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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-7-24
pubmed:abstractText
We report a homozygous missense mutation at position 1092 (substitution of glutamine for arginine) in the tyrosine kinase domain of the insulin receptor in a patient with leprechaunism associated with severe insulin resistance and intrauterine growth retardation. Site-directed mutagenesis as well as analyses of the patient's lymphocytes revealed that this mutation causes a marked decrease in tyrosine kinase activity of the insulin receptor without any defect in insulin binding, which causes severe defects in insulin-stimulated glucose transport, glycogen synthesis and DNA synthesis. Thus, this is the first homozygous mutation resulting in a selective-kinase defect of the insulin receptor. Interestingly, the parents who are cousins and are heterozygous for the mutation have type A insulin resistance syndrome. This correlation between genotype and phenotype in a single pedigree suggests that the severity of the mutation will determine the phenotype. Based upon this assumption, we have been successful in prenatal diagnosis of the fifth child. Furthermore, we have demonstrated the effectiveness of clinical administration of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) in this patient and in vitro analysis of the patient's skin fibroblasts, suggesting that IGF-I can compensate for insulin action via the IGF-I receptor in a patient almost lacking functional insulin receptors.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0012-186X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
40
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
412-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9112018-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:9112018-Amniocentesis, pubmed-meshheading:9112018-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9112018-CHO Cells, pubmed-meshheading:9112018-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:9112018-Cricetinae, pubmed-meshheading:9112018-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:9112018-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9112018-Fibroblasts, pubmed-meshheading:9112018-Glycogen Synthase, pubmed-meshheading:9112018-Growth Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:9112018-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9112018-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:9112018-Insulin, pubmed-meshheading:9112018-Insulin-Like Growth Factor I, pubmed-meshheading:9112018-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:9112018-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9112018-Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, pubmed-meshheading:9112018-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:9112018-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:9112018-Receptor, Insulin, pubmed-meshheading:9112018-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9112018-Skin, pubmed-meshheading:9112018-Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:9112018-Transfection
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
A homozygous kinase-defective mutation in the insulin receptor gene in a patient with leprechaunism.
pubmed:affiliation
Third Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't