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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI117317

Glycogen synthase: a putative locus for diet-induced hyperglycemia.

M F Seldin, D Mott, D Bhat, A Petro, C M Kuhn, S F Kingsmore, C Bogardus, E Opara, M N Feinglos, and R S Surwit

Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710.

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Published July 1, 1994 - More info

Published in Volume 94, Issue 1 on July 1, 1994
J Clin Invest. 1994;94(1):269–276. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI117317.
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Abstract

Inbred mouse strains fed a diabetogenic diet have different propensities to develop features analogous to type 2 diabetes mellitus. To define chromosomal locations that control these characteristics, recombinant inbred strains from diabetes-prone C57BL/6J (B/6J) and diabetes-resistant A/J strains were studied. Insulin levels and hyperglycemia correlated with two different regions of mouse chromosome 7 (two point LOD scores > 3.0). For insulin levels, 15 of 16 recombinant inbred strains were concordant with a region that contains the tubby mutation that results in hyperinsulinemia. For hyperglycemia, 19 of 23 strains were concordant with the D7Mit25 marker and 20 of 23 strains with the Gpi-1 locus on proximal mouse chromosome 7. Using more stringent criteria for hyperglycemia, 10 of 11 strains characterized as A/J or B/6J like were concordant with D7Mit25. This putative susceptibility locus is consistent with that of the glycogen synthase gene (Gys) recently suggested as a candidate locus by analyses of type 2 diabetes patients. Fractional glycogen synthase activity in isolated muscle was significantly lower in normal B/6J diabetic-prone mice compared with normal diabetic-resistant A/J mice, a finding similar to that reported in relatives of human patients with type 2 diabetes. These data, taken together, raise the possibility that defects in the Gys gene may in part be responsible for the propensity to develop type 2 diabetes.

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