Table 3 The roles of ferroptosis in the treatment of urological malignancies.

From: Mechanisms of ferroptosis and targeted therapeutic approaches in urological malignancies

Cancer

Drug

Target

Ferroptosis (inducer inhibitor)

Biological function

Model

Reference

RCC

 

KLF2

Induce

Suppress proliferation, migration and invasion abilities of RCC cells

In vitro and in vivo

[29]

  

AIM2

Inhibit

Promote RCC progression and sunitinib resistance

In vitro and in vivo

[39]

  

MLYCD

Induce

Reduce tumor growth and reverse resistance to sunitinib

In vitro and in vivo

[43]

  

OGT

Induce

Promote the proliferation, clone formation, and invasion of VHL-mutated ccRCC cells

In vitro and in vivo

[48]

  

Knockdown of SETD2

Induce

Promote tumor cell death

In vitro and in vivo

[103]

  

STEAP3

Inhibit

Poor survival and prognosis

In vitro

[104]

 

RSL3 or Erastin

 

Induce

Overcome resistance to everolimus

In vitro

[105]

 

MIL-101(Fe)@RSL3

 

Induce

 

In vitro and in vivo

[107]

  

NCOA4

Induce

Maintain ferritinophagy

In vitro and in vivo

[108, 109]

  

CX3CL1

Induce

Inhibit tumor cell proliferation and metastasis

In vitro and in vivo

[110]

PCa

Flubendazole

 

Induce

Inhibit cell proliferation,cause cell cycle arrest in G2/M phase and promoted cell death

In vitro and in vivo

[51]

  

PHGDH

Inhibit

Promote cell growth and Enza resistance in CRPC cells

In vitro and in vivo

[56]

 

TQB3720

 

Induce

Inhibit the growth of prostate cancer

In vitro and in vivo

[59]

  

AOC1

Induce

Reduce proliferation and migration in prostate cancer

In vitro and in vivo

[67]

 

Erastin or RSL3

 

Induce

Halt prostate cancer cell growth and migration in vitro and tumor growth in vivo

In vitro and in vivo

[111]

 

Icariin and curcumol

 

Induce

Induce autophagy in PCa cells

In vitro and in vivo

[113]

 

Ferumoxytol

 

Induce

Enhance NK cells’ function

In vitro and in vivo

[114]

BCa

NCT-502

PHGDH

Inhibit

Induce tumor progression

In vitro and in vivo

[69]

  

EMP1

Induce

Suppress tumor cell metastasis

In vitro and in vivo

[70]

 

BQR@MLipo

 

Induce

Trigger ferroptosis of bladder cancer

In vitro and in vivo

[74]

  

FLRT2

Induce

Suppress tumor cell growth, migration and invasion

In vitro

[76]

 

Abietic acid (AA)

 

Induce

Selectively inhibited the viability of BC cells

In vitro and in vivo

[78]

  

RP11-89

Inhibit

Promote cell proliferation, migration and tumorigenesis and inhibited cell cycle arrest

In vitro and in vivo

[117]

  

LUCAT1

Inhibit

Foster cell proliferation, migration, and invasion

In vitro and in vivo

[119]

 

Evodiamine

 

Induce

Suppress the migratory ability, decreas the expression of mesenchymal markers, and increase epithelial marker expression

In vitro and in vivo

[120]