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Autosomal dominant hypocalcemia can be caused by activating mutations of the calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) gene. We experienced two patients (proband and her daughter) with hypocalcemia caused by a missense mutation of the CaSR gene. The proband, aged 25, showed hypocalcemia and hypoparathyroidism from infancy. She had been diagnosed as having idiopathic hypoparathyroidism and had been treated with calcitriol. She gave birth to a female infant at age 24 years. Her daughter was found to have hypocalcemia (Ca, 6.6 mg/dl), without seizure or tetany, when she was 7 months old. DNA analysis of their CaSR genes showed a novel heterozygous mutation at codon 129 (TGC-to-AGC) with substitution of cysteine for serine (C129S). Familial examination revealed that this mutation had occurred de-novo in the proband. Wild-type and mutant (C129S) CaSR cDNA were transfected into HEK293 cells, and intracellular calcium concentrations were measured with a fluorescent calcium indicator. HEK cells transfected with the C129S mutant CaSR gene showed a larger increase in intracellular calcium concentration in response to the change in the extracellular calcium concentration than HEK cells transfected with the wild-type receptor. We conclude that the C129S mutation in the CaSR gene observed in these patients causes autosomal dominant hypocalcemia.
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Received: August 3, 2000 / Accepted: October 17, 2000
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Hirai, H., Nakajima, S., Miyauchi, A. et al. A novel activating mutation (C129S) in the calcium-sensing receptor gene in a Japanese family with autosomal dominant hypocalcemia. J Hum Genet 46, 41–44 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100380170124
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