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Two to Tango: Regulation of Mammalian Iron Metabolism
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Disruptions in iron homeostasis from both iron deficiency and overload account for some of the most common human diseases. Iron metabolism is balanced by two regulatory systems, one that functions systemically and relies on the hormone hepcidin and the iron exporter ferroportin, and another that predominantly controls cellular iron metabolism through iron-regulatory proteins that bind iron-responsive elements in regulated messenger RNAs. We describe how the two distinct systems function and how they "tango" together in a coordinated manner. We also highlight some of the current questions in mammalian iron metabolism and discuss therapeutic opportunities arising from a better understanding of the underlying biological principles.
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“When intracellular iron is low, IRPs interact with conserved iron-responsive elements (IREs) in the untranslated regions (UTRs) of central genes accounting for iron homeostasis [32,33].”
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“Binding of IRPs to IREs in the 5’-UTR attenuates translation, whereas binding to IREs in the 3’-UTR stabilizes respective mRNAs and fosters translation.”
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“However, gel retardation assays demonstrated that LPS stimulation increased binding of iron-regulatory proteins (IRPs) to a radiolabeled iron responsive element (IRE) RNA probe (Figure 3B), indicative of reduced cytosolic Fe availability (Hentze et al., 2010).”
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“This appears to be the result of increased expression of the master iron regulator hepcidin, which promotes Fpn1 internalization and degradation (1, 36).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Hentze, M. W., Muckenthaler, M. U., Galy, B., & Camaschella, C.
- Affiliations
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory (DE)
- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (IT)
- Corresponding author
- Hentze, Matthias W.
- Venue
- Cell
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2010-07
- Volume
- 142
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 24-38
- ISSN
- 0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2107704801
- Cited by
- 2,120
- References
- 111
- Citations by year
- 2026: 98 · 2025: 117 · 2024: 161 · 2023: 169 · 2022: 156 · 2021: 162 · 2020: 159 · 2019: 159 · 2018: 129 · 2017: 125 · 2016: 106 · 2015: 118 · 2014: 133 · 2013: 113 · 2012: 113
- FWCI
- 16.63
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Cell (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- INFM-OAR (INFN Catania) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- European Commission
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Hematology › Iron Metabolism and Disorders
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neurological diseases and metabolism
- Keywords
- iron metabolism, iron homeostasis, hepcidin, ferroportin, iron regulatory proteins, iron-responsive element, iron deficiency, iron overload, therapeutic target
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Cell Physiological Phenomena, Humans, Iron, Anemia, Iron-Deficiency, Iron Overload, Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides, Hepcidins
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