期刊
HYPERTENSION
卷 59, 期 1, 页码 85-91出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.111.180513
关键词
familial hyperaldosteronism type I; glucocorticoid-remediable aldosteronism; chimeric CYP11B1/CYP11B2 gene
资金
- Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Cientifico y Tecnologico (FONDECYT) [1100356]
- Fondo de Fomento al Desarrollo Cientifico y Tecnologico (FONDEF) [D08i1087, PG-08/10]
- Nucleus Millenium of Immunology and Immunotherapy (NMII) [P07/088-F]
- Millennium Institute of Immunology and Immunotherapy (MIII) [P09/016-F]
Familial hyperaldosteronism type I is caused by an unequal crossover of 11 beta-hydroxylase (CYP11B1) and aldosterone synthase (CYP11B2) genes, giving rise to a chimeric CYP11B1/CYP11B2 gene (CG). We describe a family carrying a CG with high levels of free 18-hydroxycortisol but low prevalence of primary aldosteronism (PA) and an atypical CG inheritance pattern in a family of 4 generations with 16 adults and 13 children, we measured the arterial blood pressure, serum aldosterone, and plasma renin activity and then calculated the serum aldosterone: plasma renin activity ratio and urinary free 18-hydroxycortisol. We identified the CG by long-extension PCR and predicted its inheritance pattern. The CG was found in 24 of 29 subjects (10 children and 14 adults). In CG+ patients, hypertension and high 18-hydroxycortisol were prevalent (83% and 100%, respectively). High serum aldosterone: plasma renin activity ratio was more frequent in pediatric than adult patients (80% versus 36%; P < 0.001). An inverse association between serum aldosterone: plasma renin activity ratio and age was observed (r = -0.48; P = 0.018). Sequence analysis identified the CYP11B1/CYP11B2 crossover in a 50-bp region spanning intron 3 of CYP11B1 and exon 4 of CYP11B2. The CG segregation differs from an autosomal disease, showing 100% of CG penetrance in generations II and III. Statistical analysis suggests that inheritance pattern was not attributed to random segregation (P < 0.001). In conclusion, we describe a family with an atypical CYP11B1/CYP11B2 gene inheritance pattern and variable phenotypic expression, where the majority of pediatric patients have primary aldosteronism. Most adults have normal aldosterone and renin levels, which could mask them as essential hypertensives. (Hypertension. 2012;59:85-91.)
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