Monocarboxylate transporter 8
Template:PBB Monocarboxylate transporter 8 (MCT8) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC16A2 gene.[1][2][3][4]
Function
MCT8 transports a variety of iodo-thyronines including the thyroid hormones T3 and T4.[2]
Clinical significance
A genetic disorder (discovered in 2003[2] and 2004[5]) is caused by mutation in the transporter of thyroid hormone, MCT8, also known as SLC16A2, is believed to be account for a significant fraction of the undiagnosed neurological disorders (usually resulting in hypotonic/floppy infants with delayed milestones). This genetic defect was known as Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome (since 1944) without knowing its actual cause. Some of the symptoms for this disorder as are follows: normal to slightly elevated TSH, elevated T3 and reduced T4 (ratio of T3/T4 is about double its normal value). Normal looking at birth and for the first few years, hypotonic (floppy), in particular difficulty to hold the head, possibly difficulty to thrive, possibly with delayed myelination (if so, some cases are reported with an MRI pattern similar to Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease, known as PMD[6]), possibly with decreased mitochondrial enzyme activities, possibly with fluctuating lactate level. Patients have an alert face, a limited IQ, patients may never talk/walk, 50% need feeding tube, patients have a normal life span. This disease can be ruled out with a simple TSH/T4/T3 thyroid test.
See also
References
- ^ Lafreniere RG, Carrel L, Willard HF (1995). "A novel transmembrane transporter encoded by the XPCT gene in Xq13.2". Hum Mol Genet. 3 (7): 1133–9. doi:10.1093/hmg/3.7.1133. PMID 7981683.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c Friesema EC, Ganguly S, Abdalla A, Manning Fox JE, Halestrap AP, Visser TJ (2003). "Identification of monocarboxylate transporter 8 as a specific thyroid hormone transporter". J Biol Chem. 278 (41): 40128–35. doi:10.1074/jbc.M300909200. PMID 12871948.
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{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Entrez Gene: SLC16A2 solute carrier family 16, member 2 (monocarboxylic acid transporter 8)".
- ^ Dumitrescu AM, Liao XH, Best TB, Brockmann K, Refetoff S (2004). "A novel syndrome combining thyroid and neurological abnormalities is associated with mutations in a monocarboxylate transporter gene". Am. J. Hum. Genet. 74 (1): 168–75. doi:10.1086/380999. PMC 1181904. PMID 14661163.
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