ReviewComprehensive Physiology2017
Short-Chain Fatty Acid Transporters: Role in Colonic Homeostasis.
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192 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 266 citations in OpenAlex.
- Gut dysbiosis in patients with chronic pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Pooled it
- Methanogenesis associated with altered microbial production of short-chain fatty acids and human-host metabolizable energy.The ISME journal · 2025Trial
- Microbiota changes induced by microencapsulated sodium butyrate in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.Neurogastroenterology and motility · 2020Trial
- The cervicovaginal gut microbiota axis as a key determinant of systemic physiology.Gut microbes · 2026Review
- Short-chain fatty acid-producing commensals: Key modulators of AD neuroinflammation via the microbiota-gut-brain axis.Current research in microbial sciences · 2026Review
- The SLC-ome of membrane transport: from molecular discovery to physiology and clinical applications.Physiological reviews · 2026Review
- Gut microbiota-derived short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs): immunomodulatory effects and therapeutic potential in infections.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2026Review
- Microbial Signals in Cancer: Dissecting Host-Microbiota-Tumor Interactions and Potential Therapeutic Strategy.MedComm · 2026Review
- Short-Chain Fatty Acids at the Crossroads of Microbiota, Immunometabolism, and Inflammation.Biomedicines · 2026Review
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- A Novel Mixture ContainingInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Butyrate epigenetically licenses sustained epithelial-T cell crosstalk for intestinal immune tolerance.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Christensenella minuta DSM 22607 and Food Restriction Manage Age-Related Disorders In Vivo.Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins · 2026Article
- Therapeutic strategies for hypertension: exploring the role of microbiota-derived short-chain fatty acids in kidney physiology and development.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2026Review
- Valeric acid from oral microbiome suppresses esophageal cancer growth by disrupting eEF1A1 -mediated translational output.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Lactate-lactylation in tumor angiogenesis and progression: mechanisms, biomarker potential, and therapeutic implications.Biomarker research · 2026Review
- Differential regulatory mechanisms of gut-derived SCFAs (acetate, propionate, butyrate) on the pulmonary TLR2 signaling pathway and their roles in the inflammatory balance of bacterial pneumonia.European journal of medical research · 2026Review
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- SCFAs' pleiotropic role in pathogenesis and salutogenesis: mechanisms in exacerbation and regulation of inflammation and fibrosis from gut to host.Journal of medical microbiology · 2026Review
- Age-Related Loss of GPR68 and Calretinin Immunoreactive Neurons Within the Mucosa, Not the Myenteric Plexus of Human Colon.British journal of biomedical science · 2026Article
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Abstract
Short-chain fatty acids (SCFA; acetate, propionate, and butyrate) are generated in colon by bacterial fermentation of dietary fiber. Though diffusion in protonated form is a significant route, carrier-mediated mechanisms constitute the major route for the entry of SCFA in their anionic form into colonic epithelium. Several transport systems operate in cellular uptake of SCFA. MCT1 (SLC16A1) and MCT4 (SLC16A3) are H+-coupled and mediate electroneutral transport of SCFA (H+: SCFA stoichiometry; 1:1). MCT1 is expressed both in the apical membrane and basolateral membrane of colonic epithelium whereas MCT4 specifically in the basolateral membrane. SMCT1 (SLC5A8) and SMCT2 (SLC5A12) are Na+-coupled; SMCT1-mediated transport is electrogenic (Na+: SCFA stoichiometry; 2:1) whereas SMCT2-mediated transport is electroneutral (Na+: SCFA stoichiometry; 1:1). SMCT1 and SMCT2 are expressed exclusively in the apical membrane. An anion-exchange mechanism also operates in the apical membrane in which SCFA entry in anionic form is coupled to bicarbonate efflux; the molecular identity of this exchanger however remains unknown. All these transporters are subject to regulation, notably by their substrates themselves; this process involves cell-surface receptors with SCFA as signaling molecules. There are significant alterations in the expression of these transporters in ulcerative colitis and colon cancer. The tumor-associated changes occur via transcriptional regulation by p53 and HIF1α and by promoter methylation. As SCFA are obligatory for optimal colonic health, the transporters responsible for the entry and transcellular transfer of these bacterial products in colonic epithelium are critical determinants of colonic function under physiological conditions and in disease states. © 2018 American Physiological Society. Compr Physiol 8:299-314, 2018.
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