Correlation between Hepcidin and Ferritin with Insulin and Hba1C
as Biochemical Markers of Pancreas Damage in β-Thalassemia
Patients
Irbath Hamdani
1a
, Qodri Santosa
2b
Joko Setyono
3c
, Hernayanti
4d
, and Lantip Rujito
1e
1
Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman, Purwokerto, Indonesia
2
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman, Purwokerto, Indonesia
3
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman, Purwokerto, Indonesia
4
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biology, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman, Purwokerto, Indonesia
Keywords: Hepcidin, Ferritin, Insulin, HbA1c, β-thalassemia
Abstract: Iron overload in β-thalassemia patients can damage various organs, including the pancreas. Impairment of the
pancreas will be causing the failure and reduces insulin secretion, contributing to impaired glucose
metabolism to diabetes mellitus in patients with β-thalassemia. This study analysed the correlation between
hepcidin and ferritin levels as markers of iron overload with insulin levels and HbA1c as markers of pancreatic
damage in patients with β thalassemia. Subjects of 35 thalassemia β patients were included in a cross-sectional
study. Hepcidin, insulin, and HbA1c data were measured using the ELISA method. Ferritin data obtained
through patient medical records. Bivariate analysis is using the Pearson test.: There were 97.1% of subjects
with low hepcidin levels, whereas the ferritin data were in the high category. The data showed that 88.6% of
subjects had low insulin levels. Most of the subjects (85.7%) were in the low category of HbA1c levels.
Pearson test had a p-value = 0.001 which it indicates a significant relationship between hepcidin and insulin
(r=0.771) and HbA1c (r=0.849). However, the ferritin levels showed no significant relationship with insulin
(p=0.785 ; r=0.057) and HbA1c (p=0.420 ; r=0.169). In conclusion, the study found the lower the hepcidin
level, the lower the insulin and HbA1c levels. Ferritin levels do not have a significant relationship with insulin
and HbA1c levels.
1 INTRODUCTION
Thalassemia is a hereditary disorder syndrome caused
by mutations in the globin gene that decrease or do
not produce one or more globin chains (Origa, 2017;
Soteriades and Weatherall, 2014). The International
Thalassemia Foundation data shows that 7% of the
world’s population are carriers of thalassemia traits,
and most of them are in developing countries.
Indonesia, one of the endemic countries, has a high
frequency of the β thalassemia gene with a rate of 3-
10% (Rujito et al., 2015).
β thalassemia patients have decreased β globin
chain synthesis, leading to a faster hemolysis process.
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1147-7846
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3468-7563
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https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6595-3265
Patients then require repeat transfusions every 4-6
weeks to maintain total erythrocytes and
haemoglobin levels than 10g/dL. However, these
long-term transfusions can cause iron overload
(Vasudev and Sawhney, 2014). Hepcidin, the main
protein acting as a negative regulator of iron,
decreased due to ineffective erythropoietic activity.
The decreased hepcidin levels can increase iron
absorption in the intestine and the release of iron by
macrophages, leading to the burden of iron overload
in patients with β thalassemia (Jones et al., 2015).
The iron overload condition tends to an increase
in ferritin levels. The increased ferritin levels exceed
their capacity to bind iron that can cause an increase
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Correlation between Hepcidin and Ferritin with Insulin and Hba1C as Biochemical Markers of Pancreas Damage in -Thalassemia Patients.
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in free iron levels. The increase in free iron levels
through the Fenton reaction will produce free radicals
such as hydroxyl radicals (OH-) and hydroxyl anions
(OH *), which can oxidise lipid components,
denaturation proteins, and damage cell DNA
replication (He et al., 2016; Maslowska, Makiela-
Dzbenska and Fijalkowska, 2019). The pancreas also
one of the organs which be affected and at risk of
damage. Free radicals in the pancreas cause β cell
death, impairing insulin secretion, which contributes
to impaired glucose metabolism to diabetes mellitus
in thalassemia patients (Nakavachara et al., 2020).
HbA1c is an indicator that can assess pancreatic
function by measuring the average blood glucose
level for three months (Gupta, Jain, and Chauhan,
2017). Evaluation of the iron overload condition in
thalassemia patients can help the clinician to predict
the damage on various organs, including the pancreas.
This study aimed to determine the relationship
between hepcidin and ferritin levels as markers of
iron overload conditions with insulin and HbA1c
levels as biochemical markers of pancreatic damage
in β thalassemia patients.
2 MATERIALS AND METHODS
The study used an analytic observational with a cross-
sectional study to determine the role of hepcidin and
ferritin in pancreatic damage due to iron overload in
patients with β thalassemia. The sampling method
was a total sampling using 35 β-thalassemia patients
registered in the parent’s association of Indonesian
thalassemia (POPTI) Samarinda East Kalimantan in
2019 had signed the consent form.
Hepcidin, insulin, and HbA1c examination were
performed using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent
assay (ELISA) sandwich method at the Research
Laboratory of the Faculty of Medicine, Jenderal
Soedirman University using BT Technology Elisa Kit
manufacturer. Technical analysis for detection used
the ELISA reader 270 Biomerieux, while the software
used was https://www.elisaanalysis.com available on
the online platform. In summary, the standards and
samples were pipetted to the well coated with the
antibody. The primary antibody was then added,
followed by incubation. Secondary antibody and
chromogen substance are added. The colour formed
was then read in the absorbance value at the 450 nm.
At the same time, Ferritin data were obtained from
patient medical records.
Ethics approval came from the Health Research
Ethics Commission, Faculty of Medicine, Jenderal
Soedirman University. The Shapiro-Wilk test
analysed numerical data distribution, while the
analysis between variables was using the Pearson
correlation on IBM SPSS Statistics 26 software.
3 RESULTS
Tables depicted the data from 35 patients with β-
thalassemia, as shown in Table 1, Table 2. Most of
the subjects were adolescence (48.6%) and children
40%). Only several subjects were below five years
old and the elderly.
The number of male and female subjects was not
much different. Most of the subjects’ hepcidin levels
were in a low category (97.1%) with a median value
of 0.19 (0.12-2.55) ng/mL. Data on ferritin levels in
research subjects only obtained 25 patients from a
total of 35 patients, and all were in the high category
with a median value of 3283 (1059-9748) ng/mL.
Ferritin, at this point, were collected and averaged
using three sequential times for recent measurement.
The subjects’ insulin levels had a median value of
2.19 (1.19-60.83) µU/mL, and most of them were in
a low category (88.6%). Patients who have lower
HbA1c levels (85.7%) were more than subjects who
had an average (11.4%) and high (2.9%) levels with
a median value of 26.95 (16.37-159.39) mg/dL.
Table 1. Characteristics of Respondents
Variable Frequenc
y
N %
A
g
e<5
y
ears ol
d
1 2,9
5-11
y
ears ol
d
14 40
12-25
y
ears ol
d
17 48,6
26-45
y
ears ol
d
2 5,7
>45
y
ears ol
d
1 2,9
Total 35 100
Gender Male 17 48,6
Female 18 51,4
Total 35 100
Hepcidin Low (<2n
g
/ml) 34 97,1
N
ormal (2-56n
/ml) 1 2,9
Total 35 100
Fe
r
ritin Hi
g
h (>200n
g
/ml) 25 71,4
Total 25 71,4
Insulin Low (<10
µ
U/mL) 31 88,6
N
ormal (10-
100
µ
U/mL)
4 11,4
Total 35 100
HbA1c Low (<80m
g
/dL) 30 85,7
N
ormal (80-
130m
g
/dL)
4 11,4
Hi
g
h (>130m
g
/dL) 1 2,9
Total 35 100
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Table 2. The value of Hepcidin, Ferritin, Insulin, and HbA1c
No. Levels N Min Max Median Normal Range
1. Hepcidin (n
g
/mL) 35 0.12 2.55 0.19 2-56
2. Fe
r
r
itin (n
g
/mL) 25 1059 9747 3283 20-200
3. Insulin (
µ
U/mL) 35 1.19 60.83 2.19 10-100
4. HbA1c (m
g
/dL) 35 16.37 159.39 26.95 80-130
Table 3. Correlation between markers of iron overload with insulin levels and HbA1c levels in patients with β thalassemia
The Pearson correlation test (Table 3) showed that
hepcidin levels had no significant relationship with
ferritin levels (p = 0.964; r = -0.010), but had a
significant relationship with insulin and HbA1c levels
(p = 0.001) in patients with β thalassemia. Hepcidin
levels had a strong positive correlation with insulin (r
= 0.771) and a very strong positive correlation with
HbA1c (r = 0.849). Ferritin levels did not show a
significant relationship with insulin (p = 0.785; r =
0.057) and HbA1c (p = 0.420; r = 0.169) in patients
with β thalassemia.
4 DISCUSSIONS
The study revealed that most of the subjects were
adolescents and children, but we also found two adult
and one elderly thalassemia patient. Previous studies
have shown that the quality and duration of life of β
thalassemia patients had improved over the past ten
years due to regular blood transfusions balanced with
iron chelation therapy and better patient compliance
(Mokhtar et al., 2013). Based on gender, the female
was 51.4% of thalassemia patients, and 48.6% were
male. The number of female patients is not much
different from male patients. It is related that
thalassemia is a genetic disease caused by a single
autosomal recessive allele factor, not a congenital
disorder caused by allele factors linked to sex
chromosomes (Taher, Weatherall, and Cappellini,
2018).
Hepcidin levels in this study had a median value
of 0.19ng / mL, and most of the subjects had a
decrease in hepcidin levels. The reductions in
hepcidin levels previously have been reported by
several studies. Ineffective erythropoietic activity is
the cause of the decrease in hepcidin synthesis in
thalassemia patients (Huang et al., 2019; Jones et al.,
2015; Pasricha et al., 2013).
Decreasing hepcidin levels will increase ferritin
levels. The increased ferritin levels that reach the
threshold will lead to the formation of free iron,
which is toxic and can damage various organs,
including the pancreas, which results in decreasing
insulin secretion capacity and disruption of glucose
metabolism to diabetes in thalassemia patients
(Leecharoenkiat et al., 2016; Wang et al., 2014). This
study showed decreased hepcidin levels below
average in most subjects and increased ferritin levels
in all study subjects. Still, statistically, there was no
relationship between hepcidin levels and ferritin
levels in the study subjects.
Ferritin levels in this study also did not show a
relationship to insulin and HbA1c levels. It can be due
to the measurement of ferritin data taken from patient
medical records and not direct measurements that
coincide with hepcidin, insulin, and HbA1c levels
(Wang et al., 2014). Besides, serum ferritin levels can
be influenced by various factors such as transfusions,
iron chelation therapy, inflammatory disease, liver
disease, and malignancy. The serum ferritin level is
not the best examination to mark iron accumulation
in various organs (Fernández-Real and Manco, 2014).
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and non-
transferrin bound iron (NTBI) examinations have
been reported to be better at assessing organ damage
from iron accumulation (Elalfy et al., 2015).
This study showed a significant positive
correlation between hepcidin levels and insulin levels
in thalassemia patients; the lower the hepcidin level,
the lower the insulin level. This result was the same
as Al-Hakeim et al.’s result, which showed a positive
correlation between hepcidin levels and insulin levels
in patients with β thalassemia (Al-Hakeim, Al-
Khakani, and Al-Kindi, 2015). Hepcidin is the main
regulatory protein in regulating iron levels in the
No. Levels N Min Max Median Normal Range
1. Hepcidin (n
g
/mL) 35 0.12 2.55 0.19 2-56
2. Fe
r
r
itin (n
g
/mL) 25 1059 9747 3283 20-200
3. Insulin (
µ
U/mL) 35 1.19 60.83 2.19 10-100
4. HbA1c (m
g
/dL) 35 16.37 159.39 26.95 80-130
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body. The decrease in hepcidin levels in thalassemia
patients contributes to the occurrence of iron overload
conditions, which can cause pancreatic damage
characterised by failure and decreased insulin
secretion by pancreatic β cells (Huang et al., 2019).
Ineffective erythropoietic activity may cause a
decrease in hepcidin synthesis. The increased
erythroid expansion in the bone marrow will trigger
the production of several erythroid factors such as
erythrofferone, twisted-gastrulation 1 (TWSG1), and
GDF-15, which directly reduces the hepatic synthesis
of hepcidin (Tanno et al., 2009; Kautz et al., 2015).
The decrease in hepcidin levels results in an increase
in iron absorption in enterocyte cells. The rise of
ferroportin activity and the mobilisation of iron stores
from macrophages contribute to iron overload in
thalassemia patients (Larissi et al., 2019).
Iron overload caused by decreasing hepcidin
levels can cause an increase in free iron levels (NTBI)
circulating in plasma and deposited in cells through
the L-type voltage-dependent Ca2 + (LVDCC) and
Zip14 channels (Leecharoenkiat et al., 2016). An
increase in free iron levels beyond cells’ ability to
form ferritin can turn this free iron into toxic. This
free iron through the Fenton reaction can produce
ROS free radicals such as hydroxyl radicals (OH-)
and hydroxyl anions (OH*), which can oxidise lipids,
protein denaturation, organelle damage, and even cell
death (Chutvanichkul et al., 2018). The pancreas is
very susceptible to ROS because it has low
antioxidants levels (Shams et al., 2010). Increasing
ROS such as hydroxyl radicals in the pancreas can
trigger apoptosis of pancreatic β cells through
interactions between mitochondria and the
endoplasmic reticulum. It also inhibits adenosine
triphosphate production (ATP), failing and
decreasing insulin secretion (Backe et al., 2016).
This study also showed a significant positive
correlation between hepcidin levels and HbA1c
levels; the lower the hepcidin level, the lower the
HbA1c level. The reduction of hepcidin levels and
HbA1c levels is still unclear. It might relate to
hemoglobinopathy’s coincidence in thalassemia
patients (Zhang, Xiao, and Fan, 2018; Tsilingiris et
al., 2019).
The hemoglobinopathy incidence among
thalassemia patients may lead to abnormalities in the
erythrocyte cell membrane leading to cell damage.
The erythrocyte cell’s destruction is faster, and the
erythrocyte age is shorter than average (Hoffman et
al., 2013). It can lead to reduced glycosylation time
resulting in a decrease in HbA1c levels to below. On
the other hand, hemoglobinopathy in thalassemia
patients can cause chronic hypoxia due to anaemia.
This hypoxic condition will increase erythropoietic
activity, suppressing hepcidin levels’ synthesis to be
low (Huang et al., 2019).
Ji and colleagues assumed that a low HbA1c
value in thalassemia patients could be misinterpreted
compared to the standard reference. Other parameters
than HbA1c, such as glucose levels and glycated
albumin levels, are needed to appropriately assess
glucose abnormalities in thalassemia patients (Ji et
al., 2015; Wu et al., 2016).
5 CONCLUSIONS
The study found the lower the hepcidin level, the
lower the insulin and hba1c levels. ferritin levels do
not have a significant relationship with insulin and
hba1c levels
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thankful goes to the Ministry of Research and
Technology of the Republic of Indonesia for the
funding provided. We also thanks to thalassemia
patients and parents who participated in this study.
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