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NATURE MEDICINE
卷 13, 期 9, 页码 1096-1101出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nm1629
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- Intramural NIH HHS Funding Source: Medline
In thalassemia, deficient globin-chain production during erythropoiesis results in anemia(1-3). Thalassemia may be further complicated by iron overload (frequently exacerbated by blood transfusion), which induces numerous endocrine diseases, hepatic cirrhosis, cardiac failure and even death(4). Accumulation of iron in the absence of blood transfusions may result from inappropriate suppression of the iron-regulating peptide hepcidin by an erythropoietic mechanism(5). To test this hypothesis, we examined erythroblast transcriptome profiles from 15 healthy, nonthalassemic donors. Growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF15), a member of the transforming growth factor-beta superfamily, showed increased expression and secretion during erythroblast maturation. Healthy volunteers had mean GDF15 serum concentrations of 450 +/- 50 pg/ml. In comparison, individuals with beta-thalassemia syndromes had elevated GDF15 serum levels (mean 66,000 +/- 9,600 pg/ml; range 4,800-248,000 pg/ml; P < 0.05) that were positively correlated with the levels of soluble transferrin receptor, erythropoietin and ferritin. Serum from thalassemia patients suppressed hepcidin mRNA expression in primary human hepatocytes, and depletion of GDF15 reversed hepcidin suppression. These results suggest that GDF15 overexpression arising from an expanded erythroid compartment contributes to iron overload in thalassemia syndromes by inhibiting hepcidin expression.
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