title: Mutation analysis of the multidrug resistance protein 2 (MRP2) gene in a Japanese patient with Dubin-Johnson syndrome.
abstract: Dubin-Johnson syndrome (DJS) is a recessive inherited disorder with conjugated hyperbilirubinemia caused by a dysfunction of multidrug resistance protein 2 (MRP2) on the canalicular membrane of hepatocytes. A mutational analysis of the MRP2 gene was carried out in a Japanese female with DJS. In this patient, we found a homozygous 2125T > C mutation in exon 17. This mutation affects the conversion of tryptophan(709) to arginine(709) (W709R) in the first ATP-binding cassette in the MRP2 protein. It was concluded that this homozygous mutation of the MRP2 gene contributed to the induction of hyperbilirubinemia in this case.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokuriku University, Ho-3, Kanagawa-machi, Kanazawa 920-1181, Japan.
authors.forename: Ikuo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Machida
authors.forename: Yasutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inagaki
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Hisao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Shinya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wakusawa