Identification and Functional Characterization of a Novel Mutation in the NKX2-1 Gene: Comparison with the Data in the Literature

2013 
Background: NKX2-1 mutations have been described in several patients with primary congenital hypothyroidism, respiratory distress, and benign hereditary chorea, which are classical manifestations of the brain–thyroid–lung syndrome (BTLS). Methods: The NKX2-1 gene was sequenced in the members of a Brazilian family with clinical features of BTLS, and a novel monoallelic mutation was identified in the affected patients. We introduced the mutation in an expression vector for the functional characterization by transfection experiments using both thyroidal and lung-specific promoters. Results: The mutation is a deletion of a cytosine at position 834 (ref. sequence NM_003317) (c.493delC) that causes a frameshift with formation of an abnormal protein from amino acid 165 and a premature stop at position 196. The last amino acid of the nuclear localization signal, the whole homeodomain, and the carboxy-terminus of NKX2-1 are all missing in the mutant protein, which has a premature stop codon at position 196 (p.Arg1...
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