The human luteinizing hormone/chorionic gonadotropin receptor (LHCGR) plays a fundamental role in male and female reproduction. In males, loss-of-function mutations in LHCGR have been associated with distinct degrees of impairment in pre- and postnatal testosterone secretion resulting in a variable phenotypic spectrum, classified as Leydig cell hypoplasia (LCH) type 1 (complete LH resistance and disorder of sex differentiation) and type 2 (partial LH resistance with impaired masculinization and fertility).Here, we report the case of an adolescent who came to the pediatric endocrinologist at the age of 12 years old for micropenis and cryptorchidism. Testis biopsy showed profound Leydig cell hypoplasia and absent germinal line elements (Sertoli-only syndrome). The sequence analysis of the LHCGR gene showed the presence of a compound heterozygosity, being one variation, c.1847C>A p.S616Y, already described in association to Hypergonadotropic Hypogonadism (HH), and the other, c.29 C>T p.L10P, a new identified variant in the putative signal peptide of LHCGR. Functional and structural studies provide first evidence that LHCGR have a functional and cleavable signal peptide required for receptor biogenesis. Moreover, we demonstrate the pathogenic role of the novel p.L10P allelic variant, which has to be considered a loss-of-function mutation significantly contributing, in compound heterozygosity with p.S616Y, to the Leydig cell hypoplasia type 2 observed in our patient.

A new variant in signal peptide of the human luteinizing hormone receptor (LHCGR) affects receptor biogenesis causing leydig cell hypoplasia / V. Vezzoli, P. Duminuco, A. Vottero, G. Kleinau, R. Schülein, R. Minari, I. Bassi, S. Bernasconi, L. Persani, M. Bonomi. - In: HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS. - ISSN 0964-6906. - 24:21(2015 Nov 01), pp. 6003-6012.

A new variant in signal peptide of the human luteinizing hormone receptor (LHCGR) affects receptor biogenesis causing leydig cell hypoplasia

V. Vezzoli
Primo
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R. Minari;I. Bassi;L. Persani
Penultimo
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M. Bonomi
Ultimo
2015

Abstract

The human luteinizing hormone/chorionic gonadotropin receptor (LHCGR) plays a fundamental role in male and female reproduction. In males, loss-of-function mutations in LHCGR have been associated with distinct degrees of impairment in pre- and postnatal testosterone secretion resulting in a variable phenotypic spectrum, classified as Leydig cell hypoplasia (LCH) type 1 (complete LH resistance and disorder of sex differentiation) and type 2 (partial LH resistance with impaired masculinization and fertility).Here, we report the case of an adolescent who came to the pediatric endocrinologist at the age of 12 years old for micropenis and cryptorchidism. Testis biopsy showed profound Leydig cell hypoplasia and absent germinal line elements (Sertoli-only syndrome). The sequence analysis of the LHCGR gene showed the presence of a compound heterozygosity, being one variation, c.1847C>A p.S616Y, already described in association to Hypergonadotropic Hypogonadism (HH), and the other, c.29 C>T p.L10P, a new identified variant in the putative signal peptide of LHCGR. Functional and structural studies provide first evidence that LHCGR have a functional and cleavable signal peptide required for receptor biogenesis. Moreover, we demonstrate the pathogenic role of the novel p.L10P allelic variant, which has to be considered a loss-of-function mutation significantly contributing, in compound heterozygosity with p.S616Y, to the Leydig cell hypoplasia type 2 observed in our patient.
Settore MED/13 - Endocrinologia
Settore MED/03 - Genetica Medica
1-nov-2015
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