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Medical AI Inquiry: You was designed to assist in medical decision-making based on the provided user questions. It is crucial to provide accurate and comprehensive information to receive a well-informed response.  Labels: BACKGROUND, OBJECTIVE, METHODS, RESULTS. Meshes: Adult, Africa, Northern, Amino Acid Sequence, Amino Acid Substitution, Cohort Studies, Europe, Family Health, Female, Genes, Reporter, Genetic Association Studies, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Humans, Molecular Sequence Data, Mutation, Missense, Primary Ovarian Insufficiency, Recombinant Proteins, Reproducibility of Results, Sequence Alignment, Steroidogenic Factor 1, Young Adult.
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Are nR5A1 ( SF-1 ) mutations a major cause of primary ovarian insufficiency? Context: Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) is a disorder affecting approximately 1% of women under the age of 40 years. NR5A1 (SF-1) mutations have been recently reported in association with POI. Our objective was to evaluate the frequency and functional impact of NR5A1 variants in POI. One hundred eighty patients diagnosed with idiopathic POI were screened for NR5A1 mutations and functional analysis was performed for the identified variants. The DNA-binding capacity of the variants was evaluated by means of EMSA, while their transcriptional activity was assessed using luciferase reporter assays. Sequencing the NR5A1 gene revealed 4 missense variants in 3 patients. These patients were aged 20, 25, and 33 years at diagnosis and presented with secondary amenorrhea. None of them presented a syndromic form, although 2 had a familial history of POI. The functional analysis carried out for these missense variants showed no significant difference in DNA binding capacity or in transcriptional activity compared to wild-type NR5A1.
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Our study in a large cohort of patients with POI showed the prevalence of NR5A1 mutations to be low (1.6%, upper 95% confidence interval 3.5%). Moreover, no functional impact was observed. Overall, in contrast with the initial report, our results exclude NR5A1 mutations as a major genetic cause of POI. Final Decision: no