title: Effects of low-molecular-weight aluminum complexes on brain tissue calcium homeostasis.
abstract: The in vitro effects of low-molecular-weight aluminum complexes (citrate, lactate, and ATP complex) on the Ca2+ uptake and aluminum-induced lipid peroxidation of brain tissue show that the modification of the calcium homeostasis is determined by the nature of the ligand and that there is no correlation between the aluminum-induced lipid peroxidation and the Ca2+ uptake. The same characteristics have been shown by a similar study performed with Ehrlich carcinoma cells. The electrophoretic analyses of the aluminum lactate-albumin and aluminum lactate-ATP interactions indicate an aluminum transfer from the lactate to the albumin and ATP ligands. The increased Ca2+ uptake when ATP is present in the incubation medium with aluminum citrate and aluminum lactate corroborates the suggested mediator role of ATP in cellular calcium homeostasis modification induced by iron.
authors.affiliation: Biophysics Laboratory, Medicine Faculty University of Nancy, Vandoeuvre lès Nancy, France.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Anghileri
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Thouvenot
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bertrand
mesh_terms: D017607:Aluminum Compounds / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002286:Carcinoma, Ehrlich Tumor / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D006706:Homeostasis / Q000187:drug effects*; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects; D008970:Molecular Weight; D051381:Rats; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D017607:Aluminum Compounds; D002118:Calcium