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HNF1alpha controls renal glucose reabsorption in mouse and man.

Recently it has been shown that dominant mutations in the human hepatocyte nuclear factor 1alpha (HNF1alpha) gene, encoding for a homeoprotein that is expressed in liver, kidney, pancreas and intestine, result in maturity onset diabetes of the young type 3 (MODY3). HNF1alpha-null mice are diabetic, but at the same time suffer from a renal Fanconi syndrome characterized by urinary glucose loss. Here we show that MODY3 patients are also characterized by a reduced tubular reabsorption of glucose. The renal murine defect is due to reduced expression of the low affinity/high capacity glucose cotransporter ( SGLT2). Our results show that HNF1alpha directly controls SGLT2 gene expression. Together these data indicate that HNF1alpha plays a key role in glucose homeostasis in mammals.[1]

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  1. HNF1alpha controls renal glucose reabsorption in mouse and man. Pontoglio, M., Prié, D., Cheret, C., Doyen, A., Leroy, C., Froguel, P., Velho, G., Yaniv, M., Friedlander, G. EMBO Rep. (2000) [Pubmed]
 
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