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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-10-14
pubmed:abstractText
We studied the pathophysiology, natural history, and genetic basis of familial neurohypophyseal diabetes insipidus (FNDI) in a caucasian kindred. Twelve members had polyuria and a deficiency of plasma vasopressin (AVP), which progressed in severity over time. Another had normal urine volumes and plasma AVP when first tested at age 3 yr, but developed severe FNDI a year later. For unknown reasons, one man had a normal urine volume despite severe AVP deficiency and a history of polyuria in the past. When the AVP-neurophysin-II gene was amplified and sequenced, exon 2/3 was normal, but 7 of 12 clones of exon 1 contained a base substitution (G-->A) predicting a substitution of threonine for alanine at the -1 position of the signal peptide. Restriction analysis found the mutation in all 14 affected members, but in none of the 41 controls or 19 adult members with normal urine volumes and plasma or urinary AVP (lod score = 5.7). The mutation was also found in 2 infants in whom AVP was normal when tested at 6 and 9 months of age. We hypothesize that a mutation in exon 1 of the AVP-neurophysin-II gene causes FNDI in this kindred by making an abnormally processed precursor that gradually destroys vasopressinergic neurons.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0021-972X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
77
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
599A-599G
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8370682-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:8370682-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:8370682-Arginine Vasopressin, pubmed-meshheading:8370682-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8370682-Child, pubmed-meshheading:8370682-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:8370682-Diabetes Insipidus, pubmed-meshheading:8370682-Exons, pubmed-meshheading:8370682-Female, pubmed-meshheading:8370682-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8370682-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:8370682-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8370682-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:8370682-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8370682-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:8370682-Neurophysins, pubmed-meshheading:8370682-Osmolar Concentration, pubmed-meshheading:8370682-Pedigree, pubmed-meshheading:8370682-Polyuria, pubmed-meshheading:8370682-Protein Sorting Signals
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Familial neurohypophyseal diabetes insipidus associated with a signal peptide mutation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611-3008.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't