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Mutational analysis of GCMB, a parathyroid-specific transcription factor, in parathyroid adenoma of primary hyperparathyroidism

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Michael Mannstadt Endocrine Unit, Pediatric Nephrology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Thier 1051, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA

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Emily Holick Endocrine Unit, Pediatric Nephrology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Thier 1051, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA

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Wenping Zhao Endocrine Unit, Pediatric Nephrology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Thier 1051, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA

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Harald Jüppner

Harald Jüppner Endocrine Unit, Pediatric Nephrology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Thier 1051, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
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Sporadic primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT), one of the most common endocrine disorders, is characterized by hypercalcemia and elevated PTH levels. The majority of cases are caused by a benign parathyroid adenoma, but somatic or de novo germ-line mutations that lead to adenoma formation have only been identified in few glands. GCMB is a parathyroid-specific transcription factor, which causes hypoparathyroidism when inactivated on both parental alleles or when a dominant-negative, heterozygous mutation is present. It is overexpressed in some parathyroid adenomas, and we therefore tested the hypothesis that GCMB mutations can be a cause of parathyroid adenomas. Nucleotide sequence analysis was performed on all coding exons and exon–intron borders of GCMB in 30 sporadic parathyroid adenomas and we identified several known polymorphisms that were either heterozygous or homozygous. In addition, one of the 30 investigated glands revealed a novel heterozygous missense mutation, c.1144G>A, which introduced methionine at position 382 for valine (V382M), a conserved amino acid residue. Western blot analysis using mutant GCMB (GCMB-V382M) from lysates of transiently transfected DF-1 fibroblasts, luciferase assays using extracts from these cells, and electrophoretic mobility assays failed to reveal differences between wild-type and mutant GCMB in expression level, transactivational capacity, and DNA-binding ability. Furthermore, pulse-chase experiments demonstrated no difference in half-life of wild-type and mutant protein. We conclude that mutations in the transcription factor GCMB do not seem to play a major role in the pathogenesis of PHPT.