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. 1988 Mar;397:471–487. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.1988.sp017013

The effects of magnesium on potassium transport in ferret red cells.

P W Flatman 1
PMCID: PMC1192137  PMID: 3137332

Abstract

1. The magnesium dependence of net and isotopic (using 86Rb as tracer) potassium transport was measured in fed ferret red cells. Bumetanide (0.1 mM) was used to dissect total flux into two components: bumetanide sensitive and bumetanide resistant. 2. Increasing the external magnesium concentration from zero (added) to 2 mM stimulated bumetanide-sensitive uptake by 16% but inhibited the bumetanide-resistant component by about 20%. 3. Ionophore A23187 was used to control internal magnesium concentration. A23187 was usually present in the cells during measurement of isotopic fluxes but was washed away before measurement of net fluxes. The magnesium-buffering characteristics of fed ferret red cells were assessed during these experiments. The cytoplasm acts as a high-capacity, low-affinity magnesium buffer over most of the range. Some high-affinity binding was seen in the presence of A23187 and 2 mM-EDTA. 4. A23187 itself slightly inhibits bumetanide-sensitive potassium transport. 5. Bumetanide-sensitive potassium transport is strongly dependent on the concentration of internal ionized magnesium. Transport is 35% maximal at 10(-7) M and increases up to the maximal rate at 1.3 mM. Further increase in ionized magnesium concentration to 3.5 mM has no additional effect. The curve relating activity to magnesium concentration is steepest at the physiological magnesium concentration. The effects of changing magnesium concentration are fully reversible. 6. Reduction of internal ionized magnesium concentration to 10(-7) M with A23187 and EDTA approximately doubles bumetanide-resistant potassium transport. 7. Bumetanide-sensitive fluxes occur via the sodium-potassium-chloride co-transport system under the conditions used. Results described in this paper thus suggest that internal magnesium may be an important physiological controller of sodium-potassium-chloride co-transport activity.

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