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ArticleFASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology2025

Artesunate induces ferroptosis in osteosarcoma through NCOA4-mediated ferritinophagy.

Rui Huang, Ruiqing Xu, Jiandang Shi, Zongqiang Yang, Jianping Zheng, Daihao Wei

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Article in FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 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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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. The Emerging Role of Ferroptosis in Pediatric Cancer Biology and Therapy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  13. KIAA1429 Silencing ameliorates osteosarcoma progression through promoting ferroptosis via Nrf2/NQO1 axis.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2025
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  15. Artesunate induces ferroptosis in osteosarcoma through NCOA4-mediated ferritinophagy.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Rui HuangDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0619-9666
Ruiqing XuDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Honghui Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3932-2122
Jiandang ShiDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1239-1822
Zongqiang YangDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2773-1175
Jianping ZhengDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0086-0935
Daihao WeiDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0242-9482

Funding

| Natural Science Foundation of Ningxia Province () 2024AAC02069| Natural Science Foundation of Ningxia Province () 2024AAC03573
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osteosarcoma (OS) is a prevalent primary malignant bone tumor that lacks effective therapeutic interventions. Artesunate (ART) has been proved to have remarkable treatment effects on severe malaria and anti-tumor properties. This study aimed to investigate the anti-OS effects and underlying mechanisms of ART. The potential mechanisms of ART-mediated anti-OS activity were analyzed by using RNA sequencing, iron accumulation, lipid peroxidation, western blotting, and small interfering RNA (siRNA) transfection. In vivo, a xenograft mice model was adopted to explore the anticancer effect of ART. The present study revealed that ART significantly suppressed OS cell proliferation. Subsequent results suggested that ART exerted anti-OS activity mainly through the ferroptosis pathway. ART decreased the GSH/GSSG ratio, xCT and GPX4 expression, while increasing MDA and lipid peroxidation, which were reversed by Fer-1, DFO, 3-MA, and NCOA4 silencing. Mechanistically, ART upregulated the expression of TFR and DMT1, and triggered ferritinophagy by upregulating the expression of NCOA4, which increased Fe

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ArtesunateAutophagyBone NeoplasmsFerritinsFerroptosisNuclear Receptor CoactivatorsOsteosarcomaAnimalsCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationHumansIronMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, NudeXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysArtesunateFerritinsIronNCOA4 protein, humanNuclear Receptor CoactivatorsartesunateferritinophagyferroptosisNCOA4osteosarcoma

Identifiers

PMID40168090
PMCPMC11960798

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