Differed preferential iron-binding lobe in human transferrin depending on the presence of bicarbonate detected by HPLC/high-resolution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry |
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Authors: | Nagaoka M H Maitani T |
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Institution: | National Institute of Health Sciences, Kamiyoga 1-18-1, Setagaya, 158-8501, Tokyo, Japan. |
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Abstract: | The binding of iron (Fe) to human serum transferrin (Tf) was analyzed with an HPLC system equipped with an anion exchange column and directly connected with a high-resolution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer for metal detection. The (56)Fe level in the eluate was monitored at resolution m/Deltam=3000. Two monoferric Tfs were assigned based on the results of urea-PAGE and desferrioxamine experiments. When Fe was added as Fe-citrate stepwise to an apo-Tf solution in the presence of bicarbonate, the N-lobe site was the preferential Fe-binding site, while the C-lobe site was preferred in the absence of bicarbonate. In both cases, the Fe-peak areas of the preferential site and Fe(2)-Tf increased up to an Fe/Tf molar ratio of 1, and then the peak area of the monoferric Tf decreased while the peak area of Fe(2)-Tf increased. When the Fe/Tf molar ratio was below 1, the amount of Fe bound to the lobe with a weaker affinity was higher in Fe(2)-Tf than in the monoferric Tf in each case. Namely, Fe(2)-Tf was the preferential binding state of Fe to human serum Tf. The preference is reasonable for transferring Fe ions effectively to Tf-receptors. |
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