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CONTEXT: Activating mutations in genes encoding the Kir6.2 (KCNJ11) and SUR1 (ABCC8) subunits of the pancreatic ATP-sensitive K(+) channel are a common cause of permanent neonatal diabetes (PNDM). All Kir6.2 mutations identified to date are missense mutations. We describe here a novel in-frame deletion (residues 28-32) in Kir6.2 in a heterozygous patient with PNDM without neurological problems that are detectable by standard evaluation. OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to identify the mutation responsible for neonatal diabetes in this patient and characterize its functional effects. DESIGN: Wild-type and mutant Kir6.2/SUR1 channels were examined by heterologous expression in Xenopus oocytes. RESULTS: The Kir6.2-28Delta32 mutation produced a significant decrease in ATP inhibition and an increase in whole-cell K(ATP) currents, explaining the diabetes of the patient. Tolbutamide block was only slightly reduced in the simulated heterozygous state, suggesting that the patient should respond to sulfonylurea therapy. The mutation decreased ATP inhibition indirectly, by increasing the intrinsic (unliganded) channel open probability. Neither effect was observed when Kir6.2 was expressed in the absence of SUR1, suggesting that the mutation impairs coupling between SUR1 and Kir6.2. Coimmunoprecipitation studies further revealed that the mutation disrupted a physical interaction between Kir6.2 and residues 1-288 (but not residues 1-196) of SUR1. CONCLUSIONS: We report a novel KCNJ11 mutation causing PNDM. Our results show that residues 28-32 in the N terminus of Kir6.2 interact both physically and functionally with SUR1 and suggest that residues 196-288 of SUR1 are important in this interaction.

Original publication

DOI

10.1210/jc.2009-0159

Type

Journal article

Journal

J Clin Endocrinol Metab

Publication Date

07/2009

Volume

94

Pages

2551 - 2557

Keywords

ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters, Animals, Binding Sites, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Gene Deletion, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Infant, Newborn, Diseases, Male, Models, Biological, Open Reading Frames, Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying, Protein Binding, Receptors, Drug, Sulfonylurea Receptors, Xenopus