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Redox Epiphospholipidome in Programmed Cell Death Signaling: Catalytic Mechanisms and Regulation

  1. Author:
    Kagan, Valerian E.
    Tyurina, Yulia Y.
    Vlasova, Irina I.
    Kapralov, Alexander A.
    Amoscato, Andrew A.
    Anthonymuthu, Tamil S.
    Tyurin, Vladimir A.
    Shrivastava, Indira H.
    Cinemre, Fatma B.
    Lamade, Andrew
    Epperly, Michael W.
    Greenberger, Joel S.
    Beezhold, Donald H.
    Mallampalli, Rama K.
    Srivastava, Apurva K.
    Bayir, Hulya
    Shvedova, Anna A.
  2. Author Address

    Univ Pittsburgh, Dept Environm & Occupat Hlth, Ctr Free Rad & Antioxidant Hlth, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA.Sechenov First Moscow State Med Univ, World Class Res Ctr Digital Biodesign & Personal, Moscow, Russia.Univ Pittsburgh, Childrens Neurosci Inst, Safar Ctr Resuscitat Res, Dept Crit Care Med, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA.NIOSH, Off Director, Hlth Effects Lab Div, CDC, Morgantown, WV USA.Univ Pittsburgh, Dept Radiat Oncol, Pittsburgh, PA USA.Ohio State Univ, Dept Internal Med, Columbus, OH 43210 USA.Leidos Biomed Res Inc, Frederick Natl Lab Canc Res, Lab Human Toxicol & Pharmacol, Appl Dev Res Directorate, Frederick, MD USA.NIOSH, Exposure Assessment Branch, CDC, Morgantown, WV 26505 USA.
    1. Year: 2021
    2. Date: Feb 19
    3. Epub Date: 2021 02 19
  1. Journal: Frontiers in Endocrinology
  2. Frontiers Media SA
    1. 11
  3. Type of Article: Review
  4. Article Number: ARTN 628079
  5. ISSN: 1664-2392
  1. Abstract:

    A huge diversification of phospholipids, forming the aqueous interfaces of all biomembranes, cannot be accommodated within a simple concept of their role as membrane building blocks. Indeed, a number of signaling functions of (phospho)lipid molecules has been discovered. Among these signaling lipids, a particular group of oxygenated polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), so called lipid mediators, has been thoroughly investigated over several decades. This group includes oxygenated octadecanoids, eicosanoids, and docosanoids and includes several hundreds of individual species. Oxygenation of PUFA can occur when they are esterified into major classes of phospholipids. Initially, these events have been associated with non-specific oxidative injury of biomembranes. An alternative concept is that these post-synthetically oxidatively modified phospholipids and their adducts with proteins are a part of a redox epiphospholipidome that represents a rich and versatile language for intra- and inter-cellular communications. The redox epiphospholipidome may include hundreds of thousands of individual molecular species acting as meaningful biological signals. This review describes the signaling role of oxygenated phospholipids in programs of regulated cell death. Although phospholipid peroxidation has been associated with almost all known cell death programs, we chose to discuss enzymatic pathways activated during apoptosis and ferroptosis and leading to peroxidation of two phospholipid classes, cardiolipins (CLs) and phosphatidylethanolamines (PEs). This is based on the available LC-MS identification and quantitative information on the respective peroxidation products of CLs and PEs. We focused on molecular mechanisms through which two proteins, a mitochondrial hemoprotein cytochrome c (cyt c), and non-heme Fe lipoxygenase (LOX), change their catalytic properties to fulfill new functions of generating oxygenated CL and PE species. Given the high selectivity and specificity of CL and PE peroxidation we argue that enzymatic reactions catalyzed by cyt c/CL complexes and 15-lipoxygenase/phosphatidylethanolamine binding protein 1 (15LOX/PEBP1) complexes dominate, at least during the initiation stage of peroxidation, in apoptosis and ferroptosis. We contrast cell-autonomous nature of CLox signaling in apoptosis correlating with its anti-inflammatory functions vs. non-cell-autonomous ferroptotic signaling facilitating pro-inflammatory (necro-inflammatory) responses. Finally, we propose that small molecule mechanism-based regulators of enzymatic phospholipid peroxidation may lead to highly specific anti-apoptotic and anti-ferroptotic therapeutic modalities.

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  1. DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2020.628079
  2. PMID: 33679610
  3. PMCID: PMC7933662
  4. WOS: 000625782500001

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  1. Fiscal Year: FY2020-2021
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