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EMBO Mol Med ; 1(3): 166-77, 2009 Jun.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20049716

ABSTRACT

K(ATP) channels regulate insulin secretion from pancreatic beta-cells. Loss- and gain-of-function mutations in the genes encoding the Kir6.2 and SUR1 subunits of this channel cause hyperinsulinism of infancy and neonatal diabetes, respectively. We report two novel mutations in the gating loop of Kir6.2 which cause neonatal diabetes with developmental delay (T293N) and hyperinsulinism (T294M). These mutations increase (T293N) or decrease (T294M) whole-cell K(ATP) currents, accounting for the different clinical phenotypes. The T293N mutation increases the intrinsic channel open probability (Po((0))), thereby indirectly decreasing channel inhibition by ATP and increasing whole-cell currents. T294M channels exhibit a dramatically reduced Po((0)) in the homozygous but not in the pseudo-heterozygous state. Unlike wild-type channels, hetT294M channels were activated by MgADP in the absence but not in the presence of MgATP; however, they are activated by MgGDP in both the absence and presence of MgGTP. These mutations demonstrate the importance of the gating loop of Kir channels in regulating Po((0)) and further suggest that Mg-nucleotide interaction with SUR1 may reduce ATP inhibition at Kir6.2.


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Congenital Hyperinsulinism/genetics , Diabetes Mellitus/genetics , Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying/genetics , Adenosine Triphosphate/metabolism , Female , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Male , Pedigree , Potassium/metabolism , Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying/chemistry , Protein Structure, Tertiary
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Diabetes Care ; 31(9): 1736-7, 2008 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18556340

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OBJECTIVE: Neonatal diabetes is a heterogeneous group of disorders with diabetes manifestation in the first 6 months of life. The most common etiology in permanent neonatal diabetes is mutations of the ATP-sensitive K(+) channel subunits; in transient neonatal diabetes, chromosome 6q24 abnormalities are the most common cause. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: We report a sporadic case of diabetes without ketoacidosis diagnosed on the fourth day of life. RESULTS: Analysis of the KCNJ11 gene found a novel R365H mutation in the proband and her unaffected father. The functional analysis did not support pathogenicity of this variant. When the patient's diabetes remitted in the seventh month of life, the 6q24 region was analyzed and a paternally inherited duplication was identified. CONCLUSIONS: Our case reports a coincidental novel KCNJ11 variant in a patient with transient neonatal diabetes due to a 6q24 duplication, illustrating the difficulty in testing neonates before the clinical course of neonatal diabetes is known.


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Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6 , Diabetes Mellitus/genetics , Gene Duplication , Genetic Variation , Mutation, Missense , Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying/genetics , Birth Weight , C-Peptide/blood , Diabetes Mellitus/drug therapy , Female , Humans , Infant, Low Birth Weight , Infant, Newborn , Insulin/blood , Insulin/therapeutic use , Male
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