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There are numerous blood-based biomarkers for assessing iron stores, but all come with certain limitations. Hepcidin is a hormone primarily produced in the liver that has been proposed as the 'master regulator' of dietary uptake and iron metabolism, and has enormous potential to provide a 'real time' indicator of body iron levels. In this Minireview, the biochemical function of hepcidin in regulating iron levels will be discussed, with a specific focus on how hepcidin can aid in the assessment of iron stores and clinical diagnosis of iron deficiency, iron deficiency anaemia and other iron-related disorders. The role hepcidin itself plays in diseases of iron metabolism will be examined, and current efforts to translate hepcidin assays into the clinic will be critically appraised. Potential limitations of hepcidin as a marker of iron need will also be addressed, as well as the development of new therapies that directly target the hormone that sits atop the hierarchy of systemic iron metabolism.
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- Dominic J Hare
- The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, 30 Royal Parade, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia.
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Xie XC, Cao YQ, Gao Q, Wang C, Li M, Wei SG. Acupuncture Improves Intestinal Absorption of Iron in Iron-deficient Obese Patients: A Randomized Controlled Preliminary Trial. Chin Med J (Engl) 2017; 130:508-515. [PMID: 28229980 PMCID: PMC5339922 DOI: 10.4103/0366-6999.200549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Background: Obesity has an adverse effect on iron status. Hepcidin-mediated inhibition of iron absorption in the duodenum is a potential mechanism. Iron-deficient obese patients have diminished response to oral iron therapy. This study was designed to assess whether acupuncture could promote the efficacy of oral iron supplementation for the treatment of obesity-related iron deficiency (ID). Methods: Sixty ID or ID anemia (IDA) patients with obesity were screened at Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine and were randomly allocated to receive either oral iron replacement allied with acupuncture weight loss treatment (acupuncture group, n = 30) or oral iron combined with sham-acupuncture treatment (control group, n = 30). Anthropometric parameters were measured and blood samples were tested pre- and post-treatment. Differences in the treatment outcomes of ID/IDA were compared between the two groups. Results: After 8 weeks of acupuncture treatment, there was a significant decrease in body weight, body mass index, waist circumference, and waist/hip circumference ratio of patients in the acupuncture group, while no significant changes were observed in the control group. Oral iron supplementation brought more obvious improvements of iron status indicators including absolute increases in serum iron (11.08 ± 2.19 μmol/L vs. 4.43 ± 0.47 μmol/L), transferrin saturation (11.26 ± 1.65% vs. 1.01 ± 0.23%), and hemoglobin (31.47 ± 1.19 g/L vs. 21.00 ± 2.69 g/L) in the acupuncture group than control group (all P < 0.05). Meanwhile, serum leptin (2.26 ± 0.45 ng/ml vs. 8.13 ± 0.55 ng/ml, P < 0.05) and hepcidin (3.52 ± 1.23 ng/ml vs. 6.77 ± 0.84 ng/ml, P < 0.05) concentrations declined significantly in the acupuncture group than those in the control group. Conclusion: Acupuncture-based weight loss can enhance the therapeutic effects of iron replacement therapy for obesity-related ID/IDA through improving intestinal iron absorption, probably by downregulating the systemic leptin-hepcidin levels.
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- Xin-Cai Xie
- Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100010, China
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- Department of Children's and Women's Health, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China
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- Department of Children's and Women's Health, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China
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- Department of Children's and Women's Health, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China
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- Department of Children's and Women's Health, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China
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- Department of Children's and Women's Health, School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China
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Tandara L, Grubisic TZ, Ivan G, Jurisic Z, Tandara M, Gugo K, Mladinov S, Salamunic I. Systemic inflammation up-regulates serum hepcidin in exacerbations and stabile chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Clin Biochem 2015; 48:1252-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2015.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2015] [Revised: 06/25/2015] [Accepted: 07/06/2015] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Hayashi A, Asanuma D, Kamiya M, Urano Y, Okabe S. High affinity receptor labeling based on basic leucine zipper domain peptides conjugated with pH-sensitive fluorescent dye: Visualization of AMPA-type glutamate receptor endocytosis in living neurons. Neuropharmacology 2015. [PMID: 26220312 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2015.07.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Techniques to visualize receptor trafficking in living neurons are important, but currently available methods are limited in their labeling efficiency, specificity and reliability. Here we report a method for receptor labeling with a basic leucine zipper domain peptide (ZIP) and a binding cassette specific to ZIP. Receptors are tagged with a ZIP-binding cassette at their extracellular domain. Tagged receptors expressed in cultured cells were labeled with exogenously applied fluorescently labeled ZIP with low background and high affinity. To test if ZIP labeling is useful in monitoring endocytosis and intracellular trafficking, we next conjugated ZIP with a pH-sensitive dye RhP-M (ZIP-RhP-M). ZIP binding to its binding cassette was pH-resistant and RhP-M fluorescence dramatically increased in acidic environment. Thus AMPA-type glutamate receptors (AMPARs) labeled by ZIP-RhP-M can report receptor endocytosis and subsequent intracellular trafficking. Application of ZIP-RhP-M to cultured hippocampal neurons expressing AMPARs tagged with a ZIP-binding cassette resulted in appearance of fluorescent puncta in PSD-95-positive large spines, suggesting local endocytosis and acidification of AMPARs in individual mature spines. This spine pool of AMPARs in acidic environment was distinct from the early endosomes labeled by transferrin uptake. These results suggest that receptor labeling by ZIP-RhP-M is a useful technique for monitoring endocytosis and intracellular trafficking. This article is part of the Special Issue entitled 'Synaptopathy--from Biology to Therapy'.
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- Ayako Hayashi
- Department of Cellular Neurobiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan; CREST, JST, Japan
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- Department of Neurobiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Imaging, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Molecular Imaging, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cellular Neurobiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan; CREST, JST, Japan.
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Pagani A, Vieillevoye M, Nai A, Rausa M, Ladli M, Lacombe C, Mayeux P, Verdier F, Camaschella C, Silvestri L. Regulation of cell surface transferrin receptor-2 by iron-dependent cleavage and release of a soluble form. Haematologica 2015; 100:458-65. [PMID: 25637053 DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2014.118521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Transferrin receptor-2 is a transmembrane protein whose expression is restricted to hepatocytes and erythroid cells. Transferrin receptor-2 has a regulatory function in iron homeostasis, since its inactivation causes systemic iron overload. Hepatic transferrin receptor-2 participates in iron sensing and is involved in hepcidin activation, although the mechanism remains unclear. Erythroid transferrin receptor-2 associates with and stabilizes erythropoietin receptors on the erythroblast surface and is essential to control erythrocyte production in iron deficiency. We identified a soluble form of transferrin receptor-2 in the media of transfected cells and showed that cultured human erythroid cells release an endogenous soluble form. Soluble transferrin receptor-2 originates from a cleavage of the cell surface protein, which is inhibited by diferric transferrin in a dose-dependent manner. Accordingly, the shedding of the transferrin receptor-2 variant G679A, mutated in the Arginine-Glycine-Aspartic acid motif and unable to bind diferric transferrin, is not modulated by the ligand. This observation links the process of transferrin receptor-2 removal from the plasma membrane to iron homeostasis. Soluble transferrin receptor-2 does not affect the binding of erythropoietin to erythropoietin receptor or the consequent signaling and partially inhibits hepcidin promoter activation only in vitro. Whether it is a component of the signals released by erythropoiesis in iron deficiency remains to be investigated. Our results indicate that membrane transferrin receptor-2, a sensor of circulating iron, is released from the cell membrane in iron deficiency.
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- Alessia Pagani
- Vita Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Institut Cochin, INSERM, U1016, Université Paris Descartes, CNRS (UMR8104), Paris, France Ligue National contre le Cancer, Paris, France
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- Vita Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Vita Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Institut Cochin, INSERM, U1016, Université Paris Descartes, CNRS (UMR8104), Paris, France Ligue National contre le Cancer, Paris, France
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- Institut Cochin, INSERM, U1016, Université Paris Descartes, CNRS (UMR8104), Paris, France Ligue National contre le Cancer, Paris, France
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- Institut Cochin, INSERM, U1016, Université Paris Descartes, CNRS (UMR8104), Paris, France Ligue National contre le Cancer, Paris, France
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- Vita Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Vita Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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Lee HJ, Jang HB, Park JE, Park KH, Kang JH, Park SI, Song J. Relationship between Serum Levels of Body Iron Parameters and Insulin Resistance and Metabolic Syndrome in Korean Children. Osong Public Health Res Perspect 2014; 5:204-10. [PMID: 25379371 PMCID: PMC4214999 DOI: 10.1016/j.phrp.2014.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2014] [Revised: 06/24/2014] [Accepted: 06/24/2014] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES An increase in serum ferritin and levels of the cleaved soluble form of transferrin receptor (sTfR) are related to several metabolic conditions. We evaluated the relationship between body iron status indicators, including ferritin and sTfR, and insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome (MetS) in Korean children. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted on 1350 children in Korea. Anthropometrical parameters; lipid profiles; levels of glucose, insulin, and leptin; and iron status indicators, including sTfR, serum ferritin, serum iron, total iron-binding capacity (TIBC), and transferrin saturation (TS), were analyzed. RESULTS Although serum sTfR levels were significantly higher in boys than in girls (2.20 vs. 2.06 mg/L, p < 0.0001), serum iron and TS were higher in girls than in boys (101.38 vs. 95.77 mg/L, p = 0.027 and 30.15 vs. 28.91%, p = 0.04, respectively). Waist circumference (WC) and leptin were most significantly associated with body iron indicators when adjusted for age and sex. After adjusting for age, sex, and WC, sTfR levels showed the strongest positive association with leptin levels (p = 0.0001). Children in the highest tertile for homeostasis model assessment-insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) had higher TIBC (p = 0.0005) and lower serum iron (p = 0.0341), and the lowest TS (p < 0.0001) after adjustment for confounders. Children with higher sTfR were most significantly associated with risk of MetS compared with those lower sTfR (p = 0.0077). CONCLUSION The associations of serum levels of iron metabolism markers with leptin levels, HOMA-IR, and MetS suggest that iron-related factors may involve insulin resistance and MetS.
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- Hye-Ja Lee
- Division of Metabolic Diseases, Center for Biomedical Sciences, Korea National Institute of Health, Osong, Cheongwon-gun, Korea
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- Division of Metabolic Diseases, Center for Biomedical Sciences, Korea National Institute of Health, Osong, Cheongwon-gun, Korea
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- Division of Metabolic Diseases, Center for Biomedical Sciences, Korea National Institute of Health, Osong, Cheongwon-gun, Korea
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- Department of Family Medicine, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University, Anyang, Korea
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- Department of Family Medicine, Obesity Research Institute, Seoul Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Metabolic Diseases, Center for Biomedical Sciences, Korea National Institute of Health, Osong, Cheongwon-gun, Korea
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- Division of Metabolic Diseases, Center for Biomedical Sciences, Korea National Institute of Health, Osong, Cheongwon-gun, Korea
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Lawen A, Lane DJR. Mammalian iron homeostasis in health and disease: uptake, storage, transport, and molecular mechanisms of action. Antioxid Redox Signal 2013. [PMID: 23199217 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2011.4271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Iron is a crucial factor for life. However, it also has the potential to cause the formation of noxious free radicals. These double-edged sword characteristics demand a tight regulation of cellular iron metabolism. In this review, we discuss the various pathways of cellular iron uptake, cellular iron storage, and transport. Recent advances in understanding the reduction and uptake of non-transferrin-bound iron are discussed. We also discuss the recent progress in the understanding of transcriptional and translational regulation by iron. Furthermore, we discuss recent advances in the understanding of the regulation of cellular and systemic iron homeostasis and several key diseases resulting from iron deficiency and overload. We also discuss the knockout mice available for studying iron metabolism and the related human conditions.
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- Alfons Lawen
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
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Zahn C, Kaup M, Fluhrer R, Fuchs H. The transferrin receptor-1 membrane stub undergoes intramembrane proteolysis by signal peptide peptidase-like 2b. FEBS J 2013; 280:1653-63. [PMID: 23384347 DOI: 10.1111/febs.12176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2012] [Revised: 12/21/2012] [Accepted: 01/28/2013] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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The successive events of shedding and regulated intramembrane proteolysis are known to comprise a fundamental biological process of type I and II membrane proteins (e.g. amyloid precursor protein, Notch receptor and pro-tumor necrosis factor-α). Some of the resulting fragments were shown to be involved in important intra- and extracellular signalling events. Although shedding of the human transferrin receptor-1 (TfR1) has been known for > 30 years and soluble TfR1 is an accepted diagnostic marker, the fate of the remaining N-terminal fragment (NTF) remains unknown. In the present study, we demonstrate for the first time that TfR1-NTF is subject to regulated intramembrane proteolysis and, using MALDI-TOF-TOF-MS, we have identified the cleavage site as being located C-terminal from Gly-84. We showed that the resulting C-terminal peptide is extracellularly released after regulated intramembrane proteolysis and it was detected as a monomer with an internal disulfide bridge. We further identified signal peptide peptidase-like 2a and mainly signal peptide peptidase-like 2b as being responsible for the intramembrane proteolysis of TfR1-NTF.
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- Claudia Zahn
- Institut für Laboratoriumsmedizin, Klinische Chemie und Pathobiochemie, Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany
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Iron metabolism has been intensively examined over the last decade and there are many new players in this field which are worth to be introduced. Since its discovery many studies confirmed role of liver hormone hepcidin as key regulator of iron metabolism and pointed out liver as the central organ of system iron homeostasis. Liver cells receive multiple signals related to iron balance and respond by transcriptional regulation of hepcidin expression. This liver hormone is negative regulator of iron metabolism that represses iron efflux from macrophages, hepatocytes and enterocytes by its binding to iron export protein ferroportin. Ferroportin degradation leads to cellular iron retention and decreased iron availability. At level of a cell IRE/IRP (iron responsive elements/iron responsive proteins) system allows tight regulation of iron assimilation that prevents an excess of free intracellular iron which could lead to oxidative stress and damage of DNA, proteins and lipid membranes by ROS (reactive oxygen species). At the same time IRE/IRP system provides sufficient iron in order to meet the metabolic needs. Recently a significant progress in understanding of iron metabolism has been made and new molecular participants have been characterized. Article gives an overview of the current understanding of iron metabolism: absorption, distribution, cellular uptake, release, and storage. We also discuss mechanisms underlying systemic and cellular iron regulation with emphasis on central regulatory hormone hepcidin.
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- Leida Tandara
- Department of Medical Laboratory Diagnosis, University Hospital Center Split, Split, Croatia.
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Bachert C, Linstedt AD. A sensor of protein O-glycosylation based on sequential processing in the Golgi apparatus. Traffic 2012; 14:47-56. [PMID: 23046148 DOI: 10.1111/tra.12019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2012] [Revised: 10/05/2012] [Accepted: 10/09/2012] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Protein O-glycosylation is important in numerous processes including the regulation of proteolytic processing sites by O-glycan masking in select newly synthesized proteins. To investigate O-glycan-mediated masking using an assay amenable to large-scale screens, we generated a fluorescent biosensor with an O-glycosylation site situated to mask a furin cleavage site. The sensor is activated when O-glycosylation fails to occur because furin cleavage releases a blocking domain allowing dye binding to a fluorogen activating protein. Thus, by design, glycosylation should block furin from activating the sensor only if it occurs first, which is predicted by the conventional view of Golgi organization. Indeed, and in contrast to the recently proposed rapid partitioning model, the sensor was non-fluorescent under normal conditions but became fluorescent when the Golgi complex was decompartmentalized. To test the utility of the sensor as a screening tool, cells expressing the sensor were exposed to a known inhibitor of O-glycosylation extension or siRNAs targeting factors known to alter glycosylation efficiency. These conditions activated the sensor substantiating its potential in identifying new inhibitors and cellular factors related to protein O-glycosylation. In summary, these findings confirm sequential processing in the Golgi, establish a new tool for studying the regulation of proteolytic processing by O-glycosylation, and demonstrate the sensor's potential usefulness for future screening projects.
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- Collin Bachert
- Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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Oexle K, Ried JS, Hicks AA, Tanaka T, Hayward C, Bruegel M, Gögele M, Lichtner P, Müller-Myhsok B, Döring A, Illig T, Schwienbacher C, Minelli C, Pichler I, Fiedler GM, Thiery J, Rudan I, Wright AF, Campbell H, Ferrucci L, Bandinelli S, Pramstaller PP, Wichmann HE, Gieger C, Winkelmann J, Meitinger T. Novel association to the proprotein convertase PCSK7 gene locus revealed by analysing soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR) levels. Hum Mol Genet 2010; 20:1042-7. [PMID: 21149283 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddq538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The level of body iron storage and the erythropoietic need for iron are indicated by the serum levels of ferritin and soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR), respectively. A meta-analysis of five genome-wide association studies on sTfR and ferritin revealed novel association to the PCSK7 and TMPRSS6 loci for sTfR and the HFE locus for both parameters. The PCSK7 association was the most significant (rs236918, P = 1.1 × 10E-27) suggesting that proprotein convertase 7, the gene product of PCSK7, may be involved in sTfR generation and/or iron homeostasis. Conditioning the sTfR analyses on transferrin saturation abolished the HFE signal and substantially diminished the TMPRSS6 signal while the PCSK7 association was unaffected, suggesting that the former may be mediated by transferrin saturation whereas the PCSK7-associated effect on sTfR generation appears to be more direct.
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- Konrad Oexle
- Institute of Human Genetics, MRI, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.
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Wandzik K, Zahn C, Dassler K, Fuchs H. Substantial changes of cellular iron homeostasis during megakaryocytic differentiation of K562 cells. Dev Growth Differ 2009; 51:555-65. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169x.2009.01118.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Maryon EB, Molloy SA, Kaplan JH. O-linked glycosylation at threonine 27 protects the copper transporter hCTR1 from proteolytic cleavage in mammalian cells. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:20376-87. [PMID: 17525160 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m701806200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The major human copper uptake protein, hCTR1, has 190 amino acids and a predicted mass of 21 kDa. hCTR1 antibodies recognize multiple bands in SDS-PAGE centered at 35 kDa. Part of this increased mass is due to N-linked glycosylation at Asn-15. We show that in mammalian cells the N15Q mutant protein trafficked to the plasma membrane and mediated copper uptake at 75% of the rate of wild-type hCTR1. We demonstrate that the extracellular amino terminus of hCTR1 also contains O-linked polysaccharides. Glycosidase treatment that removed O-linked sugars reduced the apparent mass of hCTR1 or N15Q mutant protein by 1-2 kDa. Expression of amino-terminal truncations and alanine substitution mutants of hCTR1 in HEK293 and MDCK cells localized the site of O-linked glycosylation to Thr-27. Expression of alanine substitutions at Thr-27 resulted in proteolytic cleavage of hCTR1 on the carboxyl side of the T27A mutations. This cleavage produced a 17-kDa polypeptide missing approximately the first 30 amino acids of hCTR1. Expression of wild-type hCTR1 in mutant Chinese hamster ovary cells that were unable to initiate O-glycosylation also resulted in hCTR1 cleavage to produce the 17-kDa polypeptide. The 17-kDa hCTR1 polypeptide was located in the plasma membrane and mediated copper uptake at about 50% that of the rate of wild-type hCTR1. Thus, O-linked glycosylation at Thr-27 is necessary to prevent proteolytic cleavage that removes half of the extracellular amino terminus of hCTR1 and significantly impairs transport activity of the remaining polypeptide.
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- Edward B Maryon
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Illinois, 900 S. Ashland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
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Weinreb O, Drigues N, Sagi Y, Reznick AZ, Amit T, Youdim MBH. The application of proteomics and genomics to the study of age-related neurodegeneration and neuroprotection. Antioxid Redox Signal 2007; 9:169-79. [PMID: 17115941 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2007.9.169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The present study aimed to acquire more information on aging-related alterations, using proteomic and genomic analyses of hippocampus from young (8 months) and old (27 months) rats. In the old rats, the proteomic analysis identified changes in proteins related to the iron-mediated oxidative stress (OS) pathway, including reduction in antioxidant enzymes (e.g., peroxiredoxin, cytochrome c oxidase) and induction of ferritin. Furthermore, the neurofilament light peptide, associated with neurodegenerative processes, was enhanced and binding/ chaperone proteins were altered in old vs. young rats. At the genes levels, significant molecular changes related to neurodegeneration were identified in aged rat hippocampus. Thus, the effects of the potent neuroprotective compounds, the anti-Parkinson drug, rasagiline and the anti-Alzheimer drug, ladostigil (1 mg/kg, for 30 days) on gene expression in the hippocampus were further investigated. Both drugs reversed the effect of aging on the expression of various mitochondrial and key regulator genes involved in neurodegeneration, cell survival, synaptogenesis, oxidation, and metabolism. These results support the hypothesis that OS and mitochondrial dysfunction may play a pivotal role in aging and age-associated neurodegenerative diseases, and can serve as potential clinical targets for future therapy.
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- Orly Weinreb
- Eve Topf Center of Excellence for Neurodegenerative Diseases Research and Department of Pharmacology, Rappaport Family Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
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