OAT, OATP, and MRP drug transporters and the remote sensing and signaling theory

SK Nigam, JC Granados - Annual review of pharmacology and …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
The coordinated movement of organic anions (eg, drugs, metabolites, signaling molecules,
nutrients, antioxidants, gut microbiome products) between tissues and body fluids depends …

What if not all metabolites from the uremic toxin generating pathways are toxic? A hypothesis

R Vanholder, SK Nigam, S Burtey, G Glorieux - Toxins, 2022 - mdpi.com
The topic of uremic toxicity has received broad attention from the nephrological community
over the past few decades. An aspect that is much less often considered is the possibility …

VARIDT 2.0: structural variability of drug transporter

T Fu, F Li, Y Zhang, J Yin, W Qiu, X Li, X Liu… - Nucleic Acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The structural variability data of drug transporter (DT) are key for research on precision
medicine and rational drug use. However, these valuable data are not sufficiently covered …

Drug transporters OAT1 and OAT3 have specific effects on multiple organs and gut microbiome as revealed by contextualized metabolic network reconstructions

N Jamshidi, SK Nigam - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
In vitro and in vivo studies have established the organic anion transporters OAT1 (SLC22A6,
NKT) and OAT3 (SLC22A8) among the main multi-specific “drug” transporters. They also …

Deorphaning a solute carrier 22 family member, SLC22A15, through functional genomic studies

SW Yee, D Buitrago, A Stecula, HX Ngo… - The FASEB …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The human solute carrier 22A (SLC22A) family consists of 23 members, representing one of
the largest families in the human SLC superfamily. Despite their pharmacological and …

Coordinate regulation of systemic and kidney tryptophan metabolism by the drug transporters OAT1 and OAT3

JC Granados, A Richelle, JM Gutierrez, P Zhang… - Journal of Biological …, 2021 - ASBMB
How organs sense circulating metabolites is a key question. Here, we show that the
multispecific organic anion transporters of drugs, OAT1 (SLC22A6 or NKT) and OAT3 …

A key role for the transporter OAT1 in systemic lipid metabolism

JC Granados, AK Nigam, KT Bush, N Jamshidi… - Journal of Biological …, 2021 - ASBMB
Organic anion transporter 1 (OAT1/SLC22A6) is a drug transporter with numerous
xenobiotic and endogenous substrates. The Remote Sensing and Signaling Theory …

Renal and non-renal response of ABC and SLC transporters in chronic kidney disease

AM Torres, AV Dnyanmote, JC Granados… - Expert Opinion on …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction The solute carrier (SLC) and the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter
superfamilies play essential roles in the disposition of small molecules (endogenous …

A carnitine transporter at the blood–brain barrier modulates sleep via glial lipid metabolism in Drosophila

A Avila, AS Lewandowski, Y Li, J Gui, KA Lee… - Proceedings of the …, 2025 - pnas.org
To regulate brain function, peripheral compounds must traverse the blood–brain barrier
(BBB), an interface between the brain and the circulatory system. To determine whether …

[HTML][HTML] Ammonia exposure causes the disruption of the solute carrier family gene network in pigs

C Xia, X Zhang, Y Zhang, J Li, H Xing - Ecotoxicology and Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ammonia is the main harmful gas in livestock houses. However, the toxic mechanism of
ammonia is still unclear. Therefore, we examined the effects of ammonia exposure on …