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  • Title: Germline mutations in the thyrotropin receptor gene cause non-autoimmune autosomal dominant hyperthyroidism.
    Author: Duprez L, Parma J, Van Sande J, Allgeier A, Leclère J, Schvartz C, Delisle MJ, Decoulx M, Orgiazzi J, Dumont J.
    Journal: Nat Genet; 1994 Jul; 7(3):396-401. PubMed ID: 7920658.
    Abstract:
    The thyrotropin receptor (TSHR), a member of the large family of G protein-coupled receptors, controls both the function and growth of thyroid cells via stimulation of adenylyl cyclase. We report two different mutations in the TSHR gene of affected members of two large pedigrees with non-autoimmune autosomal dominant hyperthyroidism (toxic thyroid hyperplasia), that involve residues in the third (Val509Ala) and seventh (Cys672Tyr) transmembrane segments. When expressed by transfection in COS-7 cells, the mutated receptors display a higher constitutive activation of adenylyl cyclase than wild type. This new disease entity is the germline counterpart of hyperfunctioning thyroid adenomas, in which different somatic mutations with similar functional characteristics have been demonstrated.
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