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Severe Early-Onset Obesity Due to Bioinactive Leptin Caused by a p.N103K Mutation in the Leptin Gene.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Congenital leptin deficiency is a very rare cause of severe early-onset obesity. We recently characterized a mutation in the leptin gene (p.D100Y), which was associated with detectable leptin levels and bioinactivity of the hormone.

Case description

We now describe two siblings, a 9-year-old girl and a 6-year-old boy with severe early-onset obesity and hyperphagia, both homozygous for a c.309C>A substitution in the leptin gene leading to a p.N103K amino acid exchange in the protein and detectable circulating levels of leptin. In vitro experiments in a heterologous cell system demonstrated that the mutated protein was biologically inactive. Treatment with sc recombinant human leptin led to rapid improvement of eating behavior and weight loss.

Conclusions

Sequencing of the leptin gene may need to be considered in hyperphagic, severely obese children with detectable levels of circulating leptin.

SUBMITTER: Wabitsch M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4570156 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Severe Early-Onset Obesity Due to Bioinactive Leptin Caused by a p.N103K Mutation in the Leptin Gene.

Wabitsch Martin M Funcke Jan-Bernd JB von Schnurbein Julia J Denzer Friederike F Lahr Georgia G Mazen Inas I El-Gammal Mona M Denzer Christian C Moss Anja A Debatin Klaus-Michael KM Gierschik Peter P Mistry Vanisha V Keogh Julia M JM Farooqi I Sadaf IS Moepps Barbara B Fischer-Posovszky Pamela P

The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism 20150717 9

<h4>Context</h4>Congenital leptin deficiency is a very rare cause of severe early-onset obesity. We recently characterized a mutation in the leptin gene (p.D100Y), which was associated with detectable leptin levels and bioinactivity of the hormone.<h4>Case description</h4>We now describe two siblings, a 9-year-old girl and a 6-year-old boy with severe early-onset obesity and hyperphagia, both homozygous for a c.309C>A substitution in the leptin gene leading to a p.N103K amino acid exchange in th ...[more]

PMID: 26186301

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Severe Early-Onset Obesity Due to Bioinactive Leptin Caused by a p.N103K Mutation in the Leptin Gene.

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Case description

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Severe Early-Onset Obesity Due to Bioinactive Leptin Caused by a p.N103K Mutation in the Leptin Gene.

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