This gene encodes a sodium-independent transporter which mediates cellular uptake of organic ions in the liver. Its substrates include bile acids, bromosulphophthalein, and some steroidal compounds. The protein is a member of the SLC21A family of solute carriers. Alternate splicing of this gene results in three transcript variants encoding two different isoforms.[6]
^"Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^"Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^Kullak-Ublick GA, Beuers U, Meier PJ, Domdey H, Paumgartner G (Apr 1997). "Assignment of the human organic anion transporting polypeptide (OATP) gene to chromosome 12p12 by fluorescence in situ hybridization". J Hepatol. 25 (6): 985–7. doi:10.1016/S0168-8278(96)80307-2. PMID9007731.
Meier PJ, Eckhardt U, Schroeder A, et al. (1998). "Substrate specificity of sinusoidal bile acid and organic anion uptake systems in rat and human liver". Hepatology. 26 (6): 1667–77. doi:10.1002/hep.510260641. PMID9398014. S2CID20039812.
Kullak-Ublick GA, Hagenbuch B, Stieger B, et al. (1995). "Molecular and functional characterization of an organic anion transporting polypeptide cloned from human liver". Gastroenterology. 109 (4): 1274–82. doi:10.1016/0016-5085(95)90588-X. PMID7557095.
Kullak-Ublick GA, Beuers U, Fahney C, et al. (1997). "Identification and functional characterization of the promoter region of the human organic anion transporting polypeptide gene". Hepatology. 26 (4): 991–7. doi:10.1002/hep.510260429. PMID9328325. S2CID43606355.
Tamai I, Nezu J, Uchino H, et al. (2000). "Molecular identification and characterization of novel members of the human organic anion transporter (OATP) family". Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 273 (1): 251–60. doi:10.1006/bbrc.2000.2922. PMID10873595.
Su Y, Zhang X, Sinko PJ (2005). "Human organic anion-transporting polypeptide OATP-A (SLC21A3) acts in concert with P-glycoprotein and multidrug resistance protein 2 in the vectorial transport of Saquinavir in Hep G2 cells". Mol. Pharm. 1 (1): 49–56. doi:10.1021/mp0340136. PMID15832500.