A time course of hepcidin response to iron challenge in patients with HFE and TFR2 hemochromatosis
Anno:
2011
Tipologia prodotto:
Articolo in Rivista
Tipologia ANVUR:
Articolo su rivista
Lingua:
Inglese
Formato:
A Stampa
Referee:
Sì
Nome rivista:
Haematologica
ISSN Rivista:
0390-6078
N° Volume:
96
Numero o Fascicolo:
4
Intervallo pagine:
500-506
Parole chiave:
hemochromatosis; hepcidin; iron challenge; phlebotomy; transferrin receptor 2
Breve descrizione dei contenuti:
Background: Inadequate hepcidin production leads to iron overload in nearly all types of hemochromatosis. We explored the acute response of hepcidin to iron challenge in 25 patients with HFE-hemochromatosis, in two with TFR2-hemochromatosis and in 13 controls. Sixteen patients (10 C282Y/C282Y homozygotes, 6 C282Y/H63D compound heterozygotes) had increased iron stores, while nine (6 C282Y/C282Y homozygotes, 3 C282Y/H63D compound heterozygotes) were studied after phlebotomy-induced normalization of iron stores. Design and methods: We analyzed serum iron, transferrin saturation, and serum hepcidin by both enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and mass-spectrometry at baseline, and 4, 8, 12 and 24 hours after a single 65-mg dose of oral iron. Results: Serum iron and transferrin saturation significantly increased at 4 hours and returned to baseline values at 8-12 hours in all groups, except in the iron-normalized patients who showed the highest and longest increase of both parameters. The level of hepcidin increased significantly at 4 hours and returned to baseline at 24 hours in controls and in the C282Y/H63D compound heterozygotes at diagnosis. The hepcidin response was smaller in C282Y-homozygotes than in controls, barely detectable in the patients with iron-depleted HFE-hemochromatosis and absent in those with TFR2-hemochromatosis. Conclusions Our results are consistent with a scenario in which TFR2 plays a prominent and HFE a contributory role in the hepcidin response to a dose of oral iron. In iron-normalized patients with HFE hemochromatosis, both the low baseline hepcidin level and the weak response to iron contribute to hyperabsorption of iron.
Id prodotto:
136565
Handle IRIS:
11562/1115470
depositato il:
22 dicembre 2010
ultima modifica:
13 dicembre 2023
Citazione bibliografica:
Girelli, Domenico; Trombini, P; Busti, Fabiana; Campostrini, Natascia; Sandri, Marco; Pelucchi, S; Westerman, M; Ganz, T; Nemeth, E; Piperno, A; Camaschella, C.,
A time course of hepcidin response to iron challenge in patients with HFE and TFR2 hemochromatosis«Haematologica»
, vol. 96
, n. 4
, 2011
, pp. 500-506