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Loss of LGR4/GPR48 causes severe neonatal salt-wasting due to disrupted WNT signaling altering adrenal zonation
Study ID | Alternative Stable ID | Type |
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EGAS00001006808 | Other |
Study Description
Disorders of isolated mineralocorticoid deficiency causing potentially life-threatening salt-wasting crisis early in life have been associated with gene variants of aldosterone biosynthesis or resistance, but in some patients no such variants are found. WNT/β-catenin signaling is crucial for differentiation and maintenance of the aldosterone producing adrenal zona glomerulosa (zG). We describe a highly consanguineous family with multiple perinatal deaths or infants presenting at birth with failure to thrive, severe salt-wasting crises associated with isolated hypoaldosteronism, nail anomalies, short stature, and deafness. Whole exome sequencing revealed a homozygous splice variant in the R-SPONDIN receptor LGR4 gene (c.618-1G>C) regulating WNT signaling. The resulting transcripts affected protein function and stability, and resulted in loss of Wnt/β-catenin signaling in vitro. The impact of LGR4 inactivation was analyzed by adrenal cortex specific ablation of Lgr4, using Lgr4Flox/Flox mated with Sf1:Cre mice. Inactivation of Lgr4 within the adrenal cortex in the mouse model ... (Show More)
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Dataset ID | Description | Technology | Samples |
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EGAD00001009761 |
The dataset contains whole exome sequencing of a family revealing a homozygous splice variant LGR4 gene rresponsible of salt wasting and adrenal zonation alteration. The members sequences were the proband with hypoaldosteronism , her parents and her two healthy brother in a consanguineous family.
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NextSeq 500 | 5 |
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