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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY
卷 185, 期 1, 页码 121-135出版社
BIOSCIENTIFICA LTD
DOI: 10.1530/EJE-20-1453
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- NIH [R01 HD30428]
- Transgenic Animal Model Core facility funding [NIH NIDDK34933]
- NIH WRHR Scholar grant [1K12HD065257]
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Overseas Research Fellowship
- Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) Children's Charity
- Medical Research Foundation, UK [535963]
- NIHR Biomedical Research Centre
- Joint MRC/Wellcome Trust [MR/R006237/1]
OTX2 mutations are rarely associated with isolated hypopituitarism without eye abnormalities, with variable penetrance even within the same pedigree. Our data suggest that endocrine phenotypes in patients with OTX2 mutations originate from the hypothalamus, with OTX2 expression in multiple brain regions during human embryogenesis.
Objective: The transcription factor OTX2 is implicated in ocular, craniofacial, and pituitary development.& nbsp; Design: We aimed to establish the contribution of OTX2 mutations in congenital hypopituitarism patients with/without eye abnormalities, study functional consequences, and establish OTX2 expression in the human brain, with a view to investigate the mechanism of action.& nbsp; Methods: We screened patients from the UK (n = 103), international centres (n = 24), and Brazil (n = 282); 145 were within the septo-optic dysplasia spectrum, and 264 had no eye phenotype. Transactivation ability of OTX2 variants was analysed in murine hypothalamic GT1-7 neurons. In situ hybridization was performed on human embryonic brain sections. Genetically engineered mice were generated with a series of C-terminal OTX2 variants.& nbsp; Results: Two chromosomal deletions and six haploinsufficient mutations were identified in individuals with eye abnormalities; an affected relative of one patient harboured the same mutation without an ocular phenotype. OTX2 truncations led to significant transactivation reduction. A missense variant was identified in another patient without eye abnormalities; however, studies revealed it was most likely not causative. In the mouse, truncations proximal to aa219 caused anophthalmia, while distal truncations and the missense variant were tolerated. During human embryogenesis, OTX2 was expressed in the posterior pituitary, retina, ear, thalamus, choroid plexus, and partially in the hypothalamus, but not in the anterior pituitary.& nbsp; Conclusions: OTX2 mutations are rarely associated with hypopituitarism in isolation without eye abnormalities, and may be variably penetrant, even within the same pedigree. Our data suggest that the endocrine phenotypes in patients with OTX2 mutations are of hypothalamic origin.
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