BACKGROUND: Low serum hepcidin levels provide a physiologic response to iron demand in patients with iron deficiency (ID). Based on a discovery of suppressed hepcidin expression by a cytokine named growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF15), it was hypothesized that GDF15 may suppress hepcidin expression in humans with ID due to blood loss. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: To test this hypothesis, GDF15 and hepcidin levels were measured in peripheral blood from subjects with iron-deficient erythropoiesis before and after iron supplementation. RESULTS: Iron variables and hepcidin levels were significantly suppressed in iron-deficient blood donors compared to healthy volunteers. However, ID was not associated with elevated serum levels of GDF15. Instead, iron-deficient subjects' GDF15 levels were slightly lower than those measured in the control group of subjects (307 +/- 90 and 386 +/- 104 pg/mL, respectively). Additionally, GDF15 levels were not significantly altered by iron repletion. CONCLUSIONS: ID due to blood loss is not associated with a significant change in serum levels of GDF15.
BACKGROUND: Low serum hepcidin levels provide a physiologic response to iron demand in patients with iron deficiency (ID). Based on a discovery of suppressed hepcidin expression by a cytokine named growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF15), it was hypothesized that GDF15 may suppress hepcidin expression in humans with ID due to blood loss. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS: To test this hypothesis, GDF15 and hepcidin levels were measured in peripheral blood from subjects with iron-deficient erythropoiesis before and after iron supplementation. RESULTS:Iron variables and hepcidin levels were significantly suppressed in iron-deficient blood donors compared to healthy volunteers. However, ID was not associated with elevated serum levels of GDF15. Instead, iron-deficient subjects' GDF15 levels were slightly lower than those measured in the control group of subjects (307 +/- 90 and 386 +/- 104 pg/mL, respectively). Additionally, GDF15 levels were not significantly altered by iron repletion. CONCLUSIONS: ID due to blood loss is not associated with a significant change in serum levels of GDF15.
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