Title |
A Novel Germline Mutation of KEAP1 (R483H) Associated with a Non-Toxic Multinodular Goiter
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Published in |
Frontiers in endocrinology, September 2016
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DOI | 10.3389/fendo.2016.00131 |
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Authors |
Eijun Nishihara, Akira Hishinuma, Takahiko Kogai, Nami Takada, Mitsuyoshi Hirokawa, Shuji Fukata, Mitsuru Ito, Tomonori Yabuta, Mitsushige Nishikawa, Hirotoshi Nakamura, Nobuyuki Amino, Akira Miyauchi |
Abstract |
A germline mutation of KEAP1 gene was reported as a novel genetic abnormality associated with familial multinodular goiter. That report was limited, and the pathogenic features were not well established. We report a 47-year-old Japanese woman who presented with hyperthyroidism and a large multinodular goiter. The family history was notable for a paternal history of goiter. Graves' disease was diagnosed based on positive TRAb, but scintiscan imaging showed that the patient's radioiodine uptake was restricted in the non-nodular areas, indicating largely cold nodules. A total thyroidectomy was performed. The resected thyroid tissue weighed 209 g, and subsequent pathological findings were benign. The patient had a germline heterozygous KEAP1 mutation, c. 1448 G > A, resulting in an amino acid substitution (p.R483H). A next-generation sequencing analysis covering all known genes associated with multinodular goiter showed no additional germline mutation. The nuclear accumulation of NRF2, a protein associated with KEAP1, was shown at much higher rates in the patient's nodules compared with nodules obtained from four unrelated patients with multinodular goiters. A novel germline mutation (R483H) of KEAP1 gene was associated with the development of a non-toxic multinodular goiter. |
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