SLC10A1

Solute carrier family 10 (sodium/bile acid cotransporter), member 1
Identifiers
Symbols SLC10A1 ; NTCP
External IDs OMIM: 182396 MGI: 97379 HomoloGene: 31126 ChEMBL: 5287 GeneCards: SLC10A1 Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 6554 20493
Ensembl ENSG00000100652 ENSMUSG00000021135
UniProt Q14973 O08705
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_003049 NM_001177561
RefSeq (protein) NP_003040 NP_001171032
Location (UCSC) Chr 14:
69.78 – 69.8 Mb
Chr 12:
80.95 – 80.97 Mb
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Sodium/bile acid cotransporter also known as the Na+-taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide (NTCP) or liver bile acid transporter (LBAT) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC10A1 (solute carrier family 10 member 1) gene.[1][2]

Structure

Sodium/bile acid cotransporters are integral membrane glycoproteins. Human NTCP contains 349 amino acids and has a mass of 56 kDa.[3]

Function

Bile acid:sodium symporters participate in the enterohepatic circulation of bile acids. Two homologous transporters are involved in the reabsorption of bile acids. One of these absorbs bile acids from the intestinal lumen, the bile duct, and the kidney with an apical localization (ileal sodium/bile acid cotransporter). The other is this protein and is expressed in the basolateral membranes of hepatocytes (NTCP).[3]

As a cotransporter, NTCP binds two sodium ions and one (conjugated) bile salt molecule, thereby providing an hepatic influx of bile salts. Other transported molecules include steroid hormones, thyroid hormones and various xenobiotics: [3]

Hepatitis virus entry

NTCP is a cell surface receptor necessary for the entry of hepatitis B and hepatitis D virus.[4] This entry mechanism is inhibited by myrcludex B,[5] cyclosporin A, progesterone, propranolol, bosentan, ezetimibe, as well as NTCP substrates like taurocholate, tauroursodeoxycholate and bromosulfophthalein.[3]

See also

References

  1. "Entrez Gene: SLC10A1 solute carrier family 10 (sodium/bile acid cotransporter family), member 1".
  2. Hagenbuch B, Meier PJ (March 1994). "Molecular cloning, chromosomal localization, and functional characterization of a human liver Na+/bile acid cotransporter". J. Clin. Invest. 93 (3): 1326–31. doi:10.1172/JCI117091. PMC 294097. PMID 8132774.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Watashi, Koichi; Urban, Stephan; Li, Wenhui; Wakita, Takaji (2014). "NTCP and Beyond: Opening the Door to Unveil Hepatitis B Virus Entry". International Journal of Molecular Sciences 15 (2): 2892–2905. doi:10.3390/ijms15022892. ISSN 1422-0067.
  4. Yan, H.; Zhong, G.; Xu, G.; He, W.; Jing, Z.; Gao, Z.; Huang, Y.; Qi, Y.; et al. (2012). "Sodium taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide is a functional receptor for human hepatitis B and D virus". ELife 1: e00049. doi:10.7554/eLife.00049. PMC 3485615. PMID 23150796.
  5. H. Spreitzer (14 September 2015). "Neue Wirkstoffe – Myrcludex B". Österreichische Apothekerzeitung (in German) (19/2015): 12.

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