至少存在 3 种家族性 PA。常染色体显性遗传形式见于 家族性醛固酮增多症I型 (FH-I)、家族性醛固酮增多症 III 型 (FH-III) 以及至少某些患有家族性醛固酮增多症 II 型 (FH-II) 的家庭。[5]Gordon RD, Stowasser M, Klemm SA, et al. Primary aldosteronism: some genetic, morphological, and biochemical aspects of subtypes. Steroids. 1995;60:35-41.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7792813?tool=bestpractice.com[10]Gordon RD, Stowasser M. Familial forms broaden horizons in primary aldosteronism. Trends Endocrinol Metab. 1998;9:220-227.[18]Stowasser M, Gordon RD. Familial hyperaldosteronism. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2001;78:215-229.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11595502?tool=bestpractice.com[45]Choi M, Scholl UI, Yue P, et al. K+ channel mutations in adrenal aldosterone-producing adenomas and hereditary hypertension. Science. 2011;331:768-772.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21311022?tool=bestpractice.com
FH-I 似乎很少见(<1% 的 PA 病例)。FH-II 较为常见(大约至少占 6%),[64]Mulatero P, Tizzani D, Viola A, et al. Prevalence and characteristics of familial hyperaldosteronism: the PATOGEN study (Primary Aldosteronism in TOrino-GENetic forms). Hypertension. 2011;58:797-803.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21876069?tool=bestpractice.com但在确定出其潜在基因突变后进行受累个体基因检测之前,其准确患病率尚不可知。
事实上,无法通过临床手段来鉴别 FH-II 和明显的散发性 PA(在所提及的高血压患者中占 5% 至 10%),这提供了一种可能性,即总体上与 FH-II 相关的基因突变可能在 PA 病例中占有相当大的比例。[5]Gordon RD, Stowasser M, Klemm SA, et al. Primary aldosteronism: some genetic, morphological, and biochemical aspects of subtypes. Steroids. 1995;60:35-41.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7792813?tool=bestpractice.com[10]Gordon RD, Stowasser M. Familial forms broaden horizons in primary aldosteronism. Trends Endocrinol Metab. 1998;9:220-227.[18]Stowasser M, Gordon RD. Familial hyperaldosteronism. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2001;78:215-229.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11595502?tool=bestpractice.com
据最近报告一个明显的 PA家系,“杂合类固醇”(18-羟基和 18-氧代皮质醇)水平明显升高,伴有明显束状带增生 (FH-III),有KCNJ5编码钾通道) 基因生殖系突变(。[45]Choi M, Scholl UI, Yue P, et al. K+ channel mutations in adrenal aldosterone-producing adenomas and hereditary hypertension. Science. 2011;331:768-772.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21311022?tool=bestpractice.com在其他几个家族中也有 KCNJ5 基因生殖系突变的报告,但其似乎是引起 PA 少见的原因。它们与 PA 的早发相关,根据遗传基因突变的类型的不同其严重性不一。[13]Stowasser M. Primary aldosteronism and potassium channel mutations. Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes. 2013;20:170-179.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23426162?tool=bestpractice.com