Ferroptosis occurs through an osmotic mechanism and propagates independently of cell rupture Research Letter
| Authors: | Riegman, M.; Sagie, L.; Galed, C.; Levin, T.; Steinberg, N.; Dixon, S. J.; Wiesner, U.; Bradbury, M. S.; Niethammer, P.; Zaritsky, A.; Overholtzer, M. |
| Title: | Ferroptosis occurs through an osmotic mechanism and propagates independently of cell rupture |
| Abstract: | Ferroptosis is a regulated form of necrotic cell death that is caused by the accumulation of oxidized phospholipids, leading to membrane damage and cell lysis1,2. Although other types of necrotic death such as pyroptosis and necroptosis are mediated by active mechanisms of execution3–6, ferroptosis is thought to result from the accumulation of unrepaired cell damage1. Previous studies have suggested that ferroptosis has the ability to spread through cell populations in a wave-like manner, resulting in a distinct spatiotemporal pattern of cell death7,8. Here we investigate the mechanism of ferroptosis execution and discover that ferroptotic cell rupture is mediated by plasma membrane pores, similarly to cell lysis in pyroptosis and necroptosis3,4. We further find that intercellular propagation of death occurs following treatment with some ferroptosis-inducing agents, including erastin2,9 and C′ dot nanoparticles8, but not upon direct inhibition of the ferroptosis-inhibiting enzyme glutathione peroxidase 4 (GPX4)10. Propagation of a ferroptosis-inducing signal occurs upstream of cell rupture and involves the spreading of a cell swelling effect through cell populations in a lipid peroxide- and iron-dependent manner. © 2020, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited. |
| Journal Title: | Nature Cell Biology |
| Volume: | 22 |
| Issue: | 9 |
| ISSN: | 1465-7392 |
| Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group |
| Date Published: | 2020-09-01 |
| Start Page: | 1042 |
| End Page: | 1048 |
| Language: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41556-020-0565-1 |
| PUBMED: | 32868903 |
| PROVIDER: | scopus |
| PMCID: | PMC7644276 |
| DOI/URL: | |
| Notes: | Article -- Source: Scopus |
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