The role of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in cellular iron metabolism
- 1 January 2006
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Free Radical Research
- Vol. 40 (3), 263-272
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10715760500511484
Abstract
The catalytic role of iron in the Haber–Weiss chemistry, which results in propagation of damaging reactive oxygen species (ROS), is well established. In this review, we attempt to summarize the recent evidence showing the reverse: That reactive oxygen and nitrogen species can significantly affect iron metabolism. Their interaction with iron-regulatory proteins (IRPs) seems to be one of the essential mechanisms of influencing iron homeostasis. Iron depletion is known to provoke normal iron uptake via IRPs, superoxide and hydrogen peroxide are supposed to cause unnecessary iron uptake by similar mechanism. Furthermore, ROS are able to release iron from iron-containing molecules. On the contrary, nitric oxide (NO) appears to be involved in cellular defense against the iron-mediated ROS generation probably mainly by inducing iron removal from cells. In addition, NO may attenuate the effect of superoxide by mutual reaction, although the reaction product—peroxynitrite—is capable to produce highly reactive hydroxyl radicals.Keywords
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