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Case Report: A Novel ARMC5 Germline Mutation in a Patient with Primary Bilateral Macronodular Adrenal Hyperplasia and Hypogammaglobulinemia
Primary bilateral macronodular adrenal hyperplasia (PBMAH) represents an uncommon cause of endogenous hypercortisolism. Since the first description in 2003 in a French cohort, many papers have been published describing families as well as isolated individuals affected with this condition, who were f...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8965228/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35368666 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.834067 |
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author | Vena, Walter Morelli, Valentina Carrabba, Maria Elli, Francesca Fabio, Giovanna Muller, Ilaria Lucca, Camilla Maffini, Maria Antonia Lania, Andrea Gerardo Mantovani, Giovanna Arosio, Maura |
author_facet | Vena, Walter Morelli, Valentina Carrabba, Maria Elli, Francesca Fabio, Giovanna Muller, Ilaria Lucca, Camilla Maffini, Maria Antonia Lania, Andrea Gerardo Mantovani, Giovanna Arosio, Maura |
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description | Primary bilateral macronodular adrenal hyperplasia (PBMAH) represents an uncommon cause of endogenous hypercortisolism. Since the first description in 2003 in a French cohort, many papers have been published describing families as well as isolated individuals affected with this condition, who were found to harbor a genetic variants in the armadillo-repeat containing 5 (ARMC5) gene, a tumor-suppressor gene with a still unknown role in the disease pathogenesis. Studies in rat models suggested a possible link between ARMC5 damaging variants and the impairment of the cell-mediated immune response, leading to a higher susceptibility to bacterial and viral infections. To our knowledge, we describe the first case of a patient affected by PBMAH with hypogammaglobulinemia and monthly relapsing human herpes simplex viral infections. After the detection of subclinical Cushing’s syndrome, a unilateral laparoscopic adrenalectomy was performed. Subsequent genetic analysis of ARMC5 performed on genomic DNA extracted both from the adrenal tissue and lymphocytes revealed a novel somatic frameshift variant in exon 1 (c.231_265del:p.A77Afs*13) and a novel germline variant in exon 6 (c.2436del: p. C813Vfs*104). After adrenalectomy, we observed a significant improvement of clinical features concerning both hypercortisolism and relapsing viral infections, thus suggesting a possible adjuvant role of hypercortisolism on a genetic-based derangement of the immune system. |
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spelling | pubmed-89652282022-03-31 Case Report: A Novel ARMC5 Germline Mutation in a Patient with Primary Bilateral Macronodular Adrenal Hyperplasia and Hypogammaglobulinemia Vena, Walter Morelli, Valentina Carrabba, Maria Elli, Francesca Fabio, Giovanna Muller, Ilaria Lucca, Camilla Maffini, Maria Antonia Lania, Andrea Gerardo Mantovani, Giovanna Arosio, Maura Front Genet Genetics Primary bilateral macronodular adrenal hyperplasia (PBMAH) represents an uncommon cause of endogenous hypercortisolism. Since the first description in 2003 in a French cohort, many papers have been published describing families as well as isolated individuals affected with this condition, who were found to harbor a genetic variants in the armadillo-repeat containing 5 (ARMC5) gene, a tumor-suppressor gene with a still unknown role in the disease pathogenesis. Studies in rat models suggested a possible link between ARMC5 damaging variants and the impairment of the cell-mediated immune response, leading to a higher susceptibility to bacterial and viral infections. To our knowledge, we describe the first case of a patient affected by PBMAH with hypogammaglobulinemia and monthly relapsing human herpes simplex viral infections. After the detection of subclinical Cushing’s syndrome, a unilateral laparoscopic adrenalectomy was performed. Subsequent genetic analysis of ARMC5 performed on genomic DNA extracted both from the adrenal tissue and lymphocytes revealed a novel somatic frameshift variant in exon 1 (c.231_265del:p.A77Afs*13) and a novel germline variant in exon 6 (c.2436del: p. C813Vfs*104). After adrenalectomy, we observed a significant improvement of clinical features concerning both hypercortisolism and relapsing viral infections, thus suggesting a possible adjuvant role of hypercortisolism on a genetic-based derangement of the immune system. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-03-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8965228/ /pubmed/35368666 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.834067 Text en Copyright © 2022 Vena, Morelli, Carrabba, Elli, Fabio, Muller, Lucca, Maffini, Lania, Mantovani and Arosio. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Genetics Vena, Walter Morelli, Valentina Carrabba, Maria Elli, Francesca Fabio, Giovanna Muller, Ilaria Lucca, Camilla Maffini, Maria Antonia Lania, Andrea Gerardo Mantovani, Giovanna Arosio, Maura Case Report: A Novel ARMC5 Germline Mutation in a Patient with Primary Bilateral Macronodular Adrenal Hyperplasia and Hypogammaglobulinemia |
title | Case Report: A Novel ARMC5 Germline Mutation in a Patient with Primary Bilateral Macronodular Adrenal Hyperplasia and Hypogammaglobulinemia |
title_full | Case Report: A Novel ARMC5 Germline Mutation in a Patient with Primary Bilateral Macronodular Adrenal Hyperplasia and Hypogammaglobulinemia |
title_fullStr | Case Report: A Novel ARMC5 Germline Mutation in a Patient with Primary Bilateral Macronodular Adrenal Hyperplasia and Hypogammaglobulinemia |
title_full_unstemmed | Case Report: A Novel ARMC5 Germline Mutation in a Patient with Primary Bilateral Macronodular Adrenal Hyperplasia and Hypogammaglobulinemia |
title_short | Case Report: A Novel ARMC5 Germline Mutation in a Patient with Primary Bilateral Macronodular Adrenal Hyperplasia and Hypogammaglobulinemia |
title_sort | case report: a novel armc5 germline mutation in a patient with primary bilateral macronodular adrenal hyperplasia and hypogammaglobulinemia |
topic | Genetics |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8965228/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35368666 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.834067 |
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