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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-2-23
pubmed:abstractText
A mechanism for the absorption of inorganic iron in the small intestine is described in which integrins appear to play an important role in the passage of iron across microvillous membranes. Biochemical isolates from microvillous preparations of duodenum from rats dosed with radioiron showed radioactivity concentrated in integrins. The presence of integrins on mucosal surfaces of duodenal cells was confirmed by immunofluorescent microscopy using anti-integrin monoclonal antibodies. Immunoprecipitation methods were used to show that microvillous radioiron was precipitated with anti-integrin antibodies and that mobilferrin, a 56-Kd cytosol iron-binding protein, coprecipitated with integrins. We postulate from these data that the mucosal uptake of iron from the gut lumen is mediated via an integrin-mobilferrin pathway.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0006-4971
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
81
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
517-21
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Function of integrin in duodenal mucosal uptake of iron.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Pathology and Biochemistry, University of South Alabama, Mobile 36688.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.