Abstract
Reticulated-siderocytes (reticulocytes which contain siderotic granules), obtained from the circulation of pigs after vigorous phlebotomy, were incubated in vitro. A rapid disappearance of granules from the reticulocytes was observed over 24 hr. Simultaneously with the decrease in granules, soluble ferritin accumulated in the media and siderotic granules developed in monocytes. The disappearance of the granules from the reticulated-siderocytes was oxygen-dependent and the loss of granules and the accumulation of ferritin in the media were both prevented by the addition of cyanide or dinitrophenol.
It is concluded that the ferritin aggregates in the granules of reticulated-siderocytes are dispersed intracellularly into soluble ferritin, that soluble ferritin is excreted from the cell, and that one or both of these steps is dependent upon oxidative metabolism. Blood monocytes are capable of taking up soluble ferritin from the media and converting this into siderotic granules. Thus, a reticulocyte to plasma to monocyte ferritin pathway has been described.
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