title: Calcium-sensing receptor in mature osteoclasts, which are bone resorbing cells.
abstract: Bone metabolism consists of osteoblast-mediated bone formation coupled to osteoclastic resorption of bone. Osteoclastic bone resorption plays an important role in normal skeletal development and the maintenance of its integrity throughout life. Although osteoclastic activity is thought to be under the control of feedback regulation by extracellular cations, the molecular mechanism of detecting extracellular cations within the bone microenvironment remains to be clarified. In the present study we showed by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction and Northern blot analysis that cultured mature osteoclasts express the calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) mRNA. The nucleotide sequence of rabbit osteoclast CaSR was approximately 90% identical to that of CaSR cDNA from human, bovine, and rat parathyroid glands. Moreover, the activity of osteoclastic bone resorption, as determined by pit formation, was regulated by extracellular calcium ion as well as its agonists that are known to act through the CaSR. We conclude that CaSR, homologous to that identified in parathyroid glands, is present in mature osteoclasts and calcium ion released from bone may directly regulate osteoclastic bone resorption.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Anatomy, Meikai University School of Dentistry, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kameda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mano
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takai
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authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Amizuka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kobori
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authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Izumi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawashima
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ozawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kameda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hakeda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kumegawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000378:metabolism*; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005682:Gadolinium / Q000494:pharmacology; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000235:genetics; D009355:Neomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D010010:Osteoclasts / Q000737:chemistry*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D011817:Rabbits; D044169:Receptors, Calcium-Sensing; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D044169:Receptors, Calcium-Sensing; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D005682:Gadolinium; D009355:Neomycin; C038958:gadolinium chloride; D002118:Calcium