Solute Carrier Family 4 Member 10
NCBE
NBCn2
Solute Carrier Family 4, Sodium Bicarbonate Transporter, Member 10
Sodium-Driven Chloride Bicarbonate Exchanger
Solute Carrier Family 4, Sodium Bicarbonate Cotransporter-Like, Member 10
Solute Carrier Family 4, Sodium Bicarbonate Transporter-Like, Member 10
NBCN2
This gene belongs to a small family of sodium-coupled bicarbonate transporters (NCBTs) that regulate the intracellular pH of neurons, the secretion of bicarbonate ions across the choroid plexus, and the pH of the brain extracellular fluid. The protein encoded by this gene was initially identified as a sodium-driven chloride bicarbonate exchanger (NCBE) though there is now evidence that its sodium/bicarbonate cotransport activity is independent of any chloride ion countertransport under physiological conditions. This gene is now classified as a member A10 of the SLC4 family of transmembrane solute carriers. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms.[provided by RefSeq, May 2010]
Forensic Context
A study in humans identified the SLC4A10 as the most down-regulated differentially expressed mRNA in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) through RNA sequencing of peripheral blood samples [Wang et al. DOI:10.2147/IJGM.S329391]. Another human study using single-cell RNA sequencing of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from elderly hip fracture patients identified the SLC4A10 as a marker for mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells [Lu et al. DOI:10.1186/s12979-023-00380-6].