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rdf:type |
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lifeskim:mentions |
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pubmed:issue |
6771
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pubmed:dateCreated |
2000-3-20
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pubmed:databankReference |
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pubmed:abstractText |
Defects in iron absorption and utilization lead to iron deficiency and overload disorders. Adult mammals absorb iron through the duodenum, whereas embryos obtain iron through placental transport. Iron uptake from the intestinal lumen through the apical surface of polarized duodenal enterocytes is mediated by the divalent metal transporter, DMTi. A second transporter has been postulated to export iron across the basolateral surface to the circulation. Here we have used positional cloning to identify the gene responsible for the hypochromic anaemia of the zebrafish mutant weissherbst. The gene, ferroportin1, encodes a multiple-transmembrane domain protein, expressed in the yolk sac, that is a candidate for the elusive iron exporter. Zebrafish ferroportin1 is required for the transport of iron from maternally derived yolk stores to the circulation and functions as an iron exporter when expressed in Xenopus oocytes. Human Ferroportin1 is found at the basal surface of placental syncytiotrophoblasts, suggesting that it also transports iron from mother to embryo. Mammalian Ferroportin1 is expressed at the basolateral surface of duodenal enterocytes and could export cellular iron into the circulation. We propose that Ferroportin1 function may be perturbed in mammalian disorders of iron deficiency or overload.
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pubmed:commentsCorrections |
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal |
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pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical |
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Feb
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pubmed:issn |
0028-0836
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pubmed:author |
pubmed-author:AndrewsN CNC,
pubmed-author:BarutBB,
pubmed-author:BrownlieAA,
pubmed-author:BrugnaraCC,
pubmed-author:CHOH WHW,
pubmed-author:DonovanAA,
pubmed-author:DrejerAA,
pubmed-author:FlemingM DMD,
pubmed-author:KingsleyP DPD,
pubmed-author:LuxS ESE,
pubmed-author:MoynihanJJ,
pubmed-author:PalisJJ,
pubmed-author:PawB HBH,
pubmed-author:PinkusG SGS,
pubmed-author:PinkusJ LJL,
pubmed-author:PrattS JSJ,
pubmed-author:ShepardJJ,
pubmed-author:ZapataAA,
pubmed-author:ZhouYY,
pubmed-author:ZonL ILI
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pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:day |
17
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pubmed:volume |
403
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
776-81
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:10693807-Amino Acid Sequence,
pubmed-meshheading:10693807-Animals,
pubmed-meshheading:10693807-Carrier Proteins,
pubmed-meshheading:10693807-Cation Transport Proteins,
pubmed-meshheading:10693807-Chromosome Walking,
pubmed-meshheading:10693807-Cloning, Molecular,
pubmed-meshheading:10693807-Embryo, Nonmammalian,
pubmed-meshheading:10693807-Enterocytes,
pubmed-meshheading:10693807-Erythrocytes,
pubmed-meshheading:10693807-Evolution, Molecular,
pubmed-meshheading:10693807-Hemoglobins,
pubmed-meshheading:10693807-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:10693807-Intestines,
pubmed-meshheading:10693807-Iron,
pubmed-meshheading:10693807-Mice,
pubmed-meshheading:10693807-Molecular Sequence Data,
pubmed-meshheading:10693807-Mutation,
pubmed-meshheading:10693807-Open Reading Frames,
pubmed-meshheading:10693807-Phenotype,
pubmed-meshheading:10693807-Placenta,
pubmed-meshheading:10693807-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid,
pubmed-meshheading:10693807-Tissue Distribution,
pubmed-meshheading:10693807-Xenopus,
pubmed-meshheading:10693807-Yolk Sac,
pubmed-meshheading:10693807-Zebrafish
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pubmed:year |
2000
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Positional cloning of zebrafish ferroportin1 identifies a conserved vertebrate iron exporter.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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