Serum Iron and Ferritin Levels Are Correlated with Complement C3
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Serum Iron and Ferritin Levels Are Correlated with Complement C3 Shuang Wen 1 & Yeqin Sha 1 & Yinling Li 1 & Zhilian Rui 2 & Chenhong Si 3 & Yuning Zhou 1 & Fengfeng Yan 1 & Bicheng Wang 1 & Jingming Hu 1 & Xu Han 1 & Dongyan Shi 1 Received: 10 April 2020 / Accepted: 7 September 2020 # Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract Iron is one of the most important trace elements in the body, and its homeostasis is essential to the normal function of the immune system. Complement component C3, which is the converging of three main pathways of complement system activation, plays a key role in the innate immunity. However, the relationship between iron homeostasis and complement C3 remains unknown. The aim of our study was to analyze the relationship between serum iron and ferritin level and complement C3 and C4. A total of 590 healthy individuals were recruited in our study. Higher serum complement C3 level (p < 0.001) was found in individuals with higher serum ferritin level (> 104.0 μg/L). Moreover, serum iron level and serum ferritin level were positively correlated with complement C3 (r = 0.133, p = 0.001; r = 0.221, p < 0.001) and complement C4 (r = 0.117, p = 0.004; r = 0.123, p = 0.003). The linear regression analysis displayed that both serum iron level and serum ferritin level were linearly correlated with serum complement C3 level (adjusted beta: 2.382, 95% CI: 0.841–3.923; adjusted beta: 42.911, 95% CI: 29.070–56.751). To explore the relationship between iron homeostasis and complement C3 further, the serum samples from C3−/− mice and the wild-type (WT) control mice were obtained. Significantly lower serum iron level and higher ferritin level were found in C3−/− mice than those in WT mice (p < 0.001; p < 0.001), indicating that complement C3 might influence iron distribution and utilization. Overall, these data suggested that serum iron and ferritin levels were correlated with complement C3. The deficiency of complement C3 may disrupt the regular iron metabolism in the body. Keywords Complement C3 . Serum iron . Serum ferritin
Introduction Iron is one of the most important trace elements and participates in many aspects of biological activity, including oxygen delivery, electron transport, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) synthesis, and cell division [1, 2]. Although it is essential for most organisms to acquire adequate amounts of iron for critical biological processes, excessive free iron could be toxic to living cells and tissues through the generation of free radicals based on oxygen. It is regarded as a powerful pro-oxidant and is necessary for the generation of reactive oxygen species Shuang Wen, Yeqin Sha and Yinling Li contributed equally to this work. * Dongyan Shi [email protected] 1
Department of Immunology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 211166, Jiangsu, China
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Department of Laboratory Medicine, Liyang People’s Hospital, Liyang 213300, Jiangsu, China
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Department of Pediatrics, Liyang Women and Children Health Hospital, Liyang 213000, Jiangsu, China
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