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Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 280: G1172-G1177, 2001;
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Vol. 280, Issue 6, G1172-G1177, June 2001

Characterization of a human plasma membrane heme transporter in intestinal and hepatocyte cell lines

Mark T. Worthington, Steven M. Cohn, Suzanne K. Miller, Roger Qi Luo, and Carl L. Berg

Digestive Health Research Center, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908

Heme is the most bioavailable form of dietary iron and a component of many cellular proteins. Controversy exists as to whether heme uptake occurs via specific transport mechanisms or passive diffusion. The aims of this study were to quantify cellular heme uptake with a fluorescent heme analog and to determine whether heme uptake is mediated by a heme transporter in intestinal and hepatic cell lines. A zinc-substituted porphyrin, zinc mesoporphyrin (ZnMP), was validated as a heme homolog in uptake studies of intestinal (Caco-2, I-407) and hepatic (HepG2) cell lines. Uptake experiments to determine time dependence, heme inhibition, concentration dependence, temperature dependence, and response to the heme synthesis inhibitor succinylacetone were performed. Fluorescence microscope images were used to quantify uptake and determine the cellular localization of ZnMP; ZnMP uptake was seen in intestinal and hepatic cell lines, with cytoplasmic uptake and nuclear sparing. Uptake was dose- and temperature dependent, inhibited by heme competition, and saturated over time. Preincubation with succinylacetone augmented uptake, with an increased initial uptake rate. These findings establish a new method for quantifying heme uptake in individual cells and provide strong evidence that this uptake is a regulated, carrier-mediated process.

porphyrin; iron; zinc; micronutrients; trace elements; succinylacetone


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