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Exchangeable Magnesium Pool Masses Reflect the Magnesium Status of Rats

Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine d’Auvergne, Unité Maladies Métaboliques et Micronutriments, INRA, Theix, 63122 St Genès Champanelle, France and ^* U.S. Department of Agriculture/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030

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A sensitive and valid marker to assess magnesium (Mg) status in humans is not available. The kinetically determined exchangeable pool masses have been used for other minerals, such as zinc and selenium, as markers of whole-body mineral status. To evaluate the validity of this relationship for Mg, we measured the exchangeable pools of Mg in rats over a range of magnesium dietary intakes. Rats weighing 170 g were fed a control diet (500 mg Mg/kg), a marginally Mg-deficient diet (200 mg/kg) or a severely Mg-deficient diet (60 mg Mg/kg) for 2 wk. Subsequently, rats were administered an intravenous injection of ²⁵Mg, and the plasma ²⁵Mg disappearance curve was followed for the next 7 d. The following two methods were employed to analyze the exchangeable pools of Mg: 1) formal compartmental modeling and 2) a simplified determination of the total mass of the rapidly exchangeable Mg pool (EMgP). The mass of the three exchangeable pools (two extracellular pools and one intracellular pool) determined by compartmental analysis decreased in proportion to dietary Mg intake. EMgP, the combined pools of Mg that exchange with the plasma Mg within 48 h, decreased significantly as dietary Mg was lowered. It was positively correlated with conventional markers of Mg status (total Mg in plasma, erythrocyte and tibia Mg levels). Compartmental analysis assesses Mg exchangeable pools more accurately, but determination of EMgP is simpler and faster. Our findings demonstrate that the exchangeable pools of Mg constitute a good marker of Mg status in rats.

KEY WORDS: • magnesium • exchangeable pool • status • rats

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