Hypomagnesemia and cardiovascular risk in type 2 diabetes

LJ Oost, CJ Tack, JHF de Baaij - Endocrine Reviews, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Hypomagnesemia is 10-fold more common in individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D) than in
the healthy population. Factors that are involved in this high prevalence are low Mg2+ …

Structural and functional comparison of magnesium transporters throughout evolution

GAC Franken, MA Huynen, LA Martínez-Cruz… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Magnesium (Mg2+) is the most prevalent divalent intracellular cation. As co-factor in
many enzymatic reactions, Mg2+ is essential for protein synthesis, energy production, and …

Structural basis for the Mg2+ recognition and regulation of the CorC Mg2+ transporter

Y Huang, F Jin, Y Funato, Z Xu, W Zhu, J Wang… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
The CNNM/CorC family proteins are Mg2+ transporters that are widely distributed in all
domains of life. In bacteria, CorC has been implicated in the survival of pathogenic …

Crystal structure of an archaeal CorB magnesium transporter

YS Chen, G Kozlov, BE Moeller, A Rohaim… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
CNNM/CorB proteins are a broadly conserved family of integral membrane proteins with
close to 90,000 protein sequences known. They are associated with Mg2+ transport but it is …

Learning physiology from inherited kidney disorders

J van der Wijst, H Belge, RJM Bindels… - Physiological …, 2019 - journals.physiology.org
The identification of genes causing inherited kidney diseases yielded crucial insights in the
molecular basis of disease and improved our understanding of physiological processes that …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in the structural biology of Mg2+ channels and transporters

F Jin, Y Huang, M Hattori - Journal of Molecular Biology, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Magnesium ions (Mg 2+) are the most abundant divalent cations in living organisms
and are essential for various physiological processes, including ATP utilization and the …

The role of disturbed Mg homeostasis in chronic kidney disease comorbidities

C Rodelo-Haad, MV Pendón-Ruiz de Mier… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Some of the critical mechanisms that mediate chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression are
associated with vascular calcifications, disbalance of mineral metabolism, increased …

Anti-epileptic drug target perturbation and intracranial aneurysm risk: Mendelian randomization and colocalization study

MK Bakker, T Van Straten, M Chong, G Paré, D Gill… - Stroke, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: In a genome-wide association study of intracranial aneurysms (IA), enrichment
was found between genes associated with IA and genes encoding targets of effective anti …

The oncogenic PRL protein causes acid addiction of cells by stimulating lysosomal exocytosis

Y Funato, A Yoshida, Y Hirata, O Hashizume… - Developmental Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Extracellular pH is usually maintained around 7.4 in multicellular organisms, and cells are
optimized to proliferate under this condition. Here, we find cells can adapt to a more acidic …

Molecular mechanisms of renal magnesium reabsorption

DH Ellison, Y Maeoka… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Magnesium is an essential cofactor in many cellular processes, and aberrations in
magnesium homeostasis can have life-threatening consequences. The kidney plays a …