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ENDOCRINE CONNECTIONS
卷 8, 期 4, 页码 338-348出版社
BIOSCIENTIFICA LTD
DOI: 10.1530/EC-19-0027
关键词
AIP; FIPA; acromegaly; somatostatin analog; resistance; MEN1; pituitary adenoma; pasireotide
资金
- Fonds d'Investissement pour la Recherche (FIRS) of the CHU de Liege
- JABBS Foundation, United Kingdom
- ISCIII-Subdireccion General de Evaluacion y Fomento de la Investigacion
- Fondos FEDER [PI13/02043, PI16/00175]
- Andalusian Ministry of Health [A-0003-2016, A-0006-2015, C-0015-2014, RC-0006-2018]
Background: Pituitary adenomas have a high disease burden due to tumor growth/invasion and disordered hormonal secretion. Germline mutations in genes such as MEN1 and AIP are associated with early onset of aggressive pituitary adenomas that can be resistant to medical therapy. Aims: We performed a retrospective screening study using published risk criteria to assess the frequency of AIP and MEN1 mutations in pituitary adenoma patients in a tertiary referral center. Methods: Pituitary adenoma patients with pediatric/adolescent onset, macroadenomas occurring <= 30 years of age, familial isolated pituitary adenoma (FIPA) kindreds and acromegaly or prolactinoma cases that were uncontrolled by medical therapy were studied genetically. We also assessed whether immunohistochemical staining for AIP (AIP-IHC) in somatotropinomas was associated with somatostatin analogs (SSA) response. Results: Fifty-five patients met the study criteria and underwent genetic screening for AIP/MEN1 mutations. No mutations were identified and large deletions/duplications were ruled out using MLPA. In a cohort of sporadic somatotropinomas, low AIP-IHC tumors were significantly larger (P = 0.002) and were more frequently sparsely granulated (P = 0.046) than high AIP-IHC tumors. No significant relationship between AIP-IHC and SSA responses was seen. Conclusions: Germline mutations in AIP/MEN1 in pituitary adenoma patients are rare and the use of general risk criteria did not identify cases in a large tertiary-referral setting. In acromegaly, low AIP-IHC was related to larger tumor size and more frequent sparsely granulated subtype but no relationship with SSA responsiveness was seen. The genetics of pituitary adenomas remains largely unexplained and AIP screening criteria could be significantly refined to focus on large, aggressive tumors in young patients.
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