p.R209H GH1 variant challenges short stature assessment.

Journal: 2019/December - Growth hormone & IGF research : official journal of the Growth Hormone Research Society and the International IGF Research Society

ISSN: 1532-2238

PUBMED: 31835104

DOI: 10.1016/j.ghir.2019.11.002

Abstract:

to describe the marked variability in clinical and biochemical patterns that are associated with a p.R209H GH1 missense variant in a large Argentinean pedigree, which makes the diagnosis of GHD elusive.We describe a non-consanguineous pedigree composed by several individuals with short stature, including 2 pediatric patients with typical diagnosis of isolated growth hormone deficiency (IGHD) and 4 other siblings with severe short stature, low serum IGF-1 and IGFBP-3, but normal stimulated GH levels, suggesting growth hormone insensitivity (GHI) in the latter group.Patients with classical IGHD phenotype carried a heterozygous variant in GH1: c.626G>A (p.R209H). Data from the extended pedigree suggested GH1 as the initial candidate gene, which showed the same pathogenic heterozygous GH1 variant in the four siblings with short stature and a biochemical pattern of GHI.We suggest considering GH1 sequencing in children with short stature associated to low IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 serum levels, even in the context of normal response to growth hormone provocative testing (GHPT).

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