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“Pumping iron”—how macrophages handle iron at the systemic, microenvironmental, and cellular levels
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Macrophages reside in virtually every organ. First arising during embryogenesis, macrophages replenish themselves in the adult through a combination of self-renewal and influx of bone marrow-derived monocytes. As large phagocytic cells, macrophages participate in innate immunity while contributing to tissue-specific homeostatic functions. Among the key metabolic tasks are senescent red blood cell recycling, free heme detoxification, and provision of iron for de novo hemoglobin synthesis. While this systemic mechanism involves the shuttling of iron between spleen, liver, and bone marrow through the concerted function of defined macrophage populations, similar circuits appear to exist within the microenvironment of other organs. The high turnover of iron is the prerequisite for continuous erythropoiesis and tissue integrity but challenges macrophages' ability to maintain cellular iron homeostasis and immune function.This review provides a brief overview of systemic, microenvironmental, and cellular aspects of macrophage iron handling with a focus on exciting and unresolved questions in the field.
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This review synthesizes how macrophages handle iron at systemic, microenvironmental, and cellular levels, emphasizing red blood cell recycling, the hepcidin–ferroportin axis, and local iron circuits in organs such as liver, spleen, muscle, heart, vessels, brain, retina, bone, and bone marrow. It argues that macrophage iron homeostasis is central to erythropoiesis, tissue integrity, and immunity, while many mechanistic questions remain unresolved.
Key findings
- Systemic iron homeostasis depends on macrophage recycling of senescent red blood cells: 20–25 mg/day of iron is needed for new RBC production, dietary absorption supplies only 1–2 mg/day, the adult Hb iron pool is 1500–2500 mg, RBC lifespan averages 120 days, and splenic red pulp macrophages clear more than 2 × 10⁶ RBC per second in a healthy adult.
- The hepcidin–ferroportin-1 (Fpn1) axis is central: hepatocyte-derived hepcidin targets Fpn1 for degradation, reducing iron transfer from macrophages and the diet into plasma; macrophage iron handling is further controlled by Bach1/Nrf2, SpiC, HIFs, IRPs, Hmox1, Flvcr, and Nramp1.
- Local iron-recycling circuits exist beyond the spleen and liver: liver Kupffer cells dominate clearance during excessive RBC damage and recruit CCR2⁺ monocytes via CCL2/CCL3; muscle injury involves myoglobin (17 kDa, below the kidney’s 30–50 kDa filtration cutoff); and analogous macrophage iron handling is discussed in heart, atherosclerotic plaques, brain microglia, retina, osteoclasts, and bone marrow erythroid islands.
- Macrophage iron overload impairs antimicrobial immunity: iron inhibits NF-IL6 and HIF-1α binding, blocks Nos2/NO formation, and promotes ROS/NF-κB, while IRP1/IRP2 deletion impairs control of Salmonella Typhimurium.
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- Narrative review; no primary experiments, systematic search strategy, or meta-analysis are described.
- Synthesizes published literature and includes a table of selected macrophage iron-handling proteins and figures on systemic and cellular iron pathways.
- Main analysis is conceptual and mechanistic synthesis across systemic, organ-level, and cellular contexts.
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- Stated: many unresolved questions remain, including mechanistic insight into atherosclerosis, brain iron handling, and iron shuttling from erythroid island macrophages to erythroblasts; findings from small animal models need translation to humans.
- Stated: some areas are controversial, such as the role of Kupffer cells in hepcidin regulation and the directionality of Nramp1 iron transport.
- Evident: as a narrative review, it lacks systematic inclusion criteria and primary data, so conclusions depend on selected cited literature and may reflect selection bias.
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![Fig. 1 a In steady state, 20–25 mg/day of iron is needed to generate new red blood cells (RBC) in the bone marrow (depicted as vertebral body). The RBC of an adult human form the body’s largest iron pool (1500–2500 mg contained in hemoglobin [Hb]). After an average lifetime of 120 days, aged RBC (aRBC) are trapped in the spleen, recognized by red pulp macrophages (RPM), and eliminated. Their Hb is recycled, and ferroportin (Fpn)-1 exports iron into sinusoidal capillaries where it is loaded onto transferrin (TF). TF-bound iron is utilized by developing erythroblasts (EB) via TF receptor (Tfr)-1. Erythroid island macrophages assist in iron uptake and differentiation. Plasma iron content is sensed by hepatocytes, presumably via Tfr1 and other iron-sensitive molecules. They affect the transcriptional activation of hepcidin, the major iron hormone, in hepatocytes. Hepcidin acts as negative feedback regulator of iron influx by targeting Fpn1 resulting in degradation of the latter and thus reduction of iron transfer from the diet and macrophages to the plasma. Kupffer cells (KC) inhibit hepcidin expression by hepatocytes and also engage in erythrophagocytosis. b The lifespan of RBC can be reduced as a consequence of autoinflammation and subsequent hemolysis, radical formation and toxin activity or based on intrinsic structural or metabolic defects. The rapid accumulation of damaged RBC (dRBC) may overwhelm the spleen’s clearance capacity. In such a scenario, KC engulf dRBC which may result in cell death. As back-up system, monocytes are recruited from the bone marrow and possibly spleen via chemokines CCL2 and CCL3 and their receptor CCR2. These monocytes encounter a niche in the liver and differentiate into KC-like cells that express Fpn1 which is induced by several mechanisms including the growth factor macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF). Fpn1-mediated iron export sustains increased erythropoiesis in the bone marrow to compensate for losses by RBC damage](/paper-figures/0e88f11d64624add91b4a404b7999c03/pumping-ironhow-macrophages-handle-iron-at-the-systemic-microenvironmental-and-figure-1.jpg)
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“It is well established that RPM and KC express the complete machinery for RBC clearance and heme iron recycling [72, 88, 231].”
§ “Pumping iron”—how macrophages handle iron at the systemic, microenvironmental, and cellular levels > The complexity of macrophage iron handling at the cellular level > A broad spectrum of iron uptake pathways
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- Partly supportedcites [72] Franken L, Klein M, Spasova M, Elsukova A, Wiedwald U, Welz M, Knolle P, Farle M, Limmer A, Kurts C (2015) Splenic red pulp macrophages are intrinsically superparamagnetic and contaminate magnetic cell isolates. Sci Rep 5:12940 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Results (‘RPM are superparamagnetic’) identify degradation of aged or damaged erythrocytes as a main RPM function, and ‘Functional consequences of RPM contaminations’ identifies iron-metabolism genes active in RPM. The Results (‘Kupffer cells also show superparamagnetic behavior’) say Kupffer cells can take over erythrocyte degradation when RPM are absent. The paper does not establish that both cell types express the complete machinery for RBC clearance and heme-iron recycling. (LLM, conf=0.87)
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The Introduction says red pulp macrophages (RPM), and to some extent liver macrophages, clear erythrocytes, degrade heme, and release its iron. It does not establish that both RPM and Kupffer cells (KC) express the complete machinery for those processes; its qualification of the liver macrophages is narrower than the claim. (LLM, conf=0.86)
- Partly supportedcites [231] Theurl I, Hilgendorf I, Nairz M, Tymoszuk P, Haschka D, Asshoff M, He S, Gerhardt LM, Holderried TA, Seifert M, Sopper S, Fenn AM, Anzai A, Rattik S, McAlpine C, Theurl M, Wieghofer P, Iwamoto Y, Weber GF, Harder NK, Chousterman BG, Arvedson TL, McKee M, Wang F, Lutz OM, Rezoagli E, Babitt JL, Berra L, Prinz M, Nahrendorf M, Weiss G, Weissleder R, Lin HY, Swirski FK (2016a) On-demand erythrocyte disposal and iron recycling requires transient macrophages in the liver. Nat Med 22:945–951 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The paper reports that Kupffer cells (KC) and red pulp macrophages (RPM) express surface ferroportin for iron transport, and that the liver and spleen express ferritin and ferroportin at steady state (body text indexed under Abstract; page unavailable). This supports their involvement in iron recycling, but does not establish that both cell types express the complete machinery for RBC clearance and heme iron recycling. The paper also reports that clearing stressed RBCs under increased demand requires transient liver macrophages. (LLM, conf=0.84)
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“Two elegant studies have shown that the application of nanoparticles to tumor-bearing mice is sufficient to induce clinical remission.”
§ “Pumping iron”—how macrophages handle iron at the systemic, microenvironmental, and cellular levels > The complexity of macrophage iron handling at the cellular level > Interplay of macrophage iron metabolism and immune functions
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The “αMSH-PEG-C′ dots inhibit tumor growth” section reports that nanoparticles inhibited growth in tumor-bearing mice and caused partial HT-1080 tumor regression. It reports neither complete tumor disappearance nor clinical remission, so the claimed outcome overstates the finding. (LLM, conf=0.90)
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“However, when the capacity of red pulp macrophages (the iron-recycling macrophage population in the spleen, henceforward abbreviated as RPM) and KC is overwhelmed, the cells die, presumably by a specific form of cell death called ferroptosis that is induced by iron-mediated oxidative stress and lipid peroxidation [54].”
§ “Pumping iron”—how macrophages handle iron at the systemic, microenvironmental, and cellular levels > Systemic aspects of iron recycling
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“Second, the degradation of Bach1 induces expression of the transcription factor (an E26 transformation-specific transcription factor of the Spi subfamily) SpiC independently of Nrf2 [116, 211].”
§ “Pumping iron”—how macrophages handle iron at the systemic, microenvironmental, and cellular levels > Systemic aspects of iron recycling > Erythrophagocytosis
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“The maintenance of iron homeostasis at the systemic level requires iron recycling (Fig. 1), much of which is contained in senescent red blood cells (RBC).”
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“Indeed, monocyte recruitment from the BM to the liver is mediated by a liver-specific, KC-derived CC-chemokine gradient of CCL2 and CCL3 that attracts CCR2+ CCR5+ monocytes to the organ.”
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“HIF-HRE interaction in response to hypoxia thus stimulates iron release from macrophages by inducing Hmox1 and Fpn1 as well as one of its associated ferroxidases, ceruloplasmin [37, 63, 200].”
§ “Pumping iron”—how macrophages handle iron at the systemic, microenvironmental, and cellular levels > Systemic aspects of iron recycling > Erythrophagocytosis
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“This chemokine-mediated monocyte recruitment is essential because if disrupted pharmacologically, damaged RBC accumulate in glomerular capillaries resulting in renal failure [231].”
§ “Pumping iron”—how macrophages handle iron at the systemic, microenvironmental, and cellular levels > Systemic aspects of iron recycling
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- Not checked yetcites [231] Theurl I, Hilgendorf I, Nairz M, Tymoszuk P, Haschka D, Asshoff M, He S, Gerhardt LM, Holderried TA, Seifert M, Sopper S, Fenn AM, Anzai A, Rattik S, McAlpine C, Theurl M, Wieghofer P, Iwamoto Y, Weber GF, Harder NK, Chousterman BG, Arvedson TL, McKee M, Wang F, Lutz OM, Rezoagli E, Babitt JL, Berra L, Prinz M, Nahrendorf M, Weiss G, Weissleder R, Lin HY, Swirski FK (2016a) On-demand erythrocyte disposal and iron recycling requires transient macrophages in the liver. Nat Med 22:945–951 source
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“The liver acts as central orchestrator of iron metabolism through various mechanisms.”
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“In conditions of excessive RBC damage, liver macrophages (Kupffer cells, henceforward abbreviated as KC) dominate RBC clearance (as detailed in “Liver—the iron regulatory organ” section) [231].”
§ “Pumping iron”—how macrophages handle iron at the systemic, microenvironmental, and cellular levels > Systemic aspects of iron recycling
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- Not checked yetcites [231] Theurl I, Hilgendorf I, Nairz M, Tymoszuk P, Haschka D, Asshoff M, He S, Gerhardt LM, Holderried TA, Seifert M, Sopper S, Fenn AM, Anzai A, Rattik S, McAlpine C, Theurl M, Wieghofer P, Iwamoto Y, Weber GF, Harder NK, Chousterman BG, Arvedson TL, McKee M, Wang F, Lutz OM, Rezoagli E, Babitt JL, Berra L, Prinz M, Nahrendorf M, Weiss G, Weissleder R, Lin HY, Swirski FK (2016a) On-demand erythrocyte disposal and iron recycling requires transient macrophages in the liver. Nat Med 22:945–951 source
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“The presence of Fpn1 in the absorptive epithelium is under negative control of hepcidin, which is mainly secreted by hepatocytes in response to high circulating and tissue amounts of iron or upon stimulation by inflammatory mediators [171, 229].”
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“The molecular machinery of RBC recycling is relatively well described, and its function is essential to tissue integrity given the pro-oxidative capacity of free labile heme.”
§ “Pumping iron”—how macrophages handle iron at the systemic, microenvironmental, and cellular levels > Systemic aspects of iron recycling > Erythrophagocytosis
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“It is at this location that ferroportin-1 (Fpn1; AKA solute carrier family 40 member 1) fulfills its function as the sole cellular efflux protein for ionic iron, shuttling apically absorbed iron to the circulation, where it is oxidized and loaded onto transferrin (TF) [173].”
§ “Pumping iron”—how macrophages handle iron at the systemic, microenvironmental, and cellular levels > Systemic aspects of iron recycling
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“It is essential to the development of these cell types as Spic −/− mice have drastically reduced numbers of RPM and EIM which lead to reduced proerythroblast numbers in the steady state, supporting the idea that iron recycling is essential to sustain iron-sufficient erythropoiesis [58].”
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“Furthermore, the inflammasome activation via cryopyrin (AKA NLRP3) is sensitive to surplus intracellular heme while extracellular free heme can activate Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), supporting the idea that free heme is an endogenous danger signal [60, 65, 66, 131].”
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“In addition, their roles in the metabolic activity of the adjacent myocardium and in chronic cardiac diseases such as congestive heart failure are increasingly appreciated [199], and macrophages may either tailor the delivery of iron to the myocardium or accumulate and detoxify heme which may mainly arise from tissue injury [161, 214].”
§ “Pumping iron”—how macrophages handle iron at the systemic, microenvironmental, and cellular levels > Local circuits > Heart—an organ exquisitely sensitive to iron toxicity
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“Although iron-mediated generation of ROS and injury to mitochondria are likely mechanisms [196, 204]”
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“A paradigmatic yet rare NBIA condition is the neuroferritinopathy that is caused by a mutation in the coding region of the FTL gene [44, 45].”
§ “Pumping iron”—how macrophages handle iron at the systemic, microenvironmental, and cellular levels > Local circuits > Brain—cerebral iron overload is implicated in neurodegeneration
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“It would appear that neuronal iron efflux is insufficient to remove surplus and potentially harmful iron from the cytoplasm.”
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“Müller glial cells and endothelial cells of the retina both express Fpn1, but only the latter cell type is sensitive to hepcidin regulation.”
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“Arthropathy of the second and third metacarpophalangeal joints is a typical manifestation of type I hemochromatosis [94].”
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- Not checked yetcites [94] Heiland GR, Aigner E, Dallos T, Sahinbegovic E, Krenn V, Thaler C, Weiss G, Distler JH, Datz C, Schett G, Zwerina J (2010) Synovial immunopathology in haemochromatosis arthropathy. Ann Rheum Dis 69:1214–1219 source
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“Importantly, LDN treatment also reduced atherosclerotic lesion size, suggesting that modulating systemic iron metabolism affects atherosclerosis progression.”
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- Not checked yetcites [198] Saeed O, Otsuka F, Polavarapu R, Karmali V, Weiss D, Davis T, Rostad B, Pachura K, Adams L, Elliott J, Taylor WR, Narula J, Kolodgie F, Virmani R, Hong CC, Finn AV (2012) Pharmacological suppression of hepcidin increases macrophage cholesterol efflux and reduces foam cell formation and atherosclerosis. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 32:299–307 source
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“In addition, experimental light damage to the retina results in microglial activation, its migration to the outer retina, and in induction of FT H and L chains.”
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- Not checked yetcites [217] Song D, Song Y, Hadziahmetovic M, Zhong Y, Dunaief JL (2012a) Systemic administration of the iron chelator deferiprone protects against light-induced photoreceptor degeneration in the mouse retina. Free Radic Biol Med 53:64–71 source
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“Notably, Lcn2 also affects a variety of brain functions from cognition to emotional stress [104].”
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- Not checked yetcites [104] Jha MK, Lee S, Park DH, Kook H, Park KG, Lee IK, Suk K (2014) Diverse functional roles of lipocalin-2 in the central nervous system. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 49:135–156
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“For instance, after experimental intracranial hemorrhage (ICH), microglia clear RBC but may also sustain inflammation and cause secondary damage.”
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“However, microglia are also exquisitely sensitive to the potential toxicity of IONs because they are rapidly degraded within lysosomes and their iron catalyzes ROS generation [184].”
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- Not checked yetcites [184] Petters C, Thiel K, Dringen R (2015) Lysosomal iron liberation is responsible for the vulnerability of brain microglial cells to iron oxide nanoparticles: comparison with neurons and astrocytes. Nanotoxicology 10:332–342 source
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“Since photoreceptors are sensitive to iron toxicity, local iron regulatory circuits including the hepcidin-Fpn1 axis operate in the retina [261].”
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- Not checked yetcites [261] Zhao L, Li Y, Song D, Song Y, Theurl M, Wang C, Cwanger A, Su G, Dunaief JL (2014) A high serum iron level causes mouse retinal iron accumulation despite an intact blood-retinal barrier. Am J Pathol 184:2862–2867 source
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“Therefore, the retina is another organ that is sensitive to iron toxicity but has evidence of endogenous mechanisms to maintain local iron homeostasis in the microenvironment.”
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“The composition of FT is cell type-specific, and central neuronal FT are L chain-rich [236].”
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- Not checked yetcites [236] Torti FM, Torti SV (2002) Regulation of ferritin genes and protein. Blood 99:3505–3516 source
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“Interestingly, the hyperferritinemia-cataract syndrome that is caused by a mutation in a specific non-coding region of the FTL gene, the iron-responsive element (IRE), is not associated with iron accumulation in the brain but with the formation of ferritin crystals in the ocular lenses, resulting in cataracts in early adulthood [23, 83, 195].”
§ “Pumping iron”—how macrophages handle iron at the systemic, microenvironmental, and cellular levels > Local circuits > Brain—cerebral iron overload is implicated in neurodegeneration
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“Osteoclast precursors take up iron via Tfr1 and utilize six-transmembrane epithelial antigen of prostate (Steap4) as ferrireductase [262].”
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- Not checked yetcites [262] Zhou J, Ye S, Fujiwara T, Manolagas SC, Zhao H (2013) Steap4 plays a critical role in osteoclastogenesis in vitro by regulating cellular iron/reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels and cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB) activation. J Biol Chem 288:30064–30074 source
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“An increase in plasma iron stimulates hepcidin secretion which dampens macrophage iron egress and to a lesser extent duodenal iron absorption following its interaction with Fpn1.”
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- Not checked yetcites [158] Moretti D, Goede JS, Zeder C, Jiskra M, Chatzinakou V, Tjalsma H, Melse-Boonstra A, Brittenham G, Swinkels DW, Zimmermann MB (2015) Oral iron supplements increase hepcidin and decrease iron absorption from daily or twice-daily doses in iron-depleted young women. Blood 126:1981–1989 source
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“It is well characterized that erythroblasts expel their nuclei during differentiation and that these are taken up by EIM after phosphatidylserine exposure via Tim4 and MER proto-oncogene, tyrosine kinase (MerTK) [234, 254].”
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- Not checked yetcites [234] Toda S, Segawa K, Nagata S (2014) MerTK-mediated engulfment of pyrenocytes by central macrophages in erythroblastic islands. Blood 123:3963–3971 source
- Not checked yetcites [254] Yoshida H, Kawane K, Koike M, Mori Y, Uchiyama Y, Nagata S (2005) Phosphatidylserine-dependent engulfment by macrophages of nuclei from erythroid precursor cells. Nature 437:754–758 source
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“At either location, Dmt1 only accepts ferrous iron along with other divalent cations, such as copper or manganese, and co-localizes with an iron reductase [152, 177].”
§ “Pumping iron”—how macrophages handle iron at the systemic, microenvironmental, and cellular levels > The complexity of macrophage iron handling at the cellular level > A broad spectrum of iron uptake pathways
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- Not checked yetcites [152] McKie AT, Barrow D, Latunde-Dada GO, Rolfs A, Sager G, Mudaly E, Mudaly M, Richardson C, Barlow D, Bomford A, Peters TJ, Raja KB, Shirali S, Hediger MA, Farzaneh F, Simpson RJ (2001) An iron-regulated ferric reductase associated with the absorption of dietary iron. Science 291:1755–1759 source
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“These are best characterized in bacteria, but eukaryotes including fungi and mammals produce siderophores, too [16, 42, 67, 86, 106].”
§ “Pumping iron”—how macrophages handle iron at the systemic, microenvironmental, and cellular levels > The complexity of macrophage iron handling at the cellular level
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- Not checked yetcites [42] Correnti C, Strong RK (2012) Mammalian siderophores, siderophore-binding lipocalins, and the labile iron pool. J Biol Chem 287:13524–13531 source
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- Not checked yetcites [86] Haas H (2014) Fungal siderophore metabolism with a focus on Aspergillus fumigatus. Nat Prod Rep 31:1266–1276 source
- Not checked yetcites [106] Jones RL, Peterson CM, Grady RW, Cerami A (1980) Low molecular weight iron-binding factor from mammalian tissue that potentiates bacterial growth. J Exp Med 151:418–428 source
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“In addition, membrane VCAM1 is expressed on CD169+ macrophages in the spleen and provides a molecular anchor to retain hematopoietic stem cells in the murine spleen, although it is unclear whether this is also relevant to arthropathy [61].”
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- Not checked yetcites [61] Dutta P, Hoyer FF, Grigoryeva LS, Sager HB, Leuschner F, Courties G, Borodovsky A, Novobrantseva T, Ruda VM, Fitzgerald K, Iwamoto Y, Wojtkiewicz G, Sun Y, Da Silva N, Libby P, Anderson DG, Swirski FK, Weissleder R, Nahrendorf M (2015) Macrophages retain hematopoietic stem cells in the spleen via VCAM-1. J Exp Med 212:497–512 source
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“At the cell surface membrane, macrophages possess the heme exporter Flvcr and its genetic deletion results in RPM iron overload [108].”
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- Not checked yetcites [108] Keel SB, Doty RT, Yang Z, Quigley JG, Chen J, Knoblaugh S, Kingsley PD, De Domenico I, Vaughn MB, Kaplan J, Palis J, Abkowitz JL (2008) A heme export protein is required for red blood cell differentiation and iron homeostasis. Science 319:825–828 source
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“Interestingly, the functions of IRPs1 and 2 are redundant in macrophages and only targeted deletion of both isoforms via the LysM-Cre system results in increased FT levels and intracellular iron retention [193].”
§ “Pumping iron”—how macrophages handle iron at the systemic, microenvironmental, and cellular levels > The complexity of macrophage iron handling at the cellular level > The control of cytosolic iron levels
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- Not checked yetcites [193] Recalcati S, Alberghini A, Campanella A, Gianelli U, De Camilli E, Conte D, Cairo G (2006) Iron regulatory proteins 1 and 2 in human monocytes, macrophages and duodenum: expression and regulation in hereditary hemochromatosis and iron deficiency. Haematologica 91:303–310
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“Of interest, circulating VCAM1 is shed by the metalloproteinase ADAM metallopeptidase domain 17 (ADAM17, AKA TNF alpha-converting enzyme (TACE)) which is activated by inflammatory stimuli [81].”
§ “Pumping iron”—how macrophages handle iron at the systemic, microenvironmental, and cellular levels > Local circuits > Bone—osteoclasts are iron-dependent
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- Not checked yetcites [81] Garton KJ, Gough PJ, Philalay J, Wille PT, Blobel CP, Whitehead RH, Dempsey PJ, Raines EW (2003) Stimulated shedding of vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 (VCAM-1) is mediated by tumor necrosis factor-alpha-converting enzyme (ADAM 17). J Biol Chem 278:37459–37464 source
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“Its two major functional components are HRG1 which shifts heme from the endosome/lysosome to the cytoplasm and Hmox1 which then metabolizes heme [117].”
§ “Pumping iron”—how macrophages handle iron at the systemic, microenvironmental, and cellular levels > The complexity of macrophage iron handling at the cellular level
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- Not checked yetcites [117] Korolnek T, Hamza I (2014) Like iron in the blood of the people: the requirement for heme trafficking in iron metabolism. Front Pharmacol 5:126 source
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“However, the deletion of Fpn1 by Cre recombinase expressed under the lysozyme M promoter results in iron accumulation in macrophages, including BM macrophages, and mild anemia.”
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- Not checked yetcites [259] Zhang Z, Zhang F, An P, Guo X, Shen Y, Tao Y, Wu Q, Zhang Y, Yu Y, Ning B, Nie G, Knutson MD, Anderson GJ, Wang F (2011) Ferroportin1 deficiency in mouse macrophages impairs iron homeostasis and inflammatory responses. Blood 118:1912–1922 source
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“However, LysM-Cre FTH mice have no apparent phenotype suggesting that iron storage and trafficking are well controlled in myeloid cells by other mechanisms [46, 239].”
§ “Pumping iron”—how macrophages handle iron at the systemic, microenvironmental, and cellular levels > The complexity of macrophage iron handling at the cellular level > The control of cytosolic iron levels
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“This suggests that EIM utilize Fpn1 to export iron and thus function as iron-rich nurse cells [259].”
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- Not checked yetcites [259] Zhang Z, Zhang F, An P, Guo X, Shen Y, Tao Y, Wu Q, Zhang Y, Yu Y, Ning B, Nie G, Knutson MD, Anderson GJ, Wang F (2011) Ferroportin1 deficiency in mouse macrophages impairs iron homeostasis and inflammatory responses. Blood 118:1912–1922 source
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“For instance, EIM express the αV integrin which binds ICAM4 on erythroid cells, and ICAM4 KO mice have reduced numbers of erythropoietic islands [126].”
§ “Pumping iron”—how macrophages handle iron at the systemic, microenvironmental, and cellular levels > Local circuits > Bone marrow—are erythroblasts “nursed” with iron?
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“Tfr1, which is also known as CD71, is widely expressed by isolated macrophages, and it may form a major route of iron uptake in the absence of RBC (an indirect iron source), though it also appears to be important in adaptive immunity [103, 138].”
§ “Pumping iron”—how macrophages handle iron at the systemic, microenvironmental, and cellular levels > The complexity of macrophage iron handling at the cellular level > A broad spectrum of iron uptake pathways
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“While some of these compounds such as citrate are ubiquitous substrates, other mammalian siderophores such as catechols are probably synthesized from commensal metabolites or dietary precursors [11, 50, 252].”
§ “Pumping iron”—how macrophages handle iron at the systemic, microenvironmental, and cellular levels > The complexity of macrophage iron handling at the cellular level
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- Not checked yetcites [11] Bao G, Clifton M, Hoette TM, Mori K, Deng SX, Qiu A, Viltard M, Williams D, Paragas N, Leete T, Kulkarni R, Li X, Lee B, Kalandadze A, Ratner AJ, Pizarro JC, Schmidt-Ott KM, Landry DW, Raymond KN, Strong RK, Barasch J (2010) Iron traffics in circulation bound to a siderocalin (Ngal)-catechol complex. Nat Chem Biol 6:602–609 source
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“The transcription factor SpiC and its down-stream effector Hmox1 are both essential for EIM differentiation, since ablation of either gene reduces EIM number [73, 88].”
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- Not checked yetcites [73] Fraser ST, Midwinter RG, Coupland LA, Kong S, Berger BS, Yeo JH, Andrade OC, Cromer D, Suarna C, Lam M, Maghzal GJ, Chong BH, Parish CR, Stocker R (2015) Heme oxygenase-1 deficiency alters erythroblastic island formation, steady-state erythropoiesis and red blood cell lifespan in mice. Haematologica 100:601–610 source
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“Dmt1 shifts iron from the extracellular space to the cytoplasm and, in its alternately spliced form, from the Tfr1 endosome to the cytoplasm [69, 99, 139].”
§ “Pumping iron”—how macrophages handle iron at the systemic, microenvironmental, and cellular levels > The complexity of macrophage iron handling at the cellular level > A broad spectrum of iron uptake pathways
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“This pathogen preferentially infects murine macrophages and has a proliferative advantage in the absence of both IRPs resulting in increased bacterial burden and reduced survival in a systemic infection model.”
§ “Pumping iron”—how macrophages handle iron at the systemic, microenvironmental, and cellular levels > The complexity of macrophage iron handling at the cellular level > The control of cytosolic iron levels
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“The deletion of both IRPs in macrophages does not affect RBC recycling but impairs their nutritional immune functions against intracellular bacteria, such as Salmonella Typhimurium [166].”
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“Macrophages express a range of factors mediating iron uptake (summarized in the Table 1) which essentially face only two pathways for iron efflux, Fpn1 for ionic iron and feline leukemia virus subtype C receptor (Flvcr) for heme iron (Fig. 2), although alternatives routes may exist [49, 136].”
§ “Pumping iron”—how macrophages handle iron at the systemic, microenvironmental, and cellular levels > The complexity of macrophage iron handling at the cellular level
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“Second, iron alters gene transcription, translation, and mitochondrial respiration in macrophages [165, 175].”
§ “Pumping iron”—how macrophages handle iron at the systemic, microenvironmental, and cellular levels > The complexity of macrophage iron handling at the cellular level > Interplay of macrophage iron metabolism and immune functions
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“In contrast to its inhibitory effect on NO, iron stimulates the non-enzymatic generation of ROS which may promote their antimicrobial activity but contribute to tissue damage and the pathogenesis of many inflammatory disorders.”
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“This pathway is important for iron recycling after erythrophagocytosis [213] and serves as a mechanism of nutrient withdrawal that is particularly efficient in host defense against Mycobacterium, Salmonella, and Leishmania species [31].”
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“These effects may contribute to the inflammatory characteristics of sickle cell disease and can be ameliorated by the heme scavenger HPX.”
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“In addition, the functional form of Nramp1 in myeloid cells shifts the balance in T helper cell activity towards Th1, which may increase resistance to infections while increasing the susceptibility to autoimmune diseases [167, 226].”
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“Another layer of complexity is added by the fact that TLR4 signaling stabilizes HIF-1α activation via induction of FTH and hypoxia stimulates arginase-1 expression in myeloid cells thus undermining Leishmania killing [142, 209].”
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“The other study suggested that IONs stimulate TNF expression while inhibiting arginase-1 which results in improved killing of tumor cells [257].”
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“Mechanistically, these two modes of HIF activation are distinct. While TLR4 signaling results in depletion of iron as co-substrate which prolyl hydroxylases (PHDs) require to tag HIF for degradation, hypoxia, per definition, impairs PHD activity due to a lack of their substrate oxygen.”
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“Under physiologic conditions, macrophages recycle the iron for erythropoiesis, while under hemolytic stress, macrophages detoxify heme to prevent iron toxicity towards parenchymal cells and tissues.”
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No regulated pathway of iron excretion exists in the mammalian organism.
“It is generally thought that no regulated pathway of iron excretion exists in the mammalian organism.”
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“Furthermore, free heme and hemoglobin released during red blood cell (RBC) lysis are bound in the circulation by hemopexin and haptoglobin, respectively, and these iron-containing complexes are then taken up by cells expressing the CD91 and CD163 receptors (Nairz et al., 2017).”
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§ “Pumping iron”—how macrophages handle iron at the systemic, microenvironmental, and cellular levels > Systemic aspects of iron recycling
“circulating hemoglobin (Hb) and heme are bound by hemopexin (HPX) and haptoglobin, respectively”
§ “Pumping iron”—how macrophages handle iron at the systemic, microenvironmental, and cellular levels > Local circuits > Liver—the iron regulatory organ
“Haptoglobin and HPX scavenge free Hb and heme, respectively”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Nairz, M., Theurl, I., Swirski, F. K., & Weiss, G.
- Affiliations
- Harvard University (US)
- Innsbruck Medical University (AT)
- Corresponding author
- Nairz, Manfred
- Venue
- Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology
- Published
- 2017-03-01
- Volume
- 469
- Issue
- 3-4
- Pages
- 397-418
- ISSN
- 0031-6768 (ISSN-L)
- 1432-2013
- PMC
- PMC5362662
- OpenAlex
- W2592213450
- Semantic Scholar
- 223e4460dd3f67b8a384962555fdeab9e69defd4
- Cited by
- 178
- References
- 269
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 22 · 2022: 23 · 2021: 28 · 2020: 31 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 17 · 2017: 4
- FWCI
- 2.87
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Locations
- Pflügers Archiv - European Journal of Physiology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- University of Innsbruck and Medical University of Innsbruck
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Hematology › Iron Metabolism and Disorders
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Metals and Alloys › Iron and Steelmaking Processes
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis
- Keywords
- macrophages, iron homeostasis, iron metabolism, heme detoxification, hemoglobin synthesis, spleen, liver, bone marrow, tissue microenvironment, innate immunity, erythropoiesis
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Erythropoiesis, Homeostasis, Humans, Iron, Macrophages, Cellular Microenvironment
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