Novel mutation in MCT8 gene in a Brazilian boy with thyroid hormone resistance and severe neurologic abnormalities / Mutação nova do gene MCT8 em menino Brasileiro com resistência ao hormônio tireioidiano e neuropatia grave
Arq. bras. endocrinol. metab
;
55(1): 60-66, Feb. 2011. ilus, tab
Article
in English
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RESUMO
O MCT8 é um transportador celular de hormônios tireoidianos, importante para sua ação e metabolização. Relatamos o caso de um menino com a nova mutação inativadora 630insG no éxon 1 do MCT8. O paciente caracterizou-se por grave comprometimento neurológico (inicialmente com hipotonia global, evoluindo com hipertonia generalizada), crescimento normal nos dois primeiros anos de vida, reduzido ganho ponderal e ausência dos sinais e sintomas típicos de hipotireoidismo. A sua avaliação sérica revelou elevação do T3, redução do T4 total e livre e TSH levemente aumentado. O tratamento com levotiroxina melhorou o perfil hormonal tireoidiano, mas não modificou o quadro clínico do paciente. Esses dados reforçam o conceito de que o papel do MCT8 é tecido-dependente enquanto os neurônios são altamente dependentes do MCT8, o osso, o tecido adiposo, o músculo e o fígado são menos dependentes do MCT8 e, portanto, podem sofrer as consequências da exposição a níveis séricos elevados de T3.
ABSTRACT
MCT8 is a cellular transporter of thyroid hormones important in their action and metabolization. We report a male patient with the novel inactivating mutation 630insG in the coding region in exon 1 of MCT8. He was characterized clinically by severe neurologic impairment (initially with global hypotonia, later evolving with generalized hypertonia), normal growth during infancy, reduced weight gain, and absence of typical signs and symptoms of hypothyroidism, while the laboratory evaluation disclosed elevated T3, low total and free T4, and mildly elevated TSH serum levels. Treatment with levothyroxine improved thyroid hormone profile but was not able to alter the clinical picture of the patient. These data reinforce the concept that the role of MCT8 is tissue-dependent while neurons are highly dependent on MCT8, bone tissue, adipose tissue, muscle, and liver are less dependent on MCT8 and, therefore, may suffer the consequences of the exposition to high serum T3 levels.
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Main subject:
Triiodothyronine
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Brain Diseases
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Thyroid Hormone Resistance Syndrome
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Monocarboxylic Acid Transporters
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Mutation
Limits:
Child
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
Arq. bras. endocrinol. metab
Journal subject:
Endocrinology
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Metabolism
Year:
2011
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
USP/BR
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Universidade de São Paulo/BR
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