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ABCB4

ATP binding cassette subfamily B member 4, the group of ATP binding cassette subfamily B

Basic information

Region (hg38): 7:87401695-87480435

Previous symbols: [ "PGY3", "MDR3" ]

Links

ENSG00000005471NCBI:5244OMIM:171060HGNC:45Uniprot:P21439AlphaFoldGenCCjaxSfariGnomADPubmedClinVar

Phenotypes

GenCC

Source: genCC

  • low phospholipid associated cholelithiasis (Definitive), mode of inheritance: Semidominant
  • low phospholipid associated cholelithiasis (Supportive), mode of inheritance: AD
  • progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 3 (Supportive), mode of inheritance: AR
  • pancreatitis (Limited), mode of inheritance: AD
  • low phospholipid associated cholelithiasis (Strong), mode of inheritance: AD
  • progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 3 (Strong), mode of inheritance: AR
  • progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 3 (Definitive), mode of inheritance: AR

Clinical Genomic Database

Source: CGD

ConditionInheritanceIntervention CategoriesIntervention/Rationale Manifestation CategoriesReferences
Cholestasis, progressive familial intrahepatic 3; Gallbladder disease 1; Cholestasis, familial intrahepatic, of pregnancy, 3AD/ARGastrointestinal; Obstetric; PharmacogenomicMedical treatment (eg, with ursodeoxycholine) may be beneficial, though in some forms, liver transplantation has been described as necessary; Medications (eg, OCPs) may lead to adverse reactions; In pregnancy, the condition can cause severe sequelae (including death) in the fetus, as well as adverse maternal health outcomes, and precautions, including early delivery, may be beneficialGastrointestinal8666348; 9049190; 9419367; 9923886; 10767346; 11313315; 11313316; 15203080; 17726488; 17414143; 18482588; 19584064; 20887599; 20537830; 21310683; 21119540; 21989363
Heterozygous variants reported in Cholestasis, progressive familial intrahepatic 3 are associated with other related conditions such as Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy

ClinVar

This is a list of variants' phenotypes submitted to ClinVar and linked to the ABCB4 gene.

  • not provided (465 variants)
  • Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 3 (117 variants)
  • Cholestasis, intrahepatic, of pregnancy, 3 (84 variants)
  • not specified (69 variants)
  • ABCB4-related condition (28 variants)
  • Inborn genetic diseases (22 variants)
  • Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 1 (17 variants)
  • Low phospholipid associated cholelithiasis (14 variants)
  • Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (8 variants)
  • Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 3;Cholestasis, intrahepatic, of pregnancy, 3;Low phospholipid associated cholelithiasis (3 variants)
  • See cases (2 variants)
  • Familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 3 (2 variants)
  • ABCB4-related disorders (2 variants)
  • Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 3;Low phospholipid associated cholelithiasis;Cholestasis, intrahepatic, of pregnancy, 3 (1 variants)
  • Cholestasis, intrahepatic, of pregnancy, 3;Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 3;Low phospholipid associated cholelithiasis (1 variants)
  • ABCB4-Related Intrahepatic Cholestasis (1 variants)
  • Cholestasis, intrahepatic, of pregnancy, 3;Low phospholipid associated cholelithiasis (1 variants)
  • ABCB4-related disorder (1 variants)

Variants pathogenicity by type

Statistics on ClinVar variants can assist in determining whether a specific variant type in the ABCB4 gene is commonly pathogenic or not.

In the table, we include only reliable ClinVar variants with their consequences to MANE Select, Mane Plus Clinical transcripts, or transcripts with TSL equals 1. Click the count to view the source variants.

Warning: slight differences between displayed counts and the number of variants in ClinVar may occur, primarily due to (1) the application of a different transcript and/or consequence by our variant effect predictor or (2) differences in clinical significance: we classify Benign/Likely benign variants as Likely benign and Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic variants as Likely pathogenic.

Variant type Pathogenic Likely pathogenic VUS Likely benign Benign Sum
synonymous
25
clinvar
47
clinvar
5
clinvar
77
missense
6
clinvar
19
clinvar
193
clinvar
4
clinvar
1
clinvar
223
nonsense
26
clinvar
7
clinvar
33
start loss
0
frameshift
20
clinvar
4
clinvar
24
inframe indel
5
clinvar
5
splice donor/acceptor (+/-2bp)
9
clinvar
7
clinvar
1
clinvar
17
splice region
2
17
10
4
33
non coding
5
clinvar
39
clinvar
70
clinvar
114
Total 61 37 229 90 76

Highest pathogenic variant AF is 0.0000197

Variants in ABCB4

This is a list of pathogenic ClinVar variants found in the ABCB4 region.

You can filter this list by clicking the number of variants in the Variants pathogenicity by type table.

Position Type Phenotype Significance ClinVar
7-87402098-A-G Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 3 Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity (Jan 01, 2019)289975
7-87402098-A-T Cholestasis, intrahepatic, of pregnancy, 3 Likely pathogenic (Mar 17, 2024)3064147
7-87402120-G-A Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity (Mar 29, 2023)498700
7-87402125-T-G Uncertain significance (Mar 29, 2016)286700
7-87402165-CT-C Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 3 Pathogenic (Jan 01, 2022)2687810
7-87402171-C-T ABCB4-related disorder Likely benign (Jan 25, 2024)3017294
7-87402172-G-A ABCB4-related disorder Uncertain significance (Jan 20, 2024)1049446
7-87402185-T-G ABCB4-related disorder Uncertain significance (Jan 02, 2024)3046330
7-87402192-C-T Likely benign (Dec 08, 2023)2995622
7-87402199-T-G Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 3 Uncertain significance (-)2584796
7-87402204-C-A Likely benign (Feb 14, 2023)2837060
7-87402211-A-AT Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 1 Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic (May 28, 2019)594504
7-87402231-G-A ABCB4-related disorder Likely benign (Jan 12, 2024)2901806
7-87402241-C-T Cholestasis, intrahepatic, of pregnancy, 3 • Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 3 Uncertain significance (Jan 13, 2018)911978
7-87402242-G-A Uncertain significance (Nov 08, 2023)2690801
7-87402244-T-C Uncertain significance (Apr 01, 2022)1695193
7-87402256-A-C Uncertain significance (May 27, 2022)1999685
7-87402260-A-C Inborn genetic diseases Uncertain significance (Feb 03, 2022)500001
7-87402265-C-T Inborn genetic diseases Uncertain significance (Sep 27, 2022)1392644
7-87402272-C-T Uncertain significance (Oct 10, 2016)497964
7-87402277-G-T not specified Uncertain significance (May 04, 2022)1686416
7-87402285-C-T Likely benign (Feb 15, 2023)2837367
7-87402293-C-T Inborn genetic diseases Uncertain significance (Apr 18, 2023)2538456
7-87402294-T-C Likely benign (Jan 20, 2024)2978605
7-87402374-A-G Benign (Jun 29, 2018)1183441

GnomAD

Source: gnomAD

GeneTypeBio TypeTranscript Coding Exons Length
ABCB4protein_codingprotein_codingENST00000265723 2778739
pLI Probability
LOF Intolerant
pRec Probability
LOF Recessive
Individuals with
no LOFs
Individuals with
Homozygous LOFs
Individuals with
Heterozygous LOFs
Defined p
2.21e-71.001256900581257480.000231
Z-Score Observed Expected Observed/Expected Mutation Rate Total Possible in Transcript
Missense1.975396840.7880.00003658409
Missense in Polyphen131222.790.5882707
Synonymous0.8282432600.9350.00001502536
Loss of Function4.822466.40.3610.00000370785

LoF frequencies by population

EthnicitySum of pLOFs p
African & African-American0.0008190.000811
Ashkenazi Jewish0.00009930.0000992
East Asian0.0003830.000381
Finnish0.00009240.0000924
European (Non-Finnish)0.0001500.000149
Middle Eastern0.0003830.000381
South Asian0.0003270.000327
Other0.0003260.000326

dbNSFP

Source: dbNSFP

Function
FUNCTION: Energy-dependent phospholipid efflux translocator that acts as a positive regulator of biliary lipid secretion. Functions as a floppase that translocates specifically phosphatidylcholine (PC) from the inner to the outer leaflet of the canalicular membrane bilayer into the canaliculi of hepatocytes. Translocation of PC makes the biliary phospholipids available for extraction into the canaliculi lumen by bile salt mixed micelles and therefore protects the biliary tree from the detergent activity of bile salts (PubMed:7957936, PubMed:8898203, PubMed:9366571, PubMed:17523162, PubMed:23468132, PubMed:24806754, PubMed:24723470, PubMed:24594635, PubMed:21820390). Plays a role in the recruitment of phosphatidylcholine (PC), phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) and sphingomyelin (SM) molecules to nonraft membranes and to fu rther enrichment of SM and cholesterol in raft membranes in hepatocytes (PubMed:23468132). Required for proper phospholipid bile formation (By similarity). Indirectly involved in cholesterol efflux activity from hepatocytes into the canalicular lumen in the presence of bile salts in an ATP- dependent manner (PubMed:24045840). Promotes biliary phospholipid secretion as canaliculi-containing vesicles from the canalicular plasma membrane (PubMed:9366571, PubMed:28012258). In cooperation with ATP8B1, functions to protect hepatocytes from the deleterious detergent activity of bile salts (PubMed:21820390). Does not confer multidrug resistance (By similarity). {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P21440, ECO:0000269|PubMed:17523162, ECO:0000269|PubMed:21820390, ECO:0000269|PubMed:23468132, ECO:0000269|PubMed:24045840, ECO:0000269|PubMed:24594635, ECO:0000269|PubMed:24723470, ECO:0000269|PubMed:24806754, ECO:0000269|PubMed:28012258, ECO:0000269|PubMed:7957936, ECO:0000269|PubMed:8898203, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9366571}.;
Disease
DISEASE: Cholestasis, progressive familial intrahepatic, 3 (PFIC3) [MIM:602347]: A disorder characterized by early onset of cholestasis that progresses to hepatic fibrosis, cirrhosis, and end-stage liver disease before adulthood. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11313315, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12671900, ECO:0000269|PubMed:17726488, ECO:0000269|PubMed:21119540, ECO:0000269|PubMed:24045840, ECO:0000269|PubMed:24594635, ECO:0000269|PubMed:24806754, ECO:0000269|PubMed:28012258, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9419367}. Note=The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry.; DISEASE: Cholestasis of pregnancy, intrahepatic 3 (ICP3) [MIM:614972]: A liver disorder of pregnancy. It presents during the second or, more commonly, the third trimester of pregnancy with intense pruritus which becomes more severe with advancing gestation and cholestasis. It causes fetal distress, spontaneous premature delivery and intrauterine death. Patients have spontaneous and progressive disappearance of cholestasis after delivery. Cholestasis results from abnormal biliary transport from the liver into the small intestine. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10767346, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12746424, ECO:0000269|PubMed:15077010}. Note=The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry.; DISEASE: Gallbladder disease 1 (GBD1) [MIM:600803]: One of the major digestive diseases. Gallstones composed of cholesterol (cholelithiasis) are the common manifestations in western countries. Most people with gallstones, however, remain asymptomatic through their lifetimes. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11313316, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12891548, ECO:0000269|PubMed:22331132, ECO:0000269|PubMed:23533021, ECO:0000269|PubMed:24723470, ECO:0000269|PubMed:28012258, ECO:0000269|Ref.2}. Note=The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry.;
Pathway
Bile secretion - Homo sapiens (human);ABC transporters - Homo sapiens (human);Regulation of lipid metabolism by Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARalpha);Farnesoid X Receptor Pathway;Nuclear Receptors Meta-Pathway;Nuclear Receptors in Lipid Metabolism and Toxicity;multi-drug resistance factors;Transport of small molecules;ABC-family proteins mediated transport;Arachidonic acid metabolism (Consensus)

Recessive Scores

pRec
0.407

Intolerance Scores

loftool
0.0172
rvis_EVS
-0.55
rvis_percentile_EVS
20.02

Haploinsufficiency Scores

pHI
0.0848
hipred
N
hipred_score
0.431
ghis
0.444

Essentials

essential_gene_CRISPR
N
essential_gene_CRISPR2
N
essential_gene_gene_trap
N
gene_indispensability_pred
N
gene_indispensability_score
0.135

Gene Damage Prediction

AllRecessiveDominant
MendelianMediumMediumMedium
Primary ImmunodeficiencyMediumMediumHigh
CancerHighMediumHigh

Mouse Genome Informatics

Gene name
Abcb4
Phenotype
liver/biliary system phenotype; neoplasm; reproductive system phenotype; hematopoietic system phenotype; cardiovascular system phenotype (the observable morphological and physiological characteristics of the mammalian heart, blood vessels, or circulatory system that are manifested through development and lifespan); digestive/alimentary phenotype; skeleton phenotype; cellular phenotype; immune system phenotype; homeostasis/metabolism phenotype; endocrine/exocrine gland phenotype; growth/size/body region phenotype;

Zebrafish Information Network

Gene name
abcb4
Affected structure
efflux transmembrane transporter activity
Phenotype tag
abnormal
Phenotype quality
decreased process quality

Gene ontology

Biological process
lipid metabolic process;regulation of lipid metabolic process;positive regulation of cholesterol transport;bile acid secretion;response to drug;phospholipid translocation;transmembrane transport;lipid homeostasis;positive regulation of phospholipid translocation;ceramide translocation;response to fenofibrate;cellular response to bile acid;positive regulation of phospholipid transport
Cellular component
nucleoplasm;cytoplasm;cytosol;plasma membrane;integral component of plasma membrane;focal adhesion;actin cytoskeleton;membrane;apical plasma membrane;clathrin-coated vesicle;membrane raft;intercellular canaliculus;extracellular exosome
Molecular function
protein binding;ATP binding;phospholipid transporter activity;phosphatidylcholine transporter activity;ATPase activity, coupled to transmembrane movement of substances;phosphatidylcholine-translocating ATPase activity;ceramide-translocating ATPase activity