Table 3. Amino acid transporters potentially targeted by nutriregulated miRNA.

miRNA	Gene	Protein	Associated transport system	Description	References
miR-223-5p, miR-541-5p, miR-671-5p	SLC1A1	GLT-1;EAAT1	X- AG	Na+-dependent system for anionic amino acids	[61, 62]
miR-223-5p	SLC1A3	GLAST;EAAT1	X- AG	Na+-dependent system for anionic amino acids	[61]
miR-6119-5p	SLC1A4	ASCT1-SATT	ASC	Na+-dependent transporter, particularly linear dipolar amino acids (L-alanine, L-serine, L-cysteine)	[56]
miR-409-3p, miR-541-5p, chr3_3319-5p	SLC6A6	Taut	System Gly	Na+-Cl--dependent system specific to β-amino acids	[61]
miR-671-5p	SLC7A1	CAT-1	y+	Na+-independent system specific to cationic amino acids	[63]
miR-126-3p	SLC7A5	LAT1	L	Na+-dependent electroneutral transport mechanism for neutral amino acids	[59]
miR-196a-5p, miR-223-3p	SLC7A8	LAT2	L	Na+-dependent electroneutral transport mechanism for neutral amino acids	[62]
miR-409-3p, miR-494-3p	SLC15A2	PEPT2	H+-peptide cotransporter 2	Proton-peptide electrogenic transporter	[64]
miR-671-5p	SLC36A1	PAT1		Proton/amino acid symporter	[59]
let-7c-5p, miR-409-3p, miR-494-3p	SLC38A2	SNAT2	System A	Na+-dependent system for amino neutral acids	[62]

Putative targets were predicted from DIANA microT v5.0 [36] for known miRNA and Custom Target Scan v5.2 [37] for predicted miRNA.