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Kir6.1- and SUR2-dependent KATP overactivity disrupts intestinal motility in murine models of Cantú syndrome
Nathaniel W. York, … , Hongzhen Hu, Colin G. Nichols
Nathaniel W. York, … , Hongzhen Hu, Colin G. Nichols
Published November 10, 2020
Citation Information: JCI Insight. 2020;5(23):e141443. https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.141443.
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Research Article Gastroenterology Muscle biology

Kir6.1- and SUR2-dependent KATP overactivity disrupts intestinal motility in murine models of Cantú syndrome

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Abstract

Cantú syndrome (CS), caused by gain-of-function (GOF) mutations in pore-forming (Kir6.1, KCNJ8) and accessory (SUR2, ABCC9) ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channel subunit genes, is frequently accompanied by gastrointestinal (GI) dysmotility, and we describe 1 CS patient who required an implanted intestinal irrigation system for successful stooling. We used gene-modified mice to assess the underlying KATP channel subunits in gut smooth muscle and to model the consequences of altered KATP channels in CS gut. We show that Kir6.1/SUR2 subunits underlie smooth muscle KATP channels throughout the small intestine and colon. Knockin mice, carrying human KCNJ8 and ABCC9 CS mutations in the endogenous loci, exhibited reduced intrinsic contractility throughout the intestine, resulting in death when weaned onto solid food in the most severely affected animals. Death was avoided by weaning onto a liquid gel diet, implicating intestinal insufficiency and bowel impaction as the underlying cause, and GI transit was normalized by treatment with the KATP inhibitor glibenclamide. We thus define the molecular basis of intestinal KATP channel activity, the mechanism by which overactivity results in GI insufficiency, and a viable approach to therapy.

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Nathaniel W. York, Helen Parker, Zili Xie, David Tyus, Maham Akbar Waheed, Zihan Yan, Dorothy K. Grange, Maria Sara Remedi, Sarah K. England, Hongzhen Hu, Colin G. Nichols

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