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The protein encoded by the ABCC8 gene is a member of the ATP-binding cassette transporters. These proteins use energy in the form of ATP to drive the transport of various molecules across cell membranes. ABCC8 belongs to a subfamily of transporters that contains the chloride channel that is mutated in cystic fibrosis (CFTR) and also the proteins that are involved in multi-drug resistance.
Read more: The Human ATP-Binding Cassette (ABC) Transporter Superfamily
The ABCC8 protein is also known as the sulfonylurea urea receptor (SUR). SUR is one of the proteins that composes the ATP-sensitive potassium channel (KATP channel) found in the pancreas (1). The other protein, called Kir6.2, forms the core of the channel and is encoded by the KCNJ11 gene. KATP channels play a central role in glucose-induced insulin secretion by linking signals derived from glucose metabolism (a rise in ATP) to membrane depolarization (due to KATP channels closing) and the secretion of insulin.
The activity of the KATP channel regulates the release of insulin. The sulfonylureas are drugs that can modulate KATP channel activity and are used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes. By binding to SUR, they inhibit the channel and stimulate the release of insulin. This leads to a lowering of blood glucose levels.
The activity of the KATP channel is also modulated by the subtype of SUR (SUR, also known as SUR1, is encoded by ABCC8; or SUR2A and SUR2B, which are encoded by ABCC9). In the pancreas, most KATP channels are thought to be a complex of four SUR1 proteins and four Kir6.2 proteins.
Mutations in either ABCC8 or KCNJ11 can result in up-regulated insulin secretion, a condition termed familial persistent hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia of infancy (PHHI) (2-4). Genetic variation in ABCC8 has also been implicated in the impaired release of insulin that is seen in type 2 diabetes.
Molecular Information
ABC genes are found in many different eukaryotic species and are highly conserved between species, indicating that many of these genes existed early in eukaryotic evolution. A BLAST search using human ABCC8 as a query finds proteins in 30 different species, which include multicellular organisms (metazoans), fungi, and plants. Potential true homologous genes have been identified in the mouse and rat.
By fluorescence in situ hybridization, it was found that the ABBC8 gene maps to the short arm of chromosome 11 (Figure 1) (5). It has 41 exons (coding regions) that span over 84,000 bases (see evidence).
Figure 1. Location of ABCC8 on the human genome.
Figure 1
Location of ABCC8 on the human genome.
ABCC8 maps to chromosome 11, approximately between 17,370 and 17,470 kilobases (kb). Click Image maplink.jpg or here for a current and interactive view of the location of ABCC8 in the human genome. Note: this figure was (more...)
The ABC transporter proteins, such as ABCC8, typically contain two ATP-binding domains and two transmembrane domains (view domains).
The ATP-binding domains are also known as nucleotide binding folds (NBFs), and mutations in either NBF1 or NBF2 can lead to PHHI (6). This suggests that both NBF regions of the SUR are needed for the normal regulation of KATP channel activity.
As found in all proteins that bind ATP, the nucleotide binding domains of the ABC family of proteins contain characteristic motifs called Walker A and B. The Walker A motif contains a lysine residue that is critical for activating the KATP channel. When this lysine residue is mutated in NBF1, but not NBF2, the KATP channel can no longer be activated (7). In addition, ABC genes also contain a signature C motif.
The transmembrane domains contain 6–11 membrane spanning helices, and the ABCC protein contains 6. These helices provide the protein with specificity for the molecule they transport across the membrane.
Several single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been found within the ABCC8 gene. Usually SNPs linked with disease occur within the coding regions (exons) of the genes, and they result in a non-synonymous amino acid change. In ABCC8, there are seven such SNPs (at the time of writing) that cause a switch of amino acids in the mature protein (Figure 2). However, one of the SNPs of the ABCC8 gene that has been linked with diabetes (R1273R) does not cause an amino acid change (see below).
Figure 2. SNP positions of ABCC8 mapped to the 3D structure of a multidrug resistance ABC transporter homolog in Vibrio cholera.
Figure 2
SNP positions of ABCC8 mapped to the 3D structure of a multidrug resistance ABC transporter homolog in Vibrio cholera.
The figure shows the positions of non-synonymous amino acid changes (green residues) caused by SNPs in the coding sequence. (more...)
ABCC8 and Diabetes: Digest of Recent Articles
For a more complete list of research articles on ABCC8 and diabetes, search PubMed.
The two genes that encode the KATP channel, ABBC8 and KCNJ11, reside adjacent to one another on chromosome 11. A variant of ABCC8, called A1369S, is in almost complete linkage disequilibrium with a variant of KCNJ11 called E23K. This means that from the genetic evidence, it is difficult to determine whether it is the A1369S variant or the E23K variant that predisposes to type 2 diabetes (8).
A mutation in ABCC8 was observed to cause an extremely rare form of diabetes, autosomal dominant diabetes, in a Finnish family (9). The switch of glutamate to lysine at residue 1506 (E1506K) in the SUR1 protein caused a congenital hyperinsulinemia. The mutation reduced the activity of KATP channels, increasing insulin secretion. By early adulthood, the ability of the beta cells to secrete adequate amounts of insulin was exhausted, leading to diabetes (10).
A silent variant in exon 31 of the ABCC8 gene has been associated with high concentrations of insulin in non-diabetic Mexican Americans. The codon AGG is mutated to AGA, but this still codes for the residue arginine (R1273R). The normal and mutant alleles were called G and A, respectively. Among non-diabetics, those who were homozygous for the mutant allele (AA genotype) had higher levels of insulin when fasting, compared with heterozygotes (AG) and normal wild-type (GG). Because type 2 diabetes is more common in Mexican Americans than in the general US population, it has been proposed that individuals with the AA genotype are at a higher risk of diabetes because of an over-secretion of insulin (11).
Two common polymorphisms of the ABCC8 gene (exon 16-3t/c and exon 18 T/C) have been variably associated with type 2 diabetes. However, a recent large case control study in Britain revealed that these ABCC8 variants did not appear to be associated with diabetes (12).
Link Roundup for ABCC8
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Diabetes and ABCC8 in PubMed | PubMed Central | Books
Background Information
ABCC8 in OMIM
The Human ATP-Binding Cassette (ABC) Transporter Superfamily on the Bookshelf
Molecular Biology
ABCC8 in Entrez Gene | Evidence Viewer | Map Viewer | Domains: Transmembrane region 1, ATPase 1, Transmembrane domain 2, ATPase 2 | SNPs | BLink | HomoloGene
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