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Supplementary Material for: Short Stature in a Boy with Multiple Early-Onset Autoimmune Conditions due to a STAT3 Activating Mutation: Could Intracellular Growth Hormone Signalling Be Compromised?

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posted on 2017-03-03, 08:16 authored by Sediva H., Dusatkova P., Kanderova V., Obermannova B., Kayserova J., Sramkova L., Zemkova D, Elblova L., Svaton M., Zachova R., Kolouskova S., Fronkova E., Sumnik Z., Sediva A., Lebl J., Pruhova S.
Background: Germline STAT3 gain-of-function (GOF) mutations cause multiple endocrine and haematologic autoimmune disorders, lymphoproliferation, and growth impairment. As the JAK-STAT pathway is known to transduce the growth hormone (GH) signalling, and STAT3 interacts with STAT5 in growth regulation, we hypothesised that short stature in STAT3 GOF mutations results mostly from GH insensitivity via involving activation of STAT5. Case Report: A boy with a novel STAT3 c.2144C>T (p.Pro715Leu) mutation presented with short stature (–2.60 SD at 5.5 years). He developed diabetes mellitus at 11 months, generalised lympho­proliferation, autoimmune thyroid disease, and immune bicytopenia in the subsequent years. At 5.5 years, his insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-I) was 37 µg/L (–2.22 SD) but stimulated GH was 27.7 µg/L. Both a standard IGF-I generation test (GH 0.033 mg/kg/day sc; 4 days) and a high-dose prolonged IGF-I generation test (GH 0.067 mg/kg/day sc; 14 days) failed to significantly increase IGF-I levels (37–46 and 72–87 µg/L, respectively). The boy underwent haematopoietic stem cell transplantation at 6 years due to severe neutropenia and massive lymphoproliferation, but unfortunately deceased 42 days after transplantation from reactivated generalised adenoviral infection. Conclusions: Our findings confirm the effect of STAT3 GOF mutation on the downstream activation of STAT5 resulting in partial GH insensitivity.

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