• PMID: 25531638
• Gene Name: PROK2
• Condition: Congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
• Association: Both affected siblings exhibited a heterozygous p.R117W mutation in PROK2, while their mother was a heterozygous carrier and their father, an unaffected brother and their sister were homozygous wild type. Besides, both patients presented a homozygous p.E9
• Mutation: p.R117W mutation in PROK2, p.E90K mutation in GNRHR
• Population details: 2 patients, controls
• Sex: Male
• Infertility type: Male infertility
• Associated genes: GNRHR, PROKR2 , FGFR1
• Other associated phenotypes: Congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism

Triallelic digenic mutation in the prokineticin 2 and GNRH receptor genes in two brothers with normosmic congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism

Méndez JP, Zenteno JC, Coronel A, Soriano-Ursúa MA, Valencia-Villalvazo EY, Soderlund D, Coral-Vázquez RM, Canto P.

Purpose/aim of the study: To date, different genes have been identified as responsible for the presence of normosmic congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (nCHH). Herein, we report the molecular findings regarding the analysis of PROK2, in two brothers with nCHH. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Two siblings with nCHH, in whom mutations in GNRHR, PROKR2 and FGFR1 had been investigated previously, as well as their family were studied. DNA was amplified by PCR and sequenced for the PROK2 gene. Controls were analyzed by restriction fragment-length polymorphism. The structure of PROK2 and its mutant protein were compared using a protein molecular model. RESULTS: Both affected siblings exhibited a heterozygous p.R117W mutation in PROK2, while their mother was a heterozygous carrier and their father, an unaffected brother and their sister were homozygous wild type. Besides, both patients presented a homozygous p.E90K mutation in GNRHR that had been previously reported. CONCLUSIONS: We found a novel mutation in PROK2 in two siblings in whom a mutation in the GNRHR gene had been previously reported. FAU - Méndez, Juan Pablo AU - Méndez JP AD - Unidad de Investigación en Obesidad: Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Clínica de Obesidad, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición "Salvador Zubirán," México, D.F. , México . FAU - Zenteno, Juan Carlos AU - Zenteno JC FAU - Coronel, Agustín AU - Coronel A FAU - Soriano-Ursúa, Marvin Antonio AU - Soriano-Ursúa MA FAU - Valencia-Villalvazo, Elith Yazmín AU - Valencia-Villalvazo EY FAU - Soderlund, Daniela AU - Soderlund D FAU - Coral-Vázquez, Ramón Mauricio AU - Coral-Vázquez RM