Nature Communications (Feb 2021)

Facilitative lysosomal transport of bile acids alleviates ER stress in mouse hematopoietic precursors

  • Avinash K. Persaud,
  • Sreenath Nair,
  • Md Fazlur Rahman,
  • Radhika Raj,
  • Brenna Weadick,
  • Debasis Nayak,
  • Craig McElroy,
  • Muruganandan Shanmugam,
  • Sue Knoblaugh,
  • Xiaolin Cheng,
  • Rajgopal Govindarajan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21451-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Mutations in ENT3, encoded by SLC29A3, result in anaemia and erythroid hypoplasia, suggesting roles in erythropoiesis. Here the authors show that ENT3 acts as a lysosomal bile acid transporter, and mutation compromises taurine conjugated bile acid transport in erythroid progenitors leading to ER stress, and anaemia.