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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-5-9
pubmed:abstractText
Calcium and oxalate uptake by renal brush border membrane vesicles (BBMV) was examined in magnesium-deficient and pair-fed control rats. Uptake studies were carried out by rapid filtration technique and rate of influx of calcium and oxalate as a function of extravesicular concentration (0.1 nM--1.0 mM) examined. Calcium uptake by renal BBMV exhibited saturable kinetics while oxalate uptake followed a biphasic transport mechanism showing saturable kinetics at low oxalate concentrations and passive diffusion at higher concentrations. In magnesium deficiency the kinetics of calcium and oxalate uptake by renal BBMV remained unaltered but the rate of uptake was significantly enhanced at all the extravesicular concentrations studied. Double reciprocal plot for calcium uptake showed no change in Vmax but a decrease in Km (2.08 mM) in magnesium--deficient rats as compared to pair-fed controls (Km = 5.00 mM). Similar plot for oxalate uptake showed an increase in Vmax (7.69 nmoles/8 min/mg protein) in magnesium deficient group as compared to pair-fed controls (5.55 nmoles/8 min/mg protein), while Km remained unchanged. The results of the present study indicate high risk of calcium oxalate stone formation in magnesium--deficient rats due to hyperabsorption and retention of calcium and oxalate by the renal tubular brush border membrane.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1039-9712
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
34
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1017-26
pubmed:dateRevised
2003-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Calcium and oxalate uptake by the renal brush border membrane vesicles in magnesium-deficient rats.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article