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Resistance to hepcidin is conferred by hemochromatosis-associated mutations of ferroportin

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Drakesmith, Hal, Schimanski, Lisa M., Ormerod, Emma, Merryweather-Clarke, Alison T., Viprakasit, Vip, Edwards, Jon P., Sweetland, Emma, Bastin, Judy M. +4 more·2005·Blood

Abstract

Ferroportin (FPN) mediates iron export from cells; FPN mutations are associated with the iron overloading disorder hemochromatosis. Previously, we found that the A77D, V162del, and G490D mutations inhibited FPN activity, but that other disease-associated FPN variants retained full iron export capability. The peptide hormone hepcidin inhibits FPN as part of a homeostatic negative feedback loop. We measured surface expression and function of wild-type FPN and fully active FPN mutants in the presence of hepcidin. We found that the Y64N and C326Y mutants of FPN are completely resistant to hepcidin inhibition and that N144D and N144H are partially resistant. Hemochromatosis-associated FPN mutations, therefore, either reduce iron export ability or produce an FPN variant that is insensitive to hepcidin. The former mutation type is associated with Kupffer-cell iron deposition and normal transferrin saturation in vivo, whereas patients with the latter category of FPN mutation have high transferrin saturation and tend to deposit iron throughout the liver parenchyma. FPN-linked hemochromatosis may have a variable pathogenesis depending on the causative FPN mutant.

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  • Deficits in hepcidin-mediated regulation of FPN, often due to hereditary hemochromatoses, lead to iron overload and widespread tissue damage affecting the liver, heart, pancreas, and joints.

    “Deficits in hepcidin-mediated regulation of FPN, often due to hereditary hemochromatoses, lead to iron overload and widespread tissue damage affecting the liver, heart, pancreas, and joints 11-13 .”

    From Structure of hepcidin-bound ferroportin reveals iron homeostatic mechanisms (2020) · cites this paper as [13]

    The Introduction (page not provided) describes hereditary hemochromatosis as an iron-overload disease causing tissue damage in the liver, pancreas, and heart. The Abstract and Discussion link some hemochromatosis-associated FPN mutations to resistance to hepcidin, but the copy does not identify joint damage or establish how often impaired hepcidin regulation causes hemochromatosis. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Several hereditary hemochromatosis mutations in FPN directly coordinate Co2+ in the C domain, including C326S/F/Y and H507R.

    “Several hereditary hemochromatosis mutations in FPN directly coordinate Co 2+ in the C domain, including C326S/F/Y 13,29-31 and H507R 32 .”

    From Structure of hepcidin-bound ferroportin reveals iron homeostatic mechanisms (2020) · cites this paper as [13]

    The Discussion identifies C326Y and C326S as hemochromatosis-associated FPN variants, but it does not say they directly coordinate Co2+ or locate them in the C domain. Our copy also does not address C326F or H507R; the citing sentence attaches a separate citation to H507R. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • Several FPN mutations decrease hepcidin binding to FPN, including N144H/D/T, C326S/F/Y, Y333H, Y501C, D504N and H507R.

    “Several FPN mutations decrease hepcidin binding to FPN, including N144H/D/T 34-36 , C326S/F/Y 13,29-31 , Y333H 37 , Y501C 7,38 , D504N 7,39 and H507R 32 .”

    From Structure of hepcidin-bound ferroportin reveals iron homeostatic mechanisms (2020) · cites this paper as [13]

    The section on hepcidin-mediated surface expression reports that N144D and N144H are partially resistant to hepcidin, while C326Y is resistant to hepcidin-mediated down-regulation. It does not measure decreased hepcidin binding. The Discussion says C326S was not tested; our copy does not establish the claimed effect for the other listed variants. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • SpiC is essential to the development of RPM and EIM, as Spic−/− mice have drastically reduced numbers of RPM and EIM leading to reduced proerythroblast numbers in the steady state, supporting the idea that iron recycling is essential to sustain iron-sufficient erythropoiesis.

    “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].”
  • Missense mutations that affect the subcellular localization or transporter function of ferroportin (loss-of-function) are associated with macrophage iron loading but few, if any, sequelae resembling classical hemochromatosis.

    “Missense mutations that affected the subcellular localization or transporter function of ferroportin (”

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Drakesmith, H., Schimanski, L. M., Ormerod, E., Merryweather-Clarke, A. T., Viprakasit, V., Edwards, J. P., Sweetland, E., Bastin, J. M., Cowley, D., Chinthammitr, Y., Robson, K. J. H., & Townsend, A. R. M.
Affiliations
  • Siriraj Hospital (TH)
  • From the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford, United Kingdom; Medical Research Council Molecular Haematology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford, United Kingdom; Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; and Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Venue
Blood
Published
2005-08-01
Volume
106
Issue
3
Pages
1092-1097
ISSN
  • 0006-4971 (ISSN-L)
  • 1528-0020
OpenAlex
W2131823953
Cited by
264
References
34
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FWCI
15.95
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Blood (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Wellcome Trust
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hematology › Iron Metabolism and Disorders
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neurological diseases and metabolism
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis
Keywords
ferroportin, hepcidin, hemochromatosis, iron export, iron overload, transferrin saturation, Kupffer cells, liver iron deposition, iron homeostasis
MeSH terms
Ferroportin, Cell Line, Drug Resistance, Gene Expression Regulation, Hemochromatosis, Humans, Iron, Iron Radioisotopes, Transferrin, Mutation, Missense, Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides, Cation Transport Proteins, Hepcidins

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