A New Compound Heterozygous Mutation in the 11 -Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 2 Gene in a Case of Apparent Mineralocorticoid Excess

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Apparent mineralocorticoid excess (AME) characterized by early- onset hypertension and hypokalemia is due to congenital deficiency of 11b-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11bHSD). Two isoforms of hu- man 11bHSD are known, and the type 2 isoform (11bHSD2) has been recently shown to be responsible for AME. In this study we have analyzed the 11bHSD2 gene of a Japanese patient with AME. PCR amplification and subsequent nucleotide sequencing of the 11bHSD2 gene from the patient and his family members revealed that the patient has a compound heterozygous mutation of this gene. In 1 allele, an undescribed single nucleotide transition in codon 208 in exon 3 resulted in a substitution of arginine to histidine (CGC to CAC: R208H). In the other allele, a deletion of 3 nucleotides in codons 337-338 in exon 5 resulted in a substitution of arginine to histidine and a deletion of tyrosine residue (CGCTAT to CAT: R337H, DY338), which has been previously shown to abolish 11bHSD2 enzyme ac- tivity. A chloramphenicol acetyltransferase assay-based expression study involving the mineralocorticoid receptor indicated that the novel R208H mutation eliminates the enzymatic activity of 11bHSD2. From the genetic analysis of 50 healthy subjects, the novel R208H mutation was unlikely to be due to polymorphism. Together, these results indicate that this patient is a compound heterozygote for the mutation in the 11bHSD2 gene (R208H and R337H, DY338) and that these mutations inactivate the 11bHSD2 function and give rise to clinically manifest AME. (J Clin Endocrinol Metab 82: 4054 - 4058, 1997)

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