title: Recent advances in epithelial sodium-coupled phosphate transport.
abstract: This review focuses on recent developments in the molecular characterization of renal sodium-phosphate cotransporters and the mechanisms involved in their regulation. Of the three classes of sodium-phosphate cotransporters expressed in the mammalian kidney, the type II transporter, NPT2/Npt2 reflects the characteristics of apical sodium-dependent phosphate transport, and is a target for regulation. Studies in mice in which the Npt2 gene was disrupted by targeted mutagenesis underscore the importance of Npt2 in the maintenance of phosphate homeostasis. Recent advances in our understanding of phosphate transport mechanisms in intestine and bone are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, McGill University, Montreal Children's Hospital Research Institute, Quebec, Canada. mdht@www.debelle.mcgill.ca
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Tenenhouse
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000378:metabolism; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D010710:Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism*; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism*; D050608:Sodium-Phosphate Cotransporter Proteins; D050609:Sodium-Phosphate Cotransporter Proteins, Type I; D050610:Sodium-Phosphate Cotransporter Proteins, Type II; D050611:Sodium-Phosphate Cotransporter Proteins, Type III; D027981:Symporters
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D010710:Phosphates; C493548:SLC17A2 protein, human; C493549:Slc17a2 protein, mouse; D050608:Sodium-Phosphate Cotransporter Proteins; D050609:Sodium-Phosphate Cotransporter Proteins, Type I; D050610:Sodium-Phosphate Cotransporter Proteins, Type II; D050611:Sodium-Phosphate Cotransporter Proteins, Type III; D027981:Symporters; D012964:Sodium