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. 1991 Oct;88(4):1255–1264. doi: 10.1172/JCI115429

Intracellular Mg2+ and magnesium depletion in isolated renal thick ascending limb cells.

L J Dai 1, G A Quamme 1
PMCID: PMC295594  PMID: 1655827

Abstract

Magnesium reabsorption and regulation within the kidney occur principally within the cortical thick ascending limb (cTAL) cells of the loop of Henle. Fluorometry with the dye, mag-fura-2, was used to characterize intracellular Mg2+ concentration ([Mg2+]i) in single cTAL cells. Primary cell cultures were prepared from porcine kidneys using a double antibody technique (goat anti-human Tamm-Horsfall and rabbit anti-goat IgG antibodies). Basal [Mg2+]i was 0.52 +/- 0.02 mM, which was approximately 2% of the total cellular Mg. Cells cultured (16 h) in high magnesium media (5 mM) maintained basal [Mg2+]i, 0.48 +/- 0.02, in the normal range. However, cells cultured in nominally magnesium-free media possessed [Mg2+]i, 0.27 +/- 0.01 mM, which was associated with a significant increase in net Mg transport, (control, 0.19 +/- 0.03 and low Mg, 0.35 +/- 0.01 nmol.mg-1 protein.min-1) as assessed by 28Mg uptake. Mg(2+)-depleted cells were subsequently placed in high Mg solution (5 mM) and the Mg2+ refill rate was assessed by fluorescence. [Mg2+]i returned to normal basal levels, 0.53 +/- 0.03 mM, with a refill rate of 257 +/- 37 nM/s. Mg2+ entry was not changed by 5.0 mM Ca2+ or 2 mM Sr2+, Cd2+, Co2+, nor Ba2+ but was inhibited by Mn2+ approximately La3+ approximately Gd3+ approximately Zn2+ approximately Be2+ at 2 mM. Intracellular Ca2+ and 45Ca uptake was not altered by Mg depletion or Mg2+ refill, indicating that the entry is relatively specific to Mg2+. Mg2+ uptake was inhibited by nifedipine (117 +/- 20 nM/s), verapamil (165 +/- 34 nM/s), and diltiazem (194 +/- 19 nM/s) but enhanced by the dihydropyridine analogue, Bay K 8644 (366 +/- 71 nM/s). These antagonists and agonists were reversible with removal and [Mg2+]i subsequently returned to normal basal levels. Mg2+ entry rate was concentration and voltage dependent and maximally stimulated after 4 h in magnesium-free media. Cellular magnesium depletion results in increases in a Mg2+ refill rate which is dependent, in part, on de novo protein synthesis. These data provide evidence for novel Mg2+ entry pathways in cTAL cells which are specific for Mg2+ and highly regulated. These entry pathways are likely involved with renal Mg2+ homeostasis.

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