title: Alterations in 28Mg distribution and movements in rabbit aortic smooth muscle.
abstract: The distribution and transmembrane fluxes of 28Mg were examined in the isolated media-intimal layer of rabbit aorta. Accumulation of 28Mg was slow and not complete after a 3-hr incubation. The major portion of the cellular Mg++ is not exchangeable. The 28Mg efflux rate was increased by 1.5 mM nonradioactive Mg++ after a time lag of 5 to 10 min; this increase was blocked reversibly by decreasing bathing solution temperature to 4 degrees C. A rapid and sustained increase in 28Mg efflux rate was elicited with added EDTA. Accumulation of 28Mg by rabbit aorta was increased more than 5-fold by substituting sucrose for NaCl in the bathing solution. Q10 values obtained for Mg++ accumulation in rabbit aorta incubated at different temperatures either in normal solution or low-Na+ solution ranged from 1.3 to 2.0. Uptake of 28Mg was inhibited substantially by 60 mM added K+, 1.5 or 15.0 mM La , 7 mM neomycin or 1 microgram/ml of antimycin A. These ions and drugs did not significantly increase 28Mg efflux when added during the slow component phase of the washout. Thus, the major portion of slowly accumulated Mg++ appears to be stored and exchanged intracellularly. The transmembrane movements of Mg++ depend upon simple diffusion, Mg++-Mg++ exchange and a transport process that is increased when Na+ is decreased. The EDTA-induced increase in 28Mg efflux rate may result from nonspecific membrane permeability increases, whereas ions and drugs decrease cellular Mg++ content by reducing uptake rather than increasing loss.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000968:Antimycin A / Q000494:pharmacology; D004492:Edetic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D007811:Lanthanum / Q000494:pharmacology; D008274:Magnesium / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000378:metabolism*; D009355:Neomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D011817:Rabbits; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D000968:Antimycin A; D007811:Lanthanum; D004492:Edetic Acid; D012964:Sodium; D009355:Neomycin; D008274:Magnesium