TY - JOUR AU - Manivannan, Selvambigai AU - Scheckhuber, Christian AU - Veenhuis, Marten AU - van der Klei, Ida PY - 2012 M3 - Perspective TI - The Impact of Peroxisomes on Cellular Aging and Death JO - Frontiers in Oncology UR - https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2012.00050 VL - 2 SN - 2234-943X N2 - Peroxisomes are ubiquitous eukaryotic organelles, which perform a plethora of functions including hydrogen peroxide metabolism and β-oxidation of fatty acids. Reactive oxygen species produced by peroxisomes are a major contributing factor to cellular oxidative stress, which is supposed to significantly accelerate aging and cell death according to the free radical theory of aging. However, relative to mitochondria, the role of the other oxidative organelles, the peroxisomes, in these degenerative pathways has not been extensively investigated. In this contribution we discuss our current knowledge on the role of peroxisomes in aging and cell death, with focus on studies performed in yeast. ER -