中国神经再生研究(英文版) ›› 2026, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (2): 715-729.doi: 10.4103/NRR.NRR-D-24-00147

• 原著:脑损伤修复保护与再生 • 上一篇    下一篇

制BRD4可加重蛛网膜下腔出血后神经元铁死亡

  

  • 出版日期:2026-02-15 发布日期:2025-05-24
  • 基金资助:
    基金资助:国家自然科学基金项目(82371310-2023/ 82271306-2022)

Bromodomain-containing protein 4 knockdown promotes neuronal ferroptosis in a mouse model of subarachnoid hemorrhage

Peng Lu1, 2, #, Fan Zhang1, 2, #, Lei Yang1, 2, Yijing He2, 3, Xi Kong2, 4, Kecheng Guo1, 2, 3, Yuke Xie1, 2, 3, Huangfan Xie2, 4, Bingqing Xie2, 4, Yong Jiang1, 2, 3, 4, *, Jianhua Peng1, 2, 5, *   

  1. 1 Department of Neurosurgery, The Affiliated Hospital, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan Province, China;  2 Laboratory of Neurological Diseases and Brain Function, The Affiliated Hospital, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan Province, China;  3 Sichuan Clinical Research Center for Neurosurgery, The Affiliated Hospital, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan Province, China;  4 Institute of Brain Science, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan Province, China;  5 Academician (Expert) Workstation of Sichuan Province, The Affiliated Hospital, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, Sichuan Province, China
  • Online:2026-02-15 Published:2025-05-24
  • Contact: Jianhua Peng, MD, pengjianhua@swmu.edu.cn; Yong Jiang, MD, PhD, jiangyong@swmu.edu.cn.
  • Supported by:
    This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Nos. 82371310 (to YJ), 82271306 (to JP); the Sichuan Science and Technology Support Program, Nos. 2023YFH0069 (to JP), 2023NSFSC0028 (to YJ), 2023NSFSC1559 (to YJ), 2022YFS0615 (to JP), 2022NSFSC1421 (to JP); Scientific Research Project of Sichuan Provincial Health Commission, No. 23LCYJ040 (to YJ); and Youth Foundation of Southwestern Medical University and Southwest Medical University Project, Nos. 2020ZRQNA038 (to JP), 2021ZKZD013 (to JP), 2021LZXNYD-P01 (to YJ), 2023QN014 (to JP).

摘要:

神经元死亡是多种病理生理过程的常见不良结局,也是蛛网膜下腔出血后神经功能障碍的关键因素。神经元铁死亡在早期脑损伤中起着重要的功能。含溴结构域蛋白4(BRD4)是BET家族中最独特的成员,可参与多种细胞死亡方式,但其调节铁死亡的确切机制仍然神秘。此次实验发现,蛛网膜下腔出血48h后,大脑皮质中内源性BRD4与神经元共定位减少,而铁死亡相关通路被激活。靶向抑制神经元中BRD4可加剧脂质过氧化和细胞内亚铁的积累,调节铁蛋白吞噬,从而促进神经元铁死亡。靶向剪切及标签技术发现,在氧合血红蛋白刺激HT-22细胞的蛛网膜下腔体外模型中,其Raf-1启动子区的BRD4富集程度降低。而Raf-1抑制剂GW5074可通过抑制Raf-1/ERK1/2通路,加剧BRD4敲低的HT-22细胞的铁死亡。同时动物实验表明,靶向抑制神经元BRD4可通过抑制抑制Raf-1/ERK1/2通路加重蛛网膜下腔出血后早期和长期神经障碍。综上,BRD4可能在蛛网膜下腔出血后发挥神经保护作用,抑制铁死亡可能成为治疗和早期管理蛛网膜下腔出血的潜在有效治疗方法。

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3348-9538 (Jianhua Peng)

Abstract: Neuronal cell death is a common outcome of multiple pathophysiological processes and a key factor in neurological dysfunction after subarachnoid hemorrhage. Neuronal ferroptosis in particular plays an important role in early brain injury. Bromodomain-containing protein 4, a member of the bromo and extraterminal domain family of proteins, participated in multiple cell death pathways, but the mechanisms by which it regulates ferroptosis remain unclear. The primary aim of this study was to investigate how bromodomain-containing protein 4 affects neuronal ferroptosis following subarachnoid hemorrhage in vivo and in vitro. Our findings revealed that endogenous bromodomain-containing protein 4 co-localized with neurons, and its expression was decreased 48 hours after subarachnoid hemorrhage of the cerebral cortex in vivo. In addition, ferroptosis-related pathways were activated in vivo and in vitro after subarachnoid hemorrhage. Targeted inhibition of bromodomain-containing protein 4 in neurons increased lipid peroxidation and intracellular ferrous iron accumulation via ferritinophagy and ultimately led to neuronal ferroptosis. Using cleavage under targets and tagmentation analysis, we found that bromodomain-containing protein 4 enrichment in the Raf-1 promoter region decreased following oxyhemoglobin stimulation in vitro. Furthermore, treating bromodomain-containing protein 4-knockdown HT-22 cell lines with GW5074, a Raf-1 inhibitor, exacerbated neuronal ferroptosis by suppressing the Raf-1/ERK1/2 signaling pathway. Moreover, targeted inhibition of neuronal bromodomain-containing protein 4 exacerbated early and long-term neurological function deficits after subarachnoid hemorrhage. Our findings suggest that bromodomain-containing protein 4 may have neuroprotective effects after subarachnoid hemorrhage, and that inhibiting ferroptosis could help treat subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Key words: bromodomain-containing protein 4, cell death, early brain injury, ferritinophagy, ferroptosis, neurological deficits, neuron, oxidative stress, RAF proto-oncogene serine/threonine-protein kinase (Raf-1), subarachnoid hemorrhage