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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
35
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-8-25
pubmed:abstractText
The human ZIP4 gene (SLC39A4) is a candidate for the genetic disorder of zinc metabolism acrodermatitis enteropathica. To understand its role in zinc homeostasis, we examined the function and expression of mouse ZIP4. This gene encodes a well conserved eight-transmembrane protein that can specifically increase the influx of zinc into transfected cells. Expression of this gene is robust in tissues involved in nutrient uptake, such as the intestines and embryonic visceral yolk sac, and is dynamically regulated by zinc. Dietary zinc deficiency causes a marked increase in the accumulation of ZIP4 mRNA in these tissues, whereas injection of zinc or increasing zinc content of the diet rapidly reduces its abundance. Zinc can also regulate the accumulation of ZIP4 protein at the apical surface of enterocytes and visceral endoderm cells. These results provide compelling evidence that ZIP4 is a zinc transporter that plays an important role in zinc homeostasis, a process that is defective in acrodermatitis enteropathica in humans.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
29
pubmed:volume
278
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
33474-81
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12801924-Acrodermatitis, pubmed-meshheading:12801924-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12801924-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12801924-Biological Transport, pubmed-meshheading:12801924-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:12801924-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12801924-Cation Transport Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12801924-Cations, pubmed-meshheading:12801924-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:12801924-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:12801924-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12801924-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:12801924-Intestine, Small, pubmed-meshheading:12801924-Intestines, pubmed-meshheading:12801924-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:12801924-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12801924-Metals, pubmed-meshheading:12801924-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12801924-Models, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:12801924-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:12801924-Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:12801924-Plasmids, pubmed-meshheading:12801924-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:12801924-RNA, pubmed-meshheading:12801924-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:12801924-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:12801924-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:12801924-Tissue Distribution, pubmed-meshheading:12801924-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:12801924-Zinc
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
The acrodermatitis enteropathica gene ZIP4 encodes a tissue-specific, zinc-regulated zinc transporter in mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas 66160-7421, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't