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HighlightsSolute carrier family 22 member 5 (SLC22A5), also known as organic cation/carnitine transporter 2 (OCTN2), which in humans is encoded by the SLC22A5 gene. SLC22A5 is a membrane transport protein associated with primary carnitine deficiency. SLC22A5 is widely distributed in the body, such as in the kidney, heart, skeletal muscle, placenta, small intestine, liver and brain. The most important physiological function of SLC22A5 is to mediate transmembrane transport of carnitine with a high affinity, and its transport process also depends on the difference in sodium ion concentration inside and outside the membrane.
| Basic Information of SLC22A5 | |
| Protein Name | Solute carrier family 22 member 5 |
| Gene Name | SLC22A5 |
| Aliases | High-affinity sodium-dependent carnitine cotransporter, Organic cation/carnitine transporter 2, OCTN2 |
| Organism | Homo sapiens (Human) |
| UniProt ID | O76082 |
| Transmembrane Times | 12 |
| Length (aa) | 557 |
| Sequence | MRDYDEVTAFLGEWGPFQRLIFFLLSASIIPNGFTGLSSVFLIATPEHRCRVPDAANLSSAWRNHTVPLRLRDGREVPHSCRRYRLATIANFSALGLEPGRDVDLGQLEQESCLDGWEFSQDVYLSTIVTEWNLVCEDDWKAPLTISLFFVGVLLGSFISGQLSDRFGRKNVLFVTMGMQTGFSFLQIFSKNFEMFVVLFVLVGMGQISNYVAAFVLGTEILGKSVRIIFSTLGVCIFYAFGYMVLPLFAYFIRDWRMLLVALTMPGVLCVALWWFIPESPRWLISQGRFEEAEVIIRKAAKANGIVVPSTIFDPSELQDLSSKKQQSHNILDLLRTWNIRMVTIMSIMLWMTISVGYFGLSLDTPNLHGDIFVNCFLSAMVEVPAYVLAWLLLQYLPRRYSMATALFLGGSVLLFMQLVPPDLYYLATVLVMVGKFGVTAAFSMVYVYTAELYPTVVRNMGVGVSSTASRLGSILSPYFVYLGAYDRFLPYILMGSLTILTAILTLFLPESFGTPLPDTIDQMLRVKGMKHRKTPSHTRMLKDGQERPTILKSTAF |
SLC22A5 is the main transporter of carnitine in renal reabsorption, which is closely related to body fat metabolism. The weakening or loss of SLC22A5 function may cause systemic carnitine deficiency and cause diseases of the myocardium, central nervous system and musculoskeletal. SLC22A5 expressed on cardiac vascular endothelial cells and skeletal muscle cells are critical for maintaining carcass concentration balance and normal organ function in the body. In addition, the expression level of SLC22A5 in the small intestine is similar to that of the small peptide transporter PEPT1. SLC22A5 mainly participates in the intestinal absorption process of carnitine. Primary carnitine deficiency is an autosomal recessive genetic disease mainly caused by functional defects of SLC22A5 and it is different from secondary carnitine deficiency. OCTNs are associated with diseases such as diabetes and obesity, which also means that SLC22A5, as the main transporter of carnitine, may become a biological target for glucose metabolism diseases.
Fig.1 SLC22A5 transports carnitine into the mitochondrial matrix.
This article showed that kaempferol, curcumin, and puerarin functioned as PPARγ ligands to potentiate the expression and activity of OCTN2.
This article demonstrated that bovine OCTN2 expression and carnitine uptake were regulated by NF-κB.
The authors revealed that OCTN2 played an important role in cancer cell uptake of chemotherapeutics, and thus treatment efficacy. So, pretreatment with a demethylating reagent was a possible strategy for optimizing pharmacotherapies against cancers.
This article revealed that OCTN2 transporter was generally down-regulated in virus and nonvirus-mediated epithelial cancers, probably via methylation of its promoter region.
This article revealed that muscle contraction facilitated carnitine uptake in skeletal muscles, possibly via the contraction-induced translocation of its specific transporter OCTN2 to the plasma membrane.
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