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Eur J Endocrinol ; 163(3): 369-76, 2010 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20530095

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Germline mutations in the aryl hydrocarbon receptor-interacting protein (AIP) gene and the p27(KIP1) encoding gene CDKN1B have been associated with two well-defined hereditary conditions, familial isolated pituitary adenoma (FIPA) and multiple endocrine neoplasia type 4 (MEN4). Somatotropinomas are present in most AIP mutated FIPA kindreds, as well as in two-thirds of MEN4 patients who carry pituitary tumors. METHODS: Germline DNA samples of 131 Italian sporadic acromegalic patients including 38 individuals with multiple tumors, and of six FIPA families (four homogeneous for prolactinomas and two heterogeneous with prolactin/nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas) were collected in a multicentric collaborative study. The prevalence of AIP and CDKN1B gene point mutations and copy number variations were evaluated. RESULTS: Two novel (IVS3+1G>A and c.871G>A) and one previously described (c.911G>A) AIP mutations were detected in four apparently sporadic cases (3.1%) with relatively high age at diagnosis (49+/-18, range 30-67). No mutations/rearrangements were detected in FIPA families. The highly conserved c.871G>A substitution was detected in a patient who also carried a MEN1 mutation suggesting that she is a double heterozygote. The possible pathogenic effect on AIP splicing of the silent substitution c.144G>A found in another patient was ruled out using a minigene-based approach. CDKN1B mutations/rearrangements were neither identified in patients with multiple neoplasia nor in FIPA families. CONCLUSION: AIP is mutated in about 3% of apparently sporadic acromegalic patients. The relatively high age at diagnosis, as well as its sporadic presentation, suggests that these patients are carriers of mutations with reduced pathogenicity. p27(KIP1) is unlikely to represent the common unifying nonendocrine etiology for acromegaly and cancer.


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Acromegaly/epidemiology , Acromegaly/genetics , Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/genetics , Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia/epidemiology , Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia/genetics , Acromegaly/complications , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Amino Acid Sequence , Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p27 , Female , Germ-Line Mutation/genetics , Humans , Italy/epidemiology , Male , Middle Aged , Molecular Sequence Data , Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia/complications , Pedigree , Prevalence , Young Adult
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Steroids ; 60(1): 161-3, 1995 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-7792805

ABSTRACT

We have previously demonstrated a deficiency of mineralocorticoid receptors in pseudohypoaldosteronism, by radioreceptorassay. We now report findings with an antireceptor antibody derived from the immunogenic region of the receptor. Lymphocytes from normal controls and from two cases of pseudohypoaldosteronism previously shown to lack receptor binding were tested. After the plasma membrane of lymphocytes was permeabilized with methanol the cells were incubated with a 1:200 dilution of antibody followed by fluorescent antirabbit immunoglobulin mouse serum. After washing fluorescence was detected by microscopy and cytofluorimetry in both controls and patients with pseudohypoaldosteronism. Recent studies on mineralocorticoid receptor cDNA in pseudohypoaldosteronism have not established a mutation in the sequence. We thus suggest that the pathogenesis of pseudohypoaldosteronism is not related to an abnormality of the receptor but rather due to intracellular factor(s) which can block the binding of aldosterone to its receptor.


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Pseudohypoaldosteronism/metabolism , Receptors, Mineralocorticoid/analysis , Adult , Antibodies/blood , Child , Evaluation Studies as Topic , Female , Fluorescent Antibody Technique , Humans , Male , Radioligand Assay , Receptors, Mineralocorticoid/immunology
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