Hypothyroidism caused by the combination of two heterozygous mutations: one in the TSH receptor gene the other in the DUOX2 gene

J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2015 May;28(5-6):657-61. doi: 10.1515/jpem-2014-0078.

Abstract

Subjects who are heterozygous for thyroid stimulating hormone receptor (TSHR) gene mutations present various phenotypes that range from euthyroid to hyperthyrotropinemia. Similarly, heterozygous dual oxidase 2 (DUOX2) gene mutations result in variable phenotypes, such as transient congenital hypothyroidism, subclinical hyperthyrotropinemia, and euthyroid in children. Here, we describe an 8-year-old boy who had normal newborn screening results, but who developed nonautoimmune hypothyroidism at the age of 1 year and 8 months of age. He was heterozygous for previously reported R450H-TSHR mutation and heterozygous for a novel double mutant allele A1323T-DUOX2 and L1343F-DUOX2. He needed levothyroxine (l-T4) replacement therapy to keep serum TSH levels within normal limits; l-T4 dose of 2.01-2.65 μg/kg/day corresponded to the dose taken by children homozygous for R450H-TSHR and by children with permanent congenital hypothyroidism. Therefore, the coexistence of a heterozygous TSHR mutation and a heterozygous DUOX2 mutation may have affected the severity of his hypothyroid condition.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Child
  • Dual Oxidases
  • Heterozygote*
  • Humans
  • Hypothyroidism / genetics*
  • Male
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mutation*
  • NADPH Oxidases / chemistry
  • NADPH Oxidases / genetics*
  • Receptors, Thyrotropin / genetics*
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid

Substances

  • Receptors, Thyrotropin
  • Dual Oxidases
  • NADPH Oxidases
  • DUOX2 protein, human