Abstract
Background
Congenital hypothyroidism is a frequent disease occurring with an incidence of about 1/1500 newborns/year. In about 75% of the cases, CH is caused by alterations in thyroid morphogenesis, defined "thyroid dysgenesis" (TD). TD is generally a sporadic disease but in about 5% of the cases a genetic origin has been demonstrated. Previous studies indicate that Dnajc17 as a candidate modifier gene for hypothyroidism, since it is expressed in the thyroid bud, interacts with NKX2.1 and PAX8 and it has been associated to the hypothyroid phenotype in mice carrying a single Nkx2.1 and Pax8 genes (double heterozygous knock-out).
Purpose
The work evaluates the possible involvement of DNAJC17 in the pathogenesis of TD.
Methods
High-resolution DNA melting analysis (HRM) and direct sequencing have been used to screen for mutations in the DNAJC17 coding sequence in 89 patients with TD.
Results
Two mutations have been identified in the coding sequence of DNAJC17 gene, one in exon 5 (c.350A>C; rs79709714) and one in exon 9 (c.610G>C; rs117485355). The last one is a rare variant, while the rs79709714 is a polymorphism. Both are present in databases and the frequency of the alleles is not different between TD patients and controls.
Conclusions
DNAJC17 mutations are not frequently present in patients with TD.
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