PMID- 34571908 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211115 LR - 20211115 IS - 2073-4409 (Electronic) IS - 2073-4409 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 9 DP - 2021 Aug 31 TI - The Role of Copper in the Regulation of Ferroportin Expression in Macrophages. LID - 10.3390/cells10092259 [doi] LID - 2259 AB - The critical function of ferroportin (Fpn) in maintaining iron homeostasis requires complex and multilevel control of its expression. Besides iron-dependent cellular and systemic control of Fpn expression, other metals also seem to be involved in regulating the Fpn gene. Here, we found that copper loading significantly enhanced Fpn transcription in an Nrf2-dependent manner in primary bone-marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs). However, prolonged copper loading resulted in decreased Fpn protein abundance. Moreover, CuCl(2) treatment induced Fpn expression in RAW 264.7 macrophages at both the mRNA and protein level. These data suggest that cell-type-specific regulations have an impact on Fpn protein stability after copper loading. Transcriptional suppression of Fpn after lipopolysaccharide (LPS) treatment contributes to increased iron storage inside macrophages and may result in anemia of inflammation. Here, we observed that in both primary BMDMs and RAW 264.7 macrophages, LPS treatment significantly decreased Fpn mRNA levels, but concomitant CuCl(2) stimulation counteracted the transcriptional suppression of Fpn and restored its expression to the control level. Overall, we show that copper loading significantly enhances Fpn transcription in macrophages, while Fpn protein abundance in response to CuCl(2) treatment, depending on macrophage type and factors specific to the macrophage population, can influence Fpn regulation in response to copper loading. FAU - Jonczy, Aneta AU - Jonczy A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4333-6853 AD - Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 05-552 Jastrzebiec, Poland. FAU - Mazgaj, Rafal AU - Mazgaj R AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6706-0882 AD - Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 05-552 Jastrzebiec, Poland. FAU - Smuda, Ewa AU - Smuda E AD - Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 05-552 Jastrzebiec, Poland. FAU - Zelazowska, Beata AU - Zelazowska B AD - Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 05-552 Jastrzebiec, Poland. FAU - Kopec, Zuzanna AU - Kopec Z AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5869-7670 AD - Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 05-552 Jastrzebiec, Poland. FAU - Starzynski, Rafal Radoslaw AU - Starzynski RR AD - Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 05-552 Jastrzebiec, Poland. FAU - Lipinski, Pawel AU - Lipinski P AD - Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 05-552 Jastrzebiec, Poland. LA - eng GR - 2017/25/N/NZ3/01957/Narodowe Centrum Nauki/ PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20210831 PL - Switzerland TA - Cells JT - Cells JID - 101600052 RN - 0 (Cation Transport Proteins) RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) RN - 0 (metal transporting protein 1) RN - 789U1901C5 (Copper) RN - E1UOL152H7 (Iron) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cation Transport Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Copper/*pharmacology MH - Gene Expression Regulation/*drug effects MH - *Homeostasis MH - Iron/*metabolism MH - Lipopolysaccharides/pharmacology MH - Macrophages/cytology/*drug effects/metabolism MH - Mice PMC - PMC8469096 OTO - NOTNLM OT - LPS OT - Nrf2 OT - copper OT - ferroportin OT - macrophages COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2021/09/29 06:00 MHDA- 2021/11/16 06:00 PMCR- 2021/08/31 CRDT- 2021/09/28 01:04 PHST- 2021/08/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/08/22 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/08/24 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/09/28 01:04 [entrez] PHST- 2021/09/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/11/16 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/08/31 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - cells10092259 [pii] AID - cells-10-02259 [pii] AID - 10.3390/cells10092259 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Cells. 2021 Aug 31;10(9):2259. doi: 10.3390/cells10092259.