Mechanisms involved in increased iron uptake across rat duodenal brush-border membrane during hypoxia.

AUTOR(ES)

O'Riordan, D K

RESUMO

1. Chronic hypoxia enhances intestinal iron transport but the cellular processes involved are poorly understood. In order to assess the effects of 3 days of hypoxia on iron uptake across the duodenal brush-border membrane, we have measured the membrane potential difference (Vm) of villus-attached enterocytes by direct microelectrode impalement and have used semi-quantitative autoradiography to study changes in expression of iron uptake during enterocyte maturation. 2. Hypoxia increased duodenal Vm (-57.7 vs. -49.3 mV, P < 0.001). Ion substitution experiments revealed that hyperpolarization was due, at least in part, to a reduction in brush-border Na+ permeability. 3. Autoradiography revealed that hypoxia increased by 6-fold the rate of iron accumulation during enterocyte transit along the lower villus and enhanced by 3-fold the maximal accumulation of iron. Depolarization of the brush border, using a high-K(+)-containing buffer, caused a proportionally greater reduction in iron uptake in control compared with hypoxic tissue suggesting that the raised iron uptake is only partly driven by brush-border hyperpolarization. 4. We conclude that hypoxia increases the expression of iron transport in duodenal brush-border membrane and an enhanced electrical driving force may be involved in this response.

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