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van Bürck, L.* ; Blutke, A.* ; Kautz, S.* ; Rathkolb, B.* ; Klaften, M. ; Wagner, S. ; Kemter, E.* ; Hrabě de Angelis, M. ; Wolf, E.* ; Aigner, B.* ; Wanke, R.* ; Herbach, N.*

Phenotypic and pathomorphological characteristics of a novel mutant mouse model for maturity-onset diabetes of the young type 2 (MODY 2).

Am. J. Physiol. Endocrinol. Metab. 298, E512-E523 (2010)
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Several mutant mouse models for human diseases such as diabetes mellitus have been generated in the large-scale Munich ENU (N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea) mouse mutagenesis project. The aim of this study was to identify the causal mutation of one of these strains and to characterize the resulting diabetic phenotype. Mutants exhibit a T to G transversion mutation at nt 629 in the glucokinase (Gck) gene, leading to an amino acid exchange from methionine to arginine at position 210. Adult Munich Gck(M210R) mutant mice demonstrated a significant reduction of hepatic glucokinase enzyme activity but equal glucokinase mRNA and protein abundances. While homozygous mutant mice exhibited growth retardation and died soon after birth in consequence of severe hyperglycemia, heterozygous mutant mice displayed only slightly elevated blood glucose levels, present from birth, with development of disturbed glucose tolerance and glucose-induced insulin secretion. Additionally, insulin sensitivity and fasting serum insulin levels were slightly reduced in male mutant mice from an age of 90 days onward. While beta-cell mass was unaltered in neonate heterozygous and homozygous mutant mice, the total islet and beta-cell volumes and the total volume of isolated beta-cells were significantly decreased in 210-day-old male, but not female heterozygous mutant mice despite undetectable apoptosis. These findings indicate that reduced total islet and beta-cell volumes of male mutants might emerge from disturbed postnatal islet neogenesis. Considering the lack of knowledge about the pathomorphology of maturity-onset diabetes of the young type 2 (MODY 2), this glucokinase mutant model of reduced total islet and total beta-cell volume provides the opportunity to elucidate the impact of a defective glucokinase on development and maintenance of beta-cell mass and its relevance in MODY 2 patients.
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Publikationstyp Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Schlagwörter Glucokinase; Beta-cell; Pancreas; Munich ENU mouse mutagenesis project
Sprache englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr 2010
HGF-Berichtsjahr 2010
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0193-1849
e-ISSN 1522-1555
Quellenangaben Band: 298, Heft: 3, Seiten: E512-E523 Artikelnummer: , Supplement: ,
Verlag American Physiological Society
Begutachtungsstatus Peer reviewed
POF Topic(s) 30201 - Metabolic Health
Forschungsfeld(er) Genetics and Epidemiology
PSP-Element(e) G-500600-003
PubMed ID 19952346
Scopus ID 77349124208
Erfassungsdatum 2010-06-14