SLC19A1

SLC19A1
Identifiers
Aliases SLC19A1, CHMD, FOLT, IFC1, REFC, RFC1, solute carrier family 19 member 1
External IDs MGI: 103182 HomoloGene: 57139 GeneCards: SLC19A1
Targeted by Drug
methotrexate, methotrexate[1]
RNA expression pattern




More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

6573

20509

Ensembl

ENSG00000173638

ENSMUSG00000001436

UniProt

P41440

P41438

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001205206
NM_001205207
NM_003056
NM_194255

NM_001199271
NM_031196

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001192135.1
NP_001192136.1
NP_919231.1

NP_001186200.1
NP_112473.1

Location (UCSC) Chr 21: 45.49 – 45.54 Mb Chr 10: 77.03 – 77.06 Mb
PubMed search [2] [3]
Wikidata
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Solute carrier family 19 (folate transporter), member 1, also known as SLC19A1 or RFC1, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the SLC19A1 gene.[4]

Function

Transport of folate compounds into mammalian cells can occur via receptor-mediated (see folate receptor 1) or carrier-mediated mechanisms. A functional coordination between these 2 mechanisms has been proposed to be the method of folate uptake in certain cell types. Methotrexate (MTX) is an antifolate chemotherapeutic agent that is actively transported by the carrier-mediated uptake system. RFC1 plays a role in maintaining intracellular concentrations of folate.[5]

Clinical significance

Individuals carrying a specific polymorphism of SLC19A1 (c.80GG) have lower levels of folate.[6] Other studies have also shown that individuals carrying the c.80AA polymorphism who are treated with methotrexate have higher levels of this anti-folate chemotherapeutic agent. Personalized dosing of the drug depending on the patient's genotype may therefore be required.

See also

References

  1. "Drugs that physically interact with Folate transporter 1 view/edit references on wikidata".
  2. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  3. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  4. Lapenta V; Sossi V; Gosset P; Vayssettes C; Vitali T; Rabatel N; Tassone F; Blouin JL; Scott HS; Antonarakis SE; Créau N; Brahe C (April 1998). "Construction of a 2.5-Mb integrated physical and gene map of distal 21q22.3". Genomics. 49 (1): 1–13. doi:10.1006/geno.1997.5185. PMID 9570943.
  5. "Entrez Gene: SLC19A1 solute carrier family 19 (folate transporter), member 1".
  6. Stanisławska-Sachadyn A; Mitchell LE; Woodside JV; Buckley PT; Kealey C; Young IS; Scott JM; Murray L; Boreham CA; McNulty H; Strain JJ; Whitehead AS (September 2009). "The reduced folate carrier (SLC19A1) c.80G>A polymorphism is associated with red cell folate concentrations among women". Ann. Hum. Genet. 73 (Pt 5): 484–491. doi:10.1111/j.1469-1809.2009.00529.x. PMC 2812009Freely accessible. PMID 19650776. Lay summary PGxNews.Org.

Further reading

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