Paul Benjamin Loughrey, Nadira B Mothojakan, Donato Iacovazzo, Ankit Arni, Elena D Aflorei, Giorgio Arnaldi, Anne Barlier, Albert Beckers, Mariana F Bizzi, Philippe Chanson, Jakob Dal, Adrian F Daly, Mary N Dang, Alessia David, Matheus de Oliveira Andrade, Tobias Else, Marianne S Elston, Amy Evans, Francesco Ferrau, Simona Fica, Daniel Flanagan, Monica R Gadelha, Ashley B Grossman, Sonal Kapur, Bernard Khoo, Ajith V Kumar, Chandan Kumar-Sinha, Ronald M Lechan, Mark Ludman, Louise A Metherell, Dragana Miljic, Vishnou Mourougavelou, Madalina Musat, Gianluca Occhi, Martina Owens, Ionela Pascanu, Sergio V B Pinheiro, Serban Radian, Antonio Ribeiro-Oliveira, Christof Schöfl, Kashyap A Patel, Laura C Hernández-Ramírez, Márta Korbonits
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Abstract
Objective: Heterozygous germline loss-of-function variants in AIP are associated with young-onset growth hormone and/or prolactin-secreting pituitary tumours. However, the pathogenic role of the c.911G > A; p.(Arg304Gln) (R304Q) AIP variant has been controversial. Recent data from public exome/genome databases show this variant is not infrequent. The objective of this work was to reassess the pathogenicity of R304Q based on clinical, genomic, and functional assay data.
Design: Data were collected on published R304Q pituitary neuroendocrine tumour cases and from International Familial Isolated Pituitary Adenoma Consortium R304Q cases (n = 38, R304Q cohort). Clinical features, population cohort frequency, computational analyses, prediction models, presence of loss-of-heterozygosity, and in vitro/in vivo functional studies were assessed and compared with data from pathogenic/likely pathogenic AIP variant patients (AIPmut cohort, n = 184).
Results: Of 38 R304Q patients, 61% (23/38) had growth hormone excess, in contrast to 80% of AIPmut cohort (147/184, P < .001). R304Q cohort was older at disease onset and diagnosis than the AIPmut cohort (median [quartiles] onset: 25 y [16-35] vs 16 y [14-23], P < .001; median [quartiles] diagnosis: 36 y [24-44] vs 21 y [15-29], P < .001). R304Q is present in gnomADv2.1 (0.31%) and UK Biobank (0.16%), including three persons with homozygous R304Q. No loss-of-heterozygosity was detected in four R304Q pituitary neuroendocrine tumour samples. In silico predictions and experimental data were conflicting.
Conclusions: Evidence suggests that R304Q is not pathogenic for pituitary neuroendocrine tumour. We recommend changing this variant classification to likely benign and do not recommend pre-symptomatic genetic testing of family members or follow-up of already identified unaffected individuals with the R304Q variant.
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European Journal of Endocrinology is the official journal of the European Society of Endocrinology. Its predecessor journal is Acta Endocrinologica.
The journal publishes high-quality original clinical and translational research papers and reviews in paediatric and adult endocrinology, as well as clinical practice guidelines, position statements and debates. Case reports will only be considered if they represent exceptional insights or advances in clinical endocrinology.
Topics covered include, but are not limited to, Adrenal and Steroid, Bone and Mineral Metabolism, Hormones and Cancer, Pituitary and Hypothalamus, Thyroid and Reproduction. In the field of Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism we welcome manuscripts addressing endocrine mechanisms of disease and its complications, management of obesity/diabetes in the context of other endocrine conditions, or aspects of complex disease management. Reports may encompass natural history studies, mechanistic studies, or clinical trials.
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