Journal: Redox Biology

Article Title: Macrophages and macrophage extracellular vesicles confer cancer ferroptosis resistance via PRDX6-mediated mitophagy inhibition

doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2025.103826

Figure Lengend Snippet: Macrophages upregulate glutathione metabolic pathways in cancer cells (A,B) Transcriptome analysis of the top 20 up-regulated KEGG enrichment pathways in MC38 sorted from the co-culture system without (A) or with (B) RSL3 treatment. (C – E) Transcription changes of glutathione metabolism genes in MC38 (C) , B16 (D) or CT26 (E) cells sorted from Mφ co-culture system. The statistical significance of the differences was assessed using the Student's t -test, ∗ p < 0.05, ∗∗ p < 0.01, ∗∗∗ p < 0.001. Each point represents one of three independent experiments. Column bars show mean and SD. (F) Venn diagram of proteins numbers and overlap3ing proteins numbers from M1-EV and M2-EV by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry proteomic profiling. (G) Scatter diagram of overlaping proteins from M1-EV and M2-EV, and PRDX6 abundance. (H) PRDX6 expression in macrophages and Mφ-EV. The picture shows one of three representative experiments. Calnexin is presented as a positive marker for Mφ but a negative marker of EV. (I–N) Protein expression and quantification compared to β-actin of ACSL4, GPX4, xCT and PRDX6 in MC38 (I,L) , B16 (J,M) or CT26 (K,N) cells from the macrophage (I–K) or Mφ-EV (L – N) co-culture system with or without RSL3 treatment. We calculated the ratio of intensity of a given protein band to the intensity of beta-actin band, and treated the control lane (first lane in each immunoblotting) as intensity = 1. Data shown are from the representative experiment of three independent replicates.

Article Snippet: Cells were treated with RSL3 (Selleck, USA, #S8155), erastin (Selleck, USA, #S7242), FIN56 (MCE, USA, # HY103087 ), ML210 (MCE, USA, # HY100003 ), IKE (MCE, USA, # HY114481 ) or ferrostatin-1 (Selleck, USA, #S7243) to induce or inhibit ferroptosis, with P62-mediated mitophagy inducer (MCE, #HY-115576) or Mdivi (MCE, USA, #HY-15886) to induce or inhibit mitophagy, with MJ33 (MCE, USA, #HY-115062) to inhibit phospholipase A2 activity of PRDX6 and with MitoQ (MCE, USA, #HY-100116A) or MitoTempo (MCE, USA, #HY-112879) to deplete mitochondrial superoxide, with sodium selenite (MCE, USA, #HY-W686381) to provide selenium, with ML385 (MCE, USA, #HY-100523) to inhibit NRF2.

Techniques: Co-Culture Assay, Liquid Chromatography, Mass Spectrometry, Expressing, Marker, Control, Western Blot

Journal: Redox Biology

Article Title: Macrophages and macrophage extracellular vesicles confer cancer ferroptosis resistance via PRDX6-mediated mitophagy inhibition

doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2025.103826

Figure Lengend Snippet: Macrophages and Mφ-derived extracellular vesicles inhibit ferroptosis and promote PRDX6 expression in tumors (A) Timeline of clodronate liposome (CL) and RSL3 treatment for MC38 subcutaneous mouse model. (B – D) Harvested tumors (B), individual tumor growth curves (C) and average tumor growth curves (D) of MC38 tumors collected from mice treated with vehicle, CL, RSL3 or combination of both compounds, N = 5 per group. (E,F) Quantified percentage (E) and representative flow cytometry scatter diagrams (F) of F4/80 + macrophages in CD45 + immune cells gate from MC38 tumors. (G,H) Quantification of lipid peroxidation (G) and representative flow cytometry scatter diagrams of BODIPY/C11 dye (H) in MC38 tumors. (I) Representative immunohistology images of GPX4, 4-HNE, PRDX6 and F4/80 expression in the tumor samples. (J) Timeline of treatment of MC38 tumor-bearing mice with M2 macrophages extracellular vesicles (M2-EV) and RSL3. (K – M) Harvested tumor images (K), individual tumor growth curves (L) and tumor mean volume curves (M) of MC38 tumors collected from experiment shown in panel ( J ), N = 5 mice per group. (N,O) Quantified percentage (N) and representative flow cytometry scatter diagrams (O) of F4/80 + macrophages in CD45 + gate from MC38 tumors obtained from experiment ( J ). (P,Q) Quantified lipid peroxidation (P) and representative flow cytometry scatter diagrams of BODIPY/C11 dye (Q) of total cells from MC38 tumors. (R) Representative immunohistochemistry images of GPX4, 4-HNE, PRDX6 and F4/80 expression in the tumor samples from experiment depicted in panel ( J ). Data were analyzed with ANOVA and Tukey's comparing with each other group, ∗ p < 0.05, ∗∗ p < 0.01, ∗∗∗ p < 0.001. Column error bars show mean and SD.

Article Snippet: Cells were treated with RSL3 (Selleck, USA, #S8155), erastin (Selleck, USA, #S7242), FIN56 (MCE, USA, # HY103087 ), ML210 (MCE, USA, # HY100003 ), IKE (MCE, USA, # HY114481 ) or ferrostatin-1 (Selleck, USA, #S7243) to induce or inhibit ferroptosis, with P62-mediated mitophagy inducer (MCE, #HY-115576) or Mdivi (MCE, USA, #HY-15886) to induce or inhibit mitophagy, with MJ33 (MCE, USA, #HY-115062) to inhibit phospholipase A2 activity of PRDX6 and with MitoQ (MCE, USA, #HY-100116A) or MitoTempo (MCE, USA, #HY-112879) to deplete mitochondrial superoxide, with sodium selenite (MCE, USA, #HY-W686381) to provide selenium, with ML385 (MCE, USA, #HY-100523) to inhibit NRF2.

Techniques: Derivative Assay, Expressing, Flow Cytometry, Immunohistochemistry

Journal: Redox Biology

Article Title: Macrophages and macrophage extracellular vesicles confer cancer ferroptosis resistance via PRDX6-mediated mitophagy inhibition

doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2025.103826

Figure Lengend Snippet: PRDX6-dependent ferroptosis resistance relies on glutathione peroxidase activity (A) Scheme of the enzyme activities of PRDX6 and the strategies to inhibit them. (B – D) Flow cytometry analysis of RSL3-induced lipid peroxidation in B16 ( B ), CT26 ( C ) or MC38 ( D ) cells overexpressing (OE) PRDX6 versus negative control (NC) cells. The cells were treated with vehicle or 10 μM MJ33. (E) Diagram of PRDX6 overexpression plasmid and mutation site details of C47A, R132A and H39A mutant PRDX6. (F–K) Flow cytometry analysis of lipid peroxidation ( F–H ) and cell viability ( I–K ) in B16 ( F,I ), CT26 ( G,J ), MC38 ( H,K ) cells with PRDX6 knockdown. The cells were next transfected with wildtype (WT) or mutant PRDX6 (C47A, R132A, H39A) and treated with increasing concentrations of RSL3. Areas under the curve (AUC) were compared with one way ANOVA and Tukey's test, ∗ p < 0.05, ∗∗ p < 0.01, ∗∗∗ p < 0.001. Column error bars show the mean and SD. (L – N) Analysis of GSH/GSSG in B16 ( L ), CT26 ( M ) or MC38 ( N ) cells with the PRDX6 manipulations following RSL3 treatment. Data were analyzed between the same treatment samples with ANOVA and Dunnett's test, using WT PRDX6 as control, ∗ p < 0.05, ∗∗ p < 0.01, ∗∗∗ p < 0.001. Column error bars show the mean and SD.

Article Snippet: Cells were treated with RSL3 (Selleck, USA, #S8155), erastin (Selleck, USA, #S7242), FIN56 (MCE, USA, # HY103087 ), ML210 (MCE, USA, # HY100003 ), IKE (MCE, USA, # HY114481 ) or ferrostatin-1 (Selleck, USA, #S7243) to induce or inhibit ferroptosis, with P62-mediated mitophagy inducer (MCE, #HY-115576) or Mdivi (MCE, USA, #HY-15886) to induce or inhibit mitophagy, with MJ33 (MCE, USA, #HY-115062) to inhibit phospholipase A2 activity of PRDX6 and with MitoQ (MCE, USA, #HY-100116A) or MitoTempo (MCE, USA, #HY-112879) to deplete mitochondrial superoxide, with sodium selenite (MCE, USA, #HY-W686381) to provide selenium, with ML385 (MCE, USA, #HY-100523) to inhibit NRF2.

Techniques: Activity Assay, Flow Cytometry, Negative Control, Over Expression, Plasmid Preparation, Mutagenesis, Knockdown, Transfection, Control

Journal: Redox Biology

Article Title: Macrophages and macrophage extracellular vesicles confer cancer ferroptosis resistance via PRDX6-mediated mitophagy inhibition

doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2025.103826

Figure Lengend Snippet: Cancer PRDX6 overexpression limits ferroptosis and reverses macrophage depletion effect (A-C) Tumor mean volume curves (A) , harvested tumor image (B) , and individual tumor growth curve (C) of MC38 tumors with PRDX6 overexpression (OE) or negative control (NC). The animals were treated with RSL3+PLX3397 (R + P) or vehicle. N = 5 per group. (D,E) Quantified percentage of F4/80 + macrophages in CD45 + gate (D) and representative flow cytometry scatter diagrams of F4/80 + macrophages (E) from MC38 tumors. (F,G) Quantified lipid peroxidation (F) and representative flow cytometry scatter diagrams of BODIPY/C11 dye (G) of total cells from MC38 tumors. (H) Representative immunohistochemistry images of PRDX6, 4-HNE and F4/80 expression in harvested tumor tissues. (I,J) Quantification of CD8 + and CD4 + T cells ratio (I) and representative flow cytometry scatter diagrams of CD8 + and CD4 + T cells (J) from MC38 tumors treatment. (K – M) Tumor means volume curve (K) , harvest tumor image (L) and individual tumor growth curve (M) of PRDX6 knockout (KO) and negative control (NC) MC38 tumors which are treated with single RSL3 (R) or RSL3+PLX3397 (R + P) or vehicle. n = 5 per group. (N,O) Quantified lipid peroxidation (N) and representative scatter diagrams of BODIPY/C11 dye (O) of MC38 tumors as indicated treatment. (P,Q) Quantified percentage (P) and representative flow cytometry scatter diagrams (Q) of F4/80 + macrophages in CD45 + immune cells from MC38 tumors as indicated. (R) Representative immunohistology images of 4-HNE, PRDX6 and F4/80 expression in the tumor slice of indicated six groups above. Data were analyzed with ANOVA and Tukey's comparing with each other group, ∗ p < 0.05, ∗∗ p < 0.01, ∗∗∗ p < 0.001. Column error bars show mean and SD.

Article Snippet: Cells were treated with RSL3 (Selleck, USA, #S8155), erastin (Selleck, USA, #S7242), FIN56 (MCE, USA, # HY103087 ), ML210 (MCE, USA, # HY100003 ), IKE (MCE, USA, # HY114481 ) or ferrostatin-1 (Selleck, USA, #S7243) to induce or inhibit ferroptosis, with P62-mediated mitophagy inducer (MCE, #HY-115576) or Mdivi (MCE, USA, #HY-15886) to induce or inhibit mitophagy, with MJ33 (MCE, USA, #HY-115062) to inhibit phospholipase A2 activity of PRDX6 and with MitoQ (MCE, USA, #HY-100116A) or MitoTempo (MCE, USA, #HY-112879) to deplete mitochondrial superoxide, with sodium selenite (MCE, USA, #HY-W686381) to provide selenium, with ML385 (MCE, USA, #HY-100523) to inhibit NRF2.

Techniques: Over Expression, Negative Control, Flow Cytometry, Immunohistochemistry, Expressing, Knock-Out

Journal: Redox Biology

Article Title: Macrophages and macrophage extracellular vesicles confer cancer ferroptosis resistance via PRDX6-mediated mitophagy inhibition

doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2025.103826

Figure Lengend Snippet: Macrophage extracellular vesicles and PRDX6 inhibited cancer cell mitophagy (A,B) Volcano plot (A) and quantification (B) of phosphorylated proteins in MC38 treated with M2-EV for 8h versus not treated MC38 cells. Data are merged from 3 independent experiments. (C) Top 10 up- and down-regulated KEGG pathways of M2-EV treated MC38 cells vs not treated controls. (D) Significantly down-regulated phosphorylated proteins in the mitophagy-animal term from panel ( C ). (E,F) Representative pictures of mitophagy, lysosome, and mitochondria fluorescence in M2-EV treated MC38 cells (E) or PRDX6 overexpressed (PRDX6 OE/OE) MC38 cells (F) treated with vehicle or RSL3. (G) SQSTM1, BNIP3, BNIP3L expression in PRDX6 KO or NC MC38 cells which treated with RSL3 or MitoTempo. Data shown are from the representative experiment of three independent replicates. (H) Representative morphology of mitochondria and mitophagy in negative control MC38 cells and PRDX6 knockdown (PRDX6 KD) MC38, PRDX6 OE MC38, M2-EV-treated or 100 μM MitoTempo-treated MC38 cells cultured with 2 μM RSL3. Data shown are from the representative replicate of three independent experiments.

Article Snippet: Cells were treated with RSL3 (Selleck, USA, #S8155), erastin (Selleck, USA, #S7242), FIN56 (MCE, USA, # HY103087 ), ML210 (MCE, USA, # HY100003 ), IKE (MCE, USA, # HY114481 ) or ferrostatin-1 (Selleck, USA, #S7243) to induce or inhibit ferroptosis, with P62-mediated mitophagy inducer (MCE, #HY-115576) or Mdivi (MCE, USA, #HY-15886) to induce or inhibit mitophagy, with MJ33 (MCE, USA, #HY-115062) to inhibit phospholipase A2 activity of PRDX6 and with MitoQ (MCE, USA, #HY-100116A) or MitoTempo (MCE, USA, #HY-112879) to deplete mitochondrial superoxide, with sodium selenite (MCE, USA, #HY-W686381) to provide selenium, with ML385 (MCE, USA, #HY-100523) to inhibit NRF2.

Techniques: Fluorescence, Expressing, Negative Control, Knockdown, Cell Culture

Journal: bioRxiv

Article Title: Separability of antibacterial and membranolytic activity in the human host defense peptide LL-37

doi: 10.1101/2025.05.22.655608

Figure Lengend Snippet: A. Size exclusion chromatography (SEC) of LL-37 surface mutants as in . B. SEC of overlapping mutants from . C. Biolayer interferometry (BLI) showing the shifts associated with incubating the indicated analyte with a probe consisting of biotinylated LL-37. D. Extension of hemolysis assays to the sample types shown. Sheep and cow blood are defibrinated. Human blood is purchased whole blood from each of two donors. Sheep and human RBCs indicate isolated RBCs. E. Luminescence toxicity assay with each of the indicated cell types.

Article Snippet: Types of blood used in these studies included defibrinated sheep and cow blood (Hardy Diagnostics), purchased human whole blood from two separate donors (ZenBio), sheep RBCs (Innovative Research), and human RBCs (Rockland Immunochemicals).

Techniques: Size-exclusion Chromatography, Isolation