SLC18: The vesicular amine transporter family

Human Gene

Name

Protein

Name

Aliases

Predominant Substrates

Transport type /Coupling ions

Tissue distribution and cellular/ subcellular expression

Link to disease

Human gene locus

Sequence

Ac-

cession

ID

Splice variants and their specific features

SLC18A1

VMAT1

CGAT

VAT1

5HT

Dopamine

Adrenaline

Noradrenaline

Histamine

E / H+

Adrenal gland (medulla), sympathetic ganglia (SIF-cells), carotid body, skin (Merkel cells), GI tract (EC cells)

Subcellular: large dense-core vesicles

 

8p21.3

NM

_003053

 

SLC18A2

VMAT2

SVAT

SVMT

VAT2

(MAT)

5HT

Dopamine

Adrenaline

Noradrenaline

Histamine

E / H+

Brain (neurons), adrenal gland (medulla), sympathetic ganglia (neurons, SIF cells), carotid body, small and large intestine (neurons), stomach (neurons and ECL-cells), endocrine pancreas, basophils, mast cells, dendritic cells and platelets

Subcellular: large dense-core vesicles, smallll dense-core vesicles, tuberovesicular structures and small synaptic (dopaminergic) vesicles.

 

Cardio-vascular,

Drug

Addiction

[42]

 

 

10q24.3-q25.1

NM

_003054

 

SLC18A3

VAChT

 

Acetylcholine

E / H+

Brain (neurons), peripheral nervous system (neurons), intestine (neurons)

Subcellular: small synaptic vesicles

Myasthenic syndromes (ChAT only) [9]

10q11.2

NM

_003055

R-type

(minor variant)

V-type

(major variant)




References:

Original version of the SLC table:


Eiden LE, Schafer MK, Weihe E, Schutz B. The vesicular amine transporter family (SLC18): amine/proton antiporters required for vesicular accumulation and regulated exocytotic secretion of monoamines and acetylcholine. Pflugers Arch. 2004 Feb;447(5):636-40.