Exploration of the copper-related compensatory response in the Belgrade rat model of genetic iron deficiency
Exploration of the copper-related compensatory response in the Belgrade rat model of genetic iron deficiency
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10.1152/ajpgi.00261.2011
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2011-11-01
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4.5
通讯作者:
Collins, James F.
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Jiang, Lingli;Ranganathan, Perungavur;Collins, James F.
Jiang L, Ranganathan P, Lu Y, Kim C, Collins JF. Exploration of the copper-related compensatory response in the Belgrade rat model of genetic iron deficiency. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 301: G877-G886, 2011. First published August 18, 2011; doi:10.1152/ajpgi.00261.2011.-The Menkes copper ATPase (Atp7a) and metallothionein (Mt1a) are induced in the duodenum of iron-deficient rats, and serum and hepatic copper levels increase. Induction of a multi-copper ferroxidase (ceruloplasmin; Cp) has also been documented. These findings hint at an important role for Cu during iron deficiency. The intestinal divalent metal transporter 1 (Dmt1) is also induced during iron deficiency. The hypothesis that Dmt1 is involved in the copper-related compensatory response during iron deficiency was tested, utilizing a mutant Dmt1 rat model, namely the Belgrade (b/b) rat. Data from b/b rats were compared with phenotypically normal, heterozygous +/b rats. Intestinal Atp7a and Dmt1 expression was increased in b/b rats, whereas Mt1a expression was unchanged. Serum and liver copper levels did not increase in the Belgrades nor did Cp protein or activity. The lack of fully functional Dmt1 may thus partially blunt the compensatory response to iron deficiency by 1) decreasing copper levels in enterocytes, as exemplified by a lack of Mt1a induction and a lesser induction of Atp7a, 2) abolishing the frequently described increase in liver and serum copper, and 3) attenuating the documented increase in Cp expression and activity.