferoxamine Chelate iron; inhibit viral replication; immunomodulation; downregulate hepcidin I Dalamaga et al. (2020)
Deferiprone Chelate iron; inhibit viral replication; immunomodulation Dalamaga et al. (2020)
Deferasirox Chelate iron; inhibit viral replication; immunomodulation Dalamaga et al. (2020)
Lactoferrin Bind iron and inhibit viral replication Carota et al. (2021)
Methemoglobin reductase Chelate iron and Muhoberac, (2020)
Glutathione Recover intracellular cysteine Silvagno et al. (2020)
Infection:Zygomycetes Melatonin Chelate iron; inhibit microbial activity Sen, (2021)
Deferoxamine Chelate iron and block iron-dependent lipid peroxidation Kontoghiorghes et al. (2010); Álvarez et al. (2013)
Deferiprone Chelate iron; inhibit microbial activity with better tissue penetration capacity Kontoghiorghes et al. (2010); Álvarez et al. (2013)
Deferirox Chelate iron; inhibit microbial activity Kontoghiorghes et al. (2010); Álvarez et al. (2013)
Infection: A. Fumigatus Deferoxamine Chelate iron and block iron-dependent lipid peroxidation Hsu et al. (2018)
Deferiprone Chelate iron and block iron-dependent lipid peroxidation Hsu et al. (2018)
Deferirox Chelate iron and block iron-dependent lipid peroxidation Hsu et al. (2018)
Acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome iASPP Regulate p53 and NRF2 Li et al. (2020a)
Ferrostatin-1 Inhibit lipid peroxidation Liu et al. (2020)
Liproxstatin-1 Inhibit lipid peroxidation Li et al. (2020a)
Panaxadiol Regulate KEAP1/NRF2/HO-1 axis; activates GSH and GPX4 Li et al. (2021b)
4-octyl itaconate Regulate NRF2/HO-1 axis; activates GSH and GPX4 He et al. (2022b)
Obacunone Regulate NRF2/HO-1 axis; activates GSH and GPX4 Li et al. (2022)
Puerarin Activate SLC7A11, GPX4, and FTH1; inhibit NOX1 to reduce lipid ROS generation Xu et al. (2021a)
Acupuncture Activate SLC7A11, GPX4, and FTH1 Zhang et al. (2022)
Lung cancer/metastasis Erastin Block cysteine import, inducing GSH depletion and GPX4 inactivation Huang et al. (2018); Pan et al. (2019)
RSL3 Covalently inhibit GPX4, causing accumulation of lipid peroxidation Zhang et al. (2020b); Liu et al. (2021b)
Cisplatin Block cysteine import, inducing GSH depletion and GPX4 inactivation Guo et al. (2018)
PRLX93936 Regulate NRF2/HO-1 axis; GSH depletion and GPX4 inactivation Liang et al. (2021)
Imidazole ketone erastin Block cysteine import, inducing GSH depletion and GPX4 inactivation Ye et al. (2020)
Sorafenib Block cysteine import, inducing GSH depletion and GPX4 inactivation Li et al. (2020b)
Levobupivacaine Increases iron abundance and mediate iron-dependent lipid peroxidation Meng et al. (2021)
BEBT-908 Regulate p53 and STAT1 Fan et al. (2021)
iFSP1 Inhibit FSP1–CoQ10–NAD(P)H system Doll et al. (2019)
Erianin Induce GSH depletion and mediate iron-dependent lipid peroxidation Chen et al. (2020b)
Sanguinarine Inhibit GSH and GPX4 Xu et al. (2022)
Dihydroisotanshinone I Inhibit GSH and GPX4 Wu et al. (2021)