Article: Metabolic-scale gene activation screens identify SLCO2B1 as a heme transporter that enhances cellular iron availability
Molecular cell. 2022 Aug. 04, v. 82, no. 15
2022
Abstract: Iron is the most abundant transition metal essential for numerous cellular processes. Although most mammalian cells acquire iron through transferrin receptors, molecular players of iron utilization under iron restriction are incompletely understood. To ... ...
| Abstract | Iron is the most abundant transition metal essential for numerous cellular processes. Although most mammalian cells acquire iron through transferrin receptors, molecular players of iron utilization under iron restriction are incompletely understood. To address this, we performed metabolism-focused CRISPRa gain-of-function screens, which revealed metabolic limitations under stress conditions. Iron restriction screens identified not only expected members of iron utilization pathways but also SLCO2B1, a poorly characterized membrane carrier. SLCO2B1 expression is sufficient to increase intracellular iron, bypass the essentiality of the transferrin receptor, and enable proliferation under iron restriction. Mechanistically, SLCO2B1 mediates heme analog import in cellular assays. Heme uptake by SLCO2B1 provides sufficient iron for proliferation through heme oxygenases. Notably, SLCO2B1 is predominantly expressed in microglia in the brain, and primary Slco2b1⁻/⁻ mouse microglia exhibit strong defects in heme analog import. Altogether, our work identifies SLCO2B1 as a microglia-enriched plasma membrane heme importer and provides a genetic platform to identify metabolic limitations under stress conditions. |
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| Keywords | brain ; gain-of-function mutation ; gene activation ; heme ; heme oxygenase (biliverdin-producing) ; iron ; mice ; neuroglia ; plasma membrane ; transferrin ; transferrin receptors |
| Language | English |
| Dates of publication | 2022-0804 |
| Size | p. 2832-2843.e7. |
| Publishing place | Elsevier Inc. |
| Document type | Article |
| ZDB-ID | 1415236-8 |
| ISSN | 1097-4164 ; 1097-2765 |
| ISSN (online) | 1097-4164 |
| ISSN | 1097-2765 |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.molcel.2022.05.024 |
| Database | NAL-Catalogue (AGRICOLA) |
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