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Investigating Syndecan-1 in Hepcidin Regulation and Iron Metabolism

Award Number: R01DK126848
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES & DIGESTIVE & KIDNEY DISEASES
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 02/01/2021
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 11/30/2025

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Investigating Syndecan-1 in Hepcidin Regulation and Iron Metabolism - SUMMARY Investigating Syndecan-1 in Hepcidin Regulation and Iron Metabolism. Iron is an essential trace mineral, involved in many vital cellular and organismal functions. Organismal iron content is controlled by dietary absorption, iron partitioning in erythrocytes, iron recycling by macrophages and iron storage in hepatocytes. The hormone, hepcidin is a master regulator of systemic iron content as it negatively regulates ferroportin, the primary cellular iron exporter mediating iron flow from enterocytes, macrophages and hepatocytes into the circulation. We have shown that heparan sulfate is key component of hepcidin regulation. Inhibition of heparan sulfate biosynthesis in hepatoma cells and in mice reduces baseline, BMP6-stimulated, and IL6-stimulated hepcidin expression and worsens the pathophysiology characteristic of anemia of inflammation. We have now identified syndecan-1 as the primary HSPG regulating liver hepcidin expression based on genetic and pharmacological inactivation of syndecan-1 expression in human and mouse hepatoma cells. Our findings imply that endogenous hepatic syndecan-1 serves as a template to support signaling complexes regulating hepcidin expression and iron metabolism. We propose to extend our studies to human hepatocytes; to determine the mechanism underlying the requirement for Sdc1-mediated regulation of hepcidin expression; and to exploit this information to develop strategies to treat disorders characterized by iron overloading. To achieve these goals, we will (i) Examine the role of syndecan-1 in driving basal and iron- inducible hepcidin expression in human hepatocytes; (ii) Determine the mechanism of syndecan-1 regulation of hepcidin expression and (iii) Evaluate the efficacy of genetic and pharmacological syndecan-1 targeting to correct iron dyshomeostasis in iron-loading disease models. The overarching goal of this proposal is to evaluate the relationship of syndecan-1 structure to iron metabolism, with the long-range goal of defining new potential targets to reduce the risk of iron-loading disorders, such as anemia of inflammation.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $604,772 )
2025	2025	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO	9500 GILMAN DR	LA JOLLA	CA	92093	SAN DIEGO	USA	Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research	001	5	5/9/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$60,477
2025	2025	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO	9500 GILMAN DR	LA JOLLA	CA	92093	SAN DIEGO	USA	Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research	000	5	11/20/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$544,295
														Subtotal = $604,772

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $580,581 )
2024	2024	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO	9500 GILMAN DRIVE	LA JOLLA	CA	92093	SAN DIEGO	USA	Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research	000	4	11/15/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$544,295
2024	2024	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO	9500 GILMAN DR	LA JOLLA	CA	92093	SAN DIEGO	USA	Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research	001	4	5/16/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$36,286
														Subtotal = $580,581

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $604,772 )
2023	2023	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO	9500 GILMAN DR	LA JOLLA	CA	92093	SAN DIEGO	USA	Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research	001	3	1/11/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$60,477
2023	2023	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO	9500 GILMAN DR	LA JOLLA	CA	92093	SAN DIEGO	USA	Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research	000	3	12/5/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$544,295
														Subtotal = $604,772

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $604,772 )
2022	2022	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO	9500 GILMAN DR	LA JOLLA	CA	92093	SAN DIEGO	USA	Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research	000	2	11/16/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$544,294
2022	2022	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO	9500 GILMAN DR	LA JOLLA	CA	92093	SAN DIEGO	USA	Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research	001	2	4/14/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$60,478
														Subtotal = $604,772

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $632,135 )
2021	2021	UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO	9500 GILMAN DR	LA JOLLA	CA	92093	SAN DIEGO	USA	Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research	000	1	2/1/2021	NEW	$632,135
														Subtotal = $632,135

Grand Total All Awards = $3,027,032

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Investigating Syndecan-1 in Hepcidin Regulation and Iron Metabolism

Award Number: R01DK126848

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES & DIGESTIVE & KIDNEY DISEASES

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 02/01/2021

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 11/30/2025

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