2 NOVEL MUTATIONS IN THE CODING REGION FOR NEUROPHYSIN-II ASSOCIATED WITH FAMILIAL CENTRAL DIABETES-INSIPIDUS

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NAGASAKI, H
ITO, M
YUASA, H
SAITO, H
FUKASE, M
HAMADA, K
ISHIKAWA, E
KATAKAMI, H
OISO, Y
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[1] NAGOYA UNIV, SCH MED, DEPT INTERNAL MED 1, SHOWA KU, NAGOYA, AICHI 466, JAPAN
[2] KOBE UNIV, SCH MED, DEPT MED, DIV 3, KOBE 650, JAPAN
[3] MIYAZAKI PREFECTURAL HOSP, MIYAZAKI 880, JAPAN
[4] MIYAZAKI MED COLL, DEPT INTERNAL MED 3, MIYAZAKI 88916, JAPAN
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10.1210/jc.80.4.1352
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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Familial central diabetes insipidus is an autosomal dominant disease caused by a deficiency of arginine vasopressin (AVP). We previously reported three distinct mutations in the AVP gene in Japanese familial central diabetes insipidus pedigrees that result in a substitution of Ser for Gly(57) in the neurophysin-II (NPII) moiety of the AVP precursor, a substitution of Thr for Ala at the COOH-terminus of the signal peptide, and a deletion of Glu(47) in the NPII moiety. In this study, we analyzed the AVP gene in two pedigrees by direct sequencing of the polymerase chain reaction-amplified DNA and found two novel mutations in exon 2, which encodes the central part of the NPII moiety of the precursor. The mutation in one pedigree was a C to A transition at nucleotide position 1891, which replaces Cys(67) (TGC) with stop codon (TGA). As the premature termination eliminates part of the COOH domain of the NPII moiety and the glycoprotein moiety, the conformation of the truncated protein is likely to be markedly different from that of normal precursor. In another pedigree, a G to T transversion was detected at nucleotide position 1874, which substitutes polar Trp (TGG) for hydrophobic Gly(62) (GGG). It is possible that mutated NPII molecules, as a consequence of a conformational change, cannot bind AVP or self-associate to form higher oligomer complexes. Interestingly, all mutations we have identified to date, with the exception of the signal peptide mutation, are located in exon 2, suggesting the importance of the highly conserved central part of the NPII molecules and/or the NPII moiety in the precursor for AVP synthesis.
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