| Literature DB >> 8626377 |
M Ruat1, A M Snowman, L D Hester, S H Snyder.
Abstract
We have stably expressed cDNA for the rat brain Ca2+ sensing receptor in Chinese hamster ovary cells. Stimulation of phosphatidylinositol hydrolysis and arachidonic acid (AA) release displayed markedly cooperative responses to Ca2+ with Hill coefficients of 4-5. Both phosphatidylinositol and AA responses were not detected below a threshold of 1.5 mM Ca2+. Mg2+ behaved as a partial agonist with only half the maximal inositol phosphate and AA responses displayed by Ca2+ and with a more shallow concentration-response slope. The potency of Mg2+ in augmenting inositol phosphate and AA responses, in the presence of 1.5 mM Ca2+, implies that serum Mg2+ concentrations attained in clinical conditions will influence the Ca2+-sensing receptor.Entities:
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Year: 1996 PMID: 8626377 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.11.5972
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Biol Chem ISSN: 0021-9258 Impact factor: 5.157