Variations in the promoter of CYP21A2 gene identified in a Chinese patient with simple virilizing form of 21‐hydroxylase deficiency
- 19 January 2009
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Clinical Endocrinology
- Vol. 70 (2), 201-207
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2008.03356.x
Abstract
The variations in the transcriptional regulatory regions of CYP21A2 were rarely investigated in patients with 21-hydroxylase deficiency (21-OHD). The present study aims to verify that the variations in the promoter of CYP21A2 relate to the classical form of 21OHD. CYP21A2 was screened for mutations in 20 patients with the simple virilizing form of 21OHD, including the promoter region. The transcriptional activities of the variants in the promoter were investigated using a dual-reporter luciferase assay system and electromobility gel shift assays. The heterozygous variants -447 A > G, -443InsA, -306G > C, -295T > C, -294 A > C, -283 A > G, -281T > G, -210T > C, -199C > T, -196 A > T, -126C > T, -113G > A, -110T > C, -103 A > G and -4C > T in the promoter of CYP21A2 gene were identified in a patient with simple virilizing form of 21OHD. The transcriptional activities of the promoter with the variants were reduced to 50% of the wild type. We speculated that the 15 variants in the promoter of CYP21A2 combined with a compound heterozygous mutation Q318X lead to a simple virilizing form of 21OHD.Keywords
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