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HEPATOLOGY
Volume 68, Issue 2, Pages 590-598Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/hep.29516
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- National Institutes of Health [DK056239, DK047987]
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES [R01DK056239, R01DK047987, R29DK047987] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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Primary bile acid malabsorption is associated with congenital diarrhea, steatorrhea, and a block in the intestinal return of bile acids in the enterohepatic circulation. Mutations in the ileal apical sodium-dependent bile acid transporter (ASBT; SLC10A2) can cause primary bile acid malabsorption but do not appear to account for most familial cases. Another major transporter involved in the intestinal reclamation of bile acids is the heteromeric organic solute transporter alpha-beta (OST-OST; SLC51A-SLC51B), which exports bile acid across the basolateral membrane. Here we report the first patients with OST deficiency, clinically characterized by chronic diarrhea, severe fat soluble vitamin deficiency, and features of cholestatic liver disease including elevated serum gamma-glutamyltransferase activity. Whole exome sequencing revealed a homozygous single nucleotide deletion in codon 27 of SLC51B, resulting in a frameshift and premature termination at codon 50. Functional studies in transfected cells showed that the SLC51B mutation resulted in markedly reduced taurocholic acid uptake activity and reduced expression of the OST partner protein. Conclusion: The findings identify OST deficiency as a cause of congenital chronic diarrhea with features of cholestatic liver disease. These studies underscore OST-OST's key role in the enterohepatic circulation of bile acids in humans. (Hepatology 2017).
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