RFX6 haploinsufficiency predisposes to diabetes through impaired beta cell functionality
Ibrahim, H.; Balboa, D.; Saarimäki-Vire, J.; Montaser, H.; Dyachok, O.; Lund, P.-E.; Omar-Hmeadi, M.; Kvist, J.; Dwivedi, O. P.; Lithovius, V.; Barsby, T.; Chandra, V.; Eurola, S.; Ustinov, J.; Tuomi, T.; Miettinen, P. J.; Barg, S.; Tengholm, A.; Otonkoski, T.
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Regulatory factor X 6 (RFX6) is indispensable for pancreatic endocrine development and differentiation. The RFX6 protein-truncating variant p.His293LeufsTer7 is significantly enriched in the Finnish population with almost 1:250 individuals as a carrier. Importantly, the FinnGen study indicates a high predisposition for heterozygous carriers to develop type 2 diabetes (T2D) and gestational diabetes. To understand the role of this variant in {beta}-cell development and function, we generated allelic series of isogenic pluripotent stem cell models and directed them into pancreatic islet lineages (SC-islets). Expectedly, in-vitro models of the homozygous RFX6-/- variant failed to generate pancreatic endocrine cells, recapitulating the phenotype in Mitchell-Riley syndrome. Notably, heterozygous RFX6+/- derived SC-islets showed reduced {beta}-cell maturation markers and calcium oscillations, resulting in defective insulin secretion, without affecting {beta}-cell number or insulin content. The reduced insulin secretion is sustained during in-vivo implantation studies, consistent with the susceptibility of the carriers to develop diabetes. TeaserModeling RFX6-assocciated neonatal and type-2 diabetes using allelic series stem cell-derived islets in-vitro and in-vivo.
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