title: Effects of intracellular and extracellular concentrations of Ca2+, K+, and Cl- on the Na+-dependent Mg2+ efflux in rat ventricular myocytes.
abstract: Intracellular Mg2+ concentration ([Mg2+]i) was measured in rat ventricular myocytes with the fluorescent indicator furaptra (25 degrees C). After the myocytes were loaded with Mg2+, the initial rate of decrease in [Mg2+]i (initial Delta[Mg2+]i/Deltat) was estimated upon introduction of extracellular Na+, as an index of the rate of Na+-dependent Mg2+ efflux. The initial Delta[Mg2+]i/Deltat values with 140 mM [Na+]o were essentially unchanged by the addition of extracellular Ca2+ up to 1 mM (107.3+/-8.7% of the control value measured at 0 mM [Ca2+]o in the presence of 0.1 mM EGTA, n=5). Intracellular loading of a Ca2+ chelator, either BAPTA or dimethyl BAPTA, by incubation with its acetoxymethyl ester form (5 microM for 3.5 h) did not significantly change the initial Delta[Mg2+]i/Deltat: 115.2+/-7.5% (seven BAPTA-loaded cells) and 109.5+/-10.9% (four dimethyl BAPTA loaded cells) of the control values measured in the absence of an intracellular chelator. Extracellular and/or intracellular concentrations of K+ and Cl- were modified under constant [Na+]o (70 mM), [Ca2+]o (0 mM with 0.1 mM EGTA), and membrane potential (-13 mV with the amphotericin-B-perforated patch-clamp technique). None of the following conditions significantly changed the initial Delta[Mg2+]i/Deltat: 1), changes in [K+]o between 0 mM and 75 mM (65.6+/-5.0% (n=11) and 79.0+/-6.0% (n=8), respectively, of the control values measured at 140 mM [Na+]o without any modification of extracellular and intracellular K+ and Cl-); 2), intracellular perfusion with K+-free (Cs+-substituted) solution from the patch pipette in combination with removal of extracellular K+ (77.7+/-8.2%, n=8); and 3), extracellular and intracellular perfusion with K+-free and Cl--free solutions (71.6+/-5.1%, n=5). These results suggest that Mg2+ is transported in exchange with Na+, but not with Ca2+, K+, or Cl-, in cardiac myocytes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Michiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tashiro
authors.forename: Pulat
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tursun
authors.forename: Takefumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: Masaru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Masato
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Konishi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001693:Biological Transport, Active / Q000502:physiology; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000502:physiology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002713:Chlorine / Q000378:metabolism*; D045604:Extracellular Fluid / Q000378:metabolism; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D007424:Intracellular Fluid / Q000378:metabolism; D008274:Magnesium / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000502:physiology*; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002713:Chlorine; D012964:Sodium; D008274:Magnesium; D011188:Potassium; D002118:Calcium