학술논문

Pseudomonas aeruginosa utilizes host polyunsaturated phosphatidylethanolamines to trigger theft-ferroptosis in bronchial epithelium
Document Type
article
Source
Journal of Clinical Investigation. 128(10)
Subject
Microbiology
Medical Microbiology
Biomedical and Clinical Sciences
Biological Sciences
Lung
Orphan Drug
Rare Diseases
Cystic Fibrosis
Aetiology
2.2 Factors relating to the physical environment
Infection
Congenital
Good Health and Well Being
Apoptosis
Cell Line
Epithelial Cells
Humans
Phosphatidylethanolamines
Pseudomonas Infections
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Respiratory Mucosa
Respiratory Tract Infections
Bacterial infections
Cell Biology
Infectious disease
Medical and Health Sciences
Immunology
Biological sciences
Biomedical and clinical sciences
Health sciences
Language
Abstract
Ferroptosis is a death program executed via selective oxidation of arachidonic acid-phosphatidylethanolamines (AA-PE) by 15-lipoxygenases. In mammalian cells and tissues, ferroptosis has been pathogenically associated with brain, kidney, and liver injury/diseases. We discovered that a prokaryotic bacterium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, that does not contain AA-PE can express lipoxygenase (pLoxA), oxidize host AA-PE to 15-hydroperoxy-AA-PE (15-HOO-AA-PE), and trigger ferroptosis in human bronchial epithelial cells. Induction of ferroptosis by clinical P. aeruginosa isolates from patients with persistent lower respiratory tract infections was dependent on the level and enzymatic activity of pLoxA. Redox phospholipidomics revealed elevated levels of oxidized AA-PE in airway tissues from patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) but not with emphysema or CF without P. aeruginosa. We believe that the evolutionarily conserved mechanism of pLoxA-driven ferroptosis may represent a potential therapeutic target against P. aeruginosa-associated diseases such as CF and persistent lower respiratory tract infections.