A novel mutation in ABCC8 gene in a newborn with congenital hyperinsulinism -a case report

Fetal Pediatr Pathol. 2013 Dec;32(6):412-7. doi: 10.3109/15513815.2013.789947. Epub 2013 Apr 22.

Abstract

Congenital hyperinsulinism (CHI) is the most common cause of persistent hypoglycemia in infancy. The genetic basis of CHI includes a variety of defects in key genes regulating insulin secretion. Mutations in at least seven genes are found in 50% of cases. The most common forms of medically unresponsive CHI, which requires a near-total pancreatectomy are associated with autosomal recessive mutations in the ABCC8 and KCNJ11 genes encoding the two subunits of the pancreatic β-cell ATP-sensitive potassium channel. We report a neonate with CHI and have a novel homozygous splicing mutation in the ABCC8 gene.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Congenital Hyperinsulinism / complications
  • Congenital Hyperinsulinism / genetics*
  • Congenital Hyperinsulinism / surgery
  • Female
  • Genes, Recessive
  • Homozygote
  • Humans
  • Hypoglycemia / etiology
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Mutation
  • Pancreas / pathology
  • Pancreatectomy
  • Sulfonylurea Receptors / genetics*

Substances

  • ABCC8 protein, human
  • Sulfonylurea Receptors