FIC1 and BSEP defects in Taiwanese patients with chronic intrahepatic cholestasis with low gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase levels

J Pediatr. 2002 Jan;140(1):119-24. doi: 10.1067/mpd.2002.119993.

Abstract

To elucidate the frequency of FIC1 (ATP8B1) and BSEP (ABCB11) mutations in Taiwanese children with chronic intrahepatic cholestasis with low gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase (GGT) levels, we assessed 13 unrelated patients with infantile onset chronic intrahepatic cholestasis. Liver complementary DNA sequencing was performed in 7 infants for mutation analyses of FIC1 and BSEP genes. Two distinct liver histologic features were found. Group 1 (n = 5) was characterized by bland cholestasis and group 2 (n = 8) by giant cell transformation. Group 2 patients were associated with higher transaminase levels, alpha-fetoprotein levels, and early mortality. Novel FIC1 mutations were found in all 4 patients tested in group 1, including a 74-bp deletion, a 98-bp deletion, a nonsense, and 2 missense mutations. BSEP mutations were found in 2 of the 3 patients in group 2, including 2 missense mutations and a 1-bp deletion. Phenotypic characterization is useful to differentiate FIC1- from BSEP-related disease.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 11
  • ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / genetics*
  • Adenosine Triphosphatases / genetics*
  • Cholestasis, Intrahepatic / blood*
  • Cholestasis, Intrahepatic / genetics*
  • Chronic Disease
  • Female
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Phenotype
  • Taiwan
  • gamma-Glutamyltransferase / blood*

Substances

  • ABCB11 protein, human
  • ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 11
  • ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters
  • gamma-Glutamyltransferase
  • Adenosine Triphosphatases
  • ATP8B1 protein, human