Abstract
The clinical association between multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (MEN2) and Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) is infrequent. Germline mutations of the ret protooncogene are the underlying cause of the MEN2 syndromes and a proportion of cases of HSCR. In this report, we describe a new kindred in which the MEN2 and HSCR phenotypes are associated with a single C620S point mutation at one of the cysteine codons of the extracellular domain of the ret protooncogene. We also speculate about the role of a silent mutation in exon 2 of this same gene (A45A), present in a homozygous state in the patient with both MEN2A and HSCR. To investigate the contribution of GDNF to the phenotype observed in this kindred, we scanned the coding region of GDNF in the patient with MEN2/HSCR, but no mutation was found.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Child, Preschool
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Cysteine / genetics
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DNA / blood
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DNA / chemistry
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Drosophila Proteins*
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Female
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Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor
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Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Receptors
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Hirschsprung Disease / genetics*
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Humans
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2a / genetics*
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Nerve Growth Factors*
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Nerve Tissue Proteins / genetics*
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Pedigree
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Point Mutation*
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Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational
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Proto-Oncogene Proteins / genetics*
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Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret
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Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / genetics*
Substances
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Drosophila Proteins
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GDNF protein, human
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Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor
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Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Receptors
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Nerve Growth Factors
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Nerve Tissue Proteins
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Proto-Oncogene Proteins
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DNA
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Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret
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Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
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Ret protein, Drosophila
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Cysteine