Magnesium Homeostasis in Cardiac Myocytes of Mg-Deficient Rats

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To study possible modulation of Mg2+ transport in low Mg2+ conditions, we fed either a Mg-deficient diet or a Mg-containing diet (control) to Wistar rats for 1-6 weeks. Total Mg concentrations in serum and cardiac ventricular tissues were measured by atomic absorption spectroscopy. Intracellular free Mg2+ concentration ([Mg2+]i) of ventricular myocytes was measured with the fluorescent indicator furaptra. Mg2+ transport rates, rates of Mg2+ influx and Mg2+ efflux, were estimated from the rates of change in [Mg2+]i during Mg loading/depletion and recovery procedures. In Mg-deficient rats, the serum total Mg concentration (0.29±0.026 mM) was significantly lower than in control rats (0.86±0.072 mM) after 4-6 weeks of Mg deficiency. However, neither total Mg concentration in ventricular tissues nor [Mg2+]i of ventricular myocytes was significantly different between Mg-deficient rats and control rats. The rates of Mg2+ influx and efflux were not significantly different in both groups. In addition, quantitative RT-PCR revealed that Mg deficiency did not substantially change mRNA expression levels of known Mg2+ channels/transporters (TRPM6, TRPM7, MagT1, SLC41A1 and ACDP2) in heart and kidney tissues. These results suggest that [Mg2+]i as well as the total Mg content of cardiac myocytes, was well maintained even under chronic hypomagnesemia without persistent modulation in function and expression of major Mg2+ channels/transporters in the heart. © 2013 Tashiro et al.

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Tashiro, M., Inoue, H., & Konishi, M. (2013). Magnesium Homeostasis in Cardiac Myocytes of Mg-Deficient Rats. PLoS ONE, 8(9). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0073171

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