hrp0092fc9.1 | Fetal, Neonatal Endocrinology and Metabolism (to include Hypoglycaemia) | ESPE2019

Using CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing to Study the Molecular Mechanisms of Congenital Hyperinsulinism (CHI)

Purushothaman Preetha , Walker Amy , Maeshima Ruhina , Hussain Khalid , Hart Stephen

Background: Congenital Hyperinsulinism(CHI) is characterized by the unregulated secretion of insulin in the presence of hypoglycaemia. The mutations in ABCC8 and KCNJ11, which encode the sulfonylurea receptor 1 (SUR1) and potassium inward-rectifying 6.2 (Kir6.2) subunits of ATP-sensitive potassium channel (K channel), are the most common identified cause of the condition. Defects in the HADH gene are responsible for SCHAD- HI, a rare form of the disease caused...