Vesicular acetylcholine transporter

SLC18A3
Identifiers
Aliases SLC18A3, VACHT, solute carrier family 18 member A3
External IDs MGI: 1101061 HomoloGene: 11022 GeneCards: SLC18A3
Targeted by Drug
Vesamicol[1]
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

6572

20508

Ensembl

ENSG00000187714

ENSMUSG00000100241

UniProt

Q16572

O35304

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_003055

NM_021712

RefSeq (protein)

NP_003046.2

n/a

Location (UCSC) Chr 10: 49.61 – 49.61 Mb Chr 14: 32.46 – 32.46 Mb
PubMed search [2] [3]
Wikidata
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The Vesicular acetylcholine transporter (VAChT) is a neurotransmitter transporter which is responsible for loading acetylcholine (ACh) into secretory organelles in neurons making acetylcholine available for secretion.[4][5] It is encoded by Solute carrier family 18, member 3 (SLC18A3) gene. VAChT is able to transport ACh into vesicles by relying on an exchange between protons that were previously pumped into the vesicle diffusing out. ACh molecules are then carried into the cell by the action of exiting protons.[6] Acetylcholine transport utilizes a proton gradient established by a vacuolar ATPase. This gene is located within the first intron of the choline acetyltransferase gene.

VAChT uptake inhibitors

Radiolabeled compounds

PET imaging of the VAChT may provide insights into early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.

References

  1. "Drugs that physically interact with Vesicular acetylcholine transporter view/edit references on wikidata".
  2. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  3. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  4. Erickson JD, Varoqui H (Dec 2000). "Molecular analysis of vesicular amine transporter function and targeting to secretory organelles". FASEB Journal. 14 (15): 2450–8. doi:10.1096/fj.00-0206rev. PMID 11099462.
  5. Weihe E, Tao-Cheng JH, Schäfer MK, Erickson JD, Eiden LE (Apr 1996). "Visualization of the vesicular acetylcholine transporter in cholinergic nerve terminals and its targeting to a specific population of small synaptic vesicles". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 93 (8): 3547–52. doi:10.1073/pnas.93.8.3547. PMC 39647Freely accessible. PMID 8622973.
  6. Waymire, Jack. "Storage of ACh". University of Texas Medical Center.
  7. Tu Z, Efange SM, Xu J, Li S, Jones LA, Parsons SM, Mach RH (Mar 2009). "Synthesis and in vitro and in vivo evaluation of 18F-labeled positron emission tomography (PET) ligands for imaging the vesicular acetylcholine transporter". Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 52 (5): 1358–69. doi:10.1021/jm8012344. PMC 2765529Freely accessible. PMID 19203271.

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