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Molecular evaluation, by targeted next generation sequencing of candidate genes linked to PAI revealed changes in two genes that are intricately linked in the early stages of steroid biosynthesis: compound heterozygous variants in <jats:italic>STAR<\/jats:italic>, c.465+1G&amp;gt;A and p.(E99K), plus a heterozygous rs6161 change in <jats:italic>CYP11A1<\/jats:italic>. No variants in other known causal genes were detected. The proband\u2019s mother was heterozygous for the c.465+1G&amp;gt;A <jats:italic>STAR<\/jats:italic> and rs6161 <jats:italic>CYP11A1<\/jats:italic> variants, while the father was homozygous for the p.(E99K) alteration in STAR but wild-type for <jats:italic>CYP11A1<\/jats:italic>. Both parents had normal adrenal cortical function as revealed by short Synacthen tests. The <jats:italic>STAR<\/jats:italic> variant c.465+1G&amp;gt;A will lead to abnormal splicing of exon 4 in mRNA and the addition of the p.(E99K) variant, predicted damaging by SIFT and CADD, may be sufficient to cause PAI but this is by no means certain given that the unaffected father is homozygous for the latter change. The rs6161 <jats:italic>CYP11A1<\/jats:italic> variant [c.940G&amp;gt;A, p.(E314K)] has recently been demonstrated to cause PAI in conjunction with a severe rare disruptive change on the other allele, however sequencing of the coding region of <jats:italic>CYP11A1<\/jats:italic> revealed no further changes in this subject. We wondered whether the phenotype of isolated glucocorticoid deficiency had arisen in this child due to tri-allelic inheritance of a heterozygous <jats:italic>CYP11A1<\/jats:italic> change along with the two <jats:italic>STAR<\/jats:italic> variants each of which contribute a partial loss-of-function burden that, when combined, is sufficient to cause PAI or if the loss-of-function c.465+1G&amp;gt;A combined with the presumed partial loss-of-function p.(E99K) in <jats:italic>STAR<\/jats:italic> could be causative.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fendo.2022.860055","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,3,29]],"date-time":"2022-03-29T20:39:34Z","timestamp":1648586374000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Can Digenic, Tri-Allelic Inheritance of Variants in STAR and CYP11A1 Give Rise to Primary Adrenal Insufficiency? 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