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Cellular localization of divalent metal transporter DMT-1 in rat kidney

Ferguson, C. J., Wareing, M., Ward, D. T., Green, R., Smith, C. P. and Riccardi, Daniela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7322-3163 2001. Cellular localization of divalent metal transporter DMT-1 in rat kidney. American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology 280 (5) , F803-F814.

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Abstract

We have demonstrated that the kidney plays an important role in iron balance and that metabolically significant reabsorption of this ion occurs in the loop of Henle and the collecting ducts [Wareing M, Ferguson CJ, Green R, Riccardi D, and Smith CP. J Physiol (Lond) 524: 581-586, 2000]. To test the possibility that the divalent metal transporter DMT1 (Gunshin H, Mackenzie B, Berger UV, Gunshin Y, Romero MF, Boron WF, Nussberger S, Gollan JL, and Hediger MA. Nature 388: 482-488, 1997) could represent the apical route for iron entry in the kidney, we raised and affinity-purified an anti-DMT-1 polyclonal antibody and determined DMT-1 distribution in rat kidney by Western analysis, immunofluorescence, and confocal microscopy. The strongest DMT1-specific (i.e., peptide-protectable) immunoreactivity was found in the collecting ducts, in both principal and intercalated cells. Thick ascending limbs of Henle's loop and, more intensely, distal convoluted tubules exhibited apical immunostaining. Considerable intracellular DMT-1 immunoreactivity was seen throughout the nephron, particularly in S3 segments. The described distribution of DMT-1 protein is in agreement with our previous identification of nephron sites of iron reabsorption, suggesting that DMT-1 provides the molecular mechanism for apical iron entry in the distal nephron but not in the proximal tubule. Basolateral iron exit may be facilitated by a different system.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Biosciences
Subjects: Q Science > QP Physiology
Publisher: American Physiological Society
ISSN: 1931-857X
Last Modified: 28 Oct 2022 09:43
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/75465

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