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Table 1 Transport properties of urate transporters expressed in renal proximal tubular regions of human males in this analysis

From: Identification of three distinct cell populations for urate excretion in human kidneys

SLC name

Protein name

Function

Type

Transport system*

Substrates*

Av. (PT_S1)

Av. (PT_S2)

Av. (PT_S3)

Av. (LOH (DL))

Km for urate (μM)

Refs.

SLC22A11

OAT4

Reabsorption

AI

Exchanger/Facilitate

Organic anions (e.g., NSAIDs, PG, urate)

2.99

3.97

4.52

1.94

3779.6

Hagos et al., 2007

SLC22A12

URAT1

Reabsorption

AI

Exchanger

Urate

0.36

0.92

1.42

0.70

371

Enomoto et al., 2002

SLC2A9

GLUT9

Reabsorption

BE

Facilitate

Urate (glucose, fructose)

4.68

4.53

7.35

5.47

365

Anzai et al., 2008

SLC22A6

OAT1

Secretion

BI

Exchanger

Organic anions (e.g., PAH, PG, urate)

10.25

12.93

12.50

1.50

943

Ichida et al., 2003

SLC22A7

OAT2

Secretion

BI

Exchanger/Facilitate

Organic anions (e.g., PAH, PG, urate)

1.29

1.91

4.74

0.79

1168

Sato et al., 2010

SLC22A8

OAT3

Secretion

BI

Exchanger

Organic anions (e.g., PAH, PG, urate)

3.75

2.96

3.13

1.25

2888

Bakhiya et al., 2003

SLC17A1

NPT1

Secretion

AE

Facilitate (Δψ-driven/Cl-dependent)

Organic anions (e.g., PAH, urate)

10.60

8.54

7.66

5.89

1100

Iharada et al., 2010

SLC17A3

NPT4

Secretion

AE

Facilitate (Δψ-driven)

Organic anions (e.g., PAH, urate)

6.02

3.82

3.56

2.18

Unknown

Jutabha et al., 2010

  1. Av.: average expression of three functional cell groups, ITR cell group, DP cell group, and ITS cell group, in each cluster
  2. *: a reference to the SLC table (http://slc.bioparadigms.org/)
  3. Column “Ref” shows the reference lists to refer the Km values for urate of each urate transporters