Characterization of furosemide-sensitive Mg2+ influx in Yoshida ascites tumor cells

Partially Mg2+-depleted Yoshida ascites tumor cells took up Mg2+ after reincubation in Mg2+- and HCO3(-)-containing media. Mg2+ influx was insensitive to ouabain, amiloride and disulfonic stilbenes, but was noncompetitively inhibited by furosemide (Ki = 0.4 mM) and bumetanide. Mg2+ influx obeyed Michaelis-Menten kinetics with respect to Mg2+ concentration (Km = 1.1 mM) and was sigmoidal with respect to HCO3- concentration. Electroneutral Mg2+, HCO3- cotransport was supposed to be the mechanism of Mg2+ influx.