Abstract
CONTEXT: To date, 16 IGFALS mutations in 21 patients with acid-labile subunit (ALS) deficiency have been reported. The impact of heterozygosity for IGFALS mutations on growth is unknown.
OBJECTIVE: The study evaluates the impact of heterozygous expression of IGFALS mutations on phenotype based on data collected by the International ALS Consortium.
SUBJECTS/METHODS: Patient information was derived from the IGFALS Registry, which includes patients with IGFALS mutations and family members who were either heterozygous carriers or homozygous wild-type. Within each family, the effect of IGFALS mutations on stature was analyzed as follows: 1) effect of two mutant alleles (2ALS) vs. wild-type (WT); 2) effect of two mutant alleles vs. one mutant allele (1ALS); and 3) effect of one mutant allele vs. wild-type. The differences in height sd score (HtSDS) were then pooled and evaluated.
RESULTS: Mean HtSDS in 2ALS was -2.31 +/- 0.87 (less than -2 SDS in 62%); in 1ALS, -0.83 +/- 1.34 (less than -2 SDS in 26%); and in WT, -1.02 +/- 1.04 (less than -2 SDS in 12.5%). When analyses were performed within individual families and pooled, the difference in mean HtSDS between 2ALS and WT was -1.93 +/- 0.79; between 1ALS and WT, -0.90 +/- 1.53; and between 2ALS and 1ALS, -1.48 +/- 0.83.
CONCLUSIONS: Heterozygosity for IGFALS mutations results in approximately 1.0 SD height loss in comparison with wild type, whereas homozygosity or compound heterozygosity gives a further loss of 1.0 to 1.5 SD, suggestive of a gene-dose effect. Further studies involving a larger cohort are needed to evaluate the impact of heterozygous IGFALS mutations not only on auxology, but also on other aspects of the GH/IGF system.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 4184-91 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism |
Volume | 95 |
Issue number | 9 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Sept 2010 |
Keywords
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Body Height
- Carrier Proteins
- Case-Control Studies
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Consensus Development Conferences as Topic
- Family
- Female
- Glycoproteins
- Growth Disorders
- Heterozygote
- Humans
- International Cooperation
- Loss of Heterozygosity
- Male
- Models, Biological
- Mutation
- Young Adult
- Journal Article
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't