Familial central precocious puberty: two novel MKRN3 mutations.

Pediatric Research
Tero VarimoTaneli Raivio

Abstract

Paternally inherited loss-of-function mutations in MKRN3 underlie central precocious puberty (CPP). We describe clinical and genetic features of CPP patients with paternally inherited MKRN3 mutations in two independent families. The single coding exon of MKRN3 was analyzed in three patients with CPP and their family members, followed by segregation analyses. Additionally, we report the patients' responses to GnRH analog treatment. A paternally inherited novel heterozygous c.939C>G, p.(Ile313Met) missense mutation affecting the RING finger domain of MKRN3 was found in a Finnish girl with CPP (age at presentation 6 years). Two Polish siblings (a girl presenting with B2 at the age of 4 years and a boy with adult size testes at the age of 9 years) had inherited a novel heterozygous MKRN3 mutation c.1237_1252delGGAGACACATGCTTTT p.(Gly413Thrfs*63) from their father. The girls were treated with GnRH analogs, which exhibited suppression of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis. In contrast, the male patient was not treated, yet he reached his target height. We describe two novel MKRN3 mutations in three CPP patients. The first long-term data on a boy with CPP due to an MKRN3 mutation questions the role of GnRH analog treatment in aug...Continue Reading

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