Journal of Genetic Medicine

Korean Society of Medical Genetics and Genomics (대한의학유전학회)
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Genetic Variations of Congenital Hypothyroidism

선천성 갑상샘기능저하증의 유전자 변이

  • Lee, Yong-Wha (Department of Laboratory Medicine & Genetics, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital and Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Dong-Hwan (Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University)
  • 이용화 (순천향대학교부천병원 진단검사의학과) ;
  • 이동환 (순천향대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실)
  • Received : 2010.06.07
  • Accepted : 2010.06.25
  • Published : 2010.03.01
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Abstract

Congenital hypothyroidism (CH) is detected at a rate of 1 in 3,000 to 4,000 live births, making it the most common congenital endocrine disorder worldwide. CH is most commonly caused by defects in thyroid development leading to thyroid dysgenesis or dyshormonogenesis. Congenital hypothyroidism is usually sporadic, but up to 2% of cases of thyroid dysgenesis are familial, and CH caused by organification defects is often inherited in a recessive manner. The candidate genes associated with this genetically heterogeneous disorder fall into two main groups: those causing thyroid gland dysgenesis and those causing dyshormonogenesis. Genes associated with thyroid gland dysgenesis include the TSHR gene in nonsyndromic CH, and Gsa and the thyroid transcription factor (TTF-1, TTF-2, and Pax-8) genes, which are associated with different complex syndromes that include CH. Among genes associated with dyshormonogenesis, the TPO and TG genes were initially described, and more recently PDS, NIS, and THOX2 gene defects. There is some evidence for a third group of CH conditions associated with iodothyronine transporter defects that are, in turn, associated with severe neurological sequelae.

선천성 갑상샘 기능 저하증은 신생아 3,000명 내지 4,000명당 한 명꼴로 발생하며 선천성 내분비 질환 중 가장 흔한 것으로 알려져 있다. 본 질환은 갑상샘 발달 과정의 결함으로 인한 갑상샘 형성 부전 또는 호르몬 합성 장애로 인해 가장 흔히 발생한다. 이는 대부분 산발성으로 발생하나 갑상샘 형성 부전의 2%정도에서 가족성으로 발생하기도 하며 유기화 결함에 의한 갑상샘 기능 저하증은 열성으로 유전된다. 본 질환과 관련된 후보 유전자들은 갑상샘 형성 부전 군과 갑상샘 호르몬 합성 장애 군 등 크게 두 군으로 나뉜다. 갑상샘 형성 부전과 관련된 유전자는 비증후군성에 속하는 것으로 TSHR 유전자가 있고 여러 다른 복합적 기형을 동반한 증후군성에 속하는 것으로 Gsa 유전자 및 갑상샘 전사 인자 유전자(TTF-1, TTF-2, Pax-8) 등이 있다. 호르몬 합성장애와 관련된 것으로 TPO와 TG 유전자가 언급되었고 근래 PDS, NIS와 THOX2 유전자가 소개되었다. 또한 iodothyronine 이동 결함과 관련되어 심각한 신경학적 후유증을 동반할 수 있는 갑상샘 기능 저하증에 대한 유전적 근거가 제시되었다.

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