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SCARA3
scavenger receptor class A member 3
Chromosome 8 · 8p21.1
NCBI Gene: 51435Ensembl: ENSG00000168077.15HGNC: HGNC:19000UniProt: Q6AZY7
41PubMed Papers
20Diseases
0Drugs
0Pathogenic Variants
DATA QUALITY
✓ Experimental GO Evidence✓ Swiss-Prot Reviewed
protein bindingendoplasmic reticulumresponse to oxidative stressUV protectionglaucomagoiteradolescent idiopathic scoliosisdiaphragm disease
✦AI Summary

SCARA3 is a scavenger receptor class A member that functions as a protective molecule against oxidative stress and harmful oxidation products. It is expressed across various tissues including adipose tissue and immune cells, with activity mediated through protein-binding interactions and endoplasmic reticulum localization 1. SCARA3 exhibits pleiotropic disease relevance: in cancer, reduced expression correlates with poor prognosis in lung cancer, multiple myeloma, and ovarian carcinoma, while SCARA3 overexpression inhibits proliferation and epithelial-mesenchymal transition through AKT signaling pathway suppression 23. In metabolic disorders, SCARA3 expression is reduced in obesity-related conditions and type 2 diabetes, with epigenetic hypermethylation observed in diabetic and atherosclerotic patients 4. SCARA3 protects myeloma cells against oxidative stress-induced killing, making it a biomarker for therapy resistance and disease progression 3. Additionally, SCARA3 associates with inflammatory and metabolic disease pathways, including rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis as an RNA modification-related biomarker 5, and shows altered expression in response to environmental pollutant exposure 6. Clinically, SCARA3 induction sensitizes cancers to chemotherapy and represents a therapeutic target for improving treatment efficacy.

Sources cited
1
SCARA3 shares evolutionary relationship with class A scavenger receptors; bioinformatic tools used to characterize its structure and function
PMID: 24363654
2
SCARA3 is decreased in lung cancer; overexpression inhibits proliferation, EMT, migration and invasion through AKT and JNK pathways; enhances cisplatin sensitivity
PMID: 35578316
3
SCARA3 protects myeloma cells against oxidative stress-induced killing; epigenetically inactivated in MM; inverse correlation with disease progression and therapy resistance
PMID: 23537707
4
SCARA3 expression reduced in obese adipose tissue and type 2 diabetes; hypermethylation observed in diabetic and atherosclerotic patients; associated with age-related metabolic dysfunction
PMID: 33318306
5
SCARA3 identified as potential pathogenesis biomarker for osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis via RNA modification-related mechanisms
PMID: 37933335
6
SCARA3 identified in epigenetically controlled modules related to particulate matter PM2.5 exposure at birth
PMID: 33212358
7
SCARA3 mRNA highly expressed in ovarian carcinoma; up-regulated with disease progression from diagnosis to recurrence
PMID: 21855113
8
SCARA3 expressed in amphibian fibroblasts as functional class A scavenger receptor capable of binding AcLDL
PMID: 37591363
Disease Associationsⓘ20
glaucomaOpen Targets
0.33Weak
goiterOpen Targets
0.31Weak
adolescent idiopathic scoliosisOpen Targets
0.31Weak
diaphragm diseaseOpen Targets
0.31Weak
hyperaldosteronismOpen Targets
0.24Weak
lung cancerOpen Targets
0.08Suggestive
breast carcinomaOpen Targets
0.06Suggestive
neoplasmOpen Targets
0.06Suggestive
cancerOpen Targets
0.05Suggestive
esophageal squamous cell carcinomaOpen Targets
0.05Suggestive
colorectal carcinomaOpen Targets
0.05Suggestive
schizophreniaOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
hepatocellular carcinomaOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
gastric cancerOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
cannabis dependenceOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
substance abuseOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
infectionOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
nicotine dependenceOpen Targets
0.03Suggestive
obesityOpen Targets
0.03Suggestive
Pathogenic Variants
No pathogenic variants reported on ClinVar for this gene.
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Related Genes
CPSF2Protein interaction100%CPSF3Protein interaction97%LDLRAD1Shared pathway33%SFT2D2Shared pathway33%TMED8Shared pathway33%CD163L1Shared pathway33%
Tissue Expression6 tissues
Brain
100%
Ovary
99%
Heart
85%
Lung
58%
Liver
22%
Bone Marrow
3%
Gene Interaction Network
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SCARA3CPSF2CPSF3LDLRAD1SFT2D2TMED8CD163L1
PROTEIN STRUCTURE
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AlphaFoldAI-predicted · UniProt Q6AZY7
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Constraintⓘ
LOEUFⓘ
1.13LoF Tolerant
pLIⓘ
0.00Tolerant
Observed/Expected LoF0.86 [0.66–1.13]
RankingsWhere SCARA3 stands among ~20K protein-coding genes
  • #10,080of 20,598
    Most Researched41
  • #11,719of 17,882
    Most Constrained (LOEUF)1.13
Genes detectedSCARA3
Sources retrieved10 papers
Response time—
📄 Sources
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1
The m6A/m1A/m5C-Related Methylation Modification Patterns and Immune Landscapes in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis Revealed by Microarray and Single-Cell Transcriptome.
PMID: 37933335
J Inflamm Res · 2023
1.00
2
A guide to bioinformatics for immunologists.
PMID: 24363654
Front Immunol · 2013
0.90
3
SCARA3 inhibits cell proliferation and EMT through AKT signaling pathway in lung cancer.
PMID: 35578316
BMC Cancer · 2022
0.80
4
Identification of
PMID: 33318306
Aging (Albany NY) · 2020
0.70
5
Scavenger receptor class A member 3 (SCARA3) in disease progression and therapy resistance in multiple myeloma.
PMID: 23537707
Leuk Res · 2013
0.60