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Cellular Iron Deficiency Disrupts Thyroid Hormone Regulated Gene Expression in Developing Hippocampal Neurons.


ABSTRACT:

Background

Developing neurons have high thyroid hormone and iron requirements to support their metabolism and growth. Early-life iron and thyroid hormone deficiencies are prevalent, often coexist, and increase the risk of permanently impaired neurobehavioral function in children. Early-life dietary iron deficiency reduces thyroid hormone levels and impairs thyroid hormone-responsive gene expression in the neonatal rat brain.

Objective

This study determined whether neuronal-specific iron deficiency alters thyroid hormone-regulated gene expression in developing neurons.

Methods

Iron deficiency was induced in primary mouse embryonic hippocampal neuron cultures with the iron chelator deferoxamine (DFO) beginning at 3 days in vitro (DIV). At 11DIV and 18DIV, mRNA levels for thyroid hormone-regulated genes indexing thyroid hormone homeostasis ( Hr , Crym , Dio2 , Slco1c1 , Slc16a2 ) and neurodevelopment ( Nrgn , Pvalb , Klf9 ) were quantified. To assess the effect of iron repletion, DFO was removed at 14DIV from a subset of DFO-treated cultures and gene expression and ATP levels were quantified at 21DIV.

Results

At 11DIV and 18DIV, neuronal iron deficiency decreased Nrgn, Pvalb, and Crym , and by 18DIV, Slc16a2, Slco1c1, Dio2, and Hr were increased; collectively suggesting cellular sensing of a functionally abnormal thyroid hormone state. Dimensionality reduction with Principal Component Analysis (PCA) reveals that thyroid hormone homeostatic genes strongly correlate with and predict iron status ( Tfr1 mRNA). Iron repletion from 14-21DIV restored neurodevelopmental genes, but not all thyroid hormone homeostatic genes, and ATP concentrations remained significantly altered. PCA clustering suggests that cultures replete with iron maintain a gene expression signature indicative of previous iron deficiency.

Conclusions

These novel findings suggest there is an intracellular mechanism coordinating cellular iron/thyroid hormone activities. We speculate this is a part of homeostatic response to match neuronal energy production and growth signaling for these important metabolic regulators. However, iron deficiency may cause permanent deficits in thyroid hormone-dependent neurodevelopmental processes even after recovery from iron deficiency.

SUBMITTER: Monko TR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10312787 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Cellular Iron Deficiency Disrupts Thyroid Hormone Regulated Gene Expression in Developing Hippocampal Neurons.

Monko Timothy R TR   Tripp Emma H EH   Burr Sierra E SE   Gunderson Karina N KN   Lanier Lorene M LM   Georgieff Michael K MK   Bastian Thomas W TW  

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology 20230617


<h4>Background</h4>Developing neurons have high thyroid hormone and iron requirements to support their metabolism and growth. Early-life iron and thyroid hormone deficiencies are prevalent, often coexist, and increase the risk of permanently impaired neurobehavioral function in children. Early-life dietary iron deficiency reduces thyroid hormone levels and impairs thyroid hormone-responsive gene expression in the neonatal rat brain.<h4>Objective</h4>This study determined whether neuronal-specifi  ...[more]

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