hrp0097fc7.5 | Sex differentiation, gonads and gynaecology or sex endocrinology | ESPE2023

SGPL1 deficiency, a cause of 46XY DSD and adrenal insufficiency, impairs lipid metabolism and steroidogenesis in Leydig cells

Kwong RMW , Smith CJ , Williams J , Hall C , Metherell LA , Prasad R

Loss of function mutations in SGPL1 (sphingosine-1-phosphate lyase) give rise to a multisystemic syndrome with predominating features of primary adrenal insufficiency (PAI) and steroid resistant nephrotic syndrome. Retrospective analysis of our patient cohort and the wider literature also demonstrated primary gonadal insufficiency in a third of male patients with microphallus and bilateral cryptorchidism (all with concomitant adrenal disease and high mortality in infa...