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Homozygous nonsense and frameshift mutations of the ACTH receptor in children with familial glucocorticoid deficiency (FGD) are not associated with long-term mineralocorticoid deficiency.

Chan, LF; Metherell, LA; Krude, H; Ball, C; O'Riordan, SM; Costigan, C; Lynch, SA; Savage, MO; Cavarzere, P; Clark, AJ (2009) Homozygous nonsense and frameshift mutations of the ACTH receptor in children with familial glucocorticoid deficiency (FGD) are not associated with long-term mineralocorticoid deficiency. Clinical Endocrinology, 71 (2). 171 - 175. ISSN 0300-0664 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2008.03511.x
SGUL Authors: Clark, Adrian John L

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Abstract

Familial glucocorticoid deficiency (FGD) is a rare autosomal recessive disease characterized by isolated glucocorticoid deficiency with preserved mineralocorticoid secretion. Mutations in the ACTH receptor (MC2R) account for approximately 25% of all FGD cases, but since these are usually missense mutations, a degree of receptor function is frequently retained. A recent report, however, suggested that disturbances in the renin-aldosterone axis were seen in some patients with potentially more severe MC2R mutations. Furthermore, MC2R knock out mice have overt aldosterone deficiency and hyperkalaemia despite preservation of a normal zona glomerulosa. We wished to determine whether a group of patients with severe nonsense mutations of the MC2R exhibited evidence of mineralocorticoid deficiency, thereby challenging the conventional diagnostic feature of FGD which might result in diagnostic misclassification.

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Additional Information: Copyright © 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd Re-use of this article is permitted in accordance with the Creative Commons Deed, Attribution 2.5, which does not permit commercial exploitation.
Keywords: Adolescent, Adrenal Gland Diseases, Child, Child, Preschool, Codon, Nonsense, Female, Frameshift Mutation, Glucocorticoids, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Male, Mineralocorticoids, Pedigree, Receptors, Corticotropin, Retrospective Studies, MELANOCORTIN 2 RECEPTOR, ADRENOCORTICOTROPIN RECEPTOR, FUNCTIONAL-CHARACTERIZATION, GENE, ABNORMALITIES, MICE, Endocrinology & Metabolism, 1103 Clinical Sciences, 1114 Paediatrics And Reproductive Medicine
Journal or Publication Title: Clinical Endocrinology
ISSN: 0300-0664
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1 August 2009Published
PubMed ID: 19170705
Web of Science ID: 19170705
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URI: http://sgultest.da.ulcc.ac.uk/id/eprint/101429
Publisher's version: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2008.03511.x

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