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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-8-6
pubmed:abstractText
Traditionally, transferrin has been considered the primary mechanism for cellular iron delivery, despite suggestive evidence for additional iron delivery mechanisms. In this study we examined ferritin, considered an iron storage protein, as a possible delivery protein. Ferritin consists of H- and L-subunits, and we demonstrated iron uptake by ferritin into multiple organs and that the uptake of iron is greater when the iron is delivered via H-ferritin compared with L-ferritin. The delivery of iron via H-ferritin but not L-ferritin was significantly decreased in mice with compromised iron storage compared with control, indicating that a feedback mechanism exists for H-ferritin iron delivery. To further evaluate the mechanism of ferritin iron delivery into the brain, we used a cell culture model of the blood-brain barrier to demonstrate that ferritin is transported across endothelial cells. There are receptors that prefer H-ferritin on the endothelial cells in culture and on rat brain microvasculature. These studies identify H-ferritin as an iron transport protein and suggest the presence of an H-ferritin receptor for mediating iron delivery. The relative amount of iron that could be delivered via H-ferritin could make this protein a predominant player in cellular iron delivery.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0363-6143
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
293
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
C641-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17459943-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17459943-Apoferritins, pubmed-meshheading:17459943-Binding, Competitive, pubmed-meshheading:17459943-Blood-Brain Barrier, pubmed-meshheading:17459943-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:17459943-Cattle, pubmed-meshheading:17459943-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:17459943-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:17459943-Endothelial Cells, pubmed-meshheading:17459943-Female, pubmed-meshheading:17459943-Ferritins, pubmed-meshheading:17459943-Horses, pubmed-meshheading:17459943-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17459943-Iron, pubmed-meshheading:17459943-Iron Metabolism Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:17459943-Iron-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17459943-Kidney, pubmed-meshheading:17459943-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:17459943-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:17459943-Lung, pubmed-meshheading:17459943-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:17459943-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:17459943-Muscles, pubmed-meshheading:17459943-Myocardium, pubmed-meshheading:17459943-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:17459943-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:17459943-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:17459943-Receptors, Cell Surface, pubmed-meshheading:17459943-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17459943-Retinal Vessels, pubmed-meshheading:17459943-Spleen
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Ferritin: a novel mechanism for delivery of iron to the brain and other organs.
pubmed:affiliation
Dept of Neurosurgery, Pennsylvania State University, Milton S Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA 17033-0850, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural