Ferroptosis-like death in plant cells

Mol Cell Oncol. 2017 Mar 10;4(3):e1302906. doi: 10.1080/23723556.2017.1302906. eCollection 2017.

Abstract

Ferroptosis is an iron-dependent, oxidative, non-apoptotic form of cell death initially described in mammalian cells. We recently reported that a ferroptosis-like cell death process can be triggered by heat shock in Arabidopsis thaliana. Thus, ferroptosis may be a form of cell death conserved between animals and plants.

Keywords: Arabidopsis; glutathione; iron; reactive oxygen species.