CONTEXT: McCune-Albright syndrome (MAS) is caused by mutations in GNAS (most often R201C or R201H) leading to constitutive cAMP signaling and multiple endocrine dysfunctions, including morphological and functional thyroid involvement. OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to characterize the clinical and molecular features of the MAS-associated thyroid disease in a large cohort of patients. DESIGN: This was a retrospective analysis. SETTING: The study was conducted at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center. PATIENTS: The study included 100 consecutive MAS patients. INTERVENTIONS: There were no interventions. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Functional and morphological evaluation of the thyroid was measured. Ex vivo experiments were performed on MAS thyroid samples to study the effects of the GNAS mutations on the 5'-deiodinases. Reconstitution experiments in HEK-293 cells were performed to study the effects of GNAS mutations on the type-2 5'-deiodinase. RESULTS: Fifty-four patients had abnormal thyroid ultrasound findings. This group, compared with patients without abnormal findings, had higher T(3) to T(4) ratio, indicating an elevated 5'-deiodinase activity. Thyroid samples from MAS subjects, compared with normal tissue, showed a significant increase in both type 1 (D1) and type 2 (D2) 5'-deiodinase activity (D1 control 5.9 +/- 4.5 vs. MAS 41.7 +/- 26.8 fmol/min.mg, P < 0.001; D2 control 28.3 +/- 13.8 vs. MAS 153.1 +/- 43.7 fmol/min.mg, P < 0.001). Compared with cells transfected with the wild-type R201 allele, the basal transcriptional activity of the D2 promoter was significantly increased in both mutants (C and H) (R 10733 +/- 2855, vs. C 18548 +/- 4514, vs. H 19032 +/- 4410 RLU +/- SD, P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Thyroid pathology is a common occurrence in MAS. Consistent with the molecular etiology of the disease, the shift in T(3) to T(4) ratio is at least in part secondary to a cAMP-mediated intrathyroidal activation of D2 and to elevated D1 activity.
CONTEXT: McCune-Albright syndrome (MAS) is caused by mutations in GNAS (most often R201C or R201H) leading to constitutive cAMP signaling and multiple endocrine dysfunctions, including morphological and functional thyroid involvement. OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to characterize the clinical and molecular features of the MAS-associated thyroid disease in a large cohort of patients. DESIGN: This was a retrospective analysis. SETTING: The study was conducted at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center. PATIENTS: The study included 100 consecutive MAS patients. INTERVENTIONS: There were no interventions. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Functional and morphological evaluation of the thyroid was measured. Ex vivo experiments were performed on MAS thyroid samples to study the effects of the GNAS mutations on the 5'-deiodinases. Reconstitution experiments in HEK-293 cells were performed to study the effects of GNAS mutations on the type-2 5'-deiodinase. RESULTS: Fifty-four patients had abnormal thyroid ultrasound findings. This group, compared with patients without abnormal findings, had higher T(3) to T(4) ratio, indicating an elevated 5'-deiodinase activity. Thyroid samples from MAS subjects, compared with normal tissue, showed a significant increase in both type 1 (D1) and type 2 (D2) 5'-deiodinase activity (D1 control 5.9 +/- 4.5 vs. MAS 41.7 +/- 26.8 fmol/min.mg, P < 0.001; D2 control 28.3 +/- 13.8 vs. MAS 153.1 +/- 43.7 fmol/min.mg, P < 0.001). Compared with cells transfected with the wild-type R201 allele, the basal transcriptional activity of the D2 promoter was significantly increased in both mutants (C and H) (R 10733 +/- 2855, vs. C 18548 +/- 4514, vs. H 19032 +/- 4410 RLU +/- SD, P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Thyroid pathology is a common occurrence in MAS. Consistent with the molecular etiology of the disease, the shift in T(3) to T(4) ratio is at least in part secondary to a cAMP-mediated intrathyroidal activation of D2 and to elevated D1 activity.
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