The calcium-sensing receptor is a multimodal, multimetabolic sensor that mediates the feedback-dependent control of whole body calcium metabolism. Remarkably, in addition to its role in Ca2+o (extracellular Ca2+) sensing, the CaR (Ca2+-sensing receptor) also responds to L-amino acids. L-amino acids appear to activate, predominantly, a signalling pathway coupled with intracellular Ca2+ mobilization, require a threshold concentration of Ca2+o for efficacy and sensitize the receptor to activation by Ca2+o. Here, we review the evidence that the CaR, like other closely related members of the class 3 GPCR (G-protein-coupled receptor) family including GPRC6A, is a broad-spectrum amino acid-sensing receptor, consider the nature of the signalling response to amino acids and discuss its physiological significance.
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Physiological significance of L-amino acid sensing by extracellular Ca2+-sensing receptors
A.D. Conigrave;
A.D. Conigrave
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1School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences, G08, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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H.-C. Mun;
H.-C. Mun
1School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences, G08, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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S.C. Brennan
S.C. Brennan
1School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences, G08, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
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Publisher: Portland Press Ltd
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June 18 2007
Online ISSN: 1470-8752
Print ISSN: 0300-5127
© The Authors Journal compilation © 2007 Biochemical Society
2007
Biochem Soc Trans (2007) 35 (5): 1195–1198.
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June 18 2007
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A.D. Conigrave, H.-C. Mun, S.C. Brennan; Physiological significance of L-amino acid sensing by extracellular Ca2+-sensing receptors. Biochem Soc Trans 1 November 2007; 35 (5): 1195–1198. doi: https://doi.org/10.1042/BST0351195
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