GIP‐dependent adrenal Cushing's syndrome with incomplete suppression of ACTH
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Abstract
ACTH-independent Cushing's syndrome may be due to the development of ectopic hormone receptors in adrenal tissue. Thus, in food-dependent Cushing's syndrome the adrenals aberrantly express receptors for gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP). We present the case of a 60-year-old woman with food-dependent Cushing's syndrome whose cortisol levels increased after stimulation with CRH. In this patient with Cushing's syndrome the finding of low basal plasma cortisol levels in the late night and early morning as well as a paradoxical rise of plasma cortisol during a 7-h infusion with dexamethasone (carried out without any restriction in food intake), suggested that cortisol production was stimulated at times of food intake. Hourly measurements of plasma cortisol for 48 h revealed prominent meal-related peaks. A plasma cortisol response, elicited by oral glucose administration, could be prevented by octreotide. Plasma ACTH was low or undetectable. CRH administration was followed by a ACTH response from 3 to 16 ng/l and a plasma cortisol response from 230 to 680 nmol/l. Octreotide treatment for nearly five months induced a partial clinical and biochemical remission. Total bilateral adrenalectomy was performed. The left adrenal was grossly enlarged (7 x 5.5 x 4 cm) and the right adrenal was slightly enlarged (6 x 4 x 1.8 cm). Microscopy revealed bilateral nodular hyperplasia. Cell suspensions of adrenal tissue from the patient did respond in a dose-dependent fashion to stimulation with GIP and were very sensitive to stimulation with synthetic ACTH1-24. However, CRH had no significant effect on cortisol production in vitro. Using RT-PCR amplification and cDNA hybridization, GIP receptor was found to be overexpressed in the left and right adrenal tissues from this patient as compared to adrenal tissues from a normal individual or from non GIP-dependent adrenal Cushing's syndrome. There was no evidence of presence of adrenal CRH receptors. Thus, in this patient with food-dependent Cushing's syndrome, the CRH-induced plasma ACTH and cortisol response is probably mediated by an incomplete suppression of the HPA axis as a result of the intermittent food-dependent nature of Cushing's syndrome.
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