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Article

Case Report: A Detailed Phenotypic Description of Patients and Relatives with Combined Central Hypothyroidism and Growth Hormone Deficiency Carrying IGSF1 Mutations

by
Melitza S. M. Elizabeth
1,2,
Anita Hokken-Koelega
2,3,4,
Jenny A. Visser
1,
Sjoerd D. Joustra
5 and
Laura C. G. de Graaff
1,2,6,*
1
Department of Internal Medicine—Endocrinology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2
Academic Center for Growth Disorders, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands
3
Department of Pediatrics, Subdivision Endocrinology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands
4
Dutch Growth Research Foundation, 3016 AH Rotterdam, The Netherlands
5
Center for Genetics of Growth, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Willem-Alexander Children’s Hospital, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands
6
Center for Adults with Rare Genetic Syndromes, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Genes 2022, 13(4), 623; https://doi.org/10.3390/genes13040623
Submission received: 19 January 2022 / Revised: 23 March 2022 / Accepted: 25 March 2022 / Published: 30 March 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Novel Genetic causes of Pitutary Hormone Deficiency)
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Abstract

In recent years, variants in immunoglobulin superfamily member 1 (IGSF1) have been associated with congenital hypopituitarism. Initially, IGSF1 variants were only reported in patients with central hypothyroidism (CeH) and macroorchidism. Later on, IGSF1 variants were also reported in patients with additional endocrinopathies, sometimes without macroorchidism. We studied IGSF1 as a new candidate gene for patients with combined CeH and growth hormone deficiency (GHD). We screened 80 male and 14 female Dutch patients with combined CeH and GHD for variants in the extracellular region of IGSF1, and we report detailed biomedical and clinical data of index cases and relatives. We identified three variants in our patient cohort, of which two were novel variants of unknown significance (p.L570I and c.1765+37C>A). In conclusion, we screened 94 patients with CeH and GHD and found variants in IGSF1 of which p.L570I could be of functional relevance. We provide detailed phenotypic data of two boys with the p.C947R variant and their large family. The remarkable phenotype of some of the relatives sheds new light on the phenotypic spectrum of IGSF1 variants.
Keywords: IGSF1; pituitary hormones; hypothyroidism; growth hormone; genetic variation IGSF1; pituitary hormones; hypothyroidism; growth hormone; genetic variation

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Elizabeth, M.S.M.; Hokken-Koelega, A.; Visser, J.A.; Joustra, S.D.; de Graaff, L.C.G. Case Report: A Detailed Phenotypic Description of Patients and Relatives with Combined Central Hypothyroidism and Growth Hormone Deficiency Carrying IGSF1 Mutations. Genes 2022, 13, 623. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes13040623

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Elizabeth MSM, Hokken-Koelega A, Visser JA, Joustra SD, de Graaff LCG. Case Report: A Detailed Phenotypic Description of Patients and Relatives with Combined Central Hypothyroidism and Growth Hormone Deficiency Carrying IGSF1 Mutations. Genes. 2022; 13(4):623. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes13040623

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Elizabeth, Melitza S. M., Anita Hokken-Koelega, Jenny A. Visser, Sjoerd D. Joustra, and Laura C. G. de Graaff. 2022. "Case Report: A Detailed Phenotypic Description of Patients and Relatives with Combined Central Hypothyroidism and Growth Hormone Deficiency Carrying IGSF1 Mutations" Genes 13, no. 4: 623. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes13040623

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Elizabeth, M. S. M., Hokken-Koelega, A., Visser, J. A., Joustra, S. D., & de Graaff, L. C. G. (2022). Case Report: A Detailed Phenotypic Description of Patients and Relatives with Combined Central Hypothyroidism and Growth Hormone Deficiency Carrying IGSF1 Mutations. Genes, 13(4), 623. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes13040623

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