title: Genetic variation of the GLUT10 glucose transporter (SLC2A10) and relationships to type 2 diabetes and intermediary traits.
abstract: The SLC2A10 gene encodes the GLUT10 facilitative glucose transporter, which is expressed in high amounts in liver and pancreas. The gene is mapped to chromosome 20q12-q13.1, a region that has been shown to be linked to type 2 diabetes. The gene was examined in 61 Danish type 2 diabetic patients, and a total of six variants (-27C-->T, Ala206Thr, Ala272Ala, IVS2 + 10G-->A, IVS4 + 18T-->G, and IVS4 + 26G-->A) were identified and investigated in an association study, which included 503 type 2 diabetic patients and 510 glucose-tolerant control subjects. None of the variants were associated with type 2 diabetes. Interestingly, carriers of the codon 206 Thr allele had 18% lower fasting serum insulin levels (P = 0.002) and 20% lower insulinogenic index (P = 0.03) than homozygous carriers of the Ala allele. These results suggest that variation in the coding region of SLC2A10 does not contribute substantially to the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes in the examined study population. However, the codon 206 polymorphism may be related to the interindividual variation in fasting and oral glucose-induced serum insulin levels.
authors.affiliation: Steno Diabetes Center and Hagedorn Research Institute, Gentofte, Denmark. gtta@steno.dk
authors.forename: Gitte
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: Christian Schack
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Rose
authors.forename: Yasmin Hassan
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Hamid
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Drivsholm
authors.forename: Knut
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Borch-Johnsen
authors.forename: Torben
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: Oluf
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Pedersen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005838:Genotype; D051246:Glucose Transport Proteins, Facilitative; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D010641:Phenotype
chemical_list: D051246:Glucose Transport Proteins, Facilitative; D009004:Monosaccharide Transport Proteins; C430746:SLC2A10 protein, human