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OBJETIVO: Apresentar a experiência relativa a pacientes com deficiência da enzima 5alfa-redutase tipo 2 provenientes de três serviços distintos no Brasil. CASUíSTICA E MÉTODOS: Foram incluídos 25 pacientes com sinais clínicos e hormonais de deficiência da 5alfa-redutase 2 pertencentes a 23 famílias, 15 oriundas da Bahia, 7 de São Paulo e 1 de Minas Gerais. Foram avaliados dados clínicos, hormonais e moleculares. A análise molecular dos 5 éxons do gene SRD5A2 foi feita por meio da técnica de PCR, seguida de seqüenciamento automático ou manual. RESULTADOS: Em 10 famílias havia mutações no gene SRD5A2 em homozigose (5 com G183S, 2 com R246W, 1 com G196S, 1 com del642T, 1 com 217_218insC) e em 3 em heterozigose composta (1 com Q126R/IVS3+1G>A, 1 com Q126R/del418T e 1 com Q126R/G158R); em 3 casos os afetados eram heterozigotos, apresentando apenas uma mutação deletéria (1 com G196S, 1 com A207D e 1 com R246W). Em 7 casos não foram detectadas anormalidades ao seqüenciamento. Observou-se maior freqüência da G183S em pacientes miscigenados (Afro-Euro-Brasileiros) oriundos da Bahia. Os achados clínicos e hormonais não diferiram entre os casos com e sem mutação, à exceção da freqüência de consangüinidade e da maior gravidade da ambigüidade genital nos primeiros. CONCLUSÕES: Os resultados encontrados salientam a importância da investigação molecular para o diagnóstico dessa doença, ressaltando o achado de uma mutação bastante freqüente em nosso meio (G183S), especialmente em pacientes miscigenados oriundos da Bahia, e a descrição de mutações que até o momento só foram relatadas em pacientes brasileiros.
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Adolescent , Adult , Child , Child, Preschool , Humans , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Male , Disorders of Sex Development , /deficiency , Brazil , Disorders of Sex Development , Mutation , /geneticsABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To report the experience regarding patients with steroid 5alpha-reductase type 2 deficiency from three different clinical services in Brazil. CASUISTIC AND METHODS: Twenty five patients with clinical and hormonal features of 5alpha-reductase deficiency from 23 families (15 from Bahia, 7 from São Paulo and 1 from Minas Gerais) were included in this study. Clinical, hormonal and molecular data were evaluated. The molecular analysis of the five exons of the SRD5A2 gene was done by automatic or manual sequencing of PCR products. RESULTS: In ten families, SRD5A2 mutations were found in homozygosis (5 with G183S, 2 with R246W, 1 with G196S, 1 with del642T, 1 with 217_218insC), in three in compound heterozygosis (1 with Q126R/IVS3+1G>A, 1 with Q126R/del418T, 1 with Q126R/G158R) while other three were heterozygous, with only one deleterious mutation (1 with G196S, 1 with A207D, and 1 with R246W). In seven cases, no sequencing abnormalities were detected. The G183S substitution was the most frequently found among miscegenated patients (Afro-Euro-Brazilians) from Bahia. Hormonal and clinical findings did not differ between patients with or without mutations, exception made to a higher frequency of consanguinity and greater severity of genital ambiguity in the first group. CONCLUSION: Our results reinforce the importance of molecular investigation for the diagnosis of this disease and point out to the finding of a very frequent mutation (G183S) in our series, especially in patients with mixed ethnic background from Bahia, and the description of mutations that have only been reported in Brazilian patients so far.
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3-Oxo-5-alpha-Steroid 4-Dehydrogenase/deficiency , Disorders of Sex Development/enzymology , 3-Oxo-5-alpha-Steroid 4-Dehydrogenase/genetics , Adolescent , Adult , Brazil , Child , Child, Preschool , Disorders of Sex Development/genetics , Humans , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Male , MutationABSTRACT
AIM: To evaluate anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) levels in patients with clinical and molecular diagnosis of 5alpha-reductase 2 deficiency. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Data from 14 patients whose age ranged from 21 days to 29 years were analyzed according to age and pubertal stage. Sexual ambiguity was rated as Prader III in 11 patients. LH, FSH, testosterone (T), dihydrotestosterone (DHT) and AMH serum levels were measured in all but two patients, who had been previously submitted to gonadectomy; T and DHT were also measured in 20 age-matched controls. RESULTS: Gonadotropin levels were normal in all but one patient who retained gonads (six of whom had reached puberty) and T/DHT ratio was elevated in all patients when compared to controls. All prepubertal patients had AMH levels < -1 SD for age, while most pubertal patients had AMH levels compatible with pubertal stage. CONCLUSIONS: Prepubertal patients with 5alpha-reductase 2 deficiency have AMH values in the lower part of the normal range. These data indicate that T does not need to be converted to DHT to inhibit AMH secretion by Sertoli cells.
