Transferrin receptor 2: continued expression in mouse liver in the face of iron overload and in hereditary hemochromatosis.

ABSTRACT: Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is a common autosomal recessive disorder characterized by excess absorption of dietary iron and progressive iron deposition in several tissues, particularly liver. Liver disease resulting from iron toxicity is the major cause of death in HH. Hepatic iron loading in HH is progressive despite down-regulation of the classical transferrin receptor (TfR). Recently a human cDNA highly homologous to TfR was identified and reported to encode a protein (TfR2) that binds holotransferrin and mediates uptake of transferrin-bound iron. We independently identified a full-length murine EST encoding the mouse orthologue of the human TfR2. Although homologous to murine TfR in the coding region, the TfR2 transcript does not contain the iron-responsive elements found in the 3'

SUBMITTER: Fleming RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC15780 | biostudies-literature | 2000 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature