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ey0017.2-11 | Updates on the Genetics of Neonatal Diabetes Mellitus, Congenital Hyperinsulinism and Glucose Disorders | ESPEYB17

2.11. Update of variants identified in the pancreatic [beta]-cell KATPchannel genes KCNJ11 and ABCC8 in individuals with congenital hyperinsulinism and diabetes

E De Franco , C Saint-Martin , K Brusgaard , AE Knight Johnson , L Aguilar-Bryan , P Bowman , JB Arnoux , AR Larsen , S May , Saw Greeley , R Calzada-Leon , B Harman , JAL Houghton , Nishimura-Meguro , TW Laver , S Ellard , D Del Gaudio , HT Christesen , C Bellanne-Chantelot , SE Flanagan

To read the full abstract: Hum Mutat. 2020 May;41(5):884–905. doi: 10.1002/humu.23995. Epub 2020 Feb 17. PMID: 32027066Pancreatic KATPchannels play a key role in regulating insulin secretion. These channels are composed of four subunits of SUR1 and four subunits of KIR6.2 encoded by the ABCC8 and KNCJ11 genes, respectively. Inactivating mutations in these two g...

ey0020.13-8 | Section | ESPEYB20

13.8. Non-coding variants disrupting a tissue-specific regulatory element in HK1 cause congenital hyperinsulinism

MN Wakeling , NDL Owens , JR Hopkinson , MB Johnson , JAL Houghton , A Dastamani , CS Flaxman , RC Wyatt , TI Hewat , JJ Hopkins , TW Laver , R van Heugten , MN Weedon , E De Franco , KA Patel , S Ellard , NG Morgan , E Cheesman , I Banerjee , AT Hattersley , MJ Dunne , International Congenital Hyperinsulinism Consortium , SJ Richardson , SE Flanagan

In Brief: The authors performed whole genome sequencing on 135 patients with congenital hyperinsulinaemia (CHI) who had negative genetic testing for previously known CHI genes. They identified nine different non-coding de novo variants (carried by 14 probands) located in a regulatory region of HK1 intron 2 that co-segregated with disease in families.Comment: HK1 is a ‘disallowed gene’ in the liver and pancreatic beta cells. Th...

ey0018.2-11 | Neonatal diabetes mellitus | ESPEYB18

2.11. YIPF5 mutations cause neonatal diabetes and microcephaly through endoplasmic reticulum stress

E De Franco , M Lytrivi , H Ibrahim , H Montaser , MN Wakeling , F Fantuzzi , K Patel , C Demarez , Y Cai , M Igoillo-Esteve , C Cosentino , V Lithovius , H Vihinen , E Jokitalo , TW Laver , MB Johnson , T Sawatani , H Shakeri , N Pachera , B Haliloglu , MN Ozbek , E Unal , R Yıldırım , T Godbole , M Yildiz , B Aydin , A Bilheu , I Suzuki , SE Flanagan , P Vanderhaeghen , V Senee , C Julier , P Marchetti , DL Eizirik , S Ellard , J Saarimaki-Vire , T Otonkoski , M Cnop , AT Hattersley

J Clin Invest. 2020 Dec 1;130(12):6338–6353. doi: 10.1172/JCI141455. PMID: 33164986.This manuscript describes a novel disorder due to homozygous mutations in the YIPF5 gene which cause a complex syndrome of neonatal/early onset diabetes mellitus, epilepsy and microcephaly. The underlying mechanism of the diabetes involves the accumulation of proinsulin (unable to be transported to the Golgi...