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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-3-17
pubmed:abstractText
Hereditary 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D [1,25-(OH)2D]-resistant rickets (HVDRR) is a rare disorder characterized by rickets, alopecia, hypocalcemia, secondary hyperparathyroidism, and normal or elevated serum 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D levels. We describe a patient with typical clinical characteristics of HVDRR, except that elevated levels of serum phosphorus were present coincident with increased levels of serum intact PTH. The patient was treated with high dose calcium infusion after an ineffective treatment with 1 alpha-hydroxyvitamin D3; serum calcium and phosphorus as well as intact PTH and alkaline phosphatase levels were normalized. Evaluation of phytohemagglutinin-activated lymphocytes derived from this patient revealed that 1,25-(OH)2D3 was unable to inhibit thymidine incooperation, a result that contrasts with the capacity of 1,25-(OH)2D3 to inhibit uptake into normal activated lymphocytes. 1,25-(OH)2D3 did not induce human osteocalcin promoter activity after transfection of this DNA linked to a reporter gene into patient cells. Cointroduction of a human vitamin D receptor (VDR) cDNA expression vector with the reporter plasmid, however, restored the hormone response. Evaluation of extracts from the patient cells for VDR DNA binding revealed a defect in DNA binding. Analysis of genomic DNA from the patient's cells by PCR confirmed the presence of a point mutation in exon 2 of the VDR. This exon directs synthesis of a portion of the DNA-binding domain of the receptor. We conclude that the genetic basis for 1,25-(OH)2D3 resistance in this kindred with VDR-positive HVDRR is due to a single base mutation in the VDR that leads to production of a receptor unable to interact appropriately with DNA.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0021-972X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
76
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
509-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8381803-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:8381803-Calcitriol, pubmed-meshheading:8381803-Calcium, pubmed-meshheading:8381803-Child, pubmed-meshheading:8381803-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:8381803-Genetic Vectors, pubmed-meshheading:8381803-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8381803-Hypophosphatemia, Familial, pubmed-meshheading:8381803-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8381803-Osteocalcin, pubmed-meshheading:8381803-Parathyroid Hormone, pubmed-meshheading:8381803-Phosphorus, pubmed-meshheading:8381803-Plasmids, pubmed-meshheading:8381803-Point Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:8381803-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:8381803-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:8381803-Receptors, Calcitriol, pubmed-meshheading:8381803-Receptors, Steroid, pubmed-meshheading:8381803-Transfection
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
A new point mutation in the deoxyribonucleic acid-binding domain of the vitamin D receptor in a kindred with hereditary 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D-resistant rickets.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, Gunma University School of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports