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PANCREAS
卷 38, 期 8, 页码 941-946出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/MPA.0b013e3181b2bb03
关键词
glucagon receptor; mutation; hyperglucagonemia; alpha cell hyperplasia
资金
- NIH [DK071870]
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Objective: The goal of the study was to investigate the genetic and molecular basis of a novel syndrome of marked hyperglucagonemia and pancreatic alpha cell hyperplasia without glucagonoma syndrome. Methods: The glucagon receptor (GCGR) gene and the glucagon gene were sequenced in a patient with hyperglucagonemia and pancreatic alpha cell hyperplasia without glucagonoma syndrome. Enhanced green fluorescent protein-conjugated wild type (WT) and mutant GCGR were used to characterize the functions of the mutant GCGR. Results: The glucagon gene sequence was normal, but the GCGR sequencing uncovered a homozygous missense mutation, c. 256C>T, p. P86S in the extracellular domain of GCGR. When expressed in human embryonic kidney 293 cells, GCGR P86S localized to the plasma membrane but bound 96% less radiolabeled glucagon than WT GCGR. The median effective concentration of glucagon-induced cyclic adenosine monophosphate production was 24 nmol/L for GCGR P86S but 2.4 nmol/L for WT GCGR. The patient's alpha cells also express glucagonlike peptide 1 and pancreatic polypeptide. Conclusions: We hereby report the first homozygous missense mutation in the human GCGR, which is associated with alpha cell hyperplasia and hyperglucagonemia. This mutation lowers the receptor's affinity to glucagon and decreases cyclic adenosine monophosphate production with physiological concentrations of glucagon. Thus, the P86S mutation in GCGR likely causes alpha cell hyperplasia and hyperglucagonemia.
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