Nitrogen monoxide inhibits haem synthesis in mouse reticulocytes.
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چکیده
AI (anaemia of inflammation) often manifests in patients with chronic immune activation due to cancer, chronic infections, autoimmune disorders, rheumatoid arthritis and other diseases. The pathogenesis of AI is complex and involves cytokine-mediated inhibition of erythropoiesis, insufficient erythropoietin production and diminished sensitivity of erythroid progenitors to this hormone, and retention of iron in haemoglobin-processing macrophages. NO (nitric oxide) is a gaseous molecule produced by activated macrophages that has been identified as having numerous effects on iron metabolism. In the present study, we explore the possibility that NO affects iron metabolism in reticulocytes and our results suggest that NO may also contribute to AI. We treated reticulocytes with the NO donor SNP (sodium nitroprusside). The results indicate that NO inhibits haem synthesis dramatically and rapidly at the level of erythroid-specific 5-aminolaevulinic acid synthase 2, which catalyses the first step of haem synthesis in erythroid cells. We also show that NO leads to the inhibition of iron uptake via the Tf (transferrin)-Tf receptor pathway. In addition, NO also causes an increase in eIF2α (eukaryotic initiation factor 2α) phosphorylation levels and decreases globin translation. The profound impairment of haem synthesis, iron uptake and globin translation in reticulocytes by NO raises the possibility that this gas may also contribute to AI.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Biochemical journal
دوره 451 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013