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Specific iron chelators determine the route of ferritin degradation

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De Domenico, Ivana, Ward, Diane McVey, Kaplan, Jerry·2009·Blood

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Deferoxamine (DFO) is a high-affinity Fe (III) chelator produced by Streptomyces pilosus. DFO is used clinically to remove iron from patients with iron overload disorders. Orally administered DFO cannot be absorbed, and therefore it must be injected. Here we show that DFO induces ferritin degradation in lysosomes through induction of autophagy. DFO-treated cells show cytosolic accumulation of LC3B, a critical protein involved in autophagosomal-lysosomal degradation. Treatment of cells with the oral iron chelators deferriprone and desferasirox did not show accumulation of LC3B, and degradation of ferritin occurred through the proteasome. Incubation of DFO-treated cells with 3-methyladenine, an autophagy inhibitor, resulted in degradation of ferritin by the proteasome. These results indicate that ferritin degradation occurs by 2 routes: a DFO-induced entry of ferritin into lysosomes and a cytosolic route in which iron is extracted from ferritin before degradation by the proteasome.

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Authors
De Domenico, I., Ward, D. M., & Kaplan, J.
Affiliations
  • Departments of Internal Medicine and
  • University of Utah (US)
Venue
Blood
Published
2009-11-12
Volume
114
Issue
20
Pages
4546-4551
ISSN
  • 0006-4971 (ISSN-L)
  • 1528-0020
OpenAlex
W2062266319
Cited by
176
References
30
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FWCI
11.29
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Blood (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • McGill University
  • National Institutes of Health (DK030534)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (DK070947, R01DK030534, R37DK030534, R01DK070947, DK030534)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hematology › Iron Metabolism and Disorders
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neurological diseases and metabolism
Keywords
ferritin degradation, deferoxamine, iron chelators, autophagy, lysosomal degradation, proteasomal degradation, LC3B, iron overload
MeSH terms
Autophagy, Cells, Cultured, Cytosol, Deferoxamine, Ferritins, Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Humans, Iron Chelating Agents, Lysosomes, Siderophores, Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex

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