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Characterization of ABCC8 and KCNJ11 gene mutations and phenotypes in Korean patients with congenital hyperinsulinism.

Authors: Park, SE  Flanagan, SE  Hussain, K  Ellard, S  Shin, CH  Yang, SW 
Citation: Park SE, etal., Eur J Endocrinol. 2011 Jun;164(6):919-26. doi: 10.1530/EJE-11-0160. Epub 2011 Mar 21.
RGD ID: 11070657
Pubmed: PMID:21422196   (View Abstract at PubMed)
DOI: DOI:10.1530/EJE-11-0160   (Journal Full-text)

OBJECTIVE: Congenital hyperinsulinism (CHI) is characterized by persistent hypoglycemia due to the inappropriate insulin secretion. Inactivating mutations in the ABCC8 and KCNJ11 genes, which encode the sulfonylurea receptor 1 and Kir6.2 subunits of the ATP-sensitive K(+) (K(ATP)) channel in pancreatic beta-cell, are the most common cause of CHI. We studied the genetic etiology and phenotypes of CHI in Korean patients. METHODS: ABCC8 and KCNJ11 mutational analysis was performed in 17 patients with CHI. Medical records were retrospectively reviewed to identify phenotypes. RESULTS: Mutations (12 ABCC8 and three KCNJ11) were identified in 82% (14/17) of patients. Of these, nine ABCC8 mutations (E100X, W430X, c.1630+1G>C, D813N, Q923X, E1087_A1094delinsDKSDT, Q1134H, H1135W, and E1209Rfs) and one KCNJ11 mutation (W91X) were novel. Of the 14 patients, four had confirming recessively inherited CHI. The remaining ten patients had single heterozygous mutations. The majority (12/17) of patients were medically responsive. Of the five diazoxide-responsive patients, four had an ABCC8 mutation. The five patients unresponsive to medical management and one diazoxide-responsive patient underwent pancreatectomy and had diffuse histology. Of the operated six patients, two had recessively inherited mutations; three patients had a single heterozygous mutation (one maternally and two paternally inherited); and one patient had no identifiable K(ATP) channel mutation. CONCLUSIONS: This is the first study to report genotype and phenotype correlations among Korean patients with CHI. Mutations in ABCC8 and KCNJ11 are the most common causes of CHI in Korean patients. Similar to other studies, there is marked genetic heterogeneity and no clear genotype-phenotype correlation.

RGD Manual Disease Annotations    Click to see Annotation Detail View
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
Congenital Hyperinsulinism  IAGP 11070657DNA:mutations:exon and intron:multipleRGD 
Congenital Hyperinsulinism  ISOABCC8 (Homo sapiens)11070657; 11070657DNA:mutations:exon and intron:multipleRGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Abcc8  (ATP binding cassette subfamily C member 8)

Genes (Mus musculus)
Abcc8  (ATP-binding cassette, sub-family C member 8)

Genes (Homo sapiens)
ABCC8  (ATP binding cassette subfamily C member 8)


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