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Abderrahmani, A. et al.

Genetic variation in the hepatocyte nuclear factor-3beta gene (HNF3B) does not contribute to maturity-onset diabetes of the young in French Caucasians.

Mutations in genes encoding hepatocyte nuclear factor (HNF) are responsible for three of the five subtypes of maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY). This observation and molecular studies indicate that the HNF network is required for normal function of pancreatic beta-cells. This suggests that transcription factors involved in this complex network are candidates for genetic defects in MODY. Because the HNF-3beta gene is implicated in this network, we screened it for mutations in 21 probands of French ancestry with clinical diagnosis of MODY and early-onset type 2 diabetes. All of the five known MODY genes, HNF-4alpha, glucokinase, HNF-1alpha, HNF-1beta, and IPF1, were previously excluded as being the cause of diabetes in these families. By direct sequencing, we identified two transitions, an A-to-G at position -213 and a C-to-T at position -63 in the promoter and exon 1, respectively, of the HNF-3beta gene. A G-to-C transversion at position +32 in the intron 1 and three transitions, C-to-T at position 291, A-to-G at position 837, and G-to-A at position 1188 in the exon 3, resulting in noncoding mutations Ala97Ala, Gly279Gly, and Gln396Gln, respectively, were also identified. The allele frequencies were not significantly different between a control group and MODY probands. Familial segregation studies and linkage analysis showed that genetic variation in the HNF-3beta gene is unlikely to be the cause of early-onset type 2 diabetes in these Caucasian families.[1]

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Genetic variation in the hepatocyte nuclear factor-3beta gene (HNF3B) does not contribute to maturity-onset diabetes of the young in French Caucasians. Abderrahmani, A., Chèvre, J.C., Otabe, S., Chikri, M., Hani, E.H., Vaxillaire, M., Hinokio, Y., Horikawa, Y., Bell, G.I., Froguel, P. Diabetes (2000) [Pubmed]

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