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Calcium (Ca) and Magnesium (Mg) are determined by atomic absorption flame spectrometry in isolated cardiac mitochondria from mice receiving subcutaneous injections of DL-isoproterenol HC1 (ISO), and in mitochondria of untreated controls. In the controls, mitochondria were isolated in the presence or absence of ruthenium red. On the absence of ruthenium red in the isolation medium, mitochondrial Ca levels increase by about 300%, while levels of Mg remain unchanged. Focal myocardial necrosis following a single ISO-injection is shown by electron microscopy. Ca and Mg levels are largely unaffected by a single dose of ISO until 24 h after the injection. A slight increase in Ca occurs in the 48 h samples. When multiple injections of ISO are given every 12th hour for 48 h, 72 h and 96 h, respectively, endogenous Ca and Mg increase significantly. It is suggested that this increase might be associated with ISO-induced cardiac hypertrophy rather than with the pharmacological effects of ISO per se.
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This work was supported by grants from The Norwegian Council on Cardiovascular Disease and from The Norwegian Research Council for Science and the Humanities
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Sætersdal, T., Engedal, H., Røli, J. et al. Calcium and magnesium levels in isolated cardiac mitochondria from mice injected with isoproterenol. Cell Tissue Res. 215, 13–19 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00236245
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