Mutation Analysis of the Muscarinic Cholinergic Receptor Genes in Isolated Growth Hormone Deficiency Type IB

AUTOR(ES)

Mohamadi, Ali

FONTE

The Endocrine Society

RESUMO

Background: Isolated GH deficiency (IGHD) is familial in 5–30% of patients. The most frequent form (IGHD-IB) has autosomal recessive inheritance, and it is known that it can be caused by mutations in the GHRH receptor (GHRHR) gene or in the GH gene. However, most forms of IGHD-IB have an unknown genetic cause. In normal subjects, muscarinic cholinergic stimulation causes an increase in pituitary GH release, whereas its blockade has the opposite effect, suggesting that a muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (mAchR) is involved in stimulating GH secretion. Five types of mAchR (M1–M5) exist. A transgenic mouse in which the function of the M3 receptor was selectively ablated in the central nervous system has isolated GH deficiency similar to animals with defective GHRH or GHRHR gene.

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