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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology
Factors Involved in the Regulation of Iron Transport through Reticuloendothelial Cells
Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, Volume 193, No. 1, Year 1990
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The effects of various maneuvers on the handling of 59Fe-labeled heat-damaged red cells (59Fe HDRC) by the reticuloendothelial system were studied in rats. Raising the saturation of transferrin with oral carbonyl iron had little effect on splenic release of 59Fe but markedly inhibited hepatic release. Splenic 59Fe release was, however, inhibited by the prior administration of unlabeled HDRC or by the combination of carbonyl iron and unlabeled HDRC. When carbonyl iron was administered with unlabeled free hemoglobin, the pattern of 59Fe distribution was the same as that observed when carbonyl iron was given alone. 59Fe ferritin was identified in the serum after the administration of 59Fe HDRC but the size of the fraction was not affected by raising the saturation of transferrin. Sizing column analyses of tissue extracts from the spleen at various times after the administration of 59Fe HDRC revealed a progressive shift from hemoglobin to ferritin, with only small amounts present in a small molecular weight fraction. The small molecular weight fraction was greater in hepatic extracts, with the difference being marked in animals that had received prior carbonyl iron. The increased hepatic retention of 59Fe associated with a raised saturation of transferrin was reduced by a hydrophobic ferrous chelator (2,2′-bipyridine), a hydrophilic ferric chelator (desferrioxamine), and an extracellular hydrophilic ferric chelator (diethylene-triaminepentacetic acid). Transmembrane iron transport did not seem to be a rate-limiting factor in iron release, since no differences in 59Fe membrane fractions were noted in the different experimental settings. These findings are consistent with a model in which RE cells release iron from catabolized red cells at a relatively constant rate. When the saturation of transferrin is raised, a significant proportion of the iron is transported from the spleen to the liver either in small molecular weight complexes or in ferritin. Although a saturated transferrin has no effect on the release of iron from reticuloendothelial cells, prior loading with HDRC conditions them to release less iron. © 1990, SAGE Publications. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Siegenberg, David
South Africa, Johannesburg
School of Clinical Medicine
Baynes, Roy D.
South Africa, Johannesburg
School of Clinical Medicine
Bothwell, Thomas H.
South Africa, Johannesburg
School of Clinical Medicine
Macfarlane, Bruce J.
South Africa, Johannesburg
School of Clinical Medicine
Lamparelli, Rosario D.
South Africa, Johannesburg
School of Clinical Medicine
Statistics
Citations: 15
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.3181/00379727-193-42992
ISSN:
00379727
e-ISSN:
15353699
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Study Approach
Qualitative