Three novel IGFALS gene mutations resulting in total ALS and severe circulating IGF-I/IGFBP-3 deficiency in children of different ethnic origins

Hormone Research
Olga V Fofanova-GambettiRon G Rosenfeld

Abstract

To date, four mutations in the IGFALS gene have been reported. We now describe two children of different ethnic background with total acid-labile subunit (ALS) and severe circulating IGF-I/IGFBP-3 deficiencies resulting from three novel mutations in the IGFALS gene. Serum and DNA of patients were analyzed. Case 1 is a 12-year-old boy of Mayan origin. Case 2 is a 5-year-old girl of Jewish/Eastern European (Polish, Russian, Austrian-Hungarian)/Icelandic/European (French, English) ancestry. The reported cases had moderate short stature (-2.91 and -2.14 SDS, respectively), nondetectable serum ALS and extremely low serum concentrations of IGF-I and IGFBP-3. Case 1 harbored a novel homozygous 1308_1316 dup9 mutation in a highly conserved leucine-rich repeat (LRR) 17 motif of exon 2, representing an in-frame insertion of 3 amino acids, LEL. Case 2 harbored a novel heterozygous C60S/L244F mutation in exon 2, located within a highly conserved LRR 1 and LRR 9, respectively. The identification of additional novel IGFALS mutations, resulting in severe IGF-I/IGFBP-3 and ALS deficiencies, supports IGFALS as a candidate gene of the GH/IGF system, implicated in the pathogenesis of primary IGF deficiency, and represents an important part of its...Continue Reading

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May 17, 2012·International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology·Paul Saenger, Edward Reiter
Sep 20, 2012·Journal of Molecular Endocrinology·Alessia DavidMichael J E Sternberg
Apr 15, 2010·Hormone Research in Pædiatrics·A DavidC Camacho-Hübner
Jun 12, 2012·Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America·Philippe F Backeljauw, Steven D Chernausek
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Dec 14, 2019·Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism : JPEM·Anil KumarMadhulika Kabra
May 4, 2010·Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism : JPEM·P BackeljauwR Rosenfeld

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