Component
Human OCTN2-mediated cellular carnitine transport
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2 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
How nutrients influence it
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What it does
Every recorded relationship this component is part of, grouped by its role. Plain wording comes first; the technical statement follows.
What acts on it
Fibroblasts carrying truncating OCTN2 variants from two unrelated patients lacked mediated carnitine transport.
Experimental context and source evidence
- availability_state
- machinery_impairment Imported condition classification; unverified.
- evidence_access
- Primary abstract
- experimental_model
- Human primary-carnitine-deficiency patient fibroblasts and variant expression.
- limitations
- Genetic transport failure differs from low dietary intake.
- nutrient_topic
- L-Carnitine collection; isomer, preparation, species, exposure and manipulation remain explicit. · L-Carnitine
- plain_language
- A broken cell-entry mechanism can produce primary carnitine deficiency.
- primary_references
- Mutations in the organic cation/carnitine transporter OCTN2 in primary carnitine deficiency. · 1999 · https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10051646/ · DOI 10.1073/pnas.96.5.2356
- trigger_kind
- machinery_impairment Imported condition classification; unverified.
L-Carnitine: synthesis, acyl-group transport, fuel selection and nutrient interactions (2026-09-19) · lines 66–72
AI-assisted research curation; primary-abstract references and experimental limitations individually identified. Not publisher full text. · supports · Human primary-carnitine-deficiency patient fibroblasts and variant expression. · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
## l-carnitine-octn2-loss A broken cell-entry mechanism can produce primary carnitine deficiency. Fibroblasts carrying truncating OCTN2 variants from two unrelated patients lacked mediated carnitine transport. Model: Human primary-carnitine-deficiency patient fibroblasts and variant expression. Limitations: Genetic transport failure differs from low dietary intake. Evidence access: Primary abstract Mutations in the organic cation/carnitine transporter OCTN2 in primary carnitine deficiency. · 1999 · https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10051646/ · DOI 10.1073/pnas.96.5.2356
Complete structured claim and evidenceTransfecting patient fibroblasts with normal OCTN2 cDNA partially restored carnitine transport.
Experimental context and source evidence
- availability_state
- machinery_impairment Imported condition classification; unverified.
- evidence_access
- Primary abstract
- experimental_model
- Patient fibroblast gene-complementation experiment.
- limitations
- This is experimental gene complementation, not a clinical gene-therapy result.
- nutrient_topic
- L-Carnitine collection; isomer, preparation, species, exposure and manipulation remain explicit. · L-Carnitine
- plain_language
- Replacing the missing transport function rescued uptake in cells.
- primary_references
- Mutations in the organic cation/carnitine transporter OCTN2 in primary carnitine deficiency. · 1999 · https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10051646/ · DOI 10.1073/pnas.96.5.2356
- trigger_kind
- machinery_impairment Imported condition classification; unverified.
L-Carnitine: synthesis, acyl-group transport, fuel selection and nutrient interactions (2026-09-19) · lines 74–80
AI-assisted research curation; primary-abstract references and experimental limitations individually identified. Not publisher full text. · supports · Patient fibroblast gene-complementation experiment. · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
## l-carnitine-octn2-rescue Replacing the missing transport function rescued uptake in cells. Transfecting patient fibroblasts with normal OCTN2 cDNA partially restored carnitine transport. Model: Patient fibroblast gene-complementation experiment. Limitations: This is experimental gene complementation, not a clinical gene-therapy result. Evidence access: Primary abstract Mutations in the organic cation/carnitine transporter OCTN2 in primary carnitine deficiency. · 1999 · https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10051646/ · DOI 10.1073/pnas.96.5.2356
Complete structured claim and evidence
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