Duodenal macrophages control dietary iron absorption via local degradation of transferrin
| Autor: | Nyamdelger Sukhbaatar, Maria Schöller, Stephanie Deborah Fritsch, Monika Linke, Stefanie Horer, Manuela Träger, Mario Mazic, Stephan Forisch, Karine Gonzales, Jan Pascal Kahler, Carina Binder, Caroline Lassnig, Birgit Strobl, Mathias Mueller, Barbara Scheiber-Mojdehkar, Claudia Gundacker, Stefanie Dabsch, Renate Kain, Markus Hengstschläger, Steven Verhelst, Günter Weiss, Igor Theurl, Thomas Weichhart |
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| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Blood. |
| ISSN: | 1528-0020 0006-4971 |
| DOI: | 10.1182/blood.2022016632 |
| Popis: | Iron is an essential cellular metal that is important for many physiological functions including erythropoiesis and host defense. It is absorbed from the diet in the duodenum and loaded onto transferrin (Tf), the main iron transport protein. Inefficient dietary iron uptake promotes many diseases, but mechanisms regulating iron absorption remain poorly understood. By assessing mice that harbor a macrophage-specific deletion of the tuberous sclerosis complex 2 (Tsc2), a negative regulator of mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1), we found that these mice possessed various defects in iron metabolism, including defective steady-state erythropoiesis and a reduced saturation of Tf with iron. This iron deficiency phenotype was associated with an iron import block from the duodenal epithelial cells into the circulation. Activation of mTORC1 in villous duodenal CD68+ macrophages induced serine protease expression and promoted local degradation of Tf, whereas the depletion of macrophages in mice increased Tf levels. Inhibition of mTORC1 with everolimus or serine protease activity with nafamostat restored Tf levels and Tf saturation in the Tsc2-deficient mice. Physiologically, Tf levels were regulated in the duodenum during the prandial process and Citrobacter rodentium infection. These data suggest that duodenal macrophages determine iron transfer to the circulation by controlling Tf availability in the lamina propria villi. ispartof: Blood vol:141 issue:23 pages:2878-2890 ispartof: location:United States status: published |
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