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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
卷 101, 期 12, 页码 4710-4718出版社
ENDOCRINE SOC
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2016-1665
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- Fonds de Recherche du Quebec-Sante
Background: More than 40% of patients with paragangliomas (PGLs) harbor a germline mutation of the known PGL susceptibility genes, mainly in the SDHB or SDHD genes. Objective: The objective of the study was to characterize the genetic background of the French Canadian (FC) patients with PGLs and provide new clinical and paraclinical insights on SDHC-related PGLs. Methods: Genetic testing has been offered to FC patients affected with PGLs followed up at the adrenal genetics clinic at Centre hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal. After genetic counseling, 29 FC patients consented for PGL genetic testing. Results: Thirteen of 29 patients (44.8%) carried a germline mutation. The same heterozygous nonsense mutation at codon 133 of exon 5 of the SDHC gene (c.397C>T, p.[Arg133Ter]) was found in nine patients, representing 69.2% of the patients having a germline mutation. Seventy percent of these patients had head and neck PGLs. Twenty percent had multiple and 30% had malignant PGLs. We traced back the ascending genealogy of 10 index cases (nine patients from our cohort and one patient referred to us) and found that this mutation was most probably introduced in Nouvelle France by a couple of French settlers who established themselves in the 17th century. Conclusions: We found that 31% of the PGLs in the French Canadian can be explained by the SDHC mutation (c.397C>T, p.[Arg133Ter]). The dominance of the SDHC mutation is unique to the FCs and is most likely due to a French founder effect. SDHC gene analysis should be prioritized in FC patients with PGL.
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