The role of functionally defective rare germline variants of sialic acid acetylesterase in autoimmune Addison's disease

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Background: Autoimmune Addison's disease (AAD) is a rare condition with a complex genetic basis. A panel of rare and functionally defective genetic variants in the sialic acid acetylesterase (SIAE) gene has recently been implicated in several common autoimmune conditions.We performed a case-control study to determine whether these rare variants are associated with a rarer condition, AAD. Method: We analysed nine SIAE gene variants (W48X, M89V, C196F, C226G, R230W, T312M, Y349C, F404S and R479C) in a United Kingdom cohort of 378 AAD subjects and 387 healthy controls. All samples were genotyped using Sequenom iPlex chemistry to characterise primer extension products. Results: A heterozygous rare allele at codon 312 (312*M) was found in one AAD patient (0.13%) but was not detected in the healthy controls. The commoner, functionally recessive variant at codon 89 (89*V) was found to be homozygous in two AAD patients but was only found in the heterozygous state in controls. Taking into account all nine alleles examined, 4/378 (1.06%) AAD patients and 1/387 (0.25%) healthy controls carried the defective SIAE alleles, with a calculated odds ratio of 4.13 (95% CI 0.44-97.45, two-tailed P value 0.212, NS). Conclusion:We demonstrated the presence of 89*V homozygotes and the 312*M rare allele in the AAD cohort, but overall, our analysis does not support a role for rare variants in SIAE in the pathogenesis of AAD. However, the relatively small collection of AAD patients limits the power to exclude a small effect. © 2012 European Society of Endocrinology.

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Gan, E. H., MacArthur, K., Mitchell, A. L., & Pearce, S. H. S. (2012). The role of functionally defective rare germline variants of sialic acid acetylesterase in autoimmune Addison’s disease. European Journal of Endocrinology, 167(6), 825–828. https://doi.org/10.1530/EJE-12-0579

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