关于中心早期青春期的综合研究:对90名患者的分子和临床分析
Hiromune Narusawa1,2, Tomoe Ogawa1, Hideaki Yagasaki2
1Department of Molecular Endocrinology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo 157-8535, Japan.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
|September 26, 2024
概括
基因检测确定了12.2%的中央早熟青春期 (CPP) 病例的原因. 在患有特定家族病史或出生小于妊娠年龄的患者中,考虑测试普尔综合征 (TS14) 和MKRN3缺陷.
科学领域:
- 儿科内分泌学 儿科内分泌学
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
- 生殖医学 生殖医学
背景情况:
- 中部早熟性青春期 (CPP) 可能是MKRN3,DLK1,KISS1,KISS1R等基因缺陷以及像Temple综合征 (TS14) 等疾病的结果.
- 最近的研究表明,MECP2中的致病变体也可能导致CPP.
研究的目的:
- 调查遗传和表观遗传异常对CPP的贡献.
- 分析与CPP不同病因相关的临床和荷尔蒙特征.
主要方法:
- 在90名CPP患者中对MKRN3,DLK1,MECP2,KISS1和KISS1R进行向测序.
- 对像TS14这样的印记障碍进行甲基化分析.
- 在特定患者组和对照组中测量血清DLK1和MKRN3水平.
主要成果:
- 确定了8名TS14患者 (表皮移除,UPD14,微删除) 和3名MKRN3缺陷患者 (PV,5'-UTR删除,微删除).
- 在MECP2,KISS1或KISS1R中没有发现致病变体.
- TS14患者的中位体高度较低,出生时的妊娠年龄 (SGA) 较小的发病率更高.
结论:
- 在12.2%的评估CPP患者中,发现了遗传和表观遗传原因.
- 建议考虑在CPP患者中进行TS14和MKRN3缺陷的基因检测,这些患者出生于SGA或有父亲早期青春期的家族病史.
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