Mammalian MagT1 and TUSC3 are required for cellular magnesium uptake and vertebrate embryonic development
Open Access
- 15 September 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
- Vol. 106 (37), 15750-15755
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0908332106
Abstract
Magnesium (Mg2+) is the second most abundant cation in cells, yet relatively few mechanisms have been identified that regulate cellular levels of this ion. The most clearly identified Mg2+ transporters are in bacteria and yeast. Here, we use a yeast complementary screen to identify two mammalian genes, MagT1 and TUSC3, as major mechanisms of Mg2+ influx. MagT1 is universally expressed in all human tissues and its expression level is up-regulated in low extracellular Mg2+. Knockdown of either MagT1 or TUSC3 protein significantly lowers the total and free intracellular Mg2+ concentrations in mammalian cell lines. Morpholino knockdown of MagT1 and TUSC3 protein expression in zebrafish embryos results in early developmental arrest; excess Mg2+ or supplementation with mammalian mRNAs can rescue the effects. We conclude that MagT1 and TUSC3 are indispensable members of the vertebrate plasma membrane Mg2+ transport system.Keywords
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