title: Modulation of TRPM6 and Na(+)/Mg(2+) exchange in mammary epithelial cells in response to variations of magnesium availability.
abstract: Mammary epithelial cells (HC11) chronically adapted to grow in a low-magnesium (0.05 mM vs. 0.5 mM) or in a high-magnesium (40 mM) medium were used to investigate on the mechanisms of cell magnesium transport under conditions of non-physiological magnesium availability. Magnesium influx was higher in low-magnesium cells compared to control or high-magnesium cells, whereas magnesium efflux was higher in high-magnesium cells compared to control and low-magnesium cells. Magnesium efflux was partially inhibited by imipramine, inhibitor of the Na(+)/Mg(2+) exchange. Using a monoclonal antibody detecting a approximately 70 kDa protein associated with Na(+)/Mg(2+) exchange activity, we found that the expression levels of this protein were proportional to magnesium efflux capacity, that is, high-magnesium cells > control cells > low-magnesium cells. As for magnesium influx, this was abolished by Co(III)hexaammine, inhibitor of magnesium channels. Surprisingly, we found that cells grown in low magnesium upregulated mRNA for the magnesium channel TRPM6, but not for other channels like TRPM7 or MagT1. TRPM6 mRNA was also rapidly upregulated or downregulated in HC11 cells deprived of magnesium or in low-magnesium cells re-added with magnesium, respectively. TRPM6 protein levels, as assessed by Western blot and immunofluorescence, underwent similar changes under comparable conditions. We propose that mammary epithelial cells adapt to decreased magnesium availability by upregulating magnesium influx via TRPM6, and counteract increased magnesium availability by increasing magnesium efflux primarily via Na(+)/Mg(2+) exchange. These results show, for the first time, that TRPM6 contributes to regulating magnesium influx in mammary epithelial cells, similar to what is known for intestine and kidney.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Patologia Generale e Centro di Ricerche Giovanni XXIII, Facoltà di Medicina A. Gemelli, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy. fwolf@rm.unicatt.it
authors.forename: Federica I
authors.initials: FI
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Trapani
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Simonacci
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mastrototaro
authors.forename: Achille
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cittadini
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schweigel
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000818:Animals; D017920:Antiporters / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D001692:Biological Transport; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002460:Cell Line; D003035:Cobalt / Q000494:pharmacology; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D007099:Imipramine / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D008274:Magnesium / Q000378:metabolism*; D008321:Mammary Glands, Animal / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism*; D050053:TRPM Cation Channels / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D017920:Antiporters; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D050053:TRPM Cation Channels; C530168:Trpm6 protein, mouse; C046250:sodium-magnesium antiporter; C030862:cobalt ammonium complex; D003035:Cobalt; D012964:Sodium; D008274:Magnesium; D007099:Imipramine