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Table 2 Epigenetic regulation of tumor cell ferroptosis

From: Epigenetic regulation of diverse cell death modalities in cancer: a focus on pyroptosis, ferroptosis, cuproptosis, and disulfidptosis

Gene

Title

Epigenetic modulation

Cancer

GPX4/ACSL4

Polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis pathway determines ferroptosis sensitivity in gastric cancer

DNA methylation

Gastric cancer

16 CpG sites

Ferroptosis-associated DNA methylation signature predicts overall survival in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

DNA methylation

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

TFRC/ACSL4

ALKBH5 inhibits thyroid cancer progression by promoting ferroptosis through TIAM1-Nrf2/HO−1 axis

DNA methylation

Glioma

ZEB1/DUOX1

Identification and Validation of Ferroptosis-Related DNA Methylation Signature for Predicting the Prognosis and Guiding the Treatment in Cutaneous Melanoma

DNA methylation

Cutaneous Melanoma

SLC7A11/H3K9/H2A

Cystine transporter SLC7A11/xCT in cancer: ferroptosis, nutrient dependency, and cancer therapy

DNA methylation/

Histone modification

Multiple human cancers

NR4A2/GPX4/H2A/

H3/H4 histone

Ferroptosis Induction in Multiple Myeloma Cells Triggers DNA Methylation and Histone Modification Changes Associated with Cellular Senescence

DNA methylation/

Histone modification

Multiple myeloma

OTUB1/SLC7A11

The ubiquitin hydrolase OTUB1 promotes glioma cell stemness via suppressing ferroptosis through stabilizing SLC7A11 protein

Histone modification

Glioma

OTUB1/SLC7A11

The Deubiquitylase OTUB1 Mediates Ferroptosis via Stabilization of SLC7A11

Histone modification

Bladder cancer

H3K9me3/H3K27me3/

SLC7A11

Ferritinophagy is required for the induction of ferroptosis by the bromodomain protein BRD4 inhibitor (+)-JQ1 in cancer cells

Histone modification

Breast cancer

H2B/SLC7A11

Epigenetic regulation of ferroptosis by H2B monoubiquitination and p53

Histone modification

Hepatocellular carcinoma

miR−200 family

Epigenetic reprogramming of epithelial-mesenchymal transition promotes ferroptosis of head and neck cancer

Non-coding RNAs

Head and neck cancer

miR−522/ALOX15

CAF secreted miR−522 suppresses ferroptosis and promotes acquired chemo-resistance in gastric cancer

Non-coding RNAs

Gastric cancer

lncRNA H19/miR−19b−3p/FTH1

Curcumenol triggered ferroptosis in lung cancer cells via lncRNA H19/miR−19b−3p/FTH1 axis

Non-coding RNAs

Lung cancer

miR−545−3p/SLC7A11

Circular RNA Circ_0067934 Attenuates Ferroptosis of Thyroid Cancer Cells by miR−545−3p/SLC7A11 Signaling

Non-coding RNAs

Thyroid Cancer

miR−27a−3p

CircBCAR3 accelerates esophageal cancer tumorigenesis and metastasis via sponging miR−27a−3p

Non-coding RNAs

Esophageal cancer

LINC00336

Long noncoding RNA LINC00336 inhibits ferroptosis in lung cancer by functioning as a competing endogenous RNA

Non-coding RNAs

Lung cancer

ACSL4

Cancer-associated fibroblasts suppress ferroptosis and induce gemcitabine resistance in pancreatic cancer cells by secreting exosome-derived ACSL4-targeting miRNAs

Non-coding RNAs

Pancreatic cancer

lncRNA DACT3-AS1

Loss of cancer-associated fibroblast-derived exosomal DACT3-AS1 promotes malignant transformation and ferroptosis-mediated oxaliplatin resistance in gastric cancer

Non-coding RNAs

Gastric cancer

miR−23a−3p/ACSL4

Epigenetic regulation of ferroptosis via ETS1/miR−23a−3p/ACSL4 axis mediates sorafenib resistance in human hepatocellular carcinoma

Non-coding RNAs

Hepatocellular carcinoma

miR−137/SLC1A5

miR−137 regulates ferroptosis by targeting glutamine transporter SLC1A5 in melanoma

Non-coding RNAs

Melanoma

YTHDF1/PD-L1

N6-methyladenosine regulator YTHDF1 represses the CD8 + T cell-mediated antitumor immunity and ferroptosis in prostate cancer via m6A/PD-L1 manner

m6A modification

miR−3173−5p/ACSL4

FTO/SLC7A11

FTO Prevents Thyroid Cancer Progression by SLC7A11 m6A Methylation in a Ferroptosis-Dependent Manner

m6A modification

Thyroid Cancer

METTL3/SLC7A11

RNA binding protein NKAP protects glioblastoma cells from ferroptosis by promoting SLC7A11 mRNA splicing in an m6A-dependent manner

m6A modification

Glioblastoma

METTL3/SLC7A11

The N6-methyladenosine modification enhances ferroptosis resistance through inhibiting SLC7A11 mRNA deadenylation in hepatoblastoma

m6A modification

Hepatoblastoma

METTL3/SLC7A11

METTL3 promotes lung adenocarcinoma tumor growth and inhibits ferroptosis by stabilizing SLC7A11 m6A modification

m6A modification

Lung adenocarcinoma

YTHDC2/SLC7A11/

SLC3A2

Targeting SLC3A2 subunit of system XC- is essential for m6A reader YTHDC2 to be an endogenous ferroptosis inducer in lung adenocarcinoma

m6A modification

Lung adenocarcinoma

METTL3/FSP1

Exosomal miR−4443 promotes cisplatin resistance in non-small cell lung carcinoma by regulating FSP1 m6A modification-mediated ferroptosis

m6A modification

Non-small cell lung carcinoma

METTL14/SLC7A11/

FPN1

N6-methyladenosine regulated FGFR4 attenuates ferroptotic cell death in recalcitrant HER2-positive breast cancer

m6A modification

Breast cancer

YTHDF2/CBS/ACSL4

Hypoxia inducible lncRNA-CBSLR modulates ferroptosis through m6A-YTHDF2-dependent modulation of CBS in gastric cancer

m6A modification

Gastric cancer

ALKBH5/GPX4/

SLC7A11

ALKBH5 inhibits thyroid cancer progression by promoting ferroptosis through TIAM1-Nrf2/HO−1 axis

m6A modification

Thyroid cancer