SLC10A2

Ileal sodium/bile acid cotransporter

Ileal sodium/bile acid cotransporter

Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


Ileal sodium/bile acid cotransporter, also known as apical sodium–bile acid transporter (ASBT) and ileal bile acid transporter (IBAT), is a bile acid:sodium symporter protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC10A2 gene.[5][6]

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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.[7]

As a drug target

Several medications to inhibit IBAT are under development. They include elobixibat, under development for the treatment of constipation and irritable bowel syndrome,[8] and volixibat, under development for the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.[9]

See also


References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. Wong MH, Rao PN, Pettenati MJ, Dawson PA (May 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.
  4. Dawson PA (2011). "Role of the Intestinal Bile Acid Transporters in Bile Acid and Drug Disposition". Drug Transporters. Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology. Vol. 201. pp. 169–203. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-14541-4_4. ISBN 978-3-642-14540-7. PMC 3249407. PMID 21103970.
  5. Acosta A, Camilleri M (July 2014). "Elobixibat and its potential role in chronic idiopathic constipation". Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology. 7 (4): 167–75. doi:10.1177/1756283X14528269. PMC 4107709. PMID 25057297.
  6. Chitnis D (2016-08-03), "FDA grants fast track status to volixibat", Internal Medicine News Digital Network, retrieved 2016-08-14.

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