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Open AccessPyruvate dehydrogenase operates as an intramolecular nitroxyl generator during macrophage metabolic reprogramming
M1 macrophages enter a glycolytic state when endogenous nitric oxide (NO) reprograms mitochondrial metabolism by limiting aconitase 2 and pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) activity. Here, we provide evidence that N...
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Open AccessNitric oxide orchestrates metabolic rewiring in M1 macrophages by targeting aconitase 2 and pyruvate dehydrogenase
Profound metabolic changes are characteristic of macrophages during classical activation and have been implicated in this phenotype. Here we demonstrate that nitric oxide (NO) produced by murine macrophages is...
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Open AccessThe indispensable role of mammalian iron sulfur proteins in function and regulation of multiple diverse metabolic pathways
In recent years, iron sulfur (Fe–S) proteins have been identified as key players in mammalian metabolism, ranging from long-known roles in the respiratory complexes and the citric acid cycle, to more recently ...
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Open AccessTumour-elicited neutrophils engage mitochondrial metabolism to circumvent nutrient limitations and maintain immune suppression
Neutrophils are a vital component of immune protection, yet in cancer they may promote tumour progression, partly by generating reactive oxygen species (ROS) that disrupts lymphocyte functions. Metabolically, ...
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Mitochondrial iron chelation ameliorates cigarette smoke–induced bronchitis and emphysema in mice
Reducing levels of mitochondrial iron by diet or pharmacological chelation ameliorates symptoms of cigarette smoke–induced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in mice.
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Iron-sulfur proteins hiding in plain sight
Recent studies suggest that iron-sulfur (Fe-S) proteins may be unexpectedly abundant and functionally diverse in mammalian cells, but their identification still remains difficult. The use of informatics along ...
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Mammalian iron–sulphur proteins: novel insights into biogenesis and function
Iron–sulphur (Fe–S) clusters are flexible cofactors composed of iron and inorganic sulphur that are often ligated to proteins through cysteinyl ligands.
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Iron metabolism in the CNS: implications for neurodegenerative diseases
Iron homeostasis in the CNS operates in parallel with systemic iron homeostasis, because iron must cross the blood–brain barrier or blood–cerebrospinal fluid b...
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Open AccessInsertion mutants in Drosophila melanogaster Hsc20 halt larval growth and lead to reduced iron–sulfur cluster enzyme activities and impaired iron homeostasis
Despite the prominence of iron–sulfur cluster (ISC) proteins in bioenergetics, intermediary metabolism, and redox regulation of cellular, mitochondrial, and nuclear processes, these proteins have been given sc...
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Open AccessAberrant iron homeostasis, oxidative fiber enrichment, and activation of ketogenesis in muscle tissue of ISCU Myopathy patients
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Open AccessBrain iron homeostasis, the choroid plexus, and localization of iron transport proteins
Maintenance of appropriate iron homeostasis in the brain is important, but the mechanisms involved in brain iron uptake are incompletely understood. Here, we have analyzed where messenger RNAs that encode iron...
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Serum ferritin concentrations in Africans with low dietary iron
In the setting of high dietary, several studies have provided evidence for a strong effect of both high dietary iron and an unidentified genetic locus on iron stores in Africans. To investigate whether these e...
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Metabolic regulation of citrate and iron by aconitases: role of iron–sulfur cluster biogenesis
Iron and citrate are essential for the metabolism of most organisms, and regulation of iron and citrate biology at both the cellular and systemic levels is critical for normal physiology and survival. Mitochon...
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The role of iron regulatory proteins in mammalian iron homeostasis and disease
Iron regulatory proteins 1 and 2 (IRP1 and IRP2) are mammalian proteins that register cytosolic iron concentrations and post-transcriptionally regulate expression of iron metabolism genes to optimize cellular ...
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Linking physiological functions of iron
Iron-sulfur clusters and hemes are two iron-containing prosthetic groups involved in important physiological functions. Identification of the gene responsible for anemia in a mutant zebrafish has revealed an u...
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Iron–sulphur cluster biogenesis and mitochondrial iron homeostasis
Iron–sulphur clusters are important cofactors for proteins that are involved in many cellular processes, including electron transport, enzymatic catalysis and regulation. The enzymes that catalyse the formatio...
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Identification of the ubiquitin–protein ligase that recognizes oxidized IRP2
The ubiquitin system is involved in several basic cellular functions1,2,3. Ubiquitination is carried out by a cascade of three reactions catalysed by the E1, E2 and E3 enzymes. Among these, the E3 ubiquitin–prote...
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Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Iron Metabolism
Over the last fifteen years, much insight has been gained into the processes that determine how iron will be transported and utilized in cells and animals. Regulation of iron metabolism is important because ir...
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Iron on the brain
Accumulations of iron are often detected in the brains of people suffering from neurodegenerative diseases. But it is often not known whether such accumulations contribute directly to disease progression. The ...