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JOURNAL OF VETERINARY INTERNAL MEDICINE
Volume 29, Issue 6, Pages 1534-1540Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jvim.13651
Keywords
Goiter; Inborn error; Mutation; RNA splicing; Thyroid peroxidase
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- Orthopedic Foundation of America
- AKC Canine Health Foundation
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BackgroundA case of congenital hypothyroidism with goiter (CHG) in a juvenile French bulldog was identified and hypothesized to be caused by dyshormonogenesis of genetic etiology. ObjectivesTo describe case management, unusual phenotypic aspects, and a CHG-causing mutation in a French bulldog. AnimalsThyroid tissue and blood from a CHG-affected French bulldog and 4 normal control dogs and buccal brush samples of 125 French bulldogs were studied. MethodsStandard clinical assessment and laboratory tests were applied. Thyroid peroxidase (TPO) iodide oxidation activity was measured in vitro, and TPO protein was assessed on Western blots. Thyroid peroxidase exons and flanking splice sites were amplified from genomic DNA and sequenced. Thyroid peroxidase cDNA was amplified from thyroid RNA and sequenced. ResultsAt 9 months of age, the affected dog had signs of cretinism, but near-normal skeletal maturation. The enlarged thyroid glands exhibited noninflammatory fibrosis and aberrant follicular organization. Thyroid peroxidase activity and immunocrossreactive protein were undetectable. There was a T>C mutation of the intron 12 splice donor consensus that caused abnormally spliced mRNA, consistent with absent TPO function. The mutant allele was not observed in 125 clinically normal French bulldogs. ConclusionsPresumptive CHG in a French bulldog with unusual clinical presentation is described. Genetic etiology was confirmed by identifying the underlying TPO mutation.
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