title: Genetic causes of congenital hypothyroidism due to dyshormonogenesis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Overview of congenital hypothyroidism caused by thyroid hormone synthesis defects, the current understanding of their pathophysiology, and clinical implications of molecular diagnoses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Genetic defects in all known thyroid-specific factors required for thyroid hormone synthesis have been described. These include defects in iodide trapping (NIS), in the facilitated iodide efflux across the apical membrane (PDS), the organification of iodide within the follicular lumen (thyroid peroxidase, DUOX2, DUOXA2), the substrate for thyroid hormone synthesis (thyroglobulin) and the ability to recover and retain intrathyroidal iodine (iodotyrosine deiodinase). Clinical and biochemical evaluation aids in selecting the most appropriate candidate gene(s). A definite molecular diagnosis of thyroid dyshormonogenesis allows genetic counseling and has prognostic value in differentiating transient from permanent congenital hypothyroidism and predicting the response of patients to iodine supplementation as adjunct or alternative treatment to L-T4 replacement.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Congenital hypothyroidism due to thyroid dyshormonogenesis is a heterogenic disorder that may be caused by mutations in any of the known steps in the thyroid hormone biosynthesis pathway. An exact molecular diagnosis allows genetic counseling and the identification of asymptomatic mutation carriers at risk of recurrent hypothyroidism, and provides a rationale for adjunct iodide supplementation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
authors.forename: Helmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Grasberger
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Refetoff
mesh_terms: D003409:Congenital Hypothyroidism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000074623:Dual Oxidases; D006801:Humans; D006867:Hydrolases / Q000235:genetics; D007453:Iodide Peroxidase / Q000235:genetics; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques; D009154:Mutation; D019255:NADPH Oxidases / Q000235:genetics; D000076988:Sulfate Transporters; D027981:Symporters / Q000235:genetics; D013954:Thyroglobulin / Q000235:genetics; D013963:Thyroid Hormones / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000099209:Sodium-Iodide Symporters
chemical_list: D000074623:Dual Oxidases; D006867:Hydrolases; D007453:Iodide Peroxidase; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D019255:NADPH Oxidases; D000076988:Sulfate Transporters; D027981:Symporters; D013954:Thyroglobulin; D013963:Thyroid Hormones; D000099209:Sodium-Iodide Symporters; C513411:DUOXA2 protein, human; C085609:SLC26A4 protein, human; C431515:DUOX2 protein, human; C497447:IYD protein, human