Ferroptosis is a distinctive form of regulated cell death that is driven by lethal accumulation of lipid peroxides in plasma membranes. Failure to control ferroptosis has been implicated in multiple pathological conditions including cancer development, neurodegeneration, renal injury, ischemia/reperfusion injury, and T-cell immunity. Here we describe a method to detect ferroptosis by determining the amount of lipid peroxides in cellular membranes using BODIPY-C11 probe and flow cytometry. Putative role of ferroptosis in immune modulatory cells can be determined using the same method.
Keywords: BODIPY-C11; Erastin; Ferroptosis; Flow cytometry; Lipid peroxides.