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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Han, Jian
• Seaman, William E
• Di, Xiumin
• Wang, Wei
• Willingham, Mark
• Torti, Frank M
• Torti, Suzy V
• Brechbiel, Martin W.

Titel

Iron uptake mediated by binding of H-ferritin to the TIM-2 receptor in mouse cells

Ist Teil von

• PloS one, 2011-08, Vol.6 (8), p.e23800-e23800

Ort / Verlag

United States: Public Library of Science

Erscheinungsjahr

2011

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Ferritin binds specifically and saturably to a variety of cell types, and recently several ferritin receptors have been cloned. TIM-2 is a specific receptor for H ferritin (HFt) in the mouse. TIM-2 is a member of the T cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain containing (TIM) protein family and plays an important role in immunity. The expression of TIM-2 outside of the immune system indicates that this receptor may have broader roles. We tested whether ferritin binding to TIM-2 can serve as an iron delivery mechanism. TIM-2 was transfected into normal (TCMK-1) mouse kidney cells, where it was appropriately expressed on the cell surface. HFt was labeled with (55)Fe and (55)Fe-HFt was incubated with TIM-2 positive cells or controls. (55)Fe-HFt uptake was observed only in TIM-2 positive cells. HFt uptake was also seen in A20 B cells, which express endogenous TIM-2. TIM-2 levels were not increased by iron chelation. Uptake of (55)Fe-HFt was specific and temperature-dependent. HFt taken up by TIM-2 positive cells transited through the endosome and eventually entered a lysosomal compartment, distinguishing the HFt pathway from that of transferrin, the classical vehicle for cellular iron delivery. Iron delivered following binding of HFt to TIM-2 entered the cytosol and became metabolically available, resulting in increased levels of endogenous intracellular ferritin. We conclude that TIM-2 can function as an iron uptake pathway.