| Title: | Iron homeostasis governs erythroid phenotype in polycythemia vera |
| Journal: | Blood |
| Published: | 16 Mar 2023 |
| Pubmed: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36928379/ |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.2022016779 |
| URL: | https://ashpublications.org/blood/article-pdf/doi/10.1182/blood.2022016779/2039306/blood.2022016779.pdf |
Publication 11213
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Abstract
Polycythemia vera (PV) is a myeloproliferative neoplasm driven by activating mutations in JAK2 that result in unrestrained erythrocyte production, increasing patients' hematocrit and hemoglobin concentrations, placing them at risk of life-threatening thrombotic events. Our genome-wide association study of 440 PV cases and 403 351 controls using UK Biobank data showed that single nucleotide polymorphisms in HFE known to cause hemochromatosis are highly associated with PV diagnosis, linking iron regulation to PV. Analysis of the FinnGen dataset independently confirmed overrepresentation of homozygous HFE variants in patients with PV. HFE influences the expression of hepcidin, the master regulator of systemic iron homeostasis. Through genetic dissection of mouse models of PV, we show that the PV erythroid phenotype is directly linked to hepcidin expression: endogenous hepcidin upregulation alleviates erythroid disease whereas hepcidin ablation worsens it. Furthermore, we demonstrate that in PV, hepcidin is not regulated by expanded erythropoiesis but is likely governed by inflammatory cytokines signaling via GP130-coupled receptors. These findings have important implications for understanding the pathophysiology of PV and offer new therapeutic strategies for this disease.</p>
20 Authors
- Cavan Bennett
- Victoria E. Jackson
- Anne Pettikiriarachchi
- Thomas Hayman
- Ute Schaeper
- Gemma Moir-Meyer
- Katherine Fielding
- Ricardo Ataide
- Danielle Clucas
- Andrew Baldi
- Alexandra L. Garnham
- Connie S. N. Li-Wai-Suen
- Stephen J. Loughran
- E. Joanna Baxter
- Anthony R. Green
- Warren S. Alexander
- Melanie Bahlo
- Kate Burbury
- Ashley P. Ng
- Sant-Rayn Pasricha
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