Document Type

Article (Restricted)

Publication Date

1-1-2000

Abstract

We report a Chinese kindred with an atypical sex-linked form of isolated adrenal hypoplasia without hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, Evidence of sex linkage was supported by DNA analysis using three polymorphic markers from the X-chromosome: a restriction fragment length polymorphism 200 kb centromeric of the DAX-1 gene, a tetranucleotide repeat marker in the DAX-1 promoter (DAX-P), and a microsatellite in the Duchenne muscular dystrophy locus (3'-19), This pedigree therefore presents the novel phenotype of sex-linked hypoadrenalism without hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, with evidence of possible linkage to the DAX-1 gene. However, all three affected individuals were examined for mutations in the DAX-1 gene, and found to have no sequence anomalies in the coding region, splice sites or 5' non-coding region, This presentation may be due to a defect in the DAX-1 gene outside its known coding region, possibly modulated by functional polymorphisms at other loci, and/or environmental effects, or to a defect in a novel gene on the X chromosome which selectively influences adrenal development.

Keywords

Molecular Medicine

Publication Title

Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism

ISSN

0334-018X

Divisions

fac_med

Volume

13

Issue

1

Additional Information

Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Building, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA

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