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ArticleScientific reports2016

Solute carrier 41A3 encodes for a mitochondrial Mg(2+) efflux system.

Lucia Mastrototaro, Alina Smorodchenko, Jörg R Aschenbach, Martin Kolisek, Gerhard Sponder

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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5 authors.

Lucia MastrototaroInstitute of Veterinary-Physiology, Free University of Berlin, Oertzenweg 19b, Berlin, D-14163, Germany.
Alina SmorodchenkoInstitute of Vegetative Anatomy, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Charité-Mitte, Berlin, D-10117, Germany.
Jörg R AschenbachInstitute of Veterinary-Physiology, Free University of Berlin, Oertzenweg 19b, Berlin, D-14163, Germany.
Martin KolisekInstitute of Veterinary-Physiology, Free University of Berlin, Oertzenweg 19b, Berlin, D-14163, Germany.
Gerhard SponderInstitute of Veterinary-Physiology, Free University of Berlin, Oertzenweg 19b, Berlin, D-14163, Germany.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The important role of magnesium (Mg(2+)) in normal cellular physiology requires flexible, yet tightly regulated, intracellular Mg(2+) homeostasis (IMH). However, only little is known about Mg(2+) transporters of subcellular compartments such as mitochondria, despite their obvious importance for the deposition and reposition of intracellular Mg(2+) pools. In particular, knowledge about mechanisms responsible for extrusion of Mg(2+) from mitochondria is lacking. Based on circumstantial evidence, two possible mechanisms of Mg(2+) release from mitochondria were predicted: (1) Mg(2+) efflux coupled to ATP translocation via the ATP-Mg/Pi carrier, and (2) Mg(2+) efflux via a H(+)/Mg(2+) exchanger. Regardless, the identity of the H(+)-coupled Mg(2+) efflux system is unknown. We demonstrate here that member A3 of solute carrier (SLC) family 41 is a mitochondrial Mg(2+) efflux system. Mitochondria of HEK293 cells overexpressing SLC41A3 exhibit a 60% increase in the extrusion of Mg(2+) compared with control cells. This efflux mechanism is Na(+)-dependent and temperature sensitive. Our data identify SLC41A3 as the first mammalian mitochondrial Mg(2+) efflux system, which greatly enhances our understanding of intracellular Mg(2+) homeostasis.

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Adenosine TriphosphateAmino Acid Transport System y+LCloning, MolecularHEK293 CellsHumansMagnesiumMitochondriaMitochondrial ProteinsNeoplasm ProteinsSodiumTemperatureAdenosine TriphosphateAmino Acid Transport System y+LMagnesiumMitochondrial ProteinsNeoplasm ProteinsSLC43A1 protein, humanSodium

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PMCPMC4908428

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