# 202110

ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL, DUE TO 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE DEFICIENCY


Alternative titles; symbols

ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA V
17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE DEFICIENCY


Other entities represented in this entry:

17,20-LYASE DEFICIENCY, ISOLATED, INCLUDED
17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE/17,20-LYASE DEFICIENCY, COMBINED COMPLETE, INCLUDED
17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE/17,20-LYASE DEFICIENCY, COMBINED PARTIAL, INCLUDED

Phenotype-Gene Relationships

Location Phenotype Phenotype
MIM number
Inheritance Phenotype
mapping key
Gene/Locus Gene/Locus
MIM number
10q24.32 17-alpha-hydroxylase/17,20-lyase deficiency 202110 AR 3 CYP17A1 609300
10q24.32 17,20-lyase deficiency, isolated 202110 AR 3 CYP17A1 609300
Clinical Synopsis
 

GU
- Ambiguous genitalia
- Primary amenorrhea
- Male pseudohermaphroditism
Thorax
- Gynecomastia
Endo
- Adrenogenital syndrome
Metabolic
- Hypertension
- Hypokalemic alkalosis
Lab
- 17-alpha-hydroxylase deficiency
- ACTH increased
- FSH increased
Inheritance
- Autosomal recessive

TEXT

A number sign (#) is used with this entry because the phenotype is caused by mutation in the gene encoding steroid 17-monooxygenase (CYP17A1; 609300). The enzyme has both 17-alpha-hydroxylase and 17,20-lyase activities.


Clinical Features

Deficiency of adrenal 17-hydroxylation activity was first demonstrated in a single 46,XX patient by Biglieri et al. (1966), who suggested a similar defect in the gonad. Production of excessive corticosterone and deoxycorticosterone resulted in hypertension and hypokalemic alkalosis. Aldosterone synthesis was almost totally absent. The patient had normal stature and amenorrhea. Although there were no other cases in the family and parental consanguinity was not noted, recessive inheritance was possible. Biglieri (1997) reviewed the evolution of the clinical features and laboratory findings in this case over 3 years.

Goldsmith et al. (1967) reported a second case in whom the defect in 17-alpha-hydroxylation may have been less complete than in the first case. The patient was a 26-year-old 46,XX woman with hypertension, primary amenorrhea, and lack of secondary sexual characteristics. Mallin (1969) described congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 17-hydroxylase deficiency in 2 sisters. New (1970) reported the first affected male. The clinical features were pseudohermaphroditism with ambiguous external genitalia and prominent breast development at puberty. Unlike the previously reported female cases, this male patient did not demonstrate severe hypertension or hypokalemia. Testicular feminization was simulated in a patient reported by Heremans et al. (1976).

Yazaki et al. (1982) reported a Japanese phenotypic female, born of consanguineous parents, with generalized muscle weakness due to hypokalemic myopathy, primary amenorrhea, and lack of pubertal development. Laparoscopy showed intraabdominal testes and no uterus. Karyotype was 46,XY. Laboratory studies showed increased plasma progesterone, corticosterone, aldosterone, ACTH (see 176830), LH (see 152780), and FSH (see 136530). Glucocorticoid replacement normalized plasma levels of ACTH, 17-deoxysteroids, and potassium. This patient was later found to have a homozygous mutation in the CYP17A1 gene (609300.0011; Yamaguchi et al., 1997), consistent with combined complete 17-alpha-hydroxylase/17,20-lyase deficiency.

Scaroni et al. (1991) reported a family in which 3 members, 2 adult females and 1 pubertal-aged genotypic male, had congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 17-alpha hydroxylase deficiency. All presented as phenotypic females with lack of sexual development and hypokalemic hypertension. Baseline hormonal studies showed low glucocorticoid, androgen, and estrogen levels. As a consequence, ACTH, LH, and FSH concentrations were increased. Plasma renin and aldosterone were also decreased. Short-term dexamethasone treatment normalized potassium and reduced blood pressure and the abnormal mineralocorticoid levels.

Martin et al. (2003) reported 11 patients from 6 Brazilian families with combined 17-alpha-hydroxylase/17,20-lyase deficiency. All patients had elevated basal serum levels of progesterone and suppressed plasma renin activity. The authors concluded that basal progesterone measurement is a useful marker of P450c17 deficiency and that its use should reduce the misdiagnosis of this deficiency in patients presenting with male pseudohermaphroditism, primary or secondary amenorrhea, and mineralocorticoid excess syndrome.

Combined Partial 17-alpha-Hydroxylase/17,20-Lyase Deficiency

Oshiro et al. (1995) reported a 32-year-old Japanese woman with combined partial 17-alpha-hydroxylase/17,20-lyase deficiency caused by mutation in the CYP17A1 gene (609300.0008). The patient was referred because of hypertension and amenorrhea. She had menarche at the age of 14 years with irregular menstruation until the age of 20, but no menstruation thereafter. Hypertension had been known since the age of 20 years. She had a flat chest, infantile genitalia, and no pubic or axillary hair. Computed tomography revealed bilateral adrenal hyperplasia without tumors, uterine hypoplasia, and atrophy of the ovaries. The patient had hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis, and positive Trousseau sign.

Yanase et al. (1989) reported a Japanese woman with combined partial 17-alpha-hydroxylase/17,20-lyase deficiency caused by mutation in the CYP17A1 gene (609300.0002). Functional expression studies showed that 17-alpha-hydroxylase and 17,20-lyase activities were less than 37% and 8% of normal, respectively. On a visit to the hospital at the age of 20 because of occipital headache, the patient was found to have hypertension and hypokalemia. Menstruation was irregular. Physical examination showed hypoplastic breasts and no pubic or axillary hair. Miura et al. (1996) reported follow-up of the Japanese woman reported by Yanase et al. (1989). In 1968, she was reported as having glucocorticoid-responsive hyperaldosteronism. She was treated with dexamethasone, resulting in normal blood pressure and normokalemia for 28 years. Because of sustained vaginal bleeding, she had a total hysterectomy at age 42. No follicles or corpus luteum were detected in the ovarian specimen. At age 45 years, she had decreased levels of sex steroids and increased levels of gonadotropins. Miura et al. (1996) concluded that the disorder resulted in early reduction of gonadal function with increasing age.

Isolated 17,20-Lyase Deficiency

Geller et al. (1997) reported 2 patients with 46,XY karyotypes with isolated 17,20-lyase deficiency caused by different homozygous mutations in the CYP17A1 gene (609300.0012 and 609300.0013, respectively). The first patient showed genital ambiguity at birth, and was assigned female gender. When seen at 13 months of age, the patient showed a 2.2-cm phallus, perineal hypospadias, bilateral gonads palpable in a bifid scrotum, and a blind vaginal pouch seen on urethrocystograms. The parents were first cousins. Serum cortisol and electrolytes and blood pressure were normal. Gonadotropins were at normal prepubertal level in this patient. Testicular stimulation with human chorionic gonadotropin elicited grossly subnormal responses of testosterone, DHEA, and androstenedione. Basal and hCG-stimulated progesterone was normal. The second patient also showed genital ambiguity at birth, and was assigned male gender. Gynecomastia developed at 14 years of age, and at 16 years the breasts were Tanner stage V; pubic hair was Tanner stage IV, but there was minimal body hair. The genitalia were characterized by a 4.5-cm phallus, perineal hypospadias, bifid scrotum, small descended testis on the right and left in the inguinal canal, and a blind vaginal pouch detected by urethrocystography. The parents denied consanguinity.

Biason-Lauber et al. (1997) reported a newborn male patient from Israel with micropenis, undescended testes, and a hormonal pattern consistent with isolated 17,20-lyase deficiency. They found compound heterozygosity for mutations in the CYP17A1 gene. Gupta et al. (2001) studied one of the mutations and was unable to demonstrate activity consistent with the diagnosis. Hershkovitz et al. (2008) restudied this patient along with 3 other affected male relatives. They found deficiency of cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase (POR) caused by homozygosity for a mutation in the POR gene (124015.0016) in these individuals. Sequencing of the CYP17A1 in 2 different laboratories failed to find the mutations reported by Biason-Lauber et al. (1997). Hershkovitz et al. (2008) concluded that POR deficiency (201750) can masquerade clinically as isolated 17,20-lyase deficiency.

Reviews

Auchus (2017) reviewed the genetic and pharmacologic features of steroid 17-hydroxylase and 17,20-lyase deficiencies.


Mapping

Mantero et al. (1980) found no evidence of linkage between HLA and 17-alpha-hydroxylase deficiency. D'Armiento et al. (1983) demonstrated that, like 11-beta-hydroxylase deficiency (202010), 17-alpha-hydroxylase deficiency is not linked to HLA.


Molecular Genetics

In a patient with combined 17-alpha-hydroxylase/17,20-lyase deficiency, Kagimoto et al. (1988) identified a 4-base duplication in the CYP17A1 gene (609300.0001), resulting in the loss of both enzymatic activities.

In 2 patients with isolated 17,20-lyase deficiency from a small village in Brazil, Geller et al. (1997) identified 2 different homozygous mutations in the CYP17A1 gene (609300.0012; 609300.0013). When expressed in COS-1 cells, the mutants retained 17-alpha-hydroxylase activity, but had minimal 17,20-lyase activity.

Yanase et al. (1991) stated that since the first description by Biglieri et al. (1966), at least 122 cases of 17-alpha-hydroxylase deficiency had been reported. Furthermore, 14 cases of 17,20-lyase deficiency had been reported in which 17-alpha-hydroxylase activity remained normal, this being a major reason that the 2 enzymes were long thought to be different. Yanase et al. (1991) reviewed 8 cases in which intragenic lesions had been identified.

In 11 patients from 6 Brazilian families with combined 17-alpha-hydroxylase/17,20-lyase deficiency, Martin et al. (2003) identified mutations in the CYP17A1 gene (609300.0009; 609300.0023-609300.0026).


See Also:

REFERENCES

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  5. D'Armiento, M., Reda, G., Bisignani, G., Tabolli, S., Capellaci, S., Lulli, P., Carbonara, A., Biglieri, E. G. No linkage between HLA and congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 17-alpha-hydroxylase deficiency. (Letter) New Eng. J. Med. 308: 970-971, 1983. [PubMed: 6601238, related citations] [Full Text]

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  11. Kagimoto, M., Winter, J. S. D., Kagimoto, K., Simpson, E. R., Waterman, M. R. Structural characterization of normal and mutant human steroid 17-alpha-hydroxylase genes: molecular basis of one example of combined 17-alpha-hydroxylase/17,20 lyase deficiency. Molec. Endocr. 2: 564-570, 1988. [PubMed: 2843762, related citations] [Full Text]

  12. Mallin, S. R. Congenital adrenal hyperplasia secondary to 17-hydroxylase deficiency. Ann. Intern. Med. 70: 69-76, 1969. [PubMed: 4303304, related citations] [Full Text]

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  14. Martin, R. M., Lin, C. J., Costa, E. M. F., Leocadia de Oliveira, M., Carrilho, A., Villar, H., Longui, C. A., Mendonca, B. B. P450c17 deficiency in Brazilian patients: biochemical diagnosis through progesterone levels confirmed by CYP17 genotyping. J. Clin. Endocr. Metab. 88: 5739-5746, 2003. [PubMed: 14671162, related citations] [Full Text]

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  18. Rovner, D. R., Gordon, D. L. Direct evidence for a functional block with 18 oxidation in a patient with 17-alpha-hydroxylase deficiency. Trans. Assoc. Am. Phys. 91: 416-423, 1978. [PubMed: 224555, related citations]

  19. Scaroni, C., Biason, A., Carpene, G., Opocher, G., Mantero, F. 17-Alpha-hydroxylase deficiency in three siblings: short- and long-term studies. J. Endocr. Invest. 14: 99-108, 1991. [PubMed: 1648117, related citations] [Full Text]

  20. Yamaguchi, H., Nakazato, M., Miyazato, M., Kangawa, K., Matsukura, S. A 5-prime-splice site mutation in the cytochrome P450 steroid 17-alpha-hydroxylase gene in 17-alpha-hydroxylase deficiency. J. Clin. Endocr. Metab. 82: 1934-1938, 1997. [PubMed: 9177409, related citations] [Full Text]

  21. Yanase, T., Kagimoto, M., Suzuki, S., Hashiba, K., Simpson, E. R., Waterman, M. R. Deletion of a phenylalanine in the N-terminal region of human cytochrome P-450(17a) results in partial combined 17-alpha-hydroxylase/17,20-lyase deficiency. J. Biol. Chem. 264: 18076-18082, 1989. Note: Erratum: J. Biol. Chem. 264: 21433 only, 1989. [PubMed: 2808364, related citations]

  22. Yanase, T., Simpson, E. R., Waterman, M. R. 17-Alpha-hydroxylase/17,20-lyase deficiency: from clinical investigation to molecular definition. Endocr. Rev. 12: 91-108, 1991. [PubMed: 2026124, related citations] [Full Text]

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# 202110

ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL, DUE TO 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE DEFICIENCY


Alternative titles; symbols

ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA V
17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE DEFICIENCY


Other entities represented in this entry:

17,20-LYASE DEFICIENCY, ISOLATED, INCLUDED
17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE/17,20-LYASE DEFICIENCY, COMBINED COMPLETE, INCLUDED
17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE/17,20-LYASE DEFICIENCY, COMBINED PARTIAL, INCLUDED

SNOMEDCT: 124220008;   ORPHA: 418, 90793, 90796;   DO: 0050811;  


Phenotype-Gene Relationships

Location Phenotype Phenotype
MIM number
Inheritance Phenotype
mapping key
Gene/Locus Gene/Locus
MIM number
10q24.32 17-alpha-hydroxylase/17,20-lyase deficiency 202110 Autosomal recessive 3 CYP17A1 609300
10q24.32 17,20-lyase deficiency, isolated 202110 Autosomal recessive 3 CYP17A1 609300

TEXT

A number sign (#) is used with this entry because the phenotype is caused by mutation in the gene encoding steroid 17-monooxygenase (CYP17A1; 609300). The enzyme has both 17-alpha-hydroxylase and 17,20-lyase activities.


Clinical Features

Deficiency of adrenal 17-hydroxylation activity was first demonstrated in a single 46,XX patient by Biglieri et al. (1966), who suggested a similar defect in the gonad. Production of excessive corticosterone and deoxycorticosterone resulted in hypertension and hypokalemic alkalosis. Aldosterone synthesis was almost totally absent. The patient had normal stature and amenorrhea. Although there were no other cases in the family and parental consanguinity was not noted, recessive inheritance was possible. Biglieri (1997) reviewed the evolution of the clinical features and laboratory findings in this case over 3 years.

Goldsmith et al. (1967) reported a second case in whom the defect in 17-alpha-hydroxylation may have been less complete than in the first case. The patient was a 26-year-old 46,XX woman with hypertension, primary amenorrhea, and lack of secondary sexual characteristics. Mallin (1969) described congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 17-hydroxylase deficiency in 2 sisters. New (1970) reported the first affected male. The clinical features were pseudohermaphroditism with ambiguous external genitalia and prominent breast development at puberty. Unlike the previously reported female cases, this male patient did not demonstrate severe hypertension or hypokalemia. Testicular feminization was simulated in a patient reported by Heremans et al. (1976).

Yazaki et al. (1982) reported a Japanese phenotypic female, born of consanguineous parents, with generalized muscle weakness due to hypokalemic myopathy, primary amenorrhea, and lack of pubertal development. Laparoscopy showed intraabdominal testes and no uterus. Karyotype was 46,XY. Laboratory studies showed increased plasma progesterone, corticosterone, aldosterone, ACTH (see 176830), LH (see 152780), and FSH (see 136530). Glucocorticoid replacement normalized plasma levels of ACTH, 17-deoxysteroids, and potassium. This patient was later found to have a homozygous mutation in the CYP17A1 gene (609300.0011; Yamaguchi et al., 1997), consistent with combined complete 17-alpha-hydroxylase/17,20-lyase deficiency.

Scaroni et al. (1991) reported a family in which 3 members, 2 adult females and 1 pubertal-aged genotypic male, had congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 17-alpha hydroxylase deficiency. All presented as phenotypic females with lack of sexual development and hypokalemic hypertension. Baseline hormonal studies showed low glucocorticoid, androgen, and estrogen levels. As a consequence, ACTH, LH, and FSH concentrations were increased. Plasma renin and aldosterone were also decreased. Short-term dexamethasone treatment normalized potassium and reduced blood pressure and the abnormal mineralocorticoid levels.

Martin et al. (2003) reported 11 patients from 6 Brazilian families with combined 17-alpha-hydroxylase/17,20-lyase deficiency. All patients had elevated basal serum levels of progesterone and suppressed plasma renin activity. The authors concluded that basal progesterone measurement is a useful marker of P450c17 deficiency and that its use should reduce the misdiagnosis of this deficiency in patients presenting with male pseudohermaphroditism, primary or secondary amenorrhea, and mineralocorticoid excess syndrome.

Combined Partial 17-alpha-Hydroxylase/17,20-Lyase Deficiency

Oshiro et al. (1995) reported a 32-year-old Japanese woman with combined partial 17-alpha-hydroxylase/17,20-lyase deficiency caused by mutation in the CYP17A1 gene (609300.0008). The patient was referred because of hypertension and amenorrhea. She had menarche at the age of 14 years with irregular menstruation until the age of 20, but no menstruation thereafter. Hypertension had been known since the age of 20 years. She had a flat chest, infantile genitalia, and no pubic or axillary hair. Computed tomography revealed bilateral adrenal hyperplasia without tumors, uterine hypoplasia, and atrophy of the ovaries. The patient had hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis, and positive Trousseau sign.

Yanase et al. (1989) reported a Japanese woman with combined partial 17-alpha-hydroxylase/17,20-lyase deficiency caused by mutation in the CYP17A1 gene (609300.0002). Functional expression studies showed that 17-alpha-hydroxylase and 17,20-lyase activities were less than 37% and 8% of normal, respectively. On a visit to the hospital at the age of 20 because of occipital headache, the patient was found to have hypertension and hypokalemia. Menstruation was irregular. Physical examination showed hypoplastic breasts and no pubic or axillary hair. Miura et al. (1996) reported follow-up of the Japanese woman reported by Yanase et al. (1989). In 1968, she was reported as having glucocorticoid-responsive hyperaldosteronism. She was treated with dexamethasone, resulting in normal blood pressure and normokalemia for 28 years. Because of sustained vaginal bleeding, she had a total hysterectomy at age 42. No follicles or corpus luteum were detected in the ovarian specimen. At age 45 years, she had decreased levels of sex steroids and increased levels of gonadotropins. Miura et al. (1996) concluded that the disorder resulted in early reduction of gonadal function with increasing age.

Isolated 17,20-Lyase Deficiency

Geller et al. (1997) reported 2 patients with 46,XY karyotypes with isolated 17,20-lyase deficiency caused by different homozygous mutations in the CYP17A1 gene (609300.0012 and 609300.0013, respectively). The first patient showed genital ambiguity at birth, and was assigned female gender. When seen at 13 months of age, the patient showed a 2.2-cm phallus, perineal hypospadias, bilateral gonads palpable in a bifid scrotum, and a blind vaginal pouch seen on urethrocystograms. The parents were first cousins. Serum cortisol and electrolytes and blood pressure were normal. Gonadotropins were at normal prepubertal level in this patient. Testicular stimulation with human chorionic gonadotropin elicited grossly subnormal responses of testosterone, DHEA, and androstenedione. Basal and hCG-stimulated progesterone was normal. The second patient also showed genital ambiguity at birth, and was assigned male gender. Gynecomastia developed at 14 years of age, and at 16 years the breasts were Tanner stage V; pubic hair was Tanner stage IV, but there was minimal body hair. The genitalia were characterized by a 4.5-cm phallus, perineal hypospadias, bifid scrotum, small descended testis on the right and left in the inguinal canal, and a blind vaginal pouch detected by urethrocystography. The parents denied consanguinity.

Biason-Lauber et al. (1997) reported a newborn male patient from Israel with micropenis, undescended testes, and a hormonal pattern consistent with isolated 17,20-lyase deficiency. They found compound heterozygosity for mutations in the CYP17A1 gene. Gupta et al. (2001) studied one of the mutations and was unable to demonstrate activity consistent with the diagnosis. Hershkovitz et al. (2008) restudied this patient along with 3 other affected male relatives. They found deficiency of cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase (POR) caused by homozygosity for a mutation in the POR gene (124015.0016) in these individuals. Sequencing of the CYP17A1 in 2 different laboratories failed to find the mutations reported by Biason-Lauber et al. (1997). Hershkovitz et al. (2008) concluded that POR deficiency (201750) can masquerade clinically as isolated 17,20-lyase deficiency.

Reviews

Auchus (2017) reviewed the genetic and pharmacologic features of steroid 17-hydroxylase and 17,20-lyase deficiencies.


Mapping

Mantero et al. (1980) found no evidence of linkage between HLA and 17-alpha-hydroxylase deficiency. D'Armiento et al. (1983) demonstrated that, like 11-beta-hydroxylase deficiency (202010), 17-alpha-hydroxylase deficiency is not linked to HLA.


Molecular Genetics

In a patient with combined 17-alpha-hydroxylase/17,20-lyase deficiency, Kagimoto et al. (1988) identified a 4-base duplication in the CYP17A1 gene (609300.0001), resulting in the loss of both enzymatic activities.

In 2 patients with isolated 17,20-lyase deficiency from a small village in Brazil, Geller et al. (1997) identified 2 different homozygous mutations in the CYP17A1 gene (609300.0012; 609300.0013). When expressed in COS-1 cells, the mutants retained 17-alpha-hydroxylase activity, but had minimal 17,20-lyase activity.

Yanase et al. (1991) stated that since the first description by Biglieri et al. (1966), at least 122 cases of 17-alpha-hydroxylase deficiency had been reported. Furthermore, 14 cases of 17,20-lyase deficiency had been reported in which 17-alpha-hydroxylase activity remained normal, this being a major reason that the 2 enzymes were long thought to be different. Yanase et al. (1991) reviewed 8 cases in which intragenic lesions had been identified.

In 11 patients from 6 Brazilian families with combined 17-alpha-hydroxylase/17,20-lyase deficiency, Martin et al. (2003) identified mutations in the CYP17A1 gene (609300.0009; 609300.0023-609300.0026).


See Also:

Rovner and Gordon (1978)

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