ReferenceID 6294
Mammalian monocarboxylate transporter 7 (MCT7/Slc16a6) is a novel facilitative taurine transporter
J Biol Chem
Monocarboxylate transporter 7 (MCT7) is an orphan transporter expressed in the liver, brain, and in several types of cancer cells. It has also been reported to be a survival factor in melanoma and breast cancers. However
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- Reference Id
- 6294
- Evidence Id
- 22884
- Core Evidence Id
- 22884
- Source Reference Id
- 5867
- Herb2 Reference Id
- HBREF006664
- Subject Paper Key
- HBIN045566_35257743
- Pubmed Id
- 35257743
- Doi
- 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.101800
- Paper Title
- Mammalian monocarboxylate transporter 7 (MCT7/Slc16a6) is a novel facilitative taurine transporter
- Paper Abstract
- Monocarboxylate transporter 7 (MCT7) is an orphan transporter expressed in the liver, brain, and in several types of cancer cells. It has also been reported to be a survival factor in melanoma and breast cancers. However, this survival mechanism is not yet fully understood due to MCT7's unidentified substrate(s). Therefore, here we sought to identify MCT7 substrate(s) and characterize the transport mechanisms by analyzing amino acid transport in HEK293T cells and polarized Caco-2 cells. Analysis of amino acids revealed significant rapid reduction in taurine from cells transfected with enhanced green fluorescent protein-tagged MCT7. We found that taurine uptake and efflux by MCT7 was pH-independent and that the uptake was not saturated in the presence of taurine excess of 200 mM. Furthermore, we found that monocarboxylates and acidic amino acids inhibited MCT7-mediated taurine uptake. These results imply that MCT7 may be a low-affinity facilitative taurine transporter. We also found that MCT7 was localized at the basolateral membrane in polarized Caco-2 cells and that the induction of MCT7 expression in polarized Caco-2 cells enhanced taurine permeation. Finally, we demonstrated that interactions of MCT7 with ancillary proteins basigin/CD147 and embigin/GP70 enhanced MCT7-mediated taurine transport. In summary, these findings reveal that taurine is a novel substrate of MCT7 and that MCT7-mediated taurine transport might contribute to the efflux of taurine from cells.
- Journal
- J Biol Chem
- Publish Year
- 2022
- Experiment Subject
- Experiment Type
- Cell Experiment
- Phenotype Related
- Melanoma; Cancer; Breast Cancers
- Paper Title Cn
- Paper Title En
- Mammalian monocarboxylate transporter 7 (MCT7/Slc16a6) is a novel facilitative taurine transporter
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- semi_complete