TY - JOUR
T1 - Bile salt export pump deficiency
T2 - A de novo mutation in a child compound heterozygous for ABCB11. Laboratory investigation to study pathogenic role and transmission of two novel ABCB11 mutations
AU - Francalanci, Paola
AU - Giovannoni, Isabella
AU - Candusso, Manila
AU - Bellacchio, Emanuele
AU - Callea, Francesco
PY - 2013/3
Y1 - 2013/3
N2 - Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) is a heterogeneous group of autosomal disorders. PFIC type 2 is due to mutation in ABCB11, the gene encoding the bile salt export pump (BSEP) protein. The aim of the study was to describe a child with a de novo mutation in a compound heterozygous for ABCB11 gene. We report a 1.7-year-old girl who presented with pruritus, jaundice and liver dysfunction of PFIC type 2. Immunohistochemistry and molecular analysis are described. Liver biopsy showed micronodular cirrhosis and immunohistochemical staining for BSEP, the protein encoded by ABCB11, displayed a patchy and faint reactivity. Molecular analysis revealed two novel mutations of ABCB11. We give details that one mutation is transmitted by the mother while the second one appears a de novo mutation as mutations or a potential mosaicism were ruled out in the natural father. We further speculate that the ABCB11 mutations do not prevent BSEP glycoprotein to be expressed at the canalicular pole of hepatocytes, but interfere with its ability to export bile salts. As in most instances, mutational analysis is performed following the histochemical demonstration of an undetectable BSEP on liver biopsy specimen. This case stresses that clinical PFIC with an attenuated rather than absent BSEP immunostaining can still be due to ABCB11 mutations presumably encoding a functionally deficient protein.
AB - Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC) is a heterogeneous group of autosomal disorders. PFIC type 2 is due to mutation in ABCB11, the gene encoding the bile salt export pump (BSEP) protein. The aim of the study was to describe a child with a de novo mutation in a compound heterozygous for ABCB11 gene. We report a 1.7-year-old girl who presented with pruritus, jaundice and liver dysfunction of PFIC type 2. Immunohistochemistry and molecular analysis are described. Liver biopsy showed micronodular cirrhosis and immunohistochemical staining for BSEP, the protein encoded by ABCB11, displayed a patchy and faint reactivity. Molecular analysis revealed two novel mutations of ABCB11. We give details that one mutation is transmitted by the mother while the second one appears a de novo mutation as mutations or a potential mosaicism were ruled out in the natural father. We further speculate that the ABCB11 mutations do not prevent BSEP glycoprotein to be expressed at the canalicular pole of hepatocytes, but interfere with its ability to export bile salts. As in most instances, mutational analysis is performed following the histochemical demonstration of an undetectable BSEP on liver biopsy specimen. This case stresses that clinical PFIC with an attenuated rather than absent BSEP immunostaining can still be due to ABCB11 mutations presumably encoding a functionally deficient protein.
KW - ABCB11 gene
KW - De novo mutation
KW - Immunohistochemistry
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1872-034X.2012.01061.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1872-034X.2012.01061.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 23437912
AN - SCOPUS:84874306410
VL - 43
SP - 315
EP - 319
JO - Hepatology Research
JF - Hepatology Research
SN - 1386-6346
IS - 3
ER -