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. 1998 Mar;53(3):556-61.
doi: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.1998.00802.x.

Point mutations of the human parathyroid calcium receptor gene are not responsible for non-suppressible renal hyperparathyroidism

S Degenhardt  1 , A Toell, W Weidemann, C Dotzenrath, K D Spindler, B Grabensee
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Point mutations of the human parathyroid calcium receptor gene are not responsible for non-suppressible renal hyperparathyroidism

S Degenhardt et al. Kidney Int. 1998 Mar.
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Abstract

The calcium-dependent secretion of parathyroid hormone (PTH) is mediated through an extracellular G protein-coupled calcium receptor (CaR). Inactivating point mutations of this receptor have been found in familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia and neonatal severe hyperparathyroidism. These diseases feature a decreased calcium sensitivity of the parathyroid glands, resulting in a rightward shift of the Ca2(+)-PTH relationship. Severe non-suppressible renal hyperparathyroidism (rHPT) is often characterized by similar setpoint shifts to the right. Thus, point mutations of the CaR gene could contribute to non-suppressible rHPT. We examined genomic DNA of hyperplastic or mainly nodular tissues of 39 parathyroids from 25 rHPT-patients with resistance to calcitriol therapy. Amplification of the six exons of the CaR gene was followed by single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis. DNA sequencing was performed where band shifts were observed. No point mutations in the coding sequence of the CaR gene were detected using the PCR-SSCP strategy. Point mutations in the coding regions of the CaR gene probably play no role in the evolution of renal HPT and are not responsible for the calcitriol resistance of PTH secretion.

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