SLC45A3

SLC45A3

SLC45A3

Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


Solute carrier family 45 member 3 (SLC45A3), also known as prostate cancer-associated protein 6 or prostein, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC45A3 gene.[5][6][7]

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SLC45A3 is expressed in a prostate-specific manner by normal tissues and at a significantly lower level in prostate tumor cell lines. Treatment of prostate cancer cell lines with androgens upregulates the expression of SLC45A3.[7]

Immunohistochemistry of prostein in metastatic prostate adenocarcinoma to a lymph node, showing cytoplasmic staining.

Regulation

There is evidence that the expression of SLC45A3 is regulated by the microRNA mir-126*.[8]


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. Walker MG, Volkmuth W, Sprinzak E, Hodgson D, Klingler T (December 1999). "Prediction of gene function by genome-scale expression analysis: prostate cancer-associated genes". Genome Research. 9 (12): 1198–203. doi:10.1101/gr.9.12.1198. PMC 310991. PMID 10613842.
  4. Xu J, Kalos M, Stolk JA, Zasloff EJ, Zhang X, Houghton RL, et al. (February 2001). "Identification and characterization of prostein, a novel prostate-specific protein". Cancer Research. 61 (4): 1563–8. PMID 11245466.

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