Concentration-dependent roles of DMT1 and ZIP14 in cadmium absorption in Caco-2 cells

• Fujishiro Hitomi

  Laboratory of Molecular Nutrition and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University

• Hamao Satoko

  Laboratory of Molecular Nutrition and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University

• Tanaka Rina

  Laboratory of Molecular Nutrition and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University

• Kambe Taiho

  Division of Integrated Life Science, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University

• Himeno Seiichiro

  Laboratory of Molecular Nutrition and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University

Abstract

Intestinal absorption of cadmium (Cd) is considered to be mediated mainly by the ferrous iron transporter DMT1, or the calcium transporter CaT1. The roles of zinc transporters such as ZIP8 and ZIP14 remain unclear, and the roles of these four transporters in the intestinal uptake of Cd under physiological conditions have not been compared. Here, we used a trans-well cell culture system to investigate the effects of the down-regulation of these four transporters on the uptake of Cd from the apical side of enterocytes. We used a Caco-2-kh cell line that can form tight junctions within a few days. The transfection of DMT1 siRNA significantly decreased the Cd uptake from the apical side at 5 μM, but not at 0.1 or 1 μM. The transfection of ZIP14 siRNA markedly decreased the Cd uptake at 0.1 and 1 μM, but not at 5 μM. The transfection of siRNA of CaT1 or ZIP8 did not alter the Cd uptake at any concentrations of Cd examined. These results suggest that DMT1 and ZIP14 play different roles in intestinal Cd absorption depending on the concentration of Cd.

Journal

• The Journal of Toxicological Sciences

  The Journal of Toxicological Sciences 42 (5), 559-567, 2017

  The Japanese Society of Toxicology

Keywords

• Cadmium
• Transport
• DMT1
• ZIP14
• Enterocyte
• Caco-2

Details

• CRID: 1390282679883171584
• NII Article ID: 130006076713
• NII Book ID: AN00002808
• DOI: 10.2131/jts.42.559
• ISSN: 18803989
• ISSN: 03881350
• NDL BIB ID: 028610140
• PubMed: 28904291
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I028610140
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• Text Lang: en
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