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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-2-15
pubmed:abstractText
Hepcidin is a small acute phase peptide that regulates iron absorption. It is induced by inflammation and infection, but is repressed by anaemia and hypoxia. Here we further reveal that hepcidin transcription also involves interactions between functional metal response elements (MREs) in its promoter, and the MRE-binding transcription factor-1. Analysis of hepcidin mRNA and protein levels in hepatoma cells suggests that its expression may be regulated by divalent metal ions, with zinc inducing maximal effects on hepcidin levels. These data suggest that this peptide may be a pleiotropic sensor of divalent metals, some of which are xenobiotic environmental toxins.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1873-3468
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2009 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
19
pubmed:volume
584
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
719-25
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20026331-Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:20026331-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:20026331-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:20026331-Cations, Divalent, pubmed-meshheading:20026331-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:20026331-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20026331-Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay, pubmed-meshheading:20026331-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:20026331-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:20026331-Luciferases, pubmed-meshheading:20026331-Metals, pubmed-meshheading:20026331-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:20026331-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:20026331-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:20026331-Response Elements, pubmed-meshheading:20026331-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:20026331-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:20026331-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:20026331-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:20026331-Zinc
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Divalent metal-dependent regulation of hepcidin expression by MTF-1.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, Division of Biosciences, University College London, London, United Kingdom. sara@biochem.ucl.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't