Congenital X-linked adrenal hypoplasia （AHC） is a rare disease characterized by primary adrenal insufficiency before adolescence and by hypogonadotropic hypogonadism （HHG） during adolescence. In this paper, we pre...Congenital X-linked adrenal hypoplasia （AHC） is a rare disease characterized by primary adrenal insufficiency before adolescence and by hypogonadotropic hypogonadism （HHG） during adolescence. In this paper, we present a Chinese family with AHC. Two brothers, misdiagnosed with adrenal insufficiency of unknown etiology at the age of 9, were correctly diagnosed with AHC when delayed puberty, HHG, and testicular defects were observed. We investigated the clinical features and identified the dosage-sensitive sex reversal AHC critical region of the X chromosome gene 1 （DAX-1） mutation in this kindred. Direct sequencing of the DAX-1 gene revealed that the two siblings have a novel mutation （1268delA） of which their mother is a heterozygous carrier. This mutation causes a frameshift and a premature stop codon at position 436, encoding a truncated protein. It is important to increase knowledge of the mutational spectrum in genes related to this disease, linking phenotype to genotype.展开更多
基金Project supported by the Department of Education of Zhejiang Province(No.Y201430646),China
文摘Congenital X-linked adrenal hypoplasia （AHC） is a rare disease characterized by primary adrenal insufficiency before adolescence and by hypogonadotropic hypogonadism （HHG） during adolescence. In this paper, we present a Chinese family with AHC. Two brothers, misdiagnosed with adrenal insufficiency of unknown etiology at the age of 9, were correctly diagnosed with AHC when delayed puberty, HHG, and testicular defects were observed. We investigated the clinical features and identified the dosage-sensitive sex reversal AHC critical region of the X chromosome gene 1 （DAX-1） mutation in this kindred. Direct sequencing of the DAX-1 gene revealed that the two siblings have a novel mutation （1268delA） of which their mother is a heterozygous carrier. This mutation causes a frameshift and a premature stop codon at position 436, encoding a truncated protein. It is important to increase knowledge of the mutational spectrum in genes related to this disease, linking phenotype to genotype.
