The genetic analysis revealed a novel missense K580R mutation in the P-box of the DNA-binding domain of androgen receptor, which was the first missense mutation shared by AIS and prostate cancer.
This review focuses on the clinical features and molecular pathophysiology of AIS and explores the relationship of the molecular defects in the AR gene to their clinical expression.
A mutation c.C2812T in the androgen receptor gene resulting in Pro817Leu substitution may affect dimerization of the androgen receptor and result in androgen insensitivity syndrome.
Glutamic acid 709 substitutions highlight the importance of the interaction between androgen receptor helices H3 and H12 for androgen and antiandrogen actions.
Our findings suggest that aberrant AR-coactivator association interferes with normal ART-27 coactivator function, resulting in suppression of AR activity, and may contribute to the pathogenesis of diseases related to alterations in AR activity, such as prostate cancer and AIS.
The X-linked androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS) encompasses a heterogeneous group of defects in the androgen receptor (AR) that result in varying degrees of undermasculinization.
Androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS) is an X-linked disease caused by mutations in the androgen receptor (AR) resulting in various degrees of defective masculinization in 46,XY individuals.
Mutations in the X-linked androgen receptor (AR) gene cause the androgen insensitivity syndrome by impairing androgen-dependent male sexual differentiation to varying degrees.
Androgen receptor mutations causing human androgen insensitivity syndromes show a key role of residue M807 in Helix 8-Helix 10 interactions and in receptor ligand-binding domain stability.