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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 7, 2017; 23(29): 5295-5303
Published online Aug 7, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i29.5295
Partial external biliary diversion in bile salt export pump deficiency: Association between outcome and mutation
Philipp Ellinger, Jan Stindt, Carola Dröge, Katharina Sattler, Claudia Stross, Stefanie Kluge, Diran Herebian, Sander H J Smits, Martin Burdelski, Sebastian Schulz-Jürgensen, Antje Ballauff, Jan Schulte am Esch, Ertan Mayatepek, Dieter Häussinger, Ralf Kubitz, Lutz Schmitt
Philipp Ellinger, Jan Stindt, Sander H J Smits, Lutz Schmitt, Institute of Biochemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
Jan Stindt, Carola Dröge, Katharina Sattler, Claudia Stross, Stefanie Kluge, Dieter Häussinger, Ralf Kubitz, Medical Faculty, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
Diran Herebian, Ertan Mayatepek, Department of General Pediatrics, Neonatology and Pediatric Cardiology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
Martin Burdelski, Sebastian Schulz-Jürgensen, Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital Schleswig Holstein, 24105 Kiel, Germany
Antje Ballauff, Department of Paediatrics, Helios Clinic, 47805 Krefeld, Germany
Jan Schulte am Esch, Department of General Surgery, Heinrich-Heine-University, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
Author contributions: Ellinger P and Stindt J contributed equally to this work; Ellinger P, Stindt J, Dröge C, Sattler K, Stross C and Kluge S performed the experiments; Herebian D and Mayatepek E carried out bile salt analysis; Burdelski M, Schulz-Jürgensen S, Ballauff A, Kubitz R and Häussinger D treated the patients; Schulte am Esch J collected human bile samples; Ellinger P, Stindt J, Kubitz R and Schmitt L designed experiments; Smits SHJ, Kubitz R and Schmitt L wrote the paper; all authors contributed to the final manuscript.
Supported by the German Research Foundation through the Clinical Research Group KFO217 “ Hepatobiliary transport and liver diseases” and the Collaborative Research Centre 974 “Communication and Systemic Relevance in Liver Damage and Regeneration”.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review board, the “Ethikkommission an der Medizinischen Fakultät der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf” (Study number 2875).
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Correspondence to: Dr. Lutz Schmitt, Professor, Institute of Biochemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Universitätsstr. 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany. lutz.schmitt@hhu.de
Telephone: +49-211-8110773
Received: January 1, 2017
Peer-review started: January 5, 2017
First decision: January 19, 2017
Revised: May 10, 2017
Accepted: June 9, 2017
Article in press: June 12, 2017
Published online: August 7, 2017
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Core Tip

Core tip: PFIC-2, a severe form of BSEP deficiency, is caused by mutations of the bile salt export pump (BSEP), an ATP binding cassette transporter exclusively expressed in hepatocytes. In this study we determine the functional impact of two distinct BSEP mutations on transporter localization and function in two unrelated PFIC-2 patients showing a drastically different response to partial external biliary diversion (PEBD). Our data demonstrate that residual bile salt transport by BSEP is likely required for a beneficial outcome of PEBD.