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- Title
Genetics of Isolated Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism:Role of GnRH Receptor and Other Genes.
- Authors
Beate, Karges; Joseph, Neulen; Nicolas, De Roux; Wolfram, Karges
- Abstract
Hypothalamic gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) is a key player in normal puberty and sexual development and function. Genetic causes of isolated hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (IHH) have been identified during the recent years affecting the synthesis, secretion, or action of GnRH. Developmental defects of GnRH neurons and the olfactory bulb are associated with hyposmia, rarely associated with the clinical phenotypes of synkinesia, cleft palate, ear anomalies, or choanal atresia, and may be due tomutations of KAL1, FGFR1/FGF8, PROKR2/PROK2, or CHD7. Impaired GnRH secretion in normosmic patients with IHH may be caused by deficient hypothalamic GPR54/KISS1, TACR3/TAC3, and leptinR/leptin signalling or mutations within the GNRH1 gene itself. Normosmic IHH is predominantly caused by inactivating mutations in the pituitary GnRH receptor inducing GnRH resistance, while mutations of the β-subunits of LH or FSH are very rare. Inheritance of GnRH deficiency may be oligogenic, explaining variable phenotypes. Future research should identify additional genes involved in the complex network of normal and disturbed puberty and reproduction.
- Subjects
HYPOGONADISM; LUTEINIZING hormone releasing hormone receptors; PUBERTY; PHENOTYPES; CLEFT palate; GENETIC mutation; GENETICS
- Publication
International Journal of Endocrinology, 2012, p1
- ISSN
1687-8337
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1155/2012/147893