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  • Title: Magnesium counteracts nickel-induced suppression of T lymphocyte response to concanavalin A.
    Author: Kasprzak KS, Kiser RF, Weislow OS.
    Journal: Magnesium; 1988; 7(3):166-72. PubMed ID: 3263555.
    Abstract:
    Effects of nickel and magnesium on the responsiveness of BALB/c mouse spleen lymphocytes to a mitogen, concanavalin A (Con A), were studied using the in vitro 3H-thymidine (TdR) incorporation test. Nickel chloride (NiCl2) and nickel subsulfide (Ni3S2) were found to suppress this response. The control level of TdR incorporation from a magnesium-free medium containing 0.625 microgram Con A/ml into trichloroacetic-acid-precipitable nucleoprotein was depressed by both nickel compounds in a dose-dependent manner to 3% of its original value by 0.25 mumol NiCl2/ml or 0.33 mumol Ni3S2/ml (5 micron particles). Magnesium stimulated TdR incorporation up to a maximum of 200% of the control level at concentrations greater than 2.0 mumol MgCl2/ml. Also, gradual increase of magnesium concentration in the culture medium up to 2.0 mumol/ml attenuated the effects of nickel, restoring the lymphocyte response to Con A to 43% of the control level at 0.25 mumol NiCl2/ml or to 30% at 0.33 mumol Ni3S2/ml. Higher concentrations of magnesium did not further enhance this responsiveness. These data suggest that the effect of magnesium upon early cellular response to nickel observed in vivo [Kasprzak et al.: Carcinogenesis 6: 1161-1166, 1985], which eventually results in a decreased tumor incidence, may be due in part to antagonism by magnesium of nickel suppression of the activity of T lymphocytes.
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