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ArticleJournal of diabetes investigation2025

Two cases of neonatal hyperglycemia caused by a homozygous COQ9 stop-gain variant.

Russell Donis, Maryam Al Badi, Nadia Alhashmi, Andrew T Hattersley, Sarah E Flanagan, Elisa De Franco

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Article in Journal of diabetes investigation, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. [Advances in the molecular genetics of nuclear gene mutations causing pediatric mitochondrial cardiomyopathy].Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics · 2026
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6 authors.

Russell DonisDepartment of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
Maryam Al BadiNational Diabetes and Endocrine Centre, Muscat, Oman.
Nadia AlhashmiNational Genetic Centre, Royal Hospital, Muscat, Oman.
Andrew T HattersleyDepartment of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
Sarah E FlanaganDepartment of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
Elisa De FrancoDepartment of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1437-7891

Funding

Diabetes UK 19/005971Diabetes UK 20/0006237National Institute for Health and Care ResearchWellcome Trust 223187/Z/21/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neonatal diabetes mellitus (NDM) is a monogenic condition diagnosed <6 months of age with >40 genetic causes. International guidelines recommend referral for genetic testing immediately after diagnosis since the genetic result guides clinical management. We used next-generation sequencing to identify a homozygous pathogenic variant, p.(Arg244*), in COQ9 in 2 individuals referred for NDM testing. Both had insulin-treated hyperglycemia, severe structural brain defects, dysmorphic features, and lactic acidosis. Recessive loss-of-function variants in COQ9 cause Coenzyme Q10 deficiency-5, a multi-system mitochondrial disease, with 7 cases reported. Neonatal hyperglycemia has not been reported in any of these cases but has been described for two other Coenzyme Q10 disorders caused by variants in COQ2 and COQ4. Our report shows that individuals with COQ9-related disease can present with neonatal hyperglycemia, expanding the clinical spectrum of this disorder. We recommend the inclusion of COQ9, as well as COQ2 and COQ4, to gene panels used for NDM testing.

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Diabetes MellitusHyperglycemiaMitochondrial DiseasesMitochondrial ProteinsMutationUbiquinoneHomozygoteHumansInfant, NewbornMitochondrial ProteinsUbiquinoneubiquinone 9Coenzyme Q10Mitochondrial diseaseNeonatal diabetes

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