ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

Brief Summary: This open-label, randomised phase 3 trial investigated the efficacy and safety of subcutaneous infusions of Dasiglucagon1, a glucagon analogue, as an add-on to standard of care (SoC) treatment in infants and children with congenital hyperinsulinism (CHI).Patients had documented CHI aged 0.6 to 10.9y, who had ≥3 episodes of hypoglycemia/week, defined as self-measured plasma glucose (SMPG) <3.9 mmol/L. Part 1 (weeks 1-4)...

Elife. 2021 Sep 8;10:e69765. doi: 10.7554/eLife.69765. PMID: 34494548. https://elifesciences.org/articles/69765Brief Summary: Using a database for arcuate nucleus transcripts, this study identifies Nhlhl2 as a key regulator of the Kiss1 gene in male mice.The timing of puberty onset is i...

To read the full abstract: Elife. 2018 Jun 15;7. pii: e35960.Using transgenic mice, this team discover a new role for Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide (PACAP) in female puberty and reproduction. This neuropeptide relays nutritional state information in the hypothalamus to regulate gonadotropin-releasing hormone release.Metabolic cues play...

Metabolism. 2022 Apr;129:155141. doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2022.155141. Epub 2022 Jan 22. PMID: 35074314. https://www.metabolismjournal.com/article/S0026-0495(22)00019-1/fulltextBrief Summary: the authors used pharmacological and transgenic models to demonstrate the role of GRK2, G protein coupled-recept...

To read the full abstract: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 Nov 6;115(45):E10758–E10767.The authors show for the first time that central AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), the major cellular energy sensor, interplays with Kiss1 to control puberty onset.AMPK is an indispensable cellular energy sensor (1). Beside its ability to directly sense ener...