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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-8-5
pubmed:abstractText
Prolactinomas are rare tumors in prepubertal children. A prolactinoma in a young child may be due to sequence variants in genes that are known to cause these tumors ( MEN1, PRKAR1A, AIP). An 11-year-old boy with a macroprolactinoma was treated with cabergoline and the tumor receded. We studied the patient and his family for genetic causes of this tumor. No mutations were present in the coding sequence of PRKAR1A and AIP. A novel heterozygous substitution (IVS3-7 c>a) was identified in intron 3 of MEN1. We also found an additional PCR amplicon that incorporated the entire intron 3 of the gene (210 bp) in the patient's cDNA. The same amplicon was present with lower intensity in some of the control individuals who were not mutation carriers. Intron 3 harbors an in-frame stop codon and its incorporation is predicted to result in a prematurely terminated protein. We conclude that a novel MEN1 variation was identified in a young boy with prolactinoma and six of his relatives who did not present with prolactinoma or other MEN1 related symptoms. This novel MEN1 variation may be associated with low penetrance of the disease. The IVS3-7 c>a defect is suggested to be pathogenic because it is associated with lower menin levels in the cells of these patients, but its consequences may be mitigated by a variety of factors including changes in transcription and translation of the MEN1 gene.
pubmed:grant
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1439-4286
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart. New York.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
41
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
630-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-8-1
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
An Intronic mutation is associated with prolactinoma in a young boy, decreased penetrance in his large family, and variable effects on MEN1 mRNA and protein.
pubmed:affiliation
Section of Endocrinology and Genetics, Program on Developmental Endocrinology Genetics (PDEGEN), NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural