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  • Title: Regulation of divalent metal transporter expression in human intestinal epithelial cells following exposure to non-haem iron.
    Author: Johnson DM, Yamaji S, Tennant J, Srai SK, Sharp PA.
    Journal: FEBS Lett; 2005 Mar 28; 579(9):1923-9. PubMed ID: 15792797.
    Abstract:
    A number of regulatory factors including dietary iron levels can dramatically alter the expression of the intestinal iron transporter DMT1. Here we show that Caco-2 cells exposed to iron for 4h exhibited a significant decrease in plasma membrane DMT1 protein, though total cellular DMT1 levels were unaltered. Following biotinylation of cell surface proteins, there was a significant increase in intracellular biotin-labelled DMT1 in iron-exposed cells. Furthermore, iron-treatment increased levels of DMT1 co-localised with LAMP1, suggesting that the initial response of intestinal epithelial cells to iron involves internalisation and targeting of DMT1 transporter protein towards a late endosomal/lysosomal compartment.
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