title: Regulation of Hfe by stress factors in BV-2 cells.
abstract: Mutations in the Hfe gene can be associated with the iron overload disorder known as hemochromatosis. A number of recent studies suggest that carrying an Hfe mutation is a risk factor or genetic modifier for Alzheimer's disease (AD). In AD, Hfe protein expression is induced on cells associated with neuritic plaques and on neurons in the periplaque area. In this study, the factors that may be responsible for induction of Hfe in AD brain were determined using BV-2 cells. Hfe expression was induced by serum deprivation, menadione and beta-amyloid. The labile iron pool was consistently decreased when Hfe expression increased. However, the changes in expression of Hfe appeared independent of the expression of transferrin receptor and ferritin. These data provide insight into the induction of Hfe in AD and indicate that Hfe expression may be a protective function to limit cellular iron exposure during cell stress. These results are the first in a series of studies to understand how mutations in Hfe can be a risk factor for AD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, H110, G.M. Leader Family Laboratory for Alzheimer's Disease Research, M.S. Hershey Medical Center, The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033-0850, USA.
authors.forename: Sang Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: James R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Connor
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D000071020:Hemochromatosis Protein; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D017628:Microglia / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: C484232:HFE protein, rat; D000071020:Hemochromatosis Protein; C499535:Hfe protein, mouse; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species