Autosomal dominant neurohypophyseal diabetes insipidus in a Swiss family, caused by a novel mutation (C59Delta/A60W) in the neurophysin moiety of prepro-vasopressin-neurophysin II (AVP-NP II)

Abstract

Deletion of C59 and substitution of A60W in the AVP-NP II precursor is predicted to disrupt one of the seven disulphide bridges required for correct folding of the neurophysin moiety and thus disturb the function of neurophysin as the vasopressin transport protein. These data are in line with the clinical and morphological findings in the reported family with adFNDI.