Abstract
The kidney handles calcium by filtration and reabsorption. About 60% of the plasma calcium is filterable, and 99% is reabsorbed in the tubule. In the proximal tubule, the reabsorption is passive and paracellular, but in the distal tubule is active and transcellular. Thus, renal tubular cells are exposed to very high concentrations of calcium in both, the extracellular and the intracellular compartments. Extracellular calcium signaling is transmitted by the calcium sensing receptor, located both in the luminal and basolateral sides of tubular cells. This receptor is able to control levels of extracellular calcium and acts in consequence to maintain calcium homeostasis. Furthermore, renal tubular cells possess several calcium channels that regulate some of the cell functions. Among those, voltage gated calcium channels, transient receptor potential channels and N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor channels have been reported to control several functions. Those functions include survival, apoptosis, differentiation, epithelial-mesenchymal transition, and active vitamin D and renin synthesis.
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Bozic, M., Valdivielso, J.M. (2012). Calcium Signaling in Renal Tubular Cells. In: Islam, M. (eds) Calcium Signaling. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 740. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2888-2_42
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