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  • Title: Association of the exon 3 deleted/full-length GHR polymorphism with recombinant growth hormone dose in growth hormone-deficient adults.
    Author: Meyer S, Schaefer S, Stolk L, Arp P, Uitterlinden AG, Plöckinger U, Stalla GK, Tuschy U, Weber MM, Weise A, Pfützner A, Kann PH.
    Journal: Pharmacogenomics; 2009 Oct; 10(10):1599-608. PubMed ID: 19842933.
    Abstract:
    AIMS: Contradictory reports exist regarding the influence of the exon 3 deleted (d3)/full-length (fl) growth hormone receptor (GHR) polymorphism on responsiveness to recombinant human growth-hormone therapy in idiopathic short stature, small for gestational age and GH-deficient children, Turner syndrome patients and GH-deficient adults. In some of these studies, the d3 allele was associated with increased responsiveness to GH. The aim of this study was to test this association in a group of GH-deficient adult patients receiving recombinant GH treatment. MATERIALS & METHODS: Patients were derived from the prospective German Pfizer International Metabolic Study (KIMS) Pharmacogenetics Study. The GHRd3/fl polymorphism was determined in 133 German adult patients (66 men and 67 women; mean age: 45.4 years +/- 13.1 standard deviation; majority Caucasian) with a GH-deficiency of different origin. Patients received GH treatment for 12 months with a finished dose-titration of GH and standardized insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1 measurements in one central laboratory. GH dose after 1 year of treatment, IGF-1 serum concentrations, IGF-1 standard deviation score (SDS) values and anthropometric data were analyzed by GHRd3/fl genotypes. RESULTS: After 1 year of GH treatment, the individually required GH dose was significantly lower in GH-deficient patients carrying one or two d3 alleles, compared with patients with the full-length receptor (p = 0.04). Genotype groups (d3-allele carriers vs noncarriers) showed no significant differences in IGF-1 serum concentrations (p = 0.51), IGF-1 SDS (p = 0.36) nor in gender (p = 0.53), age (p = 0.28), weight (p = 0.13), height (p = 0.53) or BMI (p = 0.15). CONCLUSION: The d3-allele carriers required approximately 25% less exogenous GH compared with the homozygous fl-allele carriers, which may express an increased responsiveness to exogenous GH. Variability of the individually required GH dose in adult GH-deficient patients may therefore be partly due to the GHRd3/fl polymorphism. Further studies are required to confirm these results.
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