Mechanisms controlling cellular and systemic iron homeostasis

B Galy, M Conrad, M Muckenthaler - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2024 - nature.com
In mammals, hundreds of proteins use iron in a multitude of cellular functions, including vital
processes such as mitochondrial respiration, gene regulation and DNA synthesis or repair …

[HTML][HTML] A red carpet for iron metabolism

MU Muckenthaler, S Rivella, MW Hentze, B Galy - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
200 billion red blood cells (RBCs) are produced every day, requiring more than 2× 10 15
iron atoms every second to maintain adequate erythropoiesis. These numbers translate into …

The role of iron regulation in immunometabolism and immune-related disease

SJF Cronin, CJ Woolf, G Weiss… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Immunometabolism explores how the intracellular metabolic pathways in immune cells can
regulate their function under different micro-environmental and (patho-)-physiological …

Driving E3 ligase substrate specificity for targeted protein degradation: lessons from nature and the laboratory

AD Cowan, A Ciulli - Annual review of biochemistry, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Methods to direct the degradation of protein targets with proximity-inducing molecules that
coopt the cellular degradation machinery are advancing in leaps and bounds, and diverse …

The IRP/IRE system in vivo: insights from mouse models

N Wilkinson, K Pantopoulos - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Iron regulatory proteins 1 and 2 (IRP1 and IRP2) post-transcriptionally control the
expression of several mRNAs encoding proteins of iron, oxygen and energy metabolism …

[HTML][HTML] Mammalian iron metabolism and its control by iron regulatory proteins

CP Anderson, M Shen, RS Eisenstein… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2012 - Elsevier
Cellular iron homeostasis is maintained by iron regulatory proteins 1 and 2 (IRP1 and IRP2).
IRPs bind to iron-responsive elements (IREs) located in the untranslated regions of mRNAs …

Iron-binding E3 ligase mediates iron response in plants by targeting basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors

D Selote, R Samira, A Matthiadis, JW Gillikin… - Plant …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Iron uptake and metabolism are tightly regulated in both plants and animals. In Arabidopsis
(Arabidopsis thaliana), BRUTUS (BTS), which contains three hemerythrin (HHE) domains …

The active role of vitamin C in mammalian iron metabolism: much more than just enhanced iron absorption!

DJR Lane, DR Richardson - Free radical biology and medicine, 2014 - Elsevier
Ascorbate is a cofactor in numerous metabolic reactions. Humans cannot synthesize
ascorbate owing to inactivation of the gene encoding the enzyme l-gulono-γ-lactone …

Inflaming the brain with iron

PJ Urrutia, DA Bórquez, MT Núñez - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Iron accumulation and neuroinflammation are pathological conditions found in several
neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease …

[HTML][HTML] FBXL5 regulates IRP2 stability in iron homeostasis via an oxygen-responsive [2Fe2S] cluster

H Wang, H Shi, M Rajan, ER Canarie, S Hong… - Molecular cell, 2020 - cell.com
Cellular iron homeostasis is dominated by FBXL5-mediated degradation of iron regulatory
protein 2 (IRP2), which is dependent on both iron and oxygen. However, how the physical …