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In this study, we investigated the hepatic accumulation of iron and the proximal duodenal expression of the genes involved in iron transport using mice chronically exposed to Cd. Five-week-old female C57BL\/6J mice were fed a diet containing 300 ppm Cd for 12, 15, 19 and 21 months. The iron concentration in the liver was markedly decreased by Cd. Among iron-transport-related genes in the proximal duodenum, the gene expression of HCP1 and Cybrd1 was significantly decreased by Cd. HCP1 is an influx transporter of heme iron. Cybrd1 is a reductase that allows non-heme iron to enter cells. The expression of iron-transport-related genes on the duodenal basolateral membrane side was hardly altered by Cd. These results suggest that long-term exposure to Cd suppresses the expression of HCP1 and Cybrd1 in the proximal duodenum, resulting in reduced iron absorption and iron accumulation in the liver.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/toxics11070641","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,7,25]],"date-time":"2023-07-25T01:32:10Z","timestamp":1690248730000},"page":"641","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":18,"title":["Long-Term Exposure to Cadmium Causes Hepatic Iron Deficiency through the Suppression of Iron-Transport-Related Gene Expression in the Proximal Duodenum"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8177-298X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Maki","family":"Tokumoto","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Health Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Aichi Gakuin University, Nagoya 464-8650, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jin-Yong","family":"Lee","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Health Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Aichi Gakuin University, Nagoya 464-8650, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0028-0658","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yasuyuki","family":"Fujiwara","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Environmental Health, School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji 192-0392, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Masahiko","family":"Satoh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Health Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Aichi Gakuin University, Nagoya 464-8650, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,7,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"1","article-title":"Health effects of cadmium exposure\u2014A review of the literature and a risk estimate","volume":"24","author":"Jarup","year":"1998","journal-title":"Scand. 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