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The solute carrier family 10 (SLC10): beyond bile acid transport.
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Molecular aspects of medicine [Mol Aspects Med] 2013 Apr-Jun; Vol. 34 (2-3), pp. 252-69. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- The solute carrier (SLC) family 10 (SLC10) comprises influx transporters of bile acids, steroidal hormones, various drugs, and several other substrates. Because the seminal transporters of this family, namely, sodium/taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide (NTCP; SLC10A1) and the apical sodium-dependent bile acid transporter (ASBT; SLC10A2), were primarily bile acid transporters, the term "sodium bile salt cotransporting family" was used for the SLC10 family. However, this notion became obsolete with the finding of other SLC10 members that do not transport bile acids. For example, the sodium-dependent organic anion transporter (SOAT; SLC10A6) transports primarily sulfated steroids. Moreover, NTCP was shown to also transport steroids and xenobiotics, including HMG-CoA inhibitors (statins). The SLC10 family contains four additional members, namely, P3 (SLC10A3; SLC10A3), P4 (SLC10A4; SLC10A4), P5 (SLC10A5; SLC10A5) and SLC10A7 (SLC10A7), several of which were unknown or considered hypothetical until approximately a decade ago. While their substrate specificity remains undetermined, great progress has been made towards their characterization in recent years. Explicitly, SLC10A4 may participate in vesicular storage or exocytosis of neurotransmitters or mastocyte mediators, whereas SLC10A5 and SLC10A7 may be involved in solute transport and SLC10A3 may have a role as a housekeeping protein. Finally, the newly found role of bile acids in glucose and energy homeostasis, via the TGR5 receptor, sheds new light on the clinical relevance of ASBT and NTCP. The present mini-review provides a brief summary of recent progress on members of the SLC10 family.<br /> (Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
- Subjects :
- Genetic Variation
Gonadal Steroid Hormones metabolism
Humans
Models, Biological
Organic Anion Transporters, Sodium-Dependent metabolism
Symporters metabolism
Bile Acids and Salts metabolism
Models, Molecular
Multigene Family genetics
Organic Anion Transporters, Sodium-Dependent genetics
Organic Anion Transporters, Sodium-Dependent physiology
Protein Conformation
Symporters genetics
Symporters physiology
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1872-9452
- Volume :
- 34
- Issue :
- 2-3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Molecular aspects of medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 23506869
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mam.2012.07.004