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Submitted on December 5, 2006
Accepted on April 6, 2007
Department of Cell Biology and Pharmacology, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados-Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV-IPN), Apdo. Postal 14-740, 07000 México, D.F., México
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: guadaluper{at}cell.cinvestav.mx.
The calcium-sensing receptor (CaR) helps to maintain the homeostasis of extracellular calcium by controlling the secretion of hormones associated with this process. The mechanism of agonist-induced endocytosis and downregulation of CaR and the influence of this event on the secretion of CaR-regulated hormones is not fully understood. In this study, we show that CaR is constitutively endocytosed and recycled to the plasma membrane by a Rab11a-dependent mechanism; during this process, the level of total cellular CaR is maintained. This trafficking of CaR promotes the secretion of parathyroid hormone-related peptide (PTHrP), as evidenced by a decrease on PTHrP secretion in the presence of a dominant negative mutant of Rab11a. Interestingly, this Rab11a dominant negative mutant does not interfere with CaR-dependent activation of extracellular signal-related kinase (ERK) 1/2, suggesting that ERK signaling is not sufficient to promote PTHrP secretion downstream of CaR. In addition, AMSH, a CaR carboxyl-terminal binding protein, redirects CaR from slow recycling to downregulation, reducing CaR expression and decreasing PTHrP secretion. Our results indicate that endocytosis and trafficking of CaR modulate PTHrP secretion.
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