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. 2021 Jul 20;12(7):1099. doi: 10.3390/genes12071099

Table 1.

Slc DEGs encoding the transporters in different brain regions according to type of substrate category for every gene.

Substrate Category * The Slc Transporters, Cotransporters, or Symporter Genes
VTA NAcc PFC
Amino acids: glycine, proline, and glutamate, etc. Slc38a10 Slc1a5,Slc7a11,Slc38a2,Slc38a11 Slc38a2
Glucose, nucleotide sugars Slc5a11,Slc35e1 Slc2a4,Slc47a1 Slc35f4
Metals: zinc, magnesium, copper Slc39a13 Slc31a1,Slc41a1 Slc39a2
Neurotransmitters: noradrenaline, serotonin, glutamate, choline, GABA, proline Slc6a2,Slc6a3 **,Slc6a4 Slc5a7,Slc6a12,Slc6a13,Slc6a20a Slc6a7
Vesicular transporter of neurotransmitter glutamate, acetylcholine, GABA, glycine and amino acid Slc17a7,Slc17a8,Slc18a3,Slc32a1, Slc17a7 Slc17a8
Inorganic ions: chloride, bicarbonate, hydroxide, sulfate, potassium, sodium, phosphate, monocarboxylate jodide, etc. Slc12a4,Slc12a9
Slc4a2, ↓Slc4a5, Slc4a11,Slc5a5, Slc12a7,Slc13a3, ↓Slc13a4, ↓Slc16a12 Slc5a5,Slc16a12,Slc16a13,Slc26a4
Organic anions and cations, oligopeptide Slc22a3,Slco3a1
Slc22a2,Slc22a6,Slc22a8,Slco5a1
Nucleosides Slc28a3,Slc29a4 Slc29a4 Slc29a3
Mitochondria Slc25a18 Slc25a47
Fatty acids Slc27a1

Emphasized line: common genes for regions; Bold font: upregulation; Regular font: downregulation; * Substrate category for every gene was taken from [1,2,3], ** [17,19].