The following publications can be helpful to find out more information about bile acid transporters:
Dawson PA, at al. Bile Acid Transporters. J Lipid Res. 2009 Dec; 50(12): 2340–2357.(Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2781307/).
Slijepcevic D, et al. Bile Acid Uptake Transporters as Targets for Therapy. Dig Dis. 2017 Mar; 35(3): 251–258. (Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5516419/).
Xiao L. et al. An important intestinal transporter that regulates the enterohepatic circulation of bile acids and cholesterol homeostasis: The apical sodium-dependent bile acid transporter (SLC10A2/ASBT). Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol. 2017 Oct;41(5):509-515.
Park J. et al. Bile acid transporter mediated endocytosis of oral bile acid conjugated nanocomplex. Biomaterials. 2017 Dec;147:145-154.
Marin JJ. et al. Bile Acids in Physiology, Pathology and Pharmacology. Curr Drug Metab. 2015;17(1):4-29. Review.
Thank you very much, professor Milena M Miljkovic .
The role of bile acid transporter of ASBT in intestine was identified and I am wondering what is the role of ASBT in cholangiocyte or gallbladder epithelial cell.
OATP-type transporters are also capable of transporting bile acids. The below is an article in 2012 that summuarizes the contribution of genetic polymorphisms that lead to jaundice and hyperbilirubinemia syndromes. The introduction of OATP inhibitors are also known to increase plasma concentrations of various bile acids.
van de Steeg, E., Stránecký, V., Hartmannová, H., Nosková, L., Hřebíček, M., Wagenaar, E., … Schinkel, A. H. (2012). Complete OATP1B1 and OATP1B3 deficiency causes human Rotor syndrome by interrupting conjugated bilirubin reuptake into the liver. The Journal of clinical investigation, 122(2), 519–528. doi:10.1172/JCI59526