Branca M Cavaco1, Lucie Canaff2, Alexis Nolin-Lapalme2, Margarida Vieira3, Tiago N Silva3, Ana Saramago1, Rita Domingues1, Meilan M Rutter4, Jonathan Hudon5, James L Gleason5, Valeriano Leite1,3, Geoffrey N Hendy2. 1. Unidade de Investigação em Patobiologia Molecular, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, Lisboa, Portugal. 2. Departments of Medicine, Physiology, and Human Genetics, McGill University Health Centre Research Institute, McGill University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada. 3. Serviço de Endocrinologia, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, Lisboa, Portugal. 4. Division of Endocrinology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio. 5. Department of Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Abstract
Context: Autosomal dominant hypocalcemia type 1 (ADH1) is caused by heterozygous activating mutations in the calcium-sensing receptor gene (CASR). Whether polymorphisms that are benign in the heterozygous state pathologically alter receptor function in the homozygous state is unknown. Objective: To identify the genetic defect in an adolescent female with a history of surgery for bilateral cataracts and seizures. The patient has hypocalcemia, hyperphosphatemia, and low serum PTH level. The parents of the proband are healthy. Methods: Mutation testing of PTH, GNA11, GCM2, and CASR was done on leukocyte DNA of the proband. Functional analysis in transfected cells was conducted on the gene variant identified. Public single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) databases were searched for the presence of the variant allele. Results: No mutations were identified in PTH, GNA11, and GCM2 in the proband. However, a germline homozygous variant (c.1631G>A; p.R544Q) in exon 6 of the CASR was identified. Both parents are heterozygous for the variant. The variant allele frequency was near 0.1% in SNP databases. By in vitro functional analysis, the variant was significantly more potent in stimulating both the Ca2+i and MAPK signaling pathways than wild type when transfected alone (P < 0.05) but not when transfected together with wild type. The overactivity of the mutant CaSR is due to loss of a critical structural cation-π interaction. Conclusions: The patient's hypoparathyroidism is due to homozygosity of a variant in the CASR that normally has weak or no phenotypic expression in heterozygosity. Although rare, this has important implications for genetic counseling and clinical management.
Context: Autosomal dominant hypocalcemia type 1 (ADH1) is caused by heterozygous activating mutations in the calcium-sensing receptor gene (CASR). Whether polymorphisms that are benign in the heterozygous state pathologically alter receptor function in the homozygous state is unknown. Objective: To identify the genetic defect in an adolescent female with a history of surgery for bilateral cataracts and seizures. The patient has hypocalcemia, hyperphosphatemia, and low serum PTH level. The parents of the proband are healthy. Methods: Mutation testing of PTH, GNA11, GCM2, and CASR was done on leukocyte DNA of the proband. Functional analysis in transfected cells was conducted on the gene variant identified. Public single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) databases were searched for the presence of the variant allele. Results: No mutations were identified in PTH, GNA11, and GCM2 in the proband. However, a germline homozygous variant (c.1631G>A; p.R544Q) in exon 6 of the CASR was identified. Both parents are heterozygous for the variant. The variant allele frequency was near 0.1% in SNP databases. By in vitro functional analysis, the variant was significantly more potent in stimulating both the Ca2+i and MAPK signaling pathways than wild type when transfected alone (P < 0.05) but not when transfected together with wild type. The overactivity of the mutant CaSR is due to loss of a critical structural cation-π interaction. Conclusions: The patient's hypoparathyroidism is due to homozygosity of a variant in the CASR that normally has weak or no phenotypic expression in heterozygosity. Although rare, this has important implications for genetic counseling and clinical management.
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