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Diabetes & metabolismDec 2023 |
101507
DOI:
10.1016/j.diabet.2023.101507

Dominant PDX1 deficiency causes highly penetrant diabetes at different ages, associated with obesity and exocrine pancreatic deficiency: lessons for precision medicine

Kouidrat, Youssef; Collen, Lauriane Le; Vaxillaire, Martine; Dechaume, Aurélie; Toussaint, Bénédicte; Vaillant, Emmanuel; Amanzougarene, Souhila; Derhourhi, Mehdi; Delemer, Brigitte; Azahaf, Mustapha; Froguel, Philippe; Bonnefond, Amélie
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Abstract
Heterozygous pathogenic or likely pathogenic (P/LP) PDX1 variants cause monogenic diabetes. We comprehensively examined the phenotypes of carriers of P/LP PDX1 variants, and delineated potential treatments that could be efficient in an objective of precision medicine.The study primarily involved a family harboring a novel P/LP PDX1 variant. We then conducted an analysis of documented carriers of P/LP PDX1 variants, from the Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD), RaDiO study, and Type 2 Diabetes Knowledge Portal (T2DKP) including 87K participants.Within the family, we identified a P/LP PDX1 variant encoding p.G232S in four relatives. All of them exhibited diabetes, albeit with very different ages of onset (10-40 years), along with caudal pancreatic agenesis and childhood-onset obesity. In the HGMD, 79% of carriers of a P/LP PDX1 variant displayed diabetes (with differing ages of onset from eight days of life to 67 years), 63% exhibited pancreatic insufficiency and surprisingly 40% had obesity. The impact of P/LP PDX1 variants on increased risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus was confirmed in the T2DKP. Dipeptidyl peptidase 4 inhibitor (DPP4i) and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP1-RA), enabled good glucose control without hypoglycemia and weight management.This study reveals diverse clinical presentations among the carriers of a P/LP PDX1 variant, highlighting strong variations in diabetes onset, and unexpectedly high prevalence of obesity and pancreatic development abnormalities. Clinical data suggest that DPP4i and GLP1-RA may be the best effective treatments to manage both glucose and weight controls, opening new avenue in precision diabetic medicine.
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