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Effect of cytosolic Mg2+ on mitochondrial Ca2+ signaling

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Cytosolic Ca2+ signals are followed by mitochondrial Ca2+ uptake, which, in turn, modifies several biological processes. Mg2+ is known to inhibit Ca2+ uptake by isolated mitochondria, but its significance in intact cells has not been elucidated. In HEK293T cells, activation of purinergic receptors with extracellular ATP caused cytosolic Ca2+ signals associated with parallel changes in cytosolic [Mg2+]. Neither signals were affected by omitting bivalent cations from the extracellular medium. The effect of store-operated Ca2+ influx on cytosolic Mg2+ concentration ([Mg2+]c) was negligible. Uncaged Ca2+ displaced Mg2+ from cytosolic binding sites, but for an equivalent Ca2+ signal, the change in [Mg2+] was significantly smaller than that measured after adding extracellular ATP. Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate mobilized Ca2+ and Mg2+ from internal stores in permeabilized cells. The increase of [Mg2+] in the range that occurred in ATP-stimulated cells inhibited mitochondrial Ca2+ uptake in permeabilized cells without affecting mitochondrial Ca2+ efflux. Therefore, the Mg2+ signal generated by Ca2+ mobilizing agonists may attenuate mitochondrial Ca2+ uptake.

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This work was supported by grants from the Hungarian National Science Foundation (OTKA 049851 and NK-72661), the Council for Medical Research (ETT 0007/2006), and the Spanish Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (MEC; grant BFU2007-60157). SG-S is under contract within the Juan de la Cierva Program, MEC of Spain. The help of Prof. Sándor Damjanovich and Dr. Zsolt Fazekas (Dept. of Biophysics, University of Debrecen, Hungary) in the UV-photolysis experiments is gratefully acknowledged. The excellent technical assistance of Ms. Eszter Halász is highly appreciated.

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    Sonia Gallego-Sandín & Javier Garcia-Sancho

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Szanda, G., Rajki, A., Gallego-Sandín, S. et al. Effect of cytosolic Mg2+ on mitochondrial Ca2+ signaling. Pflugers Arch - Eur J Physiol 457, 941–954 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00424-008-0551-0

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