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Prepublished online as a Blood First Edition Paper on May 15, 2003; DOI 10.1182/blood-2003-02-0425. This Article Full Text Full Text (PDF) All Versions of this Article: 2003-02-0425v1 102/5/1884    most recent Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Citation Map Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Rights and Permissions Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via CrossRef Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Forbes, J. R. Articles by Gros, P. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Forbes, J. R. Articles by Gros, P. Related Collections Signal Transduction Phagocytes Social Bookmarking                   What's this?  Previous Article  |  Table of Contents  |  Next Article  Blood, 1 September 2003, Vol. 102, No. 5, pp. 1884-1892 PHAGOCYTES Iron, manganese, and cobalt transport by Nramp1 (Slc11a1) and Nramp2 (Slc11a2) expressed at the plasma membrane John R. Forbes, and Philippe Gros From the Department of Biochemistry, Center for the Study of Host Resistance, Cancer Center, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. Mutations in the Nramp1 gene (Slc11a1) cause susceptibility to infection by intracellular pathogens. The Nramp1 protein is expressed at the phagosomal membrane of macrophages and neutrophils and is a paralog of the Nramp2 (Slc11a2) iron transporter. The Nramp1 transport mechanism at the phagosomal membrane has remained controversial. An Nramp1 protein modified by insertion of a hemagglutinin epitope into the predicted TM7/8 loop was expressed at the plasma membrane of Chinese hamster ovary cells as demonstrated by immunofluorescence and surface biotinylation. Experiments in Nramp1HA transfectants using the metal-sensitive fluorophors calcein and Fura2 showed that Nramp1HA can mediate Fe2+, Mn2+, and Co2+ uptake. Similar results were obtained in transport studies using radioisotopic 55Fe2+ and 54Mn2+. Nramp1HA transport was dependent on time, temperature, and acidic pH, occurring down the proton gradient. These experiments suggest that Nramp1HA may be a more efficient transporter of Mn2+ compared to Fe2+ and a more efficient Mn2+ transporter than Nramp2HA. The membrane topology and transport properties of Nramp1HA and Nramp2HA were indistinguishable, suggesting that Nramp1 divalent-metal transport at the phagosomal membrane is mechanistically similar to that of Nramp2 at the membrane of acidified endosomes. 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