Ferroptosis-like death in plant cells

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