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CELL CHEMICAL BIOLOGY
Volume 26, Issue 3, Pages 420-+Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2018.11.016
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- NIH [T32 GM007276, R35ES028365, R01CA172667, RO1GM112948, 1R01GM122923]
- American Heart Association [16GRNT30870005]
- Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovator award
- Hellman Foundation
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The initiation and execution of cell death can be regulated by various lipids. How the levels of environmental (exogenous) lipids impact cell death sensitivity is not well understood. We find that exogenous monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs) potently inhibit the non-apoptotic, iron-dependent, oxidative cell death process of ferroptosis. This protective effect is associated with the suppression of lipid reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation at the plasma membrane and decreased levels of phospholipids containing oxidizable polyunsaturated fatty acids. Treatment with exogenous MUFAs reduces the sensitivity of plasma membrane lipids to oxidation over several hours. This effect requires MUFA activation by acyl-coenzyme A synthetase long-chain family member 3 (ACSL3) and is independent of lipid droplet formation. Exogenous MUFAs also protect cells from apoptotic lipotoxicity caused by the accumulation of saturated fatty acids, but in an ACSL3-independent manner. Our work demonstrates that ACSL3-dependent MUFA activation promotes a ferroptosis-resistant cell state.
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