In:
American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, American Physiological Society, Vol. 284, No. 1 ( 2003-01-01), p. G165-G174
Abstract:
Absence of a functional multidrug resistance protein 2 (MRP2; symbol ABCC2) from the hepatocyte canalicular membrane is the molecular basis of Dubin- Johnson syndrome, an inherited disorder associated with conjugated hyperbilirubinemia in humans. In this work, we analyzed a relatively frequent Dubin-Johnson syndrome mutation that leads to an exchange of two hydrophobic amino acids, isoleucine 1173 to phenylalanine (MRP2I1173F), in a predicted extracellular loop of MRP2. HEK-293 cells stably transfected with MRP2I1173F cDNA synthesized a mutant protein that was mainly core-glycosylated, predominantly retained in the endoplasmic reticulum, and degraded by proteasomes. MRP2I1173F did not mediate ATP-dependent transport of leukotriene C 4 (LTC 4 ) into vesicles from plasma membrane and endoplasmic reticulum preparations while normal MRP2 was functionally active. Human HepG2 cells were used to study localization of MRP2I1173F in a polarized cell system. Quantitative analysis showed that GFP-tagged MRP2I1173F was localized to the apical membrane in only 5% of transfected, polarized HepG2 cells compared with 80% for normal MRP2-GFP. Impaired protein maturation followed by proteasomal degradation of inactive MRP2I1173F explain the deficient hepatobiliary elimination observed in this group of Dubin-Johnson syndrome patients.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0193-1857
,
1522-1547
DOI:
10.1152/ajpgi.00362.2002
Language:
English
Publisher:
American Physiological Society
Publication Date:
2003
detail.hit.zdb_id:
1477329-6
SSG:
12
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