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Neurons lacking iron regulatory protein-2 are highly resistant to the toxicity of hemoglobin.
Neurobiology of disease - 1 Aug 2008
Regan Raymond F, Chen Mai, Li Zhi, Zhang Xuefeng, Benvenisti-Zarom Luna, Chen-Roetling Jing
Abstract excerpt
The effect of iron regulatory protein-2 (IRP2) on ferritin expression and neuronal vulnerability to hemoglobin was assessed in primary cortical cell cultures prepared from wild-type and IRP2 knockout mice. Baseline levels of H and L-ferritin subunits were significantly increased in IRP2 knockout neurons and astrocytes. Hemoglobin was toxic to wild-type neurons in mixed neuron-astrocyte cultures, with an LC(50)...
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