کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
9889950 1539994 2005 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Hepcidin: A direct link between iron metabolism and immunity
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری بیوشیمی، ژنتیک و زیست شناسی مولکولی زیست شیمی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Hepcidin: A direct link between iron metabolism and immunity
چکیده انگلیسی
Hepcidin, originally discovered in urine as a bactericidal peptide synthesized by hepatocytes was later proved to be a key regulator of iron metabolism at the whole body level, namely, in conditions of altered iron demand such as the increased or decreased total amount of body iron, inflammation, hypoxia and anemia. The major mechanism of hepcidin function seems to be the regulation of transmembrane iron transport. Hepcidin binds to its receptor, protein ferroportin, which serves as a transmembrane iron channel enabling iron efflux from cells. The hepcidin-ferroportin complex is then degraded in lysosomes and iron is locked inside the cells (mainly enterocytes, hepatocytes and macrophages). This leads to lowering of iron absorption in the intestine and to a decrease in serum iron concentration. Utilizing this mechanism, hepcidin regulates serum iron levels during inflammation, infection and possibly also in cancer. Under these conditions iron is shifted from circulation into cellular stores in hepatocytes and macrophages, making it less available for invading microorganisms and tumor cells. In anemia and hypoxia, hepcidin regulates the availability of iron for erythropoiesis. Hepcidin or hepcidin-related therapeutics could find a place in the treatment of various diseases such as hemochromatosis and anemia of chronic disease.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology - Volume 37, Issue 9, September 2005, Pages 1768-1773
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