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. 2018 May 1;12:101. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2018.00101

Table 4.

SLC26 family of anion transporters.

SLC26 Expression Function Human disease KO mouse Pharmacology References
SLC26A1 (SAT1) Kidney, GI tract, liver, lung SO42-/Ox2− exchanger, SO42-/HCO3- exchanger Oxalate urolithiasis, nephrocalcinosis, urinary sulfate wasting, hepatotoxicity Xie et al., 2002; Soleimani and Xu, 2006; Soleimani, 2013
SLC26A2 (DTDST) Kidney, GI tract, chondrocytes Cl/SO42- transporter, SO42-/Ox2− exchanger Diastrophic dysplasia Diastrophic dysplasia Hästbacka et al., 1994; Soleimani and Xu, 2006 Soleimani, 2013
SLC26A3 (DRA) GI tract, epididymis, enterocytes Cl/HCO3- exchanger Congenital chloride diarrhea Congenital chloride diarrhea Höglund et al., 1996; Soleimani, 2013
SLC26A4 (pendrin) Kidney, inner ear, thyrocytes, lung Cl/HCO3- exchanger Pendred syndrome Deafness, enlargement of the vestibular aqueduct Reardon and Trembath, 1996; Everett et al., 1997; Kopp, 2000; Soleimani, 2013
SLC26A5 (prestin) Cochlear hair cells Cl/HCO3- exchanger Deafness Deafness Liberman et al., 2002; Liu et al., 2003; Cheatham et al., 2004; Alper and Sharma, 2013
SLC26A6 (PAT1) GI tract, kidney, cardiac myocytes Cl/HCO3- exchanger, Cl/Ox2− exchanger, Cl/formate exchanger ? Soleimani, 2001; Mount and Romero, 2004; Alper et al., 2006; Aronson, 2006
SLC26A7 Brain, kidney, GI tract, lung Cl/HCO3- exchanger, Cl channel ? Locomotor impairment, gastric hypochlorhydria, distal renal tubular acidosis Inhibitor: DIDS Kim et al., 2005; Xu et al., 2006; Soleimani, 2013; Rahmati, 2015
SLC26A8 Male germ cells, kidney Cl/Ox2− exchanger, Cl/SO42- exchanger ? Male infertility Touré et al., 2001; Lohi et al., 2002; Soleimani and Xu, 2006
SLC26A9 Stomach, lung, lower levels in kidney Cl/HCO3- exchanger, Cl channel, Na+/Cl cotransporter ? Hypertension Xu et al., 2005; Amlal et al., 2013; Soleimani, 2013
SLC26A11 (KBAT) Brain, kidney, GI tract Cl channel, Cl/HCO3- exchanger, volume control, pH regulation ? Locomotor impairment Inhibitor: GlyH-101, CFTRinh, DIDS (partial inhibition) Vincourt et al., 2003; Rahmati et al., 2013, 2016; Rungta et al., 2015