Background & Aims: Haptoglobin is an acute phase protein responsible for the recovery of free hemoglobin from plasma. Haptoglobin-mill mice were previously shown to have an altered heme-iron distribution, thus reproducing what occurs in humans in cases of congenital or acquired anhaptoglobinemia. Here, we report the analysis of iron homeostasis in haptoglobin-mill mice. Methods: Iron absorption was measured in tied-off duodenal segments. Iron stores were evaluated on tissue homogenates and sections. The expression of molecules involved in iron homeostasis was analyzed at the protein and messenger RNA levels both in mice and in murine RAW264.7 macrophages stimulated in vitro with hemoglobin. Results: Analysis of intestinal iron transport reveals that haptoglobin-null mice export significantly more iron from the duodenal mucosa to plasma compared with control counterparts. Increased iron export from the duodenum correlates with increased duodenal expression of ferroportin, both at the protein and messenger RNA levels, whereas hepatic hepcidin expression remains unchanged. Up-regulation of the ferroportin transcript, but not of the protein, also occurs in haptoglobin-null spleen macrophages, which accumulate free hemoglobin-derived iron. Finally, we demonstrate that hemoglobin induces ferroportin expression in RAW264.7 cells. Conclusions: Taking together these data, we suggest that haptoglobin, by controlling plasma levels of hemoglobin, participates in the regulation of ferroportin expression, thus contributing to the regulation of iron transfer from duodenal mucosa to plasma.

Marro, S., Barisani, D., Chiabrando, D., Fagoonee, S., Muckenthaler, M., Stolte, J., et al. (2007). Lack of haptoglobin affects iron transport across duodenum by modulating ferroportin expression. GASTROENTEROLOGY, 133(4), 1261-1271 [10.1053/j.gastro.2007.07.004].

Lack of haptoglobin affects iron transport across duodenum by modulating ferroportin expression

BARISANI, DONATELLA;MENEVERI, RAFFAELLA;
2007

Abstract

Background & Aims: Haptoglobin is an acute phase protein responsible for the recovery of free hemoglobin from plasma. Haptoglobin-mill mice were previously shown to have an altered heme-iron distribution, thus reproducing what occurs in humans in cases of congenital or acquired anhaptoglobinemia. Here, we report the analysis of iron homeostasis in haptoglobin-mill mice. Methods: Iron absorption was measured in tied-off duodenal segments. Iron stores were evaluated on tissue homogenates and sections. The expression of molecules involved in iron homeostasis was analyzed at the protein and messenger RNA levels both in mice and in murine RAW264.7 macrophages stimulated in vitro with hemoglobin. Results: Analysis of intestinal iron transport reveals that haptoglobin-null mice export significantly more iron from the duodenal mucosa to plasma compared with control counterparts. Increased iron export from the duodenum correlates with increased duodenal expression of ferroportin, both at the protein and messenger RNA levels, whereas hepatic hepcidin expression remains unchanged. Up-regulation of the ferroportin transcript, but not of the protein, also occurs in haptoglobin-null spleen macrophages, which accumulate free hemoglobin-derived iron. Finally, we demonstrate that hemoglobin induces ferroportin expression in RAW264.7 cells. Conclusions: Taking together these data, we suggest that haptoglobin, by controlling plasma levels of hemoglobin, participates in the regulation of ferroportin expression, thus contributing to the regulation of iron transfer from duodenal mucosa to plasma.
Articolo in rivista - Articolo scientifico
iron overload, haptoglobin, ferroportin
English
ott-2007
133
4
1261
1271
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Marro, S., Barisani, D., Chiabrando, D., Fagoonee, S., Muckenthaler, M., Stolte, J., et al. (2007). Lack of haptoglobin affects iron transport across duodenum by modulating ferroportin expression. GASTROENTEROLOGY, 133(4), 1261-1271 [10.1053/j.gastro.2007.07.004].
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