Department of Pathology, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Haematologica. 2012 Feb;97(2):189-92. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2011.054031. Epub 2011 Oct 11.
Here we investigate the regulation of hepcidin, a hormone that inhibits dietary iron absorption and macrophage iron recycling, by the serum iron-binding protein transferrin. Mice deficient in transferrin (Tf(hpx/hpx)) and hemojuvelin (Hjv(-/-)), a gene mutated in juvenile hemochromatosis, a disease of hepcidin deficiency and iron overload, were generated. While Tf(hpx/hpx) Hjv(+/+) and Tf(hpx/hpx) Hjv(-/-) phenotypes did not differ markedly, transferrin treatment and RBC transfusions robustly increased hepcidin levels in Tf(hpx/hpx) Hjv(+/+) but not Tf(hpx/hpx) Hjv(-/-)mice. These results suggest that, while hemojuvelin is not essential for the establishment or maintenance of hepcidin deficiency in transferrin-deficient mice, hemojuvelin is essential for transferrin-dependent and transferrin-independent hepcidin expression in conditions of iron overload.
在这里,我们研究了转铁蛋白(一种抑制膳食铁吸收和巨噬细胞铁再循环的激素)对铁调素的调节作用。我们生成了转铁蛋白(Tf)缺失(Tf(hpx/hpx))和幼年期血色病(一种铁调素缺乏和铁过载的疾病)突变基因血红蛋白(Hjv)缺失(Hjv(-/-))的小鼠。虽然 Tf(hpx/hpx) Hjv(+/+)和 Tf(hpx/hpx) Hjv(-/-)表型没有明显差异,但转铁蛋白治疗和红细胞输注可显著增加 Tf(hpx/hpx) Hjv(+/+)小鼠而不是 Tf(hpx/hpx) Hjv(-/-)小鼠的铁调素水平。这些结果表明,虽然血红蛋白在转铁蛋白缺乏小鼠中铁调素缺乏的建立或维持中不是必需的,但在铁过载的情况下,血红蛋白对于转铁蛋白依赖性和非依赖性铁调素表达是必需的。