Endocrine Abstracts

Disorders of calcium metabolism may occur as hereditary traits eg. the Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) or type 2 (MEN2) syndromes, Familial isolated hyperparathyroidism (FIHP), neonatal severe primary hyperparathyroidism (NSHPT), Familial benign hypocalciuric hypercalcaemia (FBHH), the autoimmune poly- endocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal-dystrophy (APECED) and DiGeorge syndromes, isolated hypoparathyroidism and the autosomal dominant hypocalcaemic hypercalciuria (...

GCMB, which is the mammalian homologue of the Drosophila gene Glial cells missing, encodes a 506 amino acid parathyroid-specific transcription factor that contains: a GCM DNA-binding domain at residues 19–176; a predicted nuclear localization signal (NLS) at residues 176–193; an inhibitory domain at residues 258–347; and two transactivation domains at residues 174–263, and residues 428–506. To date only six different GCMB mu...

GATA3 mutations cause the congenital autosomal dominant Hypoparathyroidism, Deafness and Renal dysplasia (HDR) syndrome. GATA3 belongs to a family of dual zinc-finger transcription factors that recognise the consensus (A/T)GATA(A/G) motif and are involved in vertebrate embryonic development. We investigated a HDR proband for GATA3 abnormalities. Venous blood was obtained after informed consent, as approved by the local ethical committee, and leukocyte DNA extract...

Introduction: Familial isolated pituitary adenoma (FIPA) and young-onset sporadic pituitary adenoma patients are suggested to be screened for mutations in AIP, a gene described in 2006 and amenable to UK testing since 2008.Methods: affected subjects have been tested in Exeter and Oxford genetic laboratories. Data were collected from 120 FIPA-families and 193 sporadic cases with young-onset disease (<30y) from 49 centres in the UK. The Mann&#...