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Regulation of iron homeostasis in anemia of chronic disease and iron deficiency anemia: diagnostic and therapeutic implications

Theurl, Igor, Aigner, Elmar, Theurl, Milan, Nairz, Manfred, Seifert, Markus, Schroll, Andrea, Sonnweber, Thomas, Eberwein, Lukas +6 more·2009·Blood

Abstract

The anemia of chronic disease (ACD) is characterized by macrophage iron retention induced by cytokines and the master regulator hepcidin. Hepcidin controls cellular iron efflux on binding to the iron export protein ferroportin. Many patients, however, present with both ACD and iron deficiency anemia (ACD/IDA), the latter resulting from chronic blood loss. We used a rat model of ACD resulting from chronic arthritis and mimicked ACD/IDA by additional phlebotomy to define differing iron-regulatory pathways. Iron retention during inflammation occurs in macrophages and the spleen, but not in the liver. In rats and humans with ACD, serum hepcidin concentrations are elevated, which is paralleled by reduced duodenal and macrophage expression of ferroportin. Individuals with ACD/IDA have significantly lower hepcidin levels than ACD subjects, and ACD/IDA persons, in contrast to ACD subjects, were able to absorb dietary iron from the gut and to mobilize iron from macrophages. Circulating hepcidin levels affect iron traffic in ACD and ACD/IDA and are more responsive to the erythropoietic demands for iron than to inflammation. Hepcidin determination may aid to differentiate between ACD and ACD/IDA and in selecting appropriate therapy for these patients.

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Theurl, I., Aigner, E., Theurl, M., Nairz, M., Seifert, M., Schroll, A., Sonnweber, T., Eberwein, L., Witcher, D. R., Murphy, A. T., Wroblewski, V. J., Wurz, E., Datz, C., & Weiss, G.
Affiliations
  • Innsbruck Medical University (AT)
  • Krankenhaus Oberndorf (AT)
  • Eli Lilly (United States) (US)
  • Department of Internal Medicine I, Clinical Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria;
Venue
Blood
Published
2009-05-21
Volume
113
Issue
21
Pages
5277-5286
ISSN
  • 0006-4971 (ISSN-L)
  • 1528-0020
OpenAlex
W2121871264
Cited by
421
References
54
Citations by year
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FWCI
26.74
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Blood (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hematology › Iron Metabolism and Disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hematology › Erythropoietin and Anemia Treatment
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis
Keywords
iron homeostasis, anemia of chronic disease, iron deficiency anemia, hepcidin, ferroportin, inflammation, dietary iron absorption, iron mobilization, phlebotomy, chronic arthritis, erythropoiesis, differential diagnosis
MeSH terms
Ferroportin, Anemia, Animals, Chronic Disease, Disease Models, Animal, Duodenum, Homeostasis, Humans, Inflammation, Iron, Macrophages, Rats, Inbred Lew, Spleen, Case-Control Studies, Anemia, Iron-Deficiency, Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides, Cation Transport Proteins, Rats, Hepcidins

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