Diabetes Care, Vol 16, Issue 10 1340-1346, Copyright © 1993 by American Diabetes Association

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Familial hyperproinsulinemia associated with NIDDM. A case study

H Oohashi, H Ohgawara, K Nanjo, Y Tasaka, QP Cao, SJ Chan, AH Rubenstein, DF Steiner and Y Omori
Diabetes Center, Tokyo Women's Medical College, Japan.

OBJECTIVE--To report studies on an elderly patient with moderate NIDDM associated with marked fasting hyperinsulinemia. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS--The propositus and several family members were studied by a combination of clinical, biochemical, and molecular genetic approaches to define the underlying genetic defect. RESULTS--Fasting levels of contrainsulin hormones were normal, and resistance to exogenous insulin was absent. Gel filtration and reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography revealed elevated amounts of a structurally abnormal proinsulin intermediate (AC proinsulin). A study of the family of the propositus showed the same abnormality in 4 of 5 members in 3 successive generations. Genetic analysis revealed a point mutation affecting residue 65 of human proinsulin (Arg-->His) in one allele of the insulin gene in the propositus, a defect similar to that described previously in 3 other apparently unrelated lineages. CONCLUSIONS--This family exhibits a clear-cut relationship between increasing age and metabolic decompensation in all the hyperproinsulinemic members, suggesting that (inherited) metabolic stress and age both contribute to development of diabetes mellitus.
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