Journal
FEBS LETTERS
Volume 509, Issue 2, Pages 309-316Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(01)03189-1
Keywords
divalent cation transporter 1; divalent metal ion transporter 1; natural resistance associated macrophage protein 2; iron responsive element; iron regulatory protein; iron
Funding
- NIDDK NIH HHS [R01DK53813, R01DK57782, R01 DK053813, KO1DK02804, R01 DK053813-10] Funding Source: Medline
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The first step in intestinal iron absorption is mediated by the H+-coupled Fe2+ transporter called divalent cation transporter 1/divalent metal ion transporter 1 (DCT1/DMT1) (also known as natural resistance-associated macrophage protein 2). DCT1/DMT1 mRNA levels in the duodenum strongly increase in response to iron depletion. To study the mechanism of iron-dependent DCT1/DMT1 mRNA regulation, we investigated the endogenous expression of DCT1/DMT1 mRNA in various cell types. We found that only the iron responsive element (IRE)containing form, which corresponds to one of two splice forms of DCT1/DMT1, is responsive to iron treatment and this responsiveness was cell type specific. We also examined the interaction of the putative 3'-UTR IRE with iron responsive binding proteins (IRP1 and IRP2), and found that IRP1 binds to the DCT1/DMT1-IRE with higher affinity compared to IRP2. This differential binding of IRP1 and IRP2 was also reported for the IREs of transferrin receptors, erythroid 5-aminolevulinate synthase and mitochondrial aconitase. We propose that regulation of DCT1/DMT1 mRNA by iron involves post-transcriptional regulation through the binding of IRP1 to the transporter's IRE, as well as other as yet unknown factors. (C) 2001 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. on behalf of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies.
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