Communications Biology (Aug 2022)

Reduced calcium levels and accumulation of abnormal insulin granules in stem cell models of HNF1A deficiency

  • Bryan J. González,
  • Haoquan Zhao,
  • Jacqueline Niu,
  • Damian J. Williams,
  • Jaeyop Lee,
  • Chris N. Goulbourne,
  • Yuan Xing,
  • Yong Wang,
  • Jose Oberholzer,
  • Maria H. Blumenkrantz,
  • Xiaojuan Chen,
  • Charles A. LeDuc,
  • Wendy K. Chung,
  • Henry M. Colecraft,
  • Jesper Gromada,
  • Yufeng Shen,
  • Robin S. Goland,
  • Rudolph L. Leibel,
  • Dieter Egli

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03696-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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hPSCs model of Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young caused by mutations in the transcription factor HNF1A (HNF1A-MODY), regulates the expression of genes required for the formation of dense-core insulin granules and calcium-dependent insulin secretion, demonstrating a basis to treat HNF1A-MODY patients with sulfonylureas.