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Ion Transporters, Channelopathies, and Glucose Disorders
oleh: Huseyin Demirbilek, Sonya Galcheva, Dogus Vuralli, Sara Al-Khawaga, Khalid Hussain
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Diterbitkan: | MDPI AG 2019-05-01 |
Deskripsi
Ion channels and transporters play essential roles in excitable cells including cardiac, skeletal and smooth muscle cells, neurons, and endocrine cells. In pancreatic beta-cells, for example, potassium K<sub>ATP</sub> channels link the metabolic signals generated inside the cell to changes in the beta-cell membrane potential, and ultimately regulate insulin secretion. Mutations in the genes encoding some ion transporter and channel proteins lead to disorders of glucose homeostasis (hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia and different forms of diabetes mellitus). Pancreatic K<sub>ATP</sub>, Non-K<sub>ATP</sub>, and some calcium channelopathies and MCT1 transporter defects can lead to various forms of hyperinsulinaemic hypoglycaemia (HH). Mutations in the genes encoding the pancreatic K<sub>ATP</sub> channels can also lead to different types of diabetes (including neonatal diabetes mellitus (NDM) and Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young, MODY), and defects in the solute carrier family 2 member 2 (<i>SLC2A2</i>) leads to diabetes mellitus as part of the Fanconi−Bickel syndrome. Variants or polymorphisms in some ion channel genes and transporters have been reported in association with type 2 diabetes mellitus.