Calcitonin receptor

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Calcitonin receptor
Identifiers
Symbol(s) CALCR; CRT; CTR; CTR1
External IDs OMIM: 114131 MGI101950 Homologene1320
RNA expression pattern

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More reference expression data

Orthologs
Human Mouse
Entrez 799 12311
Ensembl ENSG00000004948 ENSMUSG00000023964
Uniprot P30988 Q790U4
Refseq NM_001742 (mRNA)
NP_001733 (protein)
NM_001042725 (mRNA)
NP_001036190 (protein)
Location Chr 7: 92.89 - 93.04 Mb Chr 6: 3.64 - 3.67 Mb
Pubmed search [1] [2]

The calcitonin receptor is a G protein-coupled receptor which binds the peptide hormone calcitonin and is involved in maintenance of calcium homeostasis.[1]

It works by activating the G-proteins Gs and Gq[1]

References


Further reading

  • Pondel M (2001). "Calcitonin and calcitonin receptors: bone and beyond.". International journal of experimental pathology 81 (6): 405-22. PMID 11298188.
  • Gorn AH, Lin HY, Yamin M, et al. (1992). "Cloning, characterization, and expression of a human calcitonin receptor from an ovarian carcinoma cell line.". J. Clin. Invest. 90 (5): 1726-35. PMID 1331173.
  • Albrandt K, Brady EM, Moore CX, et al. (1995). "Molecular cloning and functional expression of a third isoform of the human calcitonin receptor and partial characterization of the calcitonin receptor gene.". Endocrinology 136 (12): 5377-84. PMID 7588285.
  • Egerton M, Needham M, Evans S, et al. (1995). "Identification of multiple human calcitonin receptor isoforms: heterologous expression and pharmacological characterization.". J. Mol. Endocrinol. 14 (2): 179-89. PMID 7619207.
  • Nussenzveig DR, Mathew S, Gershengorn MC (1995). "Alternative splicing of a 48-nucleotide exon generates two isoforms of the human calcitonin receptor.". Endocrinology 136 (5): 2047-51. PMID 7720653.
  • Nakamura M, Hashimoto T, Nakajima T, et al. (1995). "A new type of human calcitonin receptor isoform generated by alternative splicing.". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 209 (2): 744-51. PMID 7733946.
  • Pérez Jurado LA, Li X, Francke U (1995). "The human calcitonin receptor gene (CALCR) at 7q21.3 is outside the deletion associated with the Williams syndrome.". Cytogenet. Cell Genet. 70 (3-4): 246-9. PMID 7789182.
  • Nussenzveig DR, Thaw CN, Gershengorn MC (1994). "Inhibition of inositol phosphate second messenger formation by intracellular loop one of a human calcitonin receptor. Expression and mutational analysis of synthetic receptor genes.". J. Biol. Chem. 269 (45): 28123-9. PMID 7961748.
  • Kuestner RE, Elrod RD, Grant FJ, et al. (1994). "Cloning and characterization of an abundant subtype of the human calcitonin receptor.". Mol. Pharmacol. 46 (2): 246-55. PMID 8078488.
  • Frendo JL, Pichaud F, Mourroux RD, et al. (1994). "An isoform of the human calcitonin receptor is expressed in TT cells and in medullary carcinoma of the thyroid.". FEBS Lett. 342 (2): 214-6. PMID 8143880.
  • Masi L, Becherini L, Gennari L, et al. (1998). "Allelic variants of human calcitonin receptor: distribution and association with bone mass in postmenopausal Italian women.". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 245 (2): 622-6. doi:10.1006/bbrc.1998.8445. PMID 9571205.
  • Taboulet J, Frenkian M, Frendo JL, et al. (1999). "Calcitonin receptor polymorphism is associated with a decreased fracture risk in post-menopausal women.". Hum. Mol. Genet. 7 (13): 2129-33. PMID 9817931.
  • Christopoulos G, Perry KJ, Morfis M, et al. (1999). "Multiple amylin receptors arise from receptor activity-modifying protein interaction with the calcitonin receptor gene product.". Mol. Pharmacol. 56 (1): 235-42. PMID 10385705.
  • Nishikawa T, Ishikawa H, Yamamoto S, Koshihara Y (2000). "A novel calcitonin receptor gene in human osteoclasts from normal bone marrow.". FEBS Lett. 458 (3): 409-14. PMID 10570950.
  • Beaudreuil J, Taboulet J, Orcel P, et al. (2000). "Calcitonin receptor mRNA in mononuclear leucocytes from postmenopausal women: decrease during osteoporosis and link to bone markers with specific isoform involvement.". Bone 27 (1): 161-8. PMID 10865224.
  • Wada S, Yasuda S, Nagai T, et al. (2001). "Regulation of calcitonin receptor by glucocorticoid in human osteoclast-like cells prepared in vitro using receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappaB ligand and macrophage colony-stimulating factor.". Endocrinology 142 (4): 1471-8. PMID 11250927.
  • Ogden CA, deCathelineau A, Hoffmann PR, et al. (2001). "C1q and mannose binding lectin engagement of cell surface calreticulin and CD91 initiates macropinocytosis and uptake of apoptotic cells.". J. Exp. Med. 194 (6): 781-95. PMID 11560994.
  • Nosaka Y, Tachi Y, Shimpuku H, et al. (2002). "Association of calcitonin receptor gene polymorphism with early marginal bone loss around endosseous implants.". The International journal of oral & maxillofacial implants 17 (1): 38-43. PMID 11858573.
  • Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, et al. (2003). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences.". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899-903. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMID 12477932.

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