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. 2022 Nov 16;5(2):100626.
doi: 10.1016/j.jhepr.2022.100626. eCollection 2023 Feb.

Genotype-phenotype relationships of truncating mutations, p.E297G and p.D482G in bile salt export pump deficiency

Antonia Felzen  1 Daan B E van Wessel  1 Emmanuel Gonzales  2   3   4 Richard J Thompson  5 Irena Jankowska  3   6 Benjamin L Shneider  7   8 Etienne Sokal  3   9 Tassos Grammatikopoulos  5 Agustina Kadaristiana  5 Emmanuel Jacquemin  2   3   4 Anne Spraul  4   10 Patryk Lipiński  3   6 Piotr Czubkowski  3   6 Nathalie Rock  11 Mohammad Shagrani  12   13 Dieter Broering  12 Emanuele Nicastro  14 Deirdre Kelly  3   15 Gabriella Nebbia  16 Henrik Arnell  3   17 Björn Fischler  3   17 Jan B F Hulscher  3   18 Daniele Serranti  19 Cigdem Arikan  20 Esra Polat  21 Dominique Debray  3   22 Florence Lacaille  3   22 Cristina Goncalves  3   23 Loreto Hierro  3   24 Gema Muñoz Bartolo  3   24 Yael Mozer-Glassberg  25 Amer Azaz  26 Jernej Brecelj  27   28 Antal Dezsőfi  29 Pier Luigi Calvo  30 Enke Grabhorn  31 Steffen Hartleif  3   32 Wendy J van der Woerd  33 Binita M Kamath  7   34 Jian-She Wang  35 Liting Li  35 Özlem Durmaz  36 Nanda Kerkar  37 Marianne Hørby Jørgensen  3   38 Ryan Fischer  39 Carolina Jimenez-Rivera  40 Seema Alam  41 Mara Cananzi  3   42 Noemie Laverdure  43 Cristina Targa Ferreira  44 Felipe Ordoñez Guerrero  45 Heng Wang  46 Valerie Sency  46 Kyung Mo Kim  47 Huey-Ling Chen  48 Elisa de Carvalho  49 Alexandre Fabre  50   51 Jesus Quintero Bernabeu  3   52 Aglaia Zellos  53 Estella M Alonso  8   54 Ronald J Sokol  8   55 Frederick J Suchy  8   55 Kathleen M Loomes  8   56 Patrick J McKiernan  8   57 Philip Rosenthal  8   58 Yumirle Turmelle  8   59 Simon Horslen  8   57 Kathleen Schwarz  8   60 Jorge A Bezerra  8   61 Kasper Wang  8   62 Bettina E Hansen  63   64   65 Henkjan J Verkade  1   3 NAtural course and Prognosis of PFIC and Effect of biliary Diversion (NAPPED) Consortium
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Genotype-phenotype relationships of truncating mutations, p.E297G and p.D482G in bile salt export pump deficiency

Antonia Felzen et al. JHEP Rep. .

Abstract

Background & aims: Bile salt export pump (BSEP) deficiency frequently necessitates liver transplantation in childhood. In contrast to two predicted protein truncating mutations (PPTMs), homozygous p.D482G or p.E297G mutations are associated with relatively mild phenotypes, responsive to surgical interruption of the enterohepatic circulation (siEHC). The phenotype of patients with a compound heterozygous genotype of one p.D482G or p.E297G mutation and one PPTM has remained unclear. We aimed to assess their genotype-phenotype relationship.

Methods: From the NAPPED database, we selected patients with homozygous p.D482G or p.E297G mutations (BSEP1/1; n = 31), with one p.D482G or p.E297G, and one PPTM (BSEP1/3; n = 30), and with two PPTMs (BSEP3/3; n = 77). We compared clinical presentation, native liver survival (NLS), and the effect of siEHC on NLS.

Results: The groups had a similar median age at presentation (0.7-1.3 years). Overall NLS at age 10 years was 21% in BSEP1/3 vs. 75% in BSEP1/1 and 23% in BSEP3/3 (p <0.001). Without siEHC, NLS in the BSEP1/3 group was similar to that in BSEP3/3, but considerably lower than in BSEP1/1 (at age 10 years: 38%, 30%, and 71%, respectively; p = 0.003). After siEHC, BSEP1/3 and BSEP3/3 were associated with similarly low NLS, while NLS was much higher in BSEP1/1 (10 years after siEHC, 27%, 14%, and 92%, respectively; p <0.001).

Conclusions: Individuals with BSEP deficiency with one p.E297G or p.D482G mutation and one PPTM have a similarly severe disease course and low responsiveness to siEHC as those with two PPTMs. This identifies a considerable subgroup of patients who are unlikely to benefit from interruption of the enterohepatic circulation by either surgical or ileal bile acid transporter inhibitor treatment.

Impact and implications: This manuscript defines the clinical features and prognosis of individuals with BSEP deficiency involving the combination of one relatively mild and one very severe BSEP deficiency mutation. Until now, it had always been assumed that the mild mutation would be enough to ensure a relatively good prognosis. However, our manuscript shows that the prognosis of these patients is just as poor as that of patients with two severe mutations. They do not respond to biliary diversion surgery and will likely not respond to the new IBAT (ileal bile acid transporter) inhibitors, which have recently been approved for use in BSEP deficiency.

Keywords: ABCB11, ATP-binding cassette, sub-family B member 11; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; BSEP; BSEP, bile salt export pump; ChiLDReN, Childhood Liver Disease Research Network; GGT, gamma-glutamyltransferase; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; LTx, liver transplantation; NAPPED, NAtural course and Prognosis of PFIC and Effect of biliary Diversion; NLS, native liver survival; PFIC2; PFIC2, progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 2; PPTM, predicted protein truncating mutation; REDCap, Research Electronic Data Capture; TSB, total serum bilirubin; UDCA, ursodeoxycholic acid; compound heterozygosity; genotype; interruption of the enterohepatic circulation; phenotype; sBAs, serum bile acids; siEHC, surgical interruption of the enterohepatic circulation.

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Conflict of interest statement

Antonia Felzen [MD/PhD scholarship University of Groningen], Daan B.E. van Wessel [MD/PhD scholarship University of Groningen], Emmanuel M. Gonzales [Consultant for CTRS, Vivet Therapeutics, Mirum Pharmaceuticals and Albireo], Richard J. Thompson [Consultant for Shire, Albireo, Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Horizon Pharmaceuticals, Sana Biotechnology, GenerationBio, Retrophin and Qing Bile Therapeutics], Irena Jankowska [Nothing to disclose], Benjamin L. Shneider [Nothing to disclose], Etienne Sokal [Founder, board director and Chairman of the Scientific & Medical advisor board of Promethera Biosciences; consultant Johnson&Johnson], Tassos Grammatikopoulos [Consultant for Albireo], Agustina Kadaristiana [Nothing to disclose], Emmanuel Jacquemin [Consultant for CTRS and Vivet Therapeutics], Anne Spraul [Nothing to disclose], Patryk Lipiński [Nothing to disclose], Piotr Czubkowski [Nothing to disclose], Nathalie Rock [Nothing to disclose], Mohammad Shagrani [Nothing to disclose], Dieter Broering [Nothing to disclose], Emanuele Nicastro [Nothing to disclose] Deirdre Kelly [Consultant for Albireo], Gabriela Nebbia [Nothing to disclose], Henrik Arnell [Consultant for Albireo and Mirum Pharmaceuticals], Bjorn Fischler [Attended one advisory board meeting with Albireo in 2016], Jan Hulscher [Nothing to disclose], Daniele Serranti [Nothing to disclose], Cigdem Arikan [Nothing to disclose], Esra Polat [Nothing to disclose], Dominique Debray [Consultant for Alexion and Orphalan pharmaceuticals], Florence Lacaille [Nothing to disclose], Cristina Goncalves [Nothing to disclose], Loreto Hierro [Nothing to disclose], Gema Munoz Bartolo [Nothing to disclose], Yael Mozer- Glassberg [Nothing to disclose], Amer Azaz [Nothing to disclose], Jernej Brecelj [Nothing to disclose], Antal Dezsofi [Nothing to disclose], Pier Luigi Calvo [Nothing to disclose], Enke Grabhorn [Nothing to disclose], Ekkehard Sturm [Nothing to disclose] Wendy van der Woerd [Nothing to disclose], Binita Kamath [Consultant for Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Shire and DCI], Jian-She Wang [Nothing to disclose], Liting Li [Nothing to disclose], Özlem Durmaz [Nothing to disclose], Nanda Kerkar [Nothing to disclose], Marianne Hørby Jørgensen [Nothing to disclose], Ryan Fischer [Consultant for Albireo and Mirum Pharmaceuticals], Carolina Jimenez-Rivera [Nothing to disclose], Seema Alam [Nothing to disclose], Mara Cananzi [Attended one advisory board meeting with Albireo, Mirum Pharmaceuticals and Nestlè; consultant for CTRS], Noemie Laverdure [Consultant for Abbvie], Cristina Targa Ferreira [Nothing to disclose], Felipe Ordoñez Guerrero [Nothing to disclose], Heng Wang [Nothing to disclose], Valerie Sency [Nothing to disclose], Kyungmo Kim [Nothing to disclose], Huey-Ling Chen [Nothing to disclose], Elisa de Carvalho [Nothing to disclose], Alexandre Fabre [Nothing to disclose], Jesus Quintero Bernabeu [Nothing to disclose], Aglaia Zellos [Nothing to disclose], Estella M. Alonso [Nothing to disclose], Ronald J. Sokol [Consultant for Albireo and Mirum Pharmaceuticals], Frederick J. Suchy [Nothing to disclose], Kathleen M. Loomes [Consultant for Albireo, Mirum and Travere Therapeutics], Patrick J. McKiernan [Consultant for Albireo], Philip Rosenthal [Grant/Research Support by Gilead, AbbVie, Merck, Albireo, Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Arrowhead and Travere; consultant for Gilead, AbbVie, Audentes, Dicerna, Albireo, Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Travere, Takeda, Encoded, BioMarin, MedinCell and Ambys], Yumirle Turmelle [Nothing to disclose], Simon Horslen [Grant/Research support from Mirum Pharmaceuticals], Kathleen Schwarz [Grant support from Gilead, Albireo and the Global Alagille Syndrome Alliance; consultant for Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Up to Date and Sarepta], Jorge A. Bezerra [Grant support from Gilead and Albireo], Kasper Wang [Nothing to disclose], Bettina Hansen [Unrestricted grant support from Cymabay, Intercept, Calliditas, Mirum Pharmaceuticals and Albireo; consultant for Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Albireo AB, Chemomab, Calliditas, Intercept, Cyma Bay,], Henkjan J. Verkade [Consultant for Danone/Nutricia Research, Ausnutria BV, Albireo AB, Mirum Parmaceuticals, Intercept and Vivet]. Please refer to the accompanying ICMJE disclosure forms for further details.

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Fig. 1
Flowchart of patient inclusion from NAPPED database. Genotype category explained under methods section. BSEP, bile salt export pump; NAPPED, NAtural course and Prognosis of PFIC and Effect of biliary Diversion.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Observed native liver survival over time in patients with a BSEP1/1, BSEP1/3 and BSEP3/3 genotype. (A) All patients. (B) Patients without siEHC during follow-up, patients with siEHC are censored at time of siEHC. (C) Patients after they had siEHC. Genotypic categorization of BSEP1/1, BSEP1/3 and BSEP3/3 groups is defined in the methods section. Log-rank tests. BSEP, bile salt export pump; siEHC, surgical interruption of the enterohepatic circulation.
Fig. 3
Fig. 3
Observed proportion of liver transplants in patients that did not undergo siEHC during follow-up. Genotypic categorization of BSEP1/1, BSEP1/3 and BSEP3/3 groups is defined in the methods section. Log-rank tests. BSEP, bile salt export pump; siEHC, surgical interruption of the enterohepatic circulation.
Fig. 4
Fig. 4
Observed proportion of liver transplants in patients that did undergo siEHC during follow-up. Genotypic categorization of BSEP1/1, BSEP1/3 and BSEP3/3 groups is defined in the methods section. Median age at siEHC was 2.9 years in BSEP1/1, 1.8 years in BSEP1/3 and 2.5 years in BSEP3/3. Log-rank tests. BSEP, bile salt export pump; siEHC, surgical interruption of the enterohepatic circulation.
Fig. 5
Fig. 5
Serum bile acids prior to and after siEHC in patients with a BSEP1/1, BSEP1/3 and BSEP3/3 genotype. Wilcoxon signed-rank test. Bars represent median and IQR. BSEP, bile salt export pump; siEHC, surgical interruption of the enterohepatic circulation.
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Fig. 6
Observed native liver survival after siEHC, stratified for post-surgical sBA cut-offs. In all available patients (BSEP1/1, BSEP1/3 and BSEP3/3) with a relative decrease in sBAs of < or ≥75%. Log-rank tests. sBAs, serum bile acids; siEHC, surgical interruption of the enterohepatic circulation.
Fig. 7
Fig. 7
Observed proportion of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma per genotypic category. Genotypic categorization of BSEP1/1, BSEP1/3 and BSEP3/3 groups is defined in the methods section. Log-rank tests. BSEP, bile salt export pump.

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