title: Calcium receptor and regulation of parathyroid hormone secretion.
abstract: The cloning of the CaR has made it possible to show definitively that the CaR is a critical mediator of the inhibitory effect of high Cao2+ on PTH secretion and parathyroid cellular proliferation. The receptor may also mediate the suppressive action of high Cao2+ on PTH gene expression, while its involvement in several other known actions of Cao2+ on parathyroid function remain to be examined. Alterations in CaR expression and/or function are clearly involved in hyper- and hypocalcemic disorders caused by inactivating or activating CaR mutations, respectively, and could contribute to the deranged Cao(2+)-sensing in primary and uremic secondary HPT. Finally, CaR activators offer promise as the first truly effective mode of medical therapy for these latter two conditions.
authors.affiliation: Endocrine-Hypertension Division, Membrane Biology Program, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 221 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA. embrown@rics.bwh.harvard.edu
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone