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ReviewMolecular and cellular biochemistry2025

The role of ACSL4 in stroke: mechanisms and potential therapeutic target.

Bifang Zhuo, Chenyang Qin, Shizhe Deng, Hailun Jiang, Shangkun Si, Feng Tao, Fei Cai, Zhihong Meng

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Review in Molecular and cellular biochemistry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Bifang ZhuoFirst Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.
Chenyang QinFirst Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.
Shizhe DengFirst Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.
Hailun JiangFirst Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.
Shangkun SiFirst Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.
Feng TaoFirst Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.
Fei CaiFirst Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China. 13702030581@163.com.
Zhihong MengFirst Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China. profmengzhihong@163.com.

Funding

National Key Research and Development Program of China 2018YFC1706001Open Project of National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion Grant No. NCRCOP2023003The Science & Technology Development Fund of Tianjin Education Commission for Higher Education 2022KJ170
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stroke, as a neurological disorder with a poor overall prognosis, has long plagued the patients. Current stroke therapy lacks effective treatments. Ferroptosis has emerged as a prominent subject of discourse across various maladies in recent years. As an emerging therapeutic target, notwithstanding its initial identification in tumor cells associated with brain diseases, it has lately been recognized as a pivotal factor in the pathological progression of stroke. Acyl-CoA synthetase long-chain family member 4 (ACSL4) is a potential target and biomarker of catalytic unsaturated fatty acids mediating ferroptosis in stroke. Specifically, the upregulation of ACSL4 leads to heightened accumulation of lipid peroxidation products and reactive oxygen species (ROS), thereby exacerbating the progression of ferroptosis in neuronal cells. ACSL4 is present in various tissues and involved in multiple pathways of ferroptosis. At present, the pharmacological mechanisms of targeting ACSL4 to inhibit ferroptosis have been found in many drugs, but the molecular mechanisms of targeting ACSL4 are still in the exploratory stage. This paper introduces the physiopathological mechanism of ACSL4 and the current status of the research involved in ferroptosis crosstalk and epigenetics, and summarizes the application status of ACSL4 in modern pharmacology research, and discusses the potential application value of ACSL4 in the field of stroke.

Indexed as

Coenzyme A LigasesFerroptosisStrokeAnimalsHumansLong-Chain-Fatty-Acid-CoA LigaseReactive Oxygen SpeciesCoenzyme A LigasesLong-Chain-Fatty-Acid-CoA LigaseReactive Oxygen SpeciesACSL4FerroptosisLipid peroxidationStrokeTargetTherapeutic

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PMID39496916
PMCPMC11961533

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