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- Title
A dizygotic twin pregnancy in a MODY 3-affected woman.
- Authors
Bitterman, O.; Iafusco, D.; Torcia, F.; Tinto, N.; Napoli, A.
- Abstract
Background: MODY diabetes includes rare familiar forms due to genetic mutations resulting in β-cell dysfunction. MODY 3 is due to mutations in the gene transcription factor HNF-1α, with diabetes diagnosis in adolescence or early adult life. Few data are available about MODY 3 in pregnancy. Case report: A 36-year-old Italian woman came to our unit at the 5th week of pregnancy. She was diagnosed with diabetes at 18 years, with negative autoimmunity and a strong familiarity for diabetes. She was treated with gliclazide and metformin. She had a previous pregnancy in which she was treated with insulin, giving birth at 38 weeks to a 3.210 kg baby girl, who showed neonatal hypoglycemia. We switched her to insulin treatment according to guidelines. We asked for genetic molecular testing, resulting in a HNF-1α gene mutation. A US examination at 7 weeks revealed a twin, bicorial, biamniotic pregnancy. At 37 weeks of gestation, she gave birth to two normal-weight baby girls; only one showed neonatal hypoglycemia and a genetic test revealed that she was affected by HNF-1α gene mutation. Subsequently, entire family of the woman was tested, showing that the father, the sister and the first daughter had the same HNF-1α mutation. Discussion: A MODY 3 foetus needs a near-normal maternal glycemic control, because the exposure to intrauterine hyperglycemia can lead to an earlier age of diabetes onset. Neonatal hypoglycemia is generally observed in MODY 1 infants, but it is possible to hypothesize that some HNF-1α mutations could lead to a functionally impaired protein that might dysregulate HNF-4α expression determining hypoglycemia.
- Subjects
TRANSCRIPTION factors; GLICLAZIDE; METFORMIN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; GLYCEMIC control
- Publication
Acta Diabetologica, 2016, Vol 53, Issue 5, p849
- ISSN
0940-5429
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00592-016-0848-y