Lowered total intracellular magnesium status in a subgroup of hypertensives
| Autor: | Klaus Kisters, Faruk Tokmak, G. Westermann, K. H. Dietl, Markus Kosch |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Magnesium Significant difference Healthy subjects chemistry.chemical_element Essential hypertension medicine.disease Endocrinology chemistry Biochemistry Internal medicine Mole Medicine Platelet In patient Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Intracellular |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Angiology. 8:154-156 |
| ISSN: | 1615-5939 1061-1711 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf01616444 |
| Popis: | A new method to determine total Mg++ content in lymphocytes was developed, offering advantages for routine measurements as compared to fluorescence methods. Intracellular total Mg++ measurements were performed in lymphocytes of 18 healthy subjects and 19 untreated essential hypertensive patients. Mg++ content was referred to lymphocytic and membrane protein, which was determined according to Bradford's method. Mg++ measurements were performed by atomic absorption spectroscopy using a Video 12 apparatus of Thermo Electron Instrumentation Laboratory, Andover, USA. The results show that in patients with essential hypertension total intralymphocytic Mg++ content is significantly lower (0.07 +/- 0.05 mmol/g lymphocytic protein, mean +/- s.d.) as compared to controls (0.11 +/- 0.04 mmol/g lymphocytic protein, mean +/- s.d., p0.05). Free intracellular Mg++ content was measured in lymphocytes by the fluorescent indicator mag-fura-II, showing no significant differences in normotensives and hypertensives (0.30 +/- 0.16 versus 0.38 +/- 0.17 mmol/l). Additionally, in platelets free intracellular Mg++ concentrations were not found of significant difference in normotensives and hypertensives (0.52 +/- 0.23 versus 0.47 +/- 0.27 mmol/l) using mag-fura-II. In plasma Mg++ concentrations there was no significant difference in the normotensive and hypertensive group (0.92 +/- 0.07 versus 0.88 +/- 0.07 mmol/l). There was no correlation between plasma or free or total cellular magnesium concentrations in both groups. Furthermore this method seems also suitable for routine measurements of total intracellular Mg++ concentrations in even larger measurements like mag-fur-II. Lowered total intracellular Mg++ concentrations in a subgroup of primary hypertensives may contribute to the development of this disorder, perhaps due to different buffering systems.http://link.springer-ny.com/link/service/journals/00547/bibs/8n3p154.html |
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