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Background  Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) can cause premature delivery and stillbirth. Previous studies have reported that mutations in ABC transporter genes strongly influence the transport of bile salts. However, to date, their effects are still largely elusive.    Methods  A whole-exome sequencing (WES) approach was used to detect novel variants. Rare novel exonic variants (minor allele frequencies: MAF < 1%) were analyzed. Three web-available tools, namely, SIFT, Mutation Taster and FATHMM, were used to predict protein damage. Protein structure modeling and comparisons between reference and modified protein structures were performed by SWISS-MODEL and Chimera 1.14rc, respectively.    Results  We detected a total of 2953 mutations in 44 ABC family transporter genes. When the MAF of loci was controlled in all databases at less than 0.01, 320 mutations were reserved for further analysis. Among these mutations, 42 were novel. We classified these loci into four groups (the damaging, probably damaging, possibly damaging, and neutral groups) according to the prediction results, of which 7 novel possible pathogenic mutations were identified that were located in known functional genes, including  ABCB4  (Trp708Ter, Gly527Glu and Lys386Glu),  ABCB11  (Gln1194Ter, Gln605Pro and Leu589Met) and  ABCC2  (Ser1342Tyr), in the damaging group. New mutations in the first two genes were reported in our recent article. In addition, compared to the wild-type protein structure, the  ABCC2  Ser1342Tyr-modified protein structure showed a slight change in the chemical bond lengths of ATP ligand-binding amino acid side chains. In placental tissue, the expression level of the  ABCC2  gene in patients with ICP was significantly higher ( P  < 0.05) than that in healthy pregnant women. In particular, the patients with two mutations in ABC family genes had higher average values of total bile acids (TBA), aspartate transaminase (AST), direct bilirubin (DBIL), total cholesterol (CHOL), triglycerides (TG) and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) than the patients who had one mutation, no mutation in ABC genes and local controls.    Conclusions  Our present study provide new insight into the genetic architecture of ICP and will benefit the final identification of the underlying mutations.    Supplementary Information  The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12884-021-03595-x.

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Whole-exome sequencing identifies novel mutations in ABC transporter genes associated with intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy disease: a case-control study