SLC22: The organic cation/anion/zwitterion transporter family

Human Gene

Name

Protein

Name

Aliases

Predominant Substrates

Transport type/Coup- ling ions *)

Tissue distribution and cellular/ subcellular expression

 

Link to disease #)

Human gene locus**

Sequence

Accession

ID

Splice variants and their specific features

SLC22A1

hOCT1

 

Organic cations, polyspecific

F

Liver, sinusoidal  membrane of hepatocytes

 

6q26

NM_003057

3 splice variants from liver with no uptake in vitro [29]

SLC22A2

hOCT2

 

Organic cations, polyspecific

F

Kidney, basolateral membrane of  proximal tubules; brain, neurons

 

6q26

NM_003058

hOCT2-A from kidney with uptake in vitro,

( AB075951)

SLC22A3

hOCT3

hEMT

Organic cations, polyspecific

F

Liver, skeletal muscle, placenta, kidney, heart, lung, brain

 

6q26-27

NM_021977

 

SLC22A4

hOCTN1

 

Organic cations,

polyspecific

F or E/H+

Kidney, skeletal muscle, placenta, prostate,  heart 

 

5q23.3

NM_003059

 

SLC22A5

hOCTN2

CT1

L-carnitine,

organic cations, polyspecific

C/Na+ and    L-carnitine,

 

F (for or­ga­nic cations)

 

Skeletal muscle, kidney (luminal mem­brane of proximal tu­bules), prostate, lung, pancreas, heart, small intestine, adrenal gland,  thyroid gland,  liver etc.

Primary systemic carnitine deficiencyG

5q23.3

NM_003060

 

SLC22A6

hOAT1

 

Organic anions, polyspecific

E/organic anions

Kidney, basolateral membrane of proximal tubules; placenta, brain

 

11q12.3

NM_004790

hOAT1-1 from kidney with uptake in vitro, (AB009697),

2 further variants with no uptake in vitro [4]

SLC22A7

hOAT2

 

Organic anions, polyspecific

F or E

Liver, sinusoidal membrane of hepatocytes; kidney, basolateral membrane of proximal tubules

 

6q21.1-2

NM_006672

Kidney and liver specific splice variants with no uptake in vitro [4]

SLC22A8

hOAT3

 

Organic anions, polyspecific

E/organic anions

Kidney, basolateral membrane of proximal tubules; brain, luminal membrane of choroid plexus; skeletal muscle, developing bone

Osteoscle-rosis/oste-opetrosis in miceG

11q12.3

NM_004254

 

SLC22A9

hUST3

 

not determined

O

Liver

 

11q12.3

NM_080866

 

 

 

SLC22A10

hOAT5

 

not determined

O

Liver

 

11q12.3

AP003420

 

SLC22A11

hOAT4

 

Organic anions, polyspecific

F or E

Kidney, luminal membrane of proximal tubules,  placenta

 

11q13.1

NM_018484

 

SLC22A12

hURAT1

 

Urate

E/organic anions

Kidney

Idiopathic renal hypo-uricaemiaG

11q13.1

NM_144585

 

SLC22A13

OCTL1

hORCTL3

not determined

O

Kidney, colon, small intestine

 

3p22.2

NM_004256

 

SLC22A14

OCTL2

hORCTL4

not determined

O

Kidney, colon, small intestine

 

3p22.2

NM_004803

 

 

 

SLC22A15

FLIPT1

 

not determined

O

Kidney, brain, liver, skeletal muscle, heart, placenta, lung, spleen

 

1p13.1

NM_018420

 

SLC22A16

hCT2

hFLIPT2 hOCT6

Carnitine

F

Testis, Sertoli cells and epididymdal duct cells, bone marrow, leukocytes, kidney

 

6q21-22.1

NM_033125              

 

SLC22A17

BOIT

BOCT

not

determined

O

Brain

 

14q11.2

NM_016609

 

SLC22A18?

(SLC22A1L)

 

HET, ITM, BWR1A, IMPT1, TSSC5, ORCTL2, BWSCR1A, p45-BWR1A

not

determined (transport of chloroquine- and quinidine-related compounds?)

 

tumor suppressing gene

Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, Wilms tumor, rhabdomyosarcoma, adrenocortical carcinoma, and lung, ovarian, and breast cancerG

11p15.5

NM_002555

 

*)
C: Cotransporter
E: Exchanger
F: Facilitated transporter
O: Orphan transporter

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A: Acquired defect
G: Genetic defect
**Gene loci were corrected according to [15]
P: Pseudogene




References:

Original version of the SLC table:


Koepsell H, Endou H. The SLC22 drug transporter family. Pflugers Arch. 2004 Feb;447(5):666-76.