Leyla Akin, Karine Rizzoti, Louise C Gregory, Beatriz Corredor, Polona Le Quesne Stabej, Hywel Williams, Federica Buonocore, Stephane Mouilleron, Valeria Capra, Sinead M McGlacken-Byrne, Gabriel Á Martos-Moreno, Dimitar N Azmanov, Mustafa Kendirci, Selim Kurtoglu, Jenifer P Suntharalingham, Christophe Galichet, Stefano Gustincich, Velibor Tasic, John C Achermann, Andrea Accogli, Aleksandra Filipovska, Anatoly Tuilpakov, Mohamad Maghnie, Zoran Gucev, Zeynep Burcin Gonen, Luis A Pérez-Jurado, Iain Robinson, Robin Lovell-Badge, Jesús Argente, Mehul T Dattani
PURPOSE: We aimed to investigate the molecular basis underlying a novel phenotype including hypopituitarism associated with primary ovarian insufficiency. METHODS: We used next-generation sequencing to identify variants in all pedigrees. Expression of Rnpc3/RNPC3 was analyzed by in situ hybridization on murine/human embryonic sections. CRISPR/Cas9 was used to generate mice carrying the p.Leu483Phe pathogenic variant in the conserved murine Rnpc3 RRM2 domain. RESULTS: We described 15 patients from 9 pedigrees with biallelic pathogenic variants in RNPC3, encoding a specific protein component of the minor spliceosome, which is associated with a hypopituitary phenotype, including severe growth hormone (GH) deficiency, hypoprolactinemia, variable thyrotropin (also known as thyroid-stimulating hormone) deficiency, and anterior pituitary hypoplasia...
November 30, 2021: Genetics in Medicine: Official Journal of the American College of Medical Genetics