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FASEB JOURNAL
Volume 33, Issue 6, Pages 7192-7201Publisher
FEDERATION AMER SOC EXP BIOL
DOI: 10.1096/fj.201801778RR
Keywords
hypomagnesemia; type 2 diabetes; proximal tubule; distal tubule; phospholipid
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- Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences
- Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research [NWO 016.130.668, 016.186.012]
- Dutch Kidney Foundation [Kolff 14OKG17]
- Dutch Diabetes Research Foundation [2017.81.014]
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Hypomagnesemia (blood Mg2+ concentration <0.7 mM) is a common electrolyte disorder in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), but the etiology remains largely unknown. In patients with T2D, reduced blood Mg2+ levels are associated with an increased decline in renal function, independent of glycemic control and hypertension. To study the underlying mechanism of this phenomenon, we investigated the renal effects of hypomagnesemia in high-fat-diet (HFD)-fed mice. In mice fed a low dietary Mg2+, the HFD resulted in severe hypomagnesemia within 4 wk. Renal or intestinal Mg2+ wasting was not observed after 16 wk on the diets. Despite the absence of urinary or fecal Mg2+ loss, the HFD induced a reduction in the mRNA expression transient receptor potential melastatin type 6 in both the kidney and colon. mRNA expression of distal convoluted tubule (DCT)-specific genes was down-regulated by the LowMg-HFD, indicating atrophy of the DCT. The low dietary Mg2+ resulted in severe HFD-induced proximal tubule phospholipidosis, which was absent in mice on a NormalMg-HFD. This was accompanied by albuminuria, moderate renal damage, and alterations in renal energy metabolism, including enhanced gluconeogenesis and cholesterol synthesis. In conclusion, this study shows that hypomagnesemia is a consequence of diet-induced obesity and insulin resistance. Moreover, hypomagnesemia induces major structural changes in the diabetic kidney, including proximal tubular phospholipidosis, providing a novel mechanism for the increased renal decline in patients with hypomagnesemic T2D.-Kurstjens, S., Smeets, B., Overmars-Bos, C., Dijkman, H. B., den Braanker, D. J. W., de Bel, T., Bindels, R. J. M., Tack, C. J. J., Hoenderop, J. G. J., de Baaij, J. H. F. Renal phospholipidosis and impaired magnesium handling in high-fat-diet-fed mice.
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