Table 3 Exogenous antioxidants inhibitors of IR-induced ferroptosis.

From: Role of ferroptosis in radiation-induced soft tissue injury

Organ

Intervention

Model organism

Primary mechanism

Reference

Intestine

Ferrostatin-1 (Fer-1)

Rat (IEC-6 cells)

ROS scavenge/GPX4 upregulation

Wang [105]

Liproxstatin-1 (Lip-1)

Rat (IEC-6 cells)

ROS scavenge/GPX4, GSH upregulation

Zhang [100]

Liproxstatin-1

Mouse

ROS scavenge/LPCAT3, 15-LOX inhibition

Wang [107]

Lung

Ferrostatin-1

Mouse

ROS scavenge/GPX4 upregulation

Li [70]

SOD@ARA290-HBc

Mouse

ROS scavenge/anti-apoptosis / anti-inflammatory

Liu [69]

Liproxstatin-1

Mouse

ROS scavenge/Enhances NRF2 activity

Li [106]

Hematopoietic

Ferrostatin-1

Mouse

ROS scavenge/GPX4 upregulation

Zhang [67]

Skin

pMnSOD

Human keratinocytes (HaCaT); Rat

ROS scavenge

Wang [77]

CNS

Vitamin E

Mouse (HT-22 hippocampal neurons)

ROS scavenge

Ren [33]

  1. SOD@ARA290-HBc superoxide dismutase delivered by bioengineered nanoreactor ARA290-HBc, pMnSOD plasmid mitochondrial antioxidant manganese superoxide dismutase.