TRPC6 (D3G1Q) Rabbit mAb #16716

Transient receptor potential (TRP) canonical 6 (TRPC6) belongs to the superfamily of TRP cation channels. The TRPC subfamily (TRPC1-7) is a group of calcium-permeable cation channels that mediates the increase in intracellular [Ca²⁺] following activation by G-protein-coupled receptors or receptor tyrosine kinases (1). TRPC6 is directly activated by diacylglycerol (DAG) (2). Various tissues express TRPC6, including brain, lung, kidney, ovary and small intestine. TRPC6 exerts a variety of biological functions in various tissues. In brain, TRPC6 plays important roles in synaptic plasticity, spatial cognition (3) and protects neurons from ischemic excitotoxicity (4). In kidney, TRPC6 is expressed in mesangial cells and podocytes of renal glomeruli (5) and regulates glomerular filtration (6). Mutations in TRPC6 gene cause autosomal dominant focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (7). In smooth muscle cells, TRPC6 mediates Na⁺ influx followed by Ca²⁺ entry via Na⁺/Ca²⁺ -exchanger (NCX) reversal which leads to contraction (8, 9).