Matrix, extracellular phosphoglycoprotein with ASARM motif (bone), also known as MEPE, is a human gene.[1]
Phosphatonins have a role in phosphate homeostasis and the relationship between phosphate handling by the kidney and gastrointestinal tract. Matrix extracellular phosphoglycoprotein (MEPE), one of several candidate phosphatonins, promotes phosphaturia.[2] Short-term infusion of MEPE inhibits phosphate absorption in the jejunum but not the duodenum.[2] The phosphaturic action of MEPE may correlate with a significant reduction in renal sodium-phosphate co-transporter NaPi-IIa in the proximal convoluted tubules of the outer renal cortex.[2] This short-term inhibitory effect of MEPE on renal and intestinal phosphate handling occurs without changes in the circulating levels of parathyroid hormone (PTH), 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3), or fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23).[2] MEPE may be involved in phosphate homeostasis, acting in both the kidney and the gastrointestinal tract.[2]
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Nampei A, Hashimoto J, Hayashida K; et al. (2005). "Matrix extracellular phosphoglycoprotein (MEPE) is highly expressed in osteocytes in human bone". J. Bone Miner. Metab. 22 (3): 176–84. doi:10.1007/s00774-003-0468-9. PMID15108058.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
MacDougall M, Simmons D, Gu TT, Dong J (2003). "MEPE/OF45, a new dentin/bone matrix protein and candidate gene for dentin diseases mapping to chromosome 4q21". Connect. Tissue Res. 43 (2–3): 320–30. doi:10.1080/713713461. PMID12489176.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
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Rowe PS, de Zoysa PA, Dong R; et al. (2000). "MEPE, a new gene expressed in bone marrow and tumors causing osteomalacia". Genomics. 67 (1): 54–68. doi:10.1006/geno.2000.6235. PMID10945470.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)