Neuroendocrine, gonadal, placental, and obstetric phenotypes in patients with IHH and mutations in the G-protein coupled receptor, GPR54.

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_8D99B5418672
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Case report (case report): feedback on an observation with a short commentary.
Collection
Publications
Title
Neuroendocrine, gonadal, placental, and obstetric phenotypes in patients with IHH and mutations in the G-protein coupled receptor, GPR54.
Journal
Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology
Author(s)
Pallais J.C., Bo-Abbas Y., Pitteloud N., Crowley W.F., Seminara S.B.
ISSN
0303-7207 (Print)
ISSN-L
0303-7207
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2006
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
254-255
Pages
70-77
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Case Reports ; Journal Article
Abstract
The G protein coupled receptor, GPR54, is a key regulator of puberty and reproductive function. Despite its prismatic role, few patients with mutations in GPR54 and the phenotype of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism have been described. This report explores the neuroendocrine, gonadal, placental and obstetric phenotypes of patients with idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (IHH) carrying missense (L148S), nonsense (R331X), and nonstop (X399R) mutations in GPR54. A male patient harboring the mutations R331X and X399R demonstrated (1) increased sensitivity to exogenous pulsatile GnRH compared to a cohort of IHH patients undergoing similar therapy and (2) steady increases in testicular volume, spermatogenesis, and fertility while on long-term GnRH therapy. A female patient homozygous for the L148S mutation had (1) intact responses to exogenous GnRH and gonadotropins, (2) multiple conceptions, (3) two uncomplicated pregnancies of healthy children, suggesting grossly intact placental function, (4) spontaneous initiation of uterine contractions, and (5) lactation for several months post-partum. Taken together, these observations help to tease apart the neuroendocrine and gonadal phenotypes of patients bearing mutations in GPR54.
Keywords
Adult, Female, Follicle Stimulating Hormone/blood, Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone/blood, Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone/therapeutic use, Gonads/anatomy & histology, Humans, Hypogonadism/drug therapy, Hypogonadism/genetics, Luteinizing Hormone/blood, Male, Mutation, Neurosecretory Systems/anatomy & histology, Pedigree, Phenotype, Placenta/anatomy & histology, Pregnancy, Protein Subunits/blood, Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled/genetics, Sexual Maturation/genetics
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