Impact of Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation on Ferroptosis in Renal Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury in Rats

Role of ferroptosis in effects of anesthetics on multiple organ diseases: A literature review

Anesthesiologists are often faced with patients combined with a series of organ injuries, such as acute lung injury, myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury, and neurodegenerative diseases. With the in-depth study of these diseases, we are more aware of the choice and rational use of anesthetics for the prognosis of these patients. Ferroptosis is a new type of programmed cell death. This unique pattern of cell death, driven by an imbalance between oxides and antioxidants, is regulated by multiple cellular metabolic events, including redox homeostasis, iron handling, mitochondrial activity, and lipids peroxidation. Numerous studies confirmed that anesthetics modulate ferroptosis by interfering its machineries such as cystine-import-glutathione-glutathione peroxidase 4 axis, Heme oxygenase 1, nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2, and iron homeostasis system. In this literature review, we systemically illustrated possible involvement of ferroptosis in effects of anesthetics and adjuvant drugs on multiple organ diseases, hoping our work may serve as a basis for further studies on regulating ferroptosis through anesthetics related pharmacological modulation and promoting the rational use of anesthetics.

The Role of Ferroptosis in Acute Kidney Injury

Ferroptosis is a novel cell death method discovered in recent years. It is usually accompanied by massive accumulations of iron and lipid peroxidation during cell death. Recent studies have shown that ferroptosis is closely associated with the pathophysiological processes of many diseases, such as tumors, neurological diseases, localized ischemia-reperfusion injury, kidney injury, and hematological diseases. How to intervene in the incidence and development of associated diseases by regulating the ferroptosis of cells has become a hot topic of research. This article provides a review of the role of ferroptosis in the pathogenesis and potential treatment of acute kidney injury.