The role of iron in the pathogenesis of porphyria cutanea tarda. An in vitro model.
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Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) is characterized biochemically by excessive hepatic synthesis and urinary excretion of uroporphyrin I. Clinical evidence has implicated iron in the pathogenesis of PCT. The synthesis of the normally occurring isomer of uroporphyrin, namely uroporphyrin III, from porphobilinogen (PBG) requires two enzymes; uroporphyrinogen I synthetase and uroporphyrinogen III cosynthetase (COSYN). In the absence of COSYN only uroporphyrinogen I is formed. These experiments were designed to study the effect of iron on porphyrin biosynthesis in porcine and human crude liver extracts and to measure COSYN activity in the presence of iron.Mitochondria-free crude liver extracts were prepared in 0.25 m sucrose at pH 7.4 by centrifugation at 37,000 g. Preparations were incubated with either 0.2 mm amino-levulinic acid (ALA) or 0.1 mm PBG. The addition of ferrous ion (either from ferritin iron [4 mug/ml] and cysteine [6.7 mm] or ferrous ammonium sulfate [0.3 mm Fe] and cysteine) significantly increased the rate of uroporphyrin synthesis from either ALA or PBG. The predominant porphyrin synthesized in the presence of ferrous ion was uroporphyrin I whereas coproporphyrin III predominated in its absence. Orthophenanthroline blocked these effects of ferrous ion.To investigate the effect of ferrous ion on COSYN, crude liver extracts were incubated with ferrous ammonium sulfate (0.3 mm Fe) and cysteine (6.7 mm) and the COSYN activity of the incubates was assayed directly. In both porcine and human extracts ferrous ion caused marked inhibition of COSYN activity. Orthophenanthroline blocked the inhibitory effect.Inactivation of COSYN by heating resulted in marked enhancement of porphyrin synthesis from PBG. The sole product was uroporphyrin I.Thus, inactivation of COSYN results in accelerated synthesis of uroporphyrin I. This effect of ferrous ion provides a possible biochemical explanation for the excess production and excretion of uroporphyrin I in patients with PCT and the reversal of this defect by phlebotomy.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of clinical investigation
دوره 51 12 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1972