Functional properties of the R154X HNF-4alpha protein generated by a mutation associated with maturity-onset diabetes of the young, type 1.
Mutations in the hepatocyte nuclear factor 4alpha (HNF-4alpha) gene are associated with one form of maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY1). The R154X mutation generates a protein lacking the E-domain which is required for normal HNF-4alpha functions. Since pancreatic beta-cell dysfunction is a feature of MODY1 patients, we compared the functional properties of the R154X mutant in insulin-secreting pancreatic beta-cells and non-beta-cells. The R154X mutation did not affect nuclear localisation in beta-cells and non-beta-cells. However, it did lead to a greater impairment of HNF-4a function in beta-cells compared to non-beta-cells, including a complete loss of transactivation activity and a dominant-negative behaviour. .
Unité 459 INSERM, Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire, Université H. Warembourg, Lille, France. blaine@lille.inserm.fr
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D051778:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors; D019556:COS Cells; D002460:Cell Line; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D051557:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4; D006801:Humans; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D017354:Point Mutation; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D015533:Transcriptional Activation
D051778:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors; D017931:DNA Primers; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C496592:HNF4A protein, human; D051557:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4; C403128:MLX protein, human; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors