Pseudohypoparathyroidism and pregnancy. Is pseudo-pseudohypoparathyroidism a mild form of pseudohypoparathyroidism?
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The diagnosis of acrodysostosis has been differentiated from that of pseudohypoparathyroidism or pseudo-pseudohypoparathyroidism by the absence of endocrine abnormalities, more generalized osseous abnormalities, and a characteristic facial appearance. Two cases are presented which fulfill all of the major features of acrodysostosis: peripheral dysostosis, nasal hypoplasia (pug nose), and mental retardation. The first case had all the metabolic abnormalities of pseudohypoparathyroidism; the second case had urinary cyclic adenosine-3',5'-monophosphate findings suggestive of pseudo-pseudohypoparathyroidism. Therefore acrodysostosis cannot be differentiated from pseudohypoparathyroidism or pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism on clinical and radiologic features only.
TYPE IA: This familial hereditary condition is characterized by the association of Albright's osteodystrophy, resistance to parathormone (PTH) and a negative PTH test both for urinary phosphorus and cyclic AMP. The condition is caused by an anomalous alpha sub-unit of protein G, impairing its function. The result is defective transmembrane transduction of the PTH mediated signal. Protein G, coupled with all heptahelical membrane-spanning receptors, is ubiquitous, explaining the association of multiple hormone and neurosensory resistances. Resistance of the thyrotrope and gonadotrope axes should be explored to institute appropriate replacement therapy. TYPE IC: This type associates all the clinical and biological features of type Ia pseudohypoparathyroidism but without any protein G defect, suggesting another effector of signal transduction, perhaps adenylate cyclase, is involved. PSEUDOPSEUDOHYPOPARATHYROIDISM: Often in families with type Ia pseudohypoparathyroidism, subjects with Albright's osteodystrophy alone, with no features of PTH resistance, are said to have pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism. Protein G defects are also demonstrated in these subjects, confirming the relationship with type la pseudohypoparathyroidism and explaining the possible multiple hormone resistances observed. The phenotypic variability between type Ia pseudohypoparathyroidism and pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism would be related to genomic imprinting mechanism.
The Ellsworth Howard test employing human parathyroid hormone has not previously been employed in Denmark. The method is described. The differential diagnosis of hypoparathyroid conditions is illustrated by three case histories: hypoparathyroidism, pseudohypoparathyroidism and pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism. All three patients are children.
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G(s) is a heterotrimeric (alpha, beta, and gamma chains) G protein that couples heptahelical plasma membrane receptors to stimulation of adenylyl cyclase. Inactivation of one GNAS1 gene allele encoding the alpha chain of G(s) (G alpha(s)) causes pseudohypoparathyroidism type Ia. Affected subjects have resistance to parathyroid hormone (PTH) and other hormones that activate adenylyl cyclase plus somatic features termed Albright hereditary osteodystrophy. By contrast, subjects with pseudohypoparathyroidism type Ib have hormone resistance that is limited to PTH and lack Albright hereditary osteodystrophy. The molecular basis for pseudohypoparathyroidism type Ib is unknown. We analyzed the GNAS1 gene for mutations using polymerase chain reaction to amplify genomic DNA from three brothers with pseudohypoparathyroidism type Ib. We identified a novel heterozygous 3-base pair deletion causing loss of isoleucine 382 in the three affected boys and their clinically unaffected mother and maternal grandfather. This mutation was absent in other family members and 15 additional unrelated subjects with pseudohypoparathyroidism type Ib. To characterize the signaling properties of the mutant G alpha(s), we used site-directed mutagenesis to introduce the isoleucine 382 deletion into a wild type G alpha(s) cDNA, transfected HEK293 cells with either wild type or mutant G alpha(s) cDNA, plus cDNAs encoding heptahelical receptors for PTH, thyrotropic hormone, or luteinizing hormone, and we measured cAMP production in response to hormone stimulation. The mutant G alpha(s) protein was unable to interact with the receptor for PTH but showed normal coupling to the other coexpressed heptahelical receptors. These results provide evidence of selective uncoupling of the mutant G alpha(s) from PTH receptors and explain PTH-specific hormone resistance in these three brothers with pseudohypoparathyroidism type Ib. The absence of PTH resistance in the mother and maternal grandfather who carry the same mutation is consistent with current models of paternal imprinting of the GNAS1 gene.
It has been proposed previously that the metabolic defect in pseudohypoparathyroidism which accounts for parathyroid hormone unresponsiveness is an absence or abnormal form of the adenyl cyclase system in kidney and presumably in bone. To determine whether there is an associated defect in the response mechanism to cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cyclic AMP), the effects of parathyroid extract (PTE), and dibutyryl cyclic AMP were compared in patients with either surgical hypoparathyroidism or pseudohypoparathyroidism. PTE and dibutyryl cyclic AMP both increased serum and urinary calcium, lowered the serum phosphorus, and increased urinary phosphorus in patients with hypoparathyroidism. PTE also increased urinary cyclic AMP in these patients. PTE increased serum and urinary calcium and urinary phosphorus but did not alter serum phosphorus or urinary cyclic AMP in the patients with pseudohypoparathyroidism. Dibutyryl cyclic AMP increased the serum and urinary calcium, lowered the serum phosphorus, and increased urinary phosphorus in all the patients with pseudohypoparathyroidism. The results indicate that (a) dibutyryl cyclic AMP can reproduce the effects of parathyroid hormone on calcium and phosphorus metabolism in man, (b) the response mechanism to cyclic AMP appears to be intact in pseudohypoparathyroidism, and (c) PTE apparently produces some of its characteristic effects on calcium and phosphorus metabolism in pseudohypoparathyroidism in the absence of an increase in urinary cyclic AMP.
The synthetic amino-terminal fragment of PTH, PTH-(1-34), was recently released for clinical testing of PTH responsiveness. We measured the urinary cAMP and phosphaturic responses to infusion of PTH-(1-34) [3U/kg BW (200 U maximum), iv in 10 min] in patients with pseudohypoparathyroidism and idiopathic hypoparathyroidism, as well as normal subjects. The protocol used data from 5 30-min urine collections and 4 blood samples. Based on the results in 7 patients with pseudohypoparathyroidism (hypocalcemia with increased serum immunoreactive PTH concentrations), 2 patients with suspected pseudohypoparathyroidism, 9 patients with surgical hypoparathyroidism, and 10 normal subjects, this testing protocol differentiated well among these conditions. The patients with pseudohypoparathyroidism had blunted cAMP and phosphaturic responses to PTH-(1-34) administration compared to those of either normal or hypoparathyroid subjects. Induced hypercalcemia failed to restore a normal cAMP response to PTH-(1-34) infusion in 2 patients with pseudohypoparathyroidism. Calculation of the cAMP response to PTH-(1-34) as nanomoles per dL glomerular filtrate during the first 30 min after infusion provided better differentiation among groups than other parameters of cAMP metabolism. Calculating the phosphaturic response as the percent fall in tubular maximum for phosphate reabsorption during the first hour after infusion gave the best degree of statistical separation among groups. We conclude that this new diagnostic agent is effective for the study of renal responsiveness to PTH, and that the protocol described here reliably differentiates patients with pseudohypoparathyroidism from those with hypocalcemia due to other causes.
Three cases of pseudohypoparathyroidism with roentgenographic evidence of hyperparathyroid bone disease are described. Renal resistance to exogenous parathyroid hormone (PTH), the hallmark of pseudohypoparathyroidism, was documented by markedly blunted or absent urinary phosphate and cyclic AMP responses to parathyroid extract. At the time of diagnosis all patients were hypocalcemic and hyperphosphatemic with elevated serum alkaline phosphatase levels and subperiosteal resorption noted on skeletal films. Bone biopsy in one patient revealed a histologic appearance consistent with hyperparathyroidism. Serum PTH levels, measured in two patients while they were hypocalcemic, were elevated. None of the patients had short stature, brachydactyly, subcutaneous calcification or mental deficiency. These cases are compared to the 15 well-documented cases previously reported. The presently available information on pseudohypoparathyroidism indicates a variable skeletal response to PTH mediated by several factors extrinsic to bone and suggests that pseudohypoparathyroidism with hyperparathyroid bone disease is one extreme of a clinical spectrum of skeletal responsiveness to PTH. This disorder is part of an expanding clinical picture which makes pseudohypoparathyroidism a diagnostic consideration in any patient with unexplained hypocalcemia, hyperphosphatemia, elevated alkaline phosphatase levels or metabolic bone disease.
Hormone-sensitive adenylate cyclase contains a recently discovered protein component that is required for stimulation of cyclic AMP synthesis by hormones and guanine nucleotides; the component presumably couples the membrane receptor to the cyclase. We studied this protein (termed "N") in erythrocyte membranes of patients with pseudohypoparathyroidism, using assays of the protein's biochemical activity and of its susceptibility to radiolabeling in the presence of [32P]NAD and cholera toxin. By both assays, the protein's activity was reduced by 40 to 50 per cent in erythrocytes of five of 10 patients with Type I pseudohypoparathyroidism as compared with those of normal and hypoparathyroid subjects and one patient with Type II pseudohypoparathyroidism. If activity of the N protein is reduced in other tissues, this deficiency could cause the resistance of target organs in pseudohypoparathyroidism to parathyroid hormone and other hormones that work via cyclic AMP. Erythrocytes of five patients with Type I pseudohypoparathyroidism, all in one family, showed no defect in activity of the N protein; the biochemical defect of this family remains undefined.
Urinary excretion of cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (3',5'-AMP) was tested in normal subjects and patients with pseudohypoparathyroidism, idiopathic hypoparathyroidism, surgical hypoparathyroidism, and pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism under basal conditions and after a 15 min infusion of purified parathyroid hormone. Basal excretion of the nucleotide was less than normal in the patients with hypocalcemic disorders and greater than normal in pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism. Parathyroid hormone caused a marked increase in excretion of 3',5'-AMP in all subjects except those with pseudohypoparathyroidism; nine patients with this disorder did not respond to the hormone and four showed a markedly deficient response. Radioimmunoassay showed that parathyroid hormone circulated in increased amounts in plasma from patients with pseudohypoparathyroidism and became undetectable when serum calcium was increased above 12 mg/100 ml. Suppression of parathyroid hormone secretion by induction of hypercalcemia did not alter the deficient response to exogenous hormone. The results indicate that: (a) parathyroid hormone circulates in abnormally high concentrations in pseudohypoparathyroidism and secretion of the hormone responds normally to physiological control by calcium; (b) testing urinary excretion of 3',5'-AMP in response to infusion of purified parathyroid hormone appears to be an accurate and sensitive index for establishing the diagnosis of pseudohypoparathyroidism; and (c) the metabolic defect of the disorder can be accounted for by a lack of or defective form of parathyroid hormone-sensitive adenyl cyclase in bone and kidney.