Abstract |
Dubin-Johnson syndrome (DJS) is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by conjugated hyperbilirubinemia. Previous studies of the defects in the human canalicular multispecific organic anion transporter gene (MRP2/ cMOAT) in patients with DJS have suggested that the gene defects are responsible for DJS. In this study, we determined the exon/intron structure of the human MRP2/ cMOAT gene and further characterized mutations in patients with DJS. The human MRP2/ cMOAT gene contains 32 exons, and it has a structure that is highly conserved with that of another ATP-binding-cassette gene, that for a multidrug resistance-associated protein. We then identified three mutations, including two novel ones. All mutations identified to date are in the cytoplasmic domain, which includes the two ATP-binding cassettes and the linker region, or adjacent putative transmembrane domain. Our results confirm that MRP2/ cMOAT is the gene responsible for DJS. The finding that mutations are concentrated in the first ATP-binding-cassette domain strongly suggests that a disruption of this region is a critical route to loss of function.
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Authors | S Toh, M Wada, T Uchiumi, A Inokuchi, Y Makino, Y Horie, Y Adachi, S Sakisaka, M Kuwano |
Journal | American journal of human genetics
(Am J Hum Genet)
Vol. 64
Issue 3
Pg. 739-46
(Mar 1999)
ISSN: 0002-9297 [Print] United States |
PMID | 10053008
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- ABCC2 protein, human
- ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters
- Anion Transport Proteins
- Carrier Proteins
- Coproporphyrins
- DNA Primers
- Multidrug Resistance-Associated Protein 2
- coproporphyrin I
- Bilirubin
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Topics |
- ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters
(genetics)
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Anion Transport Proteins
- Base Sequence
- Bilirubin
(blood)
- Carrier Proteins
(genetics)
- Coproporphyrins
(urine)
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- DNA Primers
- Exons
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Introns
- Jaundice, Chronic Idiopathic
(genetics)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Models, Genetic
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Multidrug Resistance-Associated Protein 2
- Phenotype
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
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