Pancreas duodenum homeobox-1 regulates pancreas development during embryogenesis and islet cell function in adulthood

Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA.

Pancreas duodenum homeobox-1 (PDX-1) (also known as insulin promoter factor-1, islet/duodenum homeobox-1, somatostatin transactivating factor-1, insulin upstream factor-1 and glucose-sensitive factor) is a transcription factor encoded by a Hox-like homeodomain gene. In humans and other animal species, the embryonic development of the pancreas requires PDX-1, as demonstrated by the identification of an individual with pancreatic agenesis resulting from a mutation that impaired the transcription of a functionally active PDX-1 protein. In adult subjects, PDX-1 is essential for normal pancreatic islet function as suggested by its regulatory action on the expression of a number of pancreatic genes, including insulin, somatostatin, islet amyloid polypeptide, the glucose transporter type 2 and glucokinase. Furthermore, heterozygous mutations of PDX-1 have been linked to a type of autosomal dominant form of diabetes mellitus known as maturity onset diabetes of the young type 4. The dual action of PDX-1, as a differentiation factor during embryogenesis and as a regulator of islet cell physiology in mature islet cells, underscores the unique role of PDX-1 in health and disease of the human endocrine pancreas.

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