Volume 42, Issue 2 pp. 88-116
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Ferroptosis in cancer and cancer immunotherapy

Lei Zhao

Lei Zhao

Epartment of urology surgery, Zhejiang hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China

School of MOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis & Protection and Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058 China

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Xiaoxue Zhou

Xiaoxue Zhou

School of MOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis & Protection and Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058 China

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Feng Xie

Feng Xie

Institutes of Biology and Medical Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123 P. R. China

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Lei Zhang

Lei Zhang

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Rui'an, Jiangsu, 325000 P. R. China

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Haiyan Yan

Haiyan Yan

School of Medicine, Zhejiang University City College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310015 China

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Jun Huang

Jun Huang

School of MOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis & Protection and Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058 China

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Chong Zhang

Corresponding Author

Chong Zhang

School of Medicine, Zhejiang University City College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310015 China

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Long Zhang, School of MOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis & Protection and Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058, P. R. China.

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Jun Chen, Department of urology surgery, Zhejiang hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.

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Fangfang Zhou, Institutes of Biology and Medical Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, P. R. China.

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Chong Zhang, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University City College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310015, P. R. China.

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Fangfang Zhou

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Fangfang Zhou

Institutes of Biology and Medical Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123 P. R. China

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Long Zhang, School of MOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis & Protection and Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058, P. R. China.

E-mail: [email protected]

Jun Chen, Department of urology surgery, Zhejiang hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.

E-mail: [email protected]

Fangfang Zhou, Institutes of Biology and Medical Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, P. R. China.

E-mail: [email protected]

Chong Zhang, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University City College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310015, P. R. China.

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Jun Chen

Corresponding Author

Jun Chen

Epartment of urology surgery, Zhejiang hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China

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Long Zhang, School of MOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis & Protection and Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058, P. R. China.

E-mail: [email protected]

Jun Chen, Department of urology surgery, Zhejiang hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.

E-mail: [email protected]

Fangfang Zhou, Institutes of Biology and Medical Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, P. R. China.

E-mail: [email protected]

Chong Zhang, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University City College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310015, P. R. China.

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Long Zhang

Corresponding Author

Long Zhang

School of MOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis & Protection and Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058 China

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Long Zhang, School of MOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis & Protection and Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058, P. R. China.

E-mail: [email protected]

Jun Chen, Department of urology surgery, Zhejiang hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.

E-mail: [email protected]

Fangfang Zhou, Institutes of Biology and Medical Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215123, P. R. China.

E-mail: [email protected]

Chong Zhang, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University City College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310015, P. R. China.

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First published: 08 February 2022
Citations: 114

Abstract

The hallmark of tumorigenesis is the successful circumvention of cell death regulation for achieving unlimited replication and immortality. Ferroptosis is a newly identified type of cell death dependent on lipid peroxidation which differs from classical programmed cell death in terms of morphology, physiology and biochemistry. The broad spectrum of injury and tumor tolerance are the main reasons for radiotherapy and chemotherapy failure. The effective rate of tumor immunotherapy as a new treatment method is less than 30%. Ferroptosis can be seen in radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and tumor immunotherapy; therefore, ferroptosis activation may be a potential strategy to overcome the drug resistance mechanism of traditional cancer treatments. In this review, the characteristics and causes of cell death by lipid peroxidation in ferroptosis are briefly described. In addition, the three metabolic regulations of ferroptosis and its crosstalk with classical signaling pathways are summarized. Collectively, these findings suggest the vital role of ferroptosis in immunotherapy based on the interaction of ferroptosis with tumor immunotherapy, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, thus, indicating the remarkable potential of ferroptosis in cancer treatment.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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