SLC10A2

Solute carrier family 10 (sodium/bile acid cotransporter), member 2
Identifiers
Symbols SLC10A2 ; ASBT; IBAT; ISBT; NTCP2; PBAM
External IDs OMIM: 601295 MGI: 1201406 HomoloGene: 390 ChEMBL: 2778 GeneCards: SLC10A2 Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 6555 20494
Ensembl ENSG00000125255 ENSMUSG00000023073
UniProt Q12908 P70172
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_000452 NM_011388
RefSeq (protein) NP_000443 NP_035518
Location (UCSC) Chr 13:
103.04 – 103.07 Mb
Chr 8:
5.09 – 5.11 Mb
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The SLC10A2 (solute carrier family 10 member 2) gene in humans encodes the bile acid:sodium symporter known as the Apical sodium-bile acid transporter (ASBT) or as the ileal bile acid transporter (IBAT).[1][2]

ASBT/IBAT is most highly expressed in the ileum where it is found on the brush border membrane of enterocytes. It is responsible for the initial uptake of bile acids, particularly conjugated bile acids, from the intestine as part of their enterohepatic circulation.[3]

The drug elobixibat is an inhibitor of ASBT/IBAT and is under development for the treatment of constipation and irritable bowel syndrome.[4]


See also

References

  1. Wong MH, Rao PN, Pettenati MJ, Dawson PA (Sep 1996). "Localization of the ileal sodium-bile acid cotransporter gene (SLC10A2) to human chromosome 13q33". Genomics 33 (3): 538–40. doi:10.1006/geno.1996.0233. PMID 8661017.
  2. "Entrez Gene: SLC10A2 solute carrier family 10 (sodium/bile acid cotransporter family), member 2".
  3. Dawson PA (2011). "Role of the intestinal bile acid transporters in bile acid and drug disposition". Handb Exp Pharmacol (201): 169–203. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-14541-4_4. PMC 3249407. PMID 21103970.
  4. Acosta A, Camilleri M (2014). "Elobixibat and its potential role in chronic idiopathic constipation". Therap Adv Gastroenterol 7 (4): 167–75. doi:10.1177/1756283X14528269. PMC 4107709. PMID 25057297.

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