Identification and functional analysis of sulfonylurea receptor 1 variants in Japanese patients with NIDDM

• Published in: Diabetes Vol. 47; no. 3; pp. 476 - 481
• Main Authors: Ohta, Y, Tanizawa, Y, Inoue, H, Hosaka, T, Ueda, K, Matsutani, A, Repunte, V P, Yamada, M, Kurachi, Y, Bryan, J, Aguilar-Bryan, L, Permutt, M A, Oka, Y
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Alexandria, VA American Diabetes Association 01.03.1998
• Subjects: Adenosine Triphosphate; Adenosine Triphosphate - metabolism; Adult; Aged; Alleles; Animals; ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; Biological and medical sciences; Cell receptors; Cohort Studies; COS Cells; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - genetics; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - physiopathology; Diabetes. Impaired glucose tolerance; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Endocrine pancreas. Apud cells (diseases); Endocrinopathies; Etiopathogenesis. Screening. Investigations. Target tissue resistance; Female; Gene Expression; Gene Expression - genetics; Gene Frequency; Genetic aspects; Humans; Japan; Magnesium; Magnesium - pharmacology; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Mutation; Pancreatic beta cells; Physiological aspects; Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational; Potassium Channels; Potassium Channels - genetics; Potassium Channels - metabolism; Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying; Receptors, Drug; Receptors, Drug - genetics; Receptors, Drug - metabolism; Recombinant Proteins; Recombinant Proteins - genetics; Recombinant Proteins - metabolism; Sulfonylurea Receptors; Type 2 diabetes; Japan; Endocrinopathy; Human; Sulfonylureas; Genetics; Mutation; Non insulin dependent diabetes; Japanese; Polymorphism; Biological receptor
• ISSN: 0012-1797; 1939-327X
• DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.47.3.476

Identification and functional analysis of sulfonylurea receptor 1 variants in Japanese patients with NIDDM. Y Ohta , Y Tanizawa , H Inoue , T Hosaka , K Ueda , A Matsutani , V P Repunte , M Yamada , Y Kurachi , J Bryan , L Aguilar-Bryan , M A Permutt and Y Oka Third Department of Internal Medicine, Yamaguchi University, School of Medicine, Ube, Japan. Abstract The sulfonylurea receptor 1 (SUR1) is an essential regulatory subunit of the beta-cell ATP-sensitive K+ channel (K[ATP]). The possible role of SUR1 gene mutation(s) in the development of NIDDM remains controversial as both a positive association and negative linkage results have been reported. Therefore, we examined the SUR1 gene at the single nucleotide level with single strand conformation polymorphism analysis in 100 Japanese NIDDM patients. We identified a total of five amino acid substitutions and 17 silent mutations by examining all 39 exons of this gene. Two rare novel mutations, D811N in exon 20 and R835C in exon 21, were identified in the first nucleotide-binding fold (NBF), a functionally important region of SUR1, in one patient each, both heterozygotes. To analyze possible functional alterations, we reconstituted the mutant K(ATP) by coexpressing beta-cell inward rectifier (BIR) (Kir 6.2), a channel subunit of K(ATP), and mutant SUR1 in HEK293T and COS-7 cells. As demonstrated by the patch clamp technique and rubidium (Rb+) efflux studies, neither mutation alters the properties of channel activities. Two other rare missense mutations, R275Q in exon 6 and V560M in exon 12, were also identified. The R275Q substitution was not found in 67 control subjects, and V560M was present in three control subjects. Neither of these substitutions appeared to cosegregate with NIDDM in the probands' families. A previously reported S1370A substitution located in the second NBF was also common in the Japanese subjects (allelic frequency 0.37), and was found at an equal frequency in nondiabetic control subjects. In conclusion, SUR1 mutations impairing K(ATP) function do not appear to be major determinants of NIDDM susceptibility in Japanese.