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Fortuna V, Lima J, Oliveira GF, Oliveira YS, Getachew B, Nekhai S, Aschner M, Tizabi Y. Ferroptosis as an emerging target in sickle cell disease. Curr Res Toxicol 2024; 7:100181. [PMID: 39021403 PMCID: PMC11252799 DOI: 10.1016/j.crtox.2024.100181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2023] [Revised: 06/13/2024] [Accepted: 06/17/2024] [Indexed: 07/20/2024] Open
Abstract
Sickle cell disease (SCD) is an inherited hemoglobin disorder marked by red blood cell sickling, resulting in severe anemia, painful episodes, extensive organ damage, and shortened life expectancy. In SCD, increased iron levels can trigger ferroptosis, a specific type of cell death characterized by reactive oxygen species (ROS) and lipid peroxide accumulation, leading to damage and organ impairments. The intricate interplay between iron, ferroptosis, inflammation, and oxidative stress in SCD underscores the necessity of thoroughly understanding these processes for the development of innovative therapeutic strategies. This review highlights the importance of balancing the complex interactions among various factors and exploitation of the knowledge in developing novel therapeutics for this devastating disease.
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- Vitor Fortuna
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Health Sciences Institute, Federal University of Bahia, BA 40231-300, Brazil
- Postgraduate Program in Immunology, Health Sciences Institute, Federal University of Bahia, BA 40231-300, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Immunology, Health Sciences Institute, Federal University of Bahia, BA 40231-300, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Immunology, Health Sciences Institute, Federal University of Bahia, BA 40231-300, Brazil
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- Postgraduate Program in Immunology, Health Sciences Institute, Federal University of Bahia, BA 40231-300, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmacology, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA
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- Center for Sickle Cell Disease, Departments of Microbiology and Medicine, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA
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Mahmoodi M, Mohammadi Henjeroei F, Hassanshahi G, Nosratabadi R. Do chemokine/chemokine receptor axes play paramount parts in trafficking and oriented locomotion of monocytes/macrophages toward the lungs of COVID-19 infected patients? A systematic review. Cytokine 2024; 175:156497. [PMID: 38190792 DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2023.156497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2023] [Revised: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 12/31/2023] [Indexed: 01/10/2024]
Abstract
The COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) is a well-defined viral infection, resulting from SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome- coronavirus-2). The innate immune system serves as the first line of defense to limit viral spreading and subsequently stimulate adaptive immune responses by the prominent aids of its cellular and molecular arms. Monocytes are defined as the most prominent innate immune cells (IICs) that are reactive against invading pathogens. These cells support host protection against the virus that is mediated by several non-specific mechanisms such as phagocytosis, producing antiviral enzymes, and recruitment of immune cells toward and into the infected tissues. They have the ability to egress from blood and migrate to the SARS-CoV-2 infected regions by the aid of some defense-related functions like chemotaxis, which is mediated by chemical compounds, e.g., chemokines. Chemokines, in addition to their related ligands are categorized within the most important and deserved agents involved in oriented trafficking of monocytes/macrophages towards and within the lung parenchyma in both steady state and pathological circumstances, including COVID-19-raised infection. However, the overexpression of chemokines could have deleterious effects on various organs through the induction of cytokine storm and may be the most important leading mechanisms in the pathogenesis of COVID-19. Authors have aimed the current review article to describe present knowledge about the interplay between monocytes/macrophages and SARS-CoV-2 with a focus on the ability of IICs to migrate and home into the lung of COVID-19 patients through various chemokine-chemokine receptor axes to promote our understanding regarding this disease.
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- Merat Mahmoodi
- Department of Medical Immunology, Afzalipour Faculty of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Department of Medical Immunology, Afzalipour Faculty of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Molecular Medicine Research Center, Research Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, RafsanjanUniversity of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran
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- Department of Medical Immunology, Afzalipour Faculty of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran; Gastroenterology and Hepatology Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
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Bliznyuk U, Borshchegovskaya P, Chernyaev A, Ipatova V, Kozlov A, Khmelevskiy O, Mezhetova I, Nikitchenko A, Rodin I, Kozlova E. Hemoglobin Derivatives in Beef Irradiated with Accelerated Electrons. Molecules 2023; 28:5773. [PMID: 37570742 PMCID: PMC10421238 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28155773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2023] [Revised: 07/28/2023] [Accepted: 07/29/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023] Open
Abstract
The efficiency of food irradiation depends on the accuracy of the irradiation dose range that is sufficient for inhibiting microbiological growth without causing an irreversible change to the physical and chemical properties of foods. This study suggests that the concentration of hemoglobin derivatives can be used as a criterion for establishing the limit for chilled beef irradiation at which irradiation-induced oxidation becomes irreversible. The express spectrophotometry method for estimating the hemoglobin derivative concentration shows a nonlinear increase in methemoglobin concentration from 15% to 50% in beef irradiated by accelerated electrons with the doses ranging from 250 Gy to 10,000 Gy. The monitoring of the hemoglobin derivative concentration for three days after irradiation shows nonmonotonous dependencies of methemoglobin concentration in beef in the storage time since the oxidation of hemoglobin occur as a result of irradiation and biochemical processes in beef during storage. The proposed method based on the quantitative analysis of the hemoglobin derivative concentration can be used to estimate the oxidation level for irradiation of foods containing red blood cells. The study proposes a model that describes the change in hemoglobin derivative concentration in beef after irradiation considering that oxidation of hemoglobin can be triggered by the direct ionization caused by accelerated electrons, biochemical processes as a result of bacterial activity, and reactive oxygen species appearing during irradiation and storage. This research throws light on the mechanisms behind food irradiation during storage that should be taken into account for selecting the optimal parameters of irradiation.
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- Ulyana Bliznyuk
- Department of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, GSP-1, 1-2 Leninskiye Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia (A.N.); (E.K.)
- Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, GSP-1, 1-2 Leninskiye Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia;
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- Department of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, GSP-1, 1-2 Leninskiye Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia (A.N.); (E.K.)
- Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, GSP-1, 1-2 Leninskiye Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia;
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- Department of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, GSP-1, 1-2 Leninskiye Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia (A.N.); (E.K.)
- Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, GSP-1, 1-2 Leninskiye Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia;
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- Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, GSP-1, 1-2 Leninskiye Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia;
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- Department of Medical and Biological Physics, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, GSP-1, 1-2 Leninskiye Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia (A.N.); (E.K.)
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- Department of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, GSP-1, 1-2 Leninskiye Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia (A.N.); (E.K.)
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- Department of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, GSP-1, 1-2 Leninskiye Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia (A.N.); (E.K.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, GSP-1, 1-2 Leninskiye Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia
- Department of Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Medicin, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, GSP-1, 1-2 Leninskiye Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia (A.N.); (E.K.)
- Department of Medical and Biological Physics, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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