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Mitochondrial GTP insensitivity contributes to hypoglycemia in hyperinsulinemia hyperammonemia by inhibiting glucagon release.
Diabetes - 1 Dec 2014
Kibbey Richard G, Choi Cheol Soo, Lee Hui-Young, Cabrera Over, Pongratz Rebecca L, Zhao Xiaojian, Birkenfeld Andreas L, Li Changhong, Berggren Per-Olof, Stanley Charles, Shulman Gerald I
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondrial GTP (mtGTP)-insensitive mutations in glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH(H454Y)) result in fasting and amino acid-induced hypoglycemia in hyperinsulinemia hyperammonemia (HI/HA). Surprisingly, hypoglycemia may occur in this disorder despite appropriately suppressed insulin. To better understand the islet-specific contribution, transgenic mice expressing the human activating mutation in β-cells (H454Y mice)...
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