Mutations in the hepatocyte nuclear factor-4alpha gene in maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY1)

Abstract

The disease maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY) is a genetically heterogeneous monogenic form of non-insulin-dependent (type 2) diabetes mellitus (NIDDM), characterized by early onset, usually before 25 years of age and often in adolescence or childhood, and by autosomal dominant inheritance. It has been estimated that 2-5% of patients with NIDDM may have this form of diabetes mellitus. Clinical studies have shown that prediabetic MODY subjects have normal insulin sensitivity but suffer from a defect in glucose-stimulated insulin secretion, suggesting that pancreatic beta-cell dysfunction rather than insulin resistance is the primary defect in this disorder. Linkage studies have localized the genes that are mutated in MODY on human chromosomes 20 (MODY1), 7 (MODY2) and 12 (MODY3), with MODY2 and MODY3 being allelic with the genes encoding glucokinase, a key regulator of insulin secretion, and hepatocyte nuclear factor-1alpha (HNF-1alpha), a transcription factor involved in tissue-specific regulation of liver genes but also expressed in pancreatic islets, insulinoma cells and other tissues. Here we show that MODY1 is the gene encoding HNF-4alpha (gene symbol, TCF14), a member of the steroid/thyroid hormone receptor superfamily and an upstream regulator of HNF-1alpha expression.

• Authors: K Yamagata, H Furuta, N Oda, P J Kaisaki, S Menzel, N J Cox, S S Fajans, S Signorini, M Stoffel, G I Bell
• Journal: Nature (Nature) Vol. 384 Issue 6608 Pg. 458-60 (Dec 05 1996) ISSN: 0028-0836 [Print] England
• PMID: 8945471 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)

Chemical References

• Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors
• DNA-Binding Proteins
• HNF1A protein, human
• HNF1B protein, human
• HNF4A protein, human
• Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-alpha
• Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4
• MLX protein, human
• Nuclear Proteins
• Phosphoproteins
• Receptors, Glucocorticoid
• Transcription Factors
• Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1
• Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-beta

Topics

• Adult
• Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors
• DNA-Binding Proteins
• Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 (genetics)
• Exons
• Female
• Gene Expression Regulation
• Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1
• Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-alpha
• Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-beta
• Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Molecular Sequence Data
• Mutation
• Nuclear Proteins
• Pedigree
• Phosphoproteins (genetics)
• Receptors, Glucocorticoid (genetics)
• Transcription Factors (genetics)