Monocarboxylate transporter 1

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SLC16A1
Identifiers
Gene ontology
Molecular function
Cellular component
Biological process
Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001166496
NM_003051

NM_009196

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001159968
NP_003042

NP_033222

Location (UCSC)Chr 1: 112.91 – 112.96 MbChr 3: 104.55 – 104.57 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
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Monocarboxylate transporter 1 is a ubiquitous protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC16A1 gene (also known as MCT1).[5][6][7] It is a proton coupled monocarboxylate transporter.

Biochemistry

Detailed kinetic analysis of monocarboxylate transport in erythrocytes revealed that MCT1 operates through an ordered mechanism. MCT1 has a substrate binding site open to the extracellular matrix which binds a proton first followed by the lactate anion. The protein then undergoes a conformational change to a new ‘closed’’ conformation that exposes both the proton and lactate to the opposite surface of the membrane where they are released, lactate first and then the proton. For net transport of lactic acid, the rate-limiting step is the return of MCT1 without bound substrate to the open conformation. For this reason, exchange of one monocarboxylate inside the cell with another outside is considerably faster than net transport of a monocarboxylate across the membrane.

MCT1 can be upregulated by PPAR-α, Nrf2, and AMPK.[8]

Animal studies

Overexpression of MCT1 has been shown to increase the efficacy of an anti-cancer drug currently undergoing clinical trials called

3-bromopyruvate in breast cancer cells.[9]

Clinical significance

Most cases of

Hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia, familial, 7 (HHF7) is an autosomal dominant disease on the SLC16A1/MCT gene on chromosome 1p13.2. It causes hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia, where hyperinsulinism is exercise-induced.[12]

Monocarboxylate transporter 1 deficiency (MCTD1) is an autosomal dominant and recessive disease on the SLC16A1/MCT1 gene on chromosome 1p13.2. It causes poor feeding and vomiting, intellectual disability, ketotic hypoglycemia, ketoacidosis, ketonuria, with episodes brought on by fasting or infection.[13]

Erythrocyte lactate transporter defect (formerly, myopathy due to lactate transport defect) is an autosomal dominant disease on the SLC16A1/MCT gene on chromosome 1p.13.2. It causes exercise-induced muscle cramping, stiffness, and fatigue (exercise intolerance); symptoms may also be induced by heat. Although symptoms present in the muscles, muscle biopsy and EMG are normal. Decreased erythrocyte (red blood cell) lactate clearance, decreased lactate clearance from muscle after exercise, and elevated serum creatine kinase.[14]

References

  1. ^ a b c ENSG00000281917 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000155380, ENSG00000281917Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000032902Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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  7. ^ "Entrez Gene: SLC16A1 solute carrier family 16, member 1 (monocarboxylic acid transporter 1)".
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  12. ^ "HYPERINSULINEMIC HYPOGLYCEMIA, FAMILIAL, 7; HHF7". omim.org. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  13. ^ "MONOCARBOXYLATE TRANSPORTER 1 DEFICIENCY; MCT1D". omim.org. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  14. ^ "ERYTHROCYTE LACTATE TRANSPORTER DEFECT". omim.org. Retrieved 2023-08-21.

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