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Título: Altered expression of CD1d molecules and lipid accumulation in the human hepatoma cell line HepG2 after iron loading.
Autores: Cabrita, Marisa
Pereira, Carlos F.
Rodrigues, Pedro
Cardoso, Elsa M.
Arosa, Fernando A.
Palavras Chave: liver
iron
CD1d
MHC
lipids
Data: 2004
Editora: WILEY-BLACKWELL
Citação: Cabrita, M., Pereira, C. F., Rodrigues, P., Cardoso, E. M. and Arosa, F. A. (2005), Altered expression of CD1d molecules and lipid accumulation in the human hepatoma cell line HepG2 after iron loading. FEBS Journal, 272: 152–165. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.2004.04387.x
Resumo: Iron overload in the liver may occur in clinical conditions such as hemochromatosis and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, and may lead to the deterioration of the normal liver architecture by mechanisms not well understood. Although a relationship between the expression of ICAM-1, and classical major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules, and iron overload has been reported, no relationship has been identified between iron overload and the expression of unconventional MHC class I molecules. Herein, we report that parameters of iron metabolism were regulated in a coordinated-fashion in a human hepatoma cell line (HepG2 cells) after iron loading, leading to increased cellular oxidative stress and growth retardation. Iron loading of HepG2 cells resulted in increased expression of Nor3.2-reactive CD1d molecules at the plasma membrane. Expression of classical MHC class I and II molecules, ICAM-1 and the epithelial CD8 ligand, gp180 was not significantly affected by iron. Considering that intracellular lipids regulate expression of CD1d at the cell surface, we examined parameters of lipid metabolism in iron-loaded HepG2 cells. Interestingly, increased expression of CD1d molecules by iron-loaded HepG2 cells was associated with increased phosphatidylserine expression in the outer leaflet of the plasma membrane and the presence of many intracellular lipid droplets. These data describe a new relationship between iron loading, lipid accumulation and altered expression of CD1d, an unconventional MHC class I molecule reported to monitor intracellular and plasma membrane lipid metabolism, in the human hepatoma cell line HepG2.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10314/3505
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