The p.Ser267Phe Variant in SLC10A1 Is Associated With Resistance to Chronic Hepatitis B
The p.Ser267Phe Variant in SLC10A1 Is Associated With Resistance to Chronic Hepatitis B
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SLC10A1 中的 p.Ser267Phe 变体与慢性乙型肝炎抵抗力相关
DOI:
10.1002/hep.27608
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发表时间:
2015-04-01
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影响因子:
13.5
通讯作者:
Wang, Yiming
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作者:
Peng, Liang;Zhao, Qiang;Wang, Yiming
In the past 50 years there have been considerable efforts to identify the cellular receptor of hepatitis B virus (HBV). Recently, in vitro evidence from several groups has shown that the sodium-taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide (NTCP, which is encoded by SLC10A1 and transports bile acids into hepatic cells in enterohepatic recirculation) is a strong candidate. In particular, in vitro the p.Ser267Phe variation of SLC10A1 results in loss of HBV receptor function. We tested the role of NTCP as a receptor for HBV in chronic hepatitis B patients using a genetic association study. We selected SLC10A1 variants from 189 exomes. We used Sanger sequencing to follow up the association of the various SLC10A1 variants in a Han Chinese cohort of 1899 chronic hepatitis B patients and 1828 healthy controls. We further investigated the potential impact of the p.Ser267Phe variant on NTCP function using structural analysis. The p.Ser267Phe variant was associated with healthy status (P=5.7 x 10(,)(-23) odds ratio=0.36) irrespective of hepatitis B virus surface antibody status (P=6.2 x 10(-21) and 1.5 x 10(-10), respectively, when the cases were compared with hepatitis B virus surface antibody-positive and -negative controls). The variation was also associated with a lower incidence of acute-on-chronic liver failure (P=0.007). The estimated heritability explained by this single variation was approximate to 3.2%. The population prevented fraction was around 13.0% among the southern Chinese. Our structural modeling showed that the p.Ser267Phe variant might interfere with ligand binding, thereby preventing HBV from cellular entry. Conclusion: The p.Ser267Phe NTCP variant is significantly associated with resistance to chronic hepatitis B and a lower incidence of acute-on-chronic liver failure. Our results support that NTCP is a cellular receptor for HBV in human infection. (Hepatology 2015;61:1251-1260)