title: Serum hepcidin level and erythropoietic activity after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
abstract: The relationship between serum hepcidin, a key regulator of body iron homeostasis, and erythropoiesis was investigated before and after stem cell transplantation in 31 patients with hematopoietic malignancies. Serum hepcidin-25 was monitored using a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry-based assay system. Other iron- and erythropoiesis-related parameters and known hepcidin regulators, such as interleukin-6 and growth differentiation factor-15, were also monitored. The serum hepcidin level peaked one week after stem cell transplantation, followed by a gradual decrease with a parallel change in interleukin-6 and a reciprocal change in reticulocyte count. Multivariate regression analysis demonstrated that the serum hepcidin level at four weeks after stem cell transplantation showed significant inverse correlations with erythropoietic activity markers, such as the soluble transferrin receptor, but not with growth differentiation factor-15. These results indicate the existence of an unknown functional erythropoiesis-associated circulating factor, other than growth differentiation factor-15, that negatively regulates hepcidin production in stem cell transplantation settings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan.
authors.forename: Junya
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kanda
authors.forename: Chisaki
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mizumoto
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawabata
authors.forename: Hideyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsuchida
authors.forename: Naohisa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tomosugi
authors.forename: Keitaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsuo
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uchiyama
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D023181:Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides / Q000097:blood*; D004920:Erythropoiesis; D005260:Female; D019337:Hematologic Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000601:surgery; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D064451:Hepcidins; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D023181:Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides; C578702:HAMP protein, human; D064451:Hepcidins