Journal
METABOLITES
Volume 12, Issue 7, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/metabo12070594
Keywords
brain; choroid plexus; cortex; hippocampus; mRNA; neuron; transferrin protein
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- Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) [16hm0102042h0001, 17hm0102042h0002, 18hm0102042h0003, 19dk0310099h0 001, 20dk0310099h0002, 21dk0310099h0003]
- General Insurance Association of Japan
- ZENKEN (National Mutual Insurance Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives)
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Iron is an essential nutrient in the body and needs to be bound to carrier proteins like transferrin. The study found that Tf mRNA is expressed by neural cells, while Tf protein is expressed at low levels in different brain regions, especially in the hippocampus.
Iron is an essential nutrient in the body. However, iron generates oxidative stress and hence needs to be bound to carrier proteins such as the glycoprotein transferrin (Tf) in body fluids. We previously reported that cerebrospinal fluid contains Tf glycan-isoforms that are derived from the brain, but their origins at the cellular level in the brain have not yet been elucidated. In the present report, we described the localization of Tf protein and mRNA in mouse and human brain tissue. In situ hybridization of mouse brain tissue revealed that Tf mRNA is expressed by different cell types such as epithelial cells in the choroid plexus, oligodendrocyte-like cells in the medulla, and neurons in the cortex, hippocampus, and basal ganglia. In contrast, Tf protein was barely detected by immunohistochemistry in hippocampal and some cortical neurons, but it was detected in other types of cells such as oligodendrocyte-like cells and choroid plexus epithelial cells. The results showed that Tf mRNA is expressed by neural cells, while Tf protein is expressed in different brain regions, though at very low levels in hippocampal neurons. Low Tf level in the hippocampus may increases susceptibility to iron-induced oxidative stress, and account for neuron death in neurodegenerative diseases.
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