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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
Volume 96, Issue 11, Pages E1838-E1842Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2011-1573
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [20591232, 23591517]
- Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare of Japan [20C-2]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [23591517, 20591232] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Context: Inborn errors of thyroid hormone biosynthesis are collectively referred to as thyroid dyshormonogenesis (DH). Seven genes have been implicated in DH, including the dual oxidase 2 gene (DUOX2), the thyroglobulin gene (TG), and the thyroid peroxidase gene (TPO). Objective: We aimed to define the prevalence and phenotypic spectrum of DH with single gene mutations. Subjects and Methods: A population-based cohort of 102 patients with permanent congenital hypothyroidism was enrolled. Fourteen were diagnosed as DH and were analyzed for the seven causative genes including DUOX2, TG, and TPO. Several common mutations were screened in the remaining 88 patients. Pathogenicity of single amino acid mutations was verified in vitro. Results: We identified four, five, and two patients with seemingly biallelic mutations in DUOX2, TG, and TPO, respectively. We also found two patients having one heterozygous DUOX2 mutation and one uncommon single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) p.H678R (rs57659670, allele frequency 0.035) and another two patients with homozygous p.H678R. Expression experiments and RT-PCR revealed that p.H678R is a functional SNP with theoretical 40% loss of function, supporting a role of p.H678R in the onset of DH. As for clinical phenotypes, patients with inactive DUOX2 alleles (mutations and/or p.H678R) showed characteristic time-dependent improvement of thyroid function and morphology. All three evaluated patients had a negative result in the perchlorate test. Conclusions: Mutations (or a functional SNP) in DUOX2, TG, or TPO were observed in 93% (95% confidence interval = 70-99%) of DH patients. Inactive DUOX2 alleles cause a broader phenotypic spectrum than currently accepted. (J Clin Endocrinol Metab 96: E1838-E1842, 2011)
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