Unusual phenotypic features in a patient with a novel splice mutation in the GHRHR gene

Isolated growth hormone deficiency (IGHD) may be of genetic origin. One of the few genes involved in that condition encodes the growth hormone releasing hormone receptor (GHRHR) that, through its ligand (GHRH), plays a pivotal role in the GH synthesis and secretion by the pituitary. Our objective is...

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Published in:	Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) Vol. 14; no. 5-6; pp. 286 - 292
Main Authors:	Hilal, Latifa, Hajaji, Yassir, Vie-Luton, Marie-Pierre, Ajaltouni, Zeina, Benazzouz, Bouchra, Chana, Maha, Chraïbi, Adelmajid, Kadiri, Abdelkrim, Amselem, Serge, Sobrier, Marie-Laure
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Feinstein Institute for Medical Research 01-05-2008 ScholarOne
Subjects:	Alternative Splicing Child DNA Mutational Analysis Dwarfism, Pituitary Dwarfism, Pituitary - drug therapy Dwarfism, Pituitary - genetics Dwarfism, Pituitary - pathology Endocrinology and metabolism Female Genetics Growth Hormone Growth Hormone - therapeutic use Human genetics Human health and pathology Humans Life Sciences Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Mutation Pedigree Phenotype Receptors, Neuropeptide Receptors, Neuropeptide - genetics Receptors, Neuropeptide - physiology Receptors, Pituitary Hormone-Regulating Hormone Receptors, Pituitary Hormone-Regulating Hormone - genetics Receptors, Pituitary Hormone-Regulating Hormone - physiology Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction RNA Splice Sites RNA Splice Sites - genetics
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Summary:	Isolated growth hormone deficiency (IGHD) may be of genetic origin. One of the few genes involved in that condition encodes the growth hormone releasing hormone receptor (GHRHR) that, through its ligand (GHRH), plays a pivotal role in the GH synthesis and secretion by the pituitary. Our objective is to describe the phenotype of two siblings born to a consanguineous union presenting with short stature (IGHD) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) abnormalities, and to identify the molecular basis of this condition. Our main outcome measures were clinical and endocrinological investigations, MRI of the pituitary region, study of the GHRHR gene sequence and transcripts. In both patients, the severe growth retardation (-5SD) was combined with anterior pituitary hypoplasia. In addition to these classical phenotypic features for IGHD, one of the patients had a Chiari I malformation, an arachnoid cyst, and a dysmorphic anterior pituitary. A homozygous sequence variation in the consensus donor splice site of intron 1 (IVS1 + 2T > G) of the GHRHR gene was identified in both patients. Using in vitro transcription assay, we showed that this mutation results in abnormal splicing of GHRHR transcripts. In this report, which broadens the phenotype associated with GHRHR defects, we discuss the possible role of the GHRHR in the proper development of extrapituitary structures, through a mechanism that could be direct or secondary to severe GH deficiency.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Case Study-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-4 content type line 23 ObjectType-Report-1 ObjectType-Article-3 PMCID: PMC2249753
ISSN:	1076-1551 1528-3658
DOI:	10.2119/2007-00128.Hilal