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Screening of AIP Gene Variations in a Cohort of Turkish Patients with Young-Onset Sporadic Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Adenomas.

Abstract：

: Aims: Aryl hydrocarbon receptor-interacting protein (AIP) gene mutations have long been associated with apparently sporadic pituitary adenomas (PAs) with a prevalence range of 0-12%. The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of germline AIP variations in a large cohort of apparently sporadic PAs diagnosed before the age of 40 years, who did not exhibit hypercalcemia and/or MEN1 syndrome components during long-term follow-up. Materials and Methods: A total of 97 patients, diagnosed with functional PAs ≤40 years old, composed of somatotropinoma (n = 55), prolactinoma (n = 25), and corticotrophinoma (n = 17), were recruited for this study. Fifty-one of these patients [somatotropinoma (n = 30), prolactinoma (n = 15), and corticotrophinoma (n = 11)] were previously reported as AIP mutation-negative by Sanger sequencing. The entire coding sequence of the AIP gene, along with exon/intron boundaries and the untranslated regions of 41 newly recruited patients, were sequenced for germline variations. In addition, all patients were subjected to multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification to detect copy number variations in the AIP gene. Results: The AIP c.911G>A: p.Arg304Gln (rs104894190) variant was detected in only two patients with functional PA: one with somatotropinoma [in 1/55 (1.8%)] and one with prolactinoma [in 1/25 (4%)]. None of the corticotrophinomas revealed AIP gene alterations. Thus, the overall prevalence of AIP variation was 2.1% in our cohort. Conclusions: Germline AIP gene variations among Turkish patients with apparently sporadic PAs are relatively rare among patients ≤40 years old. None of the patients in our cohort revealed any obviously pathogenic AIP variants.

journal_name

Genet Test Mol Biomarkers

journal_title

Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers

authors

Tuncer FN,Çiftçi Doğanşen S,Serbest E,Tanrıkulu S,Ekici Y,Bilgiç B,Yarman S

doi

10.1089/gtmb.2018.0133

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-12-01 00:00:00

pages

702-708

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eissn

1945-0265

issn

1945-0257

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Screening of AIP Gene Variations in a Cohort of Turkish Patients with Young-Onset Sporadic Hormone-Secreting Pituitary Adenomas.