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Two common PFIC2 mutations are associated with the impaired membrane trafficking of BSEP/ABCB11
Author(s) -
Hayashi Hisamitsu,
Takada Tappei,
Suzuki Hiroshi,
Akita Hidetaka,
Sugiyama Yuichi
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.488
H-Index - 361
eISSN - 1527-3350
pISSN - 0270-9139
DOI - 10.1002/hep.20627
Subject(s) - bile salt export pump , biology , endoplasmic reticulum , mutation , mutant , endosome , microbiology and biotechnology , transport protein , biochemistry , gene , transporter , intracellular
Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 2 (PFIC2) is caused by a mutation in the bile salt export pump (BSEP/ABCB11) gene. However, the mechanisms for the deficiency in the function of two mutations (E297G and D482G), which are frequently found in European patients, have not yet been identified. In the present study, we examined the transport activity and cellular localization of these two mutants in human embryonic kidney 293 and Madin‐Darby canine kidney II cells, respectively. Introduction of E297G and D482G mutations into the human BSEP gene by site‐directed mutagenesis resulted in a significant reduction in the BSEP expression level, which was associated with impaired membrane trafficking. Most of the D482G BSEP and some of the E297G BSEP underwent only core glycosylation and appeared to be predominantly located in the endoplasmic reticulum. The inhibition of proteasome function by MG132 resulted in the cellular accumulation of the core glycosylation form of the two mutants. In contrast, transport studies for taurocholate and glycocholate with membrane vesicles isolated from complementary DNA–transfected cells indicated that both mutations did not significantly affect the transport function of BSEP per se . In conclusion , E297G and D482G mutations result in impaired membrane trafficking, whereas the transport functions of these mutants remain largely unchanged. (H EPATOLOGY 2005;41:916–924.)