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ABCC8-related maturity-onset diabetes of the young: Clinical features and genetic analysis of one case

Zhou Y, Sun Y, Xu C, Liu F, Gao Y, Liu C, Qiao Y, Yang J et al.

Pediatric diabetes, 2022

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To confirm the diagnosis of a 13-year-old adolescent with familial diabetes and further examine his genetic pathogeny.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Clinical data were collected, and genetic examination was performed. PolyPhen-2 and Mutation Taster were used to predict the deleterious effects of the variant. Clustal Omega software was used to confirm the conservation of amino acid substitutions. To examine changes in the expression of proteins, recombinant vectors were constructed, and the expression of wild-type and variant target genes was detected through quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Furthermore, the wild-type and variant eukaryotic recombinant vectors were treated with a ubiquitin degradation inhibitor (MG132) and a lysosomal degradation pathway inhibitor (CQ, 3-mA). The expression of target proteins was detected through Western blot analysis.

RESULTS: The patient had hyperglycaemia (27 mmol/L), a high HbA1c level (13.1%), a decreased C-peptide level (0.63 ng/ml) and no diabetes antibodies. The patient had a family history of diabetes. The novel variation of ABCC8 c.2477G>A was detected in the proband and his relatives. The mutation was predicted to be harmful. Changes in the protein structure were observed. The ABCC8 c.2477G >A variant resulted in an increase in ABCC8 expression. Furthermore, changes in the expression of the ABCC8 variant was observed after 3-MA treatment, especially after treatment with MG132. At the follow-up, the patient's…

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