title: On the mechanism of soft tissue calcification induced by complexed iron.
abstract: The interaction of ferric lactate with Ehrlich carcinoma ascites cells induces a modification of Ca(2+)-uptake which is in direct relationship with the iron mass bound to the cells. Competitive binding of iron by deferoxamine indicates that only a part of the bound iron penetrates the cell, and that to trigger a Ca(2+)-influx this intracellular iron must be over a threshold concentration. The experimental finding that ferric lactate transfers its iron to albumin and to ATP suggests that in the Ca(2+)-uptake modification it works through its iron transfer which provokes the inhibition of the cell calcium homeostasis regulatory systems (Ca(2+)-channels, intracellular Ca(2+)-binding sites and Ca(2+)-pump ATPase). The involvement of ATP in the action of ferric lactate seems related to a higher stability of the complex, and to a larger availability of active iron able to perform the inhibitory process.
authors.affiliation: Biophysics Laboratory, Medicine Faculty, University of Nancy, France.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Anghileri
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Maincent
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cordova-Martinez
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002113:Calcification, Physiologic / Q000187:drug effects*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002286:Carcinoma, Ehrlich Tumor / Q000378:metabolism*; D006706:Homeostasis / Q000187:drug effects; D007773:Lactates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D019344:Lactic Acid; D051379:Mice; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D007773:Lactates; D019344:Lactic Acid; D002118:Calcium