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Monitoring calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR)-induced intracellular calcium flux using an Indo-1 flow cytometry assay

Abstract:
The calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) has a critical role in maintaining serum calcium concentrations within the normal physiological range, and mutations in the receptor, or components of its signaling and trafficking pathway, cause disorders of calcium homeostasis. Inactivating mutations cause neonatal severe hyperparathyroidism or familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia (FHH), while gain-of-function mutations cause autosomal dominant hypocalcemia (ADH). Characterizing the functional impact of mutations of the CaSR, and components of the CaSR-signaling pathway, is clinically important to enable correct diagnoses of FHH and ADH, optimize management, and prevent inappropriate parathyroidectomy or vitamin D supplementation. CaSR signals predominantly by activating the G-alpha subunit-11 to mobilize calcium release from intracellular stores. Thus, measurement of CaSR-induced intracellular calcium (Ca2+i) signaling is the gold standard method to investigate the pathogenicity of CaSR genetic variants. This protocol describes a method to assess CaSR-induced Ca2+I signaling using the Indo-1 calcium indicator dye and flow cytometry. This method has been used to assess multiple genetic variants in CaSR and components of its signaling and trafficking pathway in HEK293 cells.
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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1007/978-1-0716-4164-4_4

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
RDM
Sub department:
RDM OCDEM
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Surgical Sciences
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Author
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0000-0001-6342-0895


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Funder identifier:
https://ror.org/029chgv08
Grant:
220668/Z/20/Z


Publisher:
Springer
Host title:
Calcium Signaling
Pages:
43-55
Series:
Methods in Molecular Biology
Series number:
2861
Place of publication:
United States
Publication date:
2024-10-13
DOI:
EISSN:
1940-6029
ISSN:
1064-3745
Pmid:
39395096
EISBN:
9781071641644
ISBN:
9781071641637


Language:
English
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Pubs id:
2045036
Local pid:
pubs:2045036
Deposit date:
2024-10-29

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