title: [Parathyroid cells: structure of Ca2+ sensing receptor].
abstract: Using expression in Xenopus oocytes, Brown et al. cloned a bovine parathyroid Ca2+ sensing receptor (BoPCaR1). The 1,085 amino acid membrane protein is included in a class of putative seven transmembrane-spanning structures that activate the phosphoinositol pathway through G proteins. Receptor activation presumably elevates intracellular Ca2+ to inhibit secretion of PTH. BoPCaR1 has a big extracellular domain at the amino terminus. BoPCaR1 is most similar to the metabotropic glutamate receptor. BoPCaR1 mRNA is found in cells that have well known Ca2+ sensing function. Inheritance of one inactive Ca2+ sensing receptor gene causes familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia (FHH) and autosomal dominant hypocalcemia. Mutations in the extracellular domain and in a portion of the third intracellular loop domain decrease the receptor's sensitivity, causing FHH. Extracellular domain mutations increase the receptor's activity at low Ca2+ concentration to cause autosomal familial hypocalcemia.
authors.affiliation: Otsuka Department of Clinical and Molecular Nutrition, School of Medicine, University of Tokushima.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshimoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saito
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D002417:Cattle; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D006801:Humans; D006934:Hypercalcemia / Q000235:genetics; D006996:Hypocalcemia / Q000235:genetics; D009154:Mutation; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000378:metabolism; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D014981:Xenopus
chemical_list: D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; D002118:Calcium