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Compound Heterozygous Variants in the Phospholipase Gene PNPLA6 Cause Hypopituitarism and Vision Loss
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PNPLA6 is a conserved lysophospholipase essential for maintaining nervous system integrity. Biallelic mutations in PNPLA6 have been identified in individuals with a broad spectrum of disorders that can include ataxia, vision loss, and pituitary hormone deficiency. Here, we report the identification of novel compound heterozygous variants in PNPLA6 (p.T1115P and p.Pro1142_Ala1143ins14) in a 10-year-old girl with combined pituitary hormone deficiency, including growth hormone, thyroid-stimulating hormone, and gonadotropins. She also has vision loss and neurodevelopmental delay. Functional validation demonstrates that both variants, a missense substitution affecting a highly conserved residue within the catalytic domain and an intronic variant generating a novel splice acceptor site, completely abolish NTE activity, establishing their pathogenicity. Little is known about the cause of hypopituitarism in individuals with PNPLA6 deficiency. Here, we report the cell-type-specific expression of PNPLA6 in mouse pituitary development and in adult animals. PNPLA6 is expressed broadly in SOX2+ stem cells within the pituitary primordium as early as e10.5, prior to lineage specification, suggesting a role in progenitor maintenance and early differentiation. In neonates and adults, expression predominates in the cells that produce growth hormone and pro-opiomelanocortin. These findings suggest that PNPLA6 could influence pituitary development at early stages, as well as contribute to the altered function of hormone-secreting cells.
Keywords:
Boucher–Neuhäuser syndrome
Gordon–Holmes syndrome
growth hormone deficiency
Laurence–Moon syndrome
neuropathy target esterase
Oliver–McFarlane syndrome
retinitis pigmentosa
spastic paraplegia type 39
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