2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A study revealing that the p.G991A variant of the PHKA2 gene is one of the major causes of ketotic hypoglycemia
Project/Area Number |
20K16850
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Review Section |
Basic Section 52050:Embryonic medicine and pediatrics-related
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Research Institution | Gifu University |
Principal Investigator |
HORI Tomohiro 岐阜大学, 医学部附属病院, 助教 (90456525)
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Project Period (FY) |
2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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Keywords | ケトン性低血糖症 / PHKA2遺伝子 / 先天代謝異常症 / ケトン体代謝異常症 / 糖原病 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We performed the following studies to clarify that the p.G991A variant of the PHKA2 gene is one of the major causes of ketotic hypoglycemia. In our in vitro experiments, we were able to demonstrate that the PhK activity of patients with the p.G991A variant had a higher Km for phosphorylase b and was unstable at elevated temperatures. We examined the presence of the p.G991A variant in patients with ketogenic hypoglycemia of unknown cause in Japan, but no patients with p.G991A could be identified during the study period. We analyzed a general population of 2,638 1-month-olds (1,362 boys and 1,276 girls) and identified the p.G991A variant in 4 boys (all hemizygous) and 10 girls (all heterozygous). We will continue to accumulate patients and analyze them.
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Free Research Field |
小児科学、内分泌代謝学、臨床遺伝学
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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
ケトン性低血糖症の遺伝学的な病因や男児に多い理由は不明である。ケトン性低血糖症がX染色体上にあるPHKA2遺伝子のp.G991Aバリアントにより引き起こされ、また、同バリアントの有無が臨床症状や重症度に違いをもたらすとの仮説を立て研究を行った。この仮説が実証されれば、患者の臨床的予後が事前に推察可能となるなど、患者の利益に直結する。本研究の発現実験では、我々の仮説の一部が裏付けられる結果が得られた。今後、実際の一般集団と患者を対象とした症例の集積・アンケート調査・遺伝学的解析により、我々の仮説がさらに裏付けられる可能性がある。引き続きこれらの調査と研究を進め、その成果の論文発表を行う。
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