General Information of the Disease (ID: DIS00064)
Name
Hereditary haemochromatosis
ICD
ICD-11: 5C64
Full List of Target(s) of This Ferroptosis-centered Disease
Heme oxygenase 1 (HMOX1)
In total 1 item(s) under this target
Experiment 1 Reporting the Ferroptosis-centered Disease Response by This Target [1]
Target for Ferroptosis Driver/Suppressor
Responsed Disease Hereditary haemochromatosis [ICD-11: 5C64]
Responsed Regulator Fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) Suppressor
Pathway Response Fatty acid metabolism hsa01212
Ferroptosis hsa04216
Cell Process Cell ferroptosis
In Vitro Model mPHs (Mouse primary hepatocytes)
In Vivo Model
In the adenovirus-mediated FGF21 over-expression mouse model, 12-week-old C57BL/6J male mice were divided into four groups: (1) EGFP vector overexpression + PBS injection group (n = 10), (2) EGFP vector overexpression + iron dextran injection group (n = 10), (3) FGF21-EGFP overexpression + PBS injection group (n = 10) and (4) FGF21-EGFP overexpression + iron dextran injection group (n = 10). The mice were administered PBS and iron dextran by intraperitoneal injection for 7 days.

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Response regulation FGF21 could protect hepatocytes from developing iron overload-induced ferroptosis by stimulating HO-1 ubiquitination and subsequent degradation. The FGF21HO-1 pathway could be targeted for treating iron overload-induced ferroptosis-related diseases, particularly hereditary haemochromatosis (HH).
References
Ref 1 Fibroblast growth factor 21 attenuates iron overload-induced liver injury and fibrosis by inhibiting ferroptosis. Redox Biol. 2021 Oct;46:102131. doi: 10.1016/j.redox.2021.102131. Epub 2021 Sep 11.