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Jing J, Zhang C, Du S, Tan X, Yue X, Qiao D. Sudden death with cardiac involvement in a neonate with carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase deficiency. Cardiovasc Pathol 2024; 70:107630. [PMID: 38490313 DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2024.107630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2024] [Revised: 02/22/2024] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024] Open
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A female neonate born with normal Apgar scores at 38+2 weeks of gestational age unexpectedly passed away within less than 30 hours after birth. The situation mirrored her brother's earlier demise within 24 hours post-delivery, suggesting a possible genetic disorder. Gross examination revealed widespread cyanosis and distinct yellowish changes on the cardiac ventricles. Histopathological examination disclosed lipid accumulation in the liver, heart, and kidneys. Tandem mass spectrometry detected elevated levels of 10 amino acids and 14 carnitines in cardiac blood. Trio-whole genome sequencing (Trio-WGS) identified the SLC25A20 c.199-10T>G mutation associated with carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase disease (CACTD), a type of fatty acid oxidation disorders (FAODs) with a potential for sudden death. Further validation of gene expression confirmed the functional deficiency of SLC25A20, ultimately diagnosing CACTD as the underlying cause of the neonate's demise. This case highlights the importance of prenatal metabolic and genetic screening for prospective parents and emphasizes the need for forensic doctors to integrate metabolomic and genomic investigations into autopsies for suspected inherited metabolic diseases.
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- Jiayu Jing
- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Forensic Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
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Carmona SMG, Abacan MAR, Alcausin MMLB. Carnitine-acylcarnitine Translocase Deficiency with c.199-10T>G Mutation in Two Filipino Neonates Detected through Parental Carrier Testing. Int J Neonatal Screen 2023; 9:ijns9010004. [PMID: 36648771 PMCID: PMC9844480 DOI: 10.3390/ijns9010004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2022] [Revised: 12/05/2022] [Accepted: 12/26/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase deficiency (CACTD), a fatty acid oxidation defect (FAOD), can present in the neonatal period with non-specific findings and hypoglycemia. A high index of suspicion is needed to recognize the disorder. The case is of a 24-year-old G2P2(2000) mother who sought consultation for recurrent neonatal deaths. The neonates, born two years apart, were apparently well at birth but had a fair cry and no spontaneous eye opening within the first 24 h of life and died before the 72nd hour of life. Newborn screening of both babies revealed elevated long chain acylcarnitines and hypocarnitinemia suggestive of a FAOD. However, due to their early demise, no confirmatory tests were done. Parental carrier testing was performed, revealing both parents to be heterozygous carriers of a pathogenic variant, c.199 10T>G (intronic), in the SLC25A20 gene associated with autosomal recessive CACTD. This is the first reported case of CACTD in the Filipino population.
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- Suzanne Marie G. Carmona
- Department of Pediatrics, Philippine General Hospital, University of the Philippines Manila, Manila 1000, Philippines
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Pediatrics, Philippine General Hospital, University of the Philippines Manila, Manila 1000, Philippines
- Institute of Human Genetics, National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila, Manila 1000, Philippines
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- Department of Pediatrics, Philippine General Hospital, University of the Philippines Manila, Manila 1000, Philippines
- Institute of Human Genetics, National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila, Manila 1000, Philippines
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Zhou D, Cheng Y, Yin X, Miao H, Hu Z, Yang J, Zhang Y, Wu B, Huang X. Newborn Screening for Mitochondrial Carnitine-Acylcarnitine Cycle Disorders in Zhejiang Province, China. Front Genet 2022; 13:823687. [PMID: 35360862 PMCID: PMC8964036 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.823687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2021] [Accepted: 01/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background: Disorders of mitochondrial carnitine–acylcarnitine cycle is a heterogeneous group of hereditary diseases of mitochondrial β-oxidation of fatty acids tested in NBS program in Zhejiang province, China. Large-scale studies reporting disorders of mitochondrial carnitine–acylcarnitine cycle among Chinese population in NBS are limited. The aim of this study was to explain the incidence and biochemical, clinical, and genetic characteristics of disorders of mitochondrial carnitine–acylcarnitine cycle in NBS. Methods: From January 2009 to June 2021, 4,070,375 newborns were screened by tandem mass spectrometry. Newborns with elevated C0 levels and/or C0/(C16 + C18) ratios were identified as having CPT1D, whereas those with decreased C0 levels and/or C0/(C16 + C18) ratios and/or elevated C12-C18:1 level were identified as having CPT2D or CACTD. Suspected positive patients were further subjected to genetic analysis. All confirmed patients received biochemical and nutritional treatment, as well as follow-up sessions. Results: Overall, 20 patients (12 with CPT1D, 4 with CPT2D, and 4 with CACTD) with disorders of mitochondrial carnitine–acylcarnitine cycle were diagnosed by NBS. The overall incidence of these disorders was one in 203,518 newborns. In toal, 11 patients with CPT1D exhibited increased C0 levels and C0/(C16 + C18) ratios. In all patients of CPT2D, all long chain acyl-carnitines levels were elevated except for case 14 having normal C12 levels. In all patients with CACTD, all long chain acyl-carnitines levels were elevated except for case 17 having normal C12, C18, and C18:1 levels. Most patients with CPT1D were asymptomatic. Overall, two of 4 patients with CPT2D did not present any clinical symptom, but other two patients died. In 4 cases with CACTD, the disease was onset after birth, and 75% patients died. In total, 14 distinct mutations were identified in CPT1A gene, of which 11 were novel and c.1910C > A (p.S637T), c.740C > T (p.P247L), and c.1328T > C (p.L443P) were the most common mutations. Overall, 3 novel mutations were identified in CPT2 gene, and the most frequent mutation was c.1711C > A (p.P571T). The most common variant in SLC25A20 gene was c.199-10T > G. Conclusion: Disorders of mitochondrial carnitine–acylcarnitine cycle can be detected by NBS, and the combined incidence of these disorders in newborns was rare in Zhejiang province, China. Most patients presented typical acylcarnitine profiles. Most patients with CPT1D presented normal growth and development, whereas those with CPT2D/CACTD exhibited a high mortality rate. Several novel CPT1A and CPT2 variants were identified, which expanded the variant spectrum.
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- Duo Zhou
- Department of Genetics and Metabolism, Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, National Regional Medical Center for Children, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Genetics and Metabolism, Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, National Regional Medical Center for Children, Hangzhou, China
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- School of Health in Social Science, The University of Edinburg, Edinburg, United Kingdom
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- Department of Genetics and Metabolism, Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, National Regional Medical Center for Children, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Genetics and Metabolism, Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, National Regional Medical Center for Children, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Genetics and Metabolism, Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, National Regional Medical Center for Children, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Bosheng Biotechnology Co, Ltd, Hangzhou, China
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- Children's Medical Center, University of Chinese Academy of Science - Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Genetics and Metabolism, Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, National Regional Medical Center for Children, Hangzhou, China
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Li X, Zhao F, Zhao Z, Zhao X, Meng H, Zhang D, Zhao S, Ding M. Neonatal sudden death caused by a novel heterozygous mutation in SLC25A20 gene: A case report and brief literature review. Leg Med (Tokyo) 2021; 54:101990. [PMID: 34784499 DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2021.101990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2021] [Revised: 10/28/2021] [Accepted: 11/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase deficiency (CACTD) is a rare and life-threatening autosomal recessive disorder of fatty acid β-oxidation (FAO). Most patients with CACTD develop severe metabolic decompensation which deteriorates progressively and rapidly, causing death in infancy or childhood. As CACTD in some patients is asymptomatic or only with some nonspecific symptoms, the diagnosis is easy to be ignored, resulting in sudden death, which often triggers medical disputes. Herein, we report a case of neonatal sudden death with CACTD. The neonate showed a series of severe metabolic crisis, deteriorated rapidly and eventually died 3 days after delivery. Tandem mass spectrometry (MS-MS) screening of dry blood spots before death showed that the level of long-chain acylcarnitines, especially C12-C18 acylcarnitine, was increased significantly, and therefore a diagnosis of inherited metabolic disease (IMD) was suspected. Autopsy and histopathological results demonstrated that there were diffuse vacuoles in the heart and liver of the deceased. Mutation analysis revealed that the patient was a compound heterozygote with c.199-10 T > G and a novel c.1A > T mutation in the SLC25A20 gene. Pathological changes such as heart failure, arrhythmia and cardiac arrest related to mitochondrial FAO disorders are the direct cause of death, while gene mutation is the underlying cause of death.
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- Xuebo Li
- Key Laboratory of Evidence Identification in Universities of Shandong Province, Shandong University of Political Science and Law, Jinan 250014, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Evidence Identification in Universities of Shandong Province, Shandong University of Political Science and Law, Jinan 250014, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Evidence Identification in Universities of Shandong Province, Shandong University of Political Science and Law, Jinan 250014, PR China
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- Central Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao 266003, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Evidence Identification in Universities of Shandong Province, Shandong University of Political Science and Law, Jinan 250014, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Evidence Identification in Universities of Shandong Province, Shandong University of Political Science and Law, Jinan 250014, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Evidence Identification in Universities of Shandong Province, Shandong University of Political Science and Law, Jinan 250014, PR China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan 250033, PR China.
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Ryder B, Inbar-Feigenberg M, Glamuzina E, Halligan R, Vara R, Elliot A, Coman D, Minto T, Lewis K, Schiff M, Vijay S, Akroyd R, Thompson S, MacDonald A, Woodward AJM, Gribben JEL, Grunewald S, Belaramani K, Hall M, van der Haak N, Devanapalli B, Tolun AA, Wilson C, Bhattacharya K. New insights into carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase deficiency from 23 cases: Management challenges and potential therapeutic approaches. J Inherit Metab Dis 2021; 44:903-915. [PMID: 33634872 DOI: 10.1002/jimd.12371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2020] [Revised: 02/19/2021] [Accepted: 02/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Carnitine acyl-carnitine translocase deficiency (CACTD) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder of mitochondrial long-chain fatty-acid transport. Most patients present in the first 2 days of life, with hypoketotic hypoglycaemia, hyperammonaemia, cardiomyopathy or arrhythmia, hepatomegaly and elevated liver enzymes. Multi-centre international retrospective chart review of clinical presentation, biochemistry, treatment modalities including diet, subsequent complications, and mode of death of all patients. Twenty-three patients from nine tertiary metabolic units were identified. Seven attenuated patients of Pakistani heritage, six of these homozygous c.82G>T, had later onset manifestations and long-term survival without chronic hyperammonemia. Of the 16 classical cases, 15 had cardiac involvement at presentation comprising cardiac arrhythmias (9/15), cardiac arrest (7/15), and cardiac hypertrophy (9/15). Where recorded, ammonia levels were elevated in all but one severe case (13/14 measured) and 14/16 had hypoglycaemia. Nine classical patients survived longer-term-most with feeding difficulties and cognitive delay. Hyperammonaemia appears refractory to ammonia scavenger treatment and carglumic acid, but responds well to high glucose delivery during acute metabolic crises. High-energy intake seems necessary to prevent decompensation. Anaplerosis utilising therapeutic d,l-3-hydroxybutyrate, Triheptanoin and increased protein intake, appeared to improve chronic hyperammonemia and metabolic stability where trialled in individual cases. CACTD is a rare disorder of fatty acid oxidation with a preponderance to severe cardiac dysfunction. Long-term survival is possible in classical early-onset cases with long-chain fat restriction, judicious use of glucose infusions, and medium chain triglyceride supplementation. Adjunctive therapies supporting anaplerosis may improve longer-term outcomes.
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- Bryony Ryder
- Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- National Metabolic Service, Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- National Metabolic Service, Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Inherited Metabolic Disorders, Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
- Department of Metabolic Medicine, Evelina Children's Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Metabolic Medicine, Evelina Children's Hospital, London, UK
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- Queensland Lifespan Metabolic Medicine Service, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Queensland Lifespan Metabolic Medicine Service, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- School of Medicine University of Queensland and Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Queensland Lifespan Metabolic Medicine Service, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Queensland Lifespan Metabolic Medicine Service, Queensland Children's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Reference Centre for Inherited Metabolic Diseases, AP-HP, Necker University Hospital, University of Paris, Paris, France
- INSERM U1163, Institut Imagine, Paris, France
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- Department of Inherited Metabolic Disorders, Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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- National Metabolic Service, Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Metabolic Genetics, Sydney Children's Hospitals' Network NSW, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Inherited Metabolic Disorders, Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Nutrition & Dietetics, Evelina London Children's Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Nutrition & Dietetics, Evelina London Children's Hospital, London, UK
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- Metabolic Medicine Department, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Institute of Child Health University College London, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK
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- Department of Metabolic Medicine, Hong Kong Children's Hospital, Ngau Tau Kok, Hong Kong
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- Departments of Metabolic Medicine & Nutrition, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Departments of Metabolic Medicine & Nutrition, Women's and Children's Hospital, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Department of Metabolic Genetics, Sydney Children's Hospitals' Network NSW, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Metabolic Genetics, Sydney Children's Hospitals' Network NSW, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- National Metabolic Service, Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Metabolic Genetics, Sydney Children's Hospitals' Network NSW, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Tonazzi A, Giangregorio N, Console L, Palmieri F, Indiveri C. The Mitochondrial Carnitine Acyl-carnitine Carrier (SLC25A20): Molecular Mechanisms of Transport, Role in Redox Sensing and Interaction with Drugs. Biomolecules 2021; 11:biom11040521. [PMID: 33807231 PMCID: PMC8066319 DOI: 10.3390/biom11040521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2021] [Revised: 03/23/2021] [Accepted: 03/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The SLC25A20 transporter, also known as carnitine acyl-carnitine carrier (CAC), catalyzes the transport of short, medium and long carbon chain acyl-carnitines across the mitochondrial inner membrane in exchange for carnitine. The 30-year story of the protein responsible for this function started with its purification from rat liver mitochondria. Even though its 3D structure is not yet available, CAC is one of the most deeply characterized transport proteins of the inner mitochondrial membrane. Other than functional, kinetic and mechanistic data, post-translational modifications regulating the transport activity of CAC have been revealed. CAC interactions with drugs or xenobiotics relevant to human health and toxicology and the response of the carrier function to dietary compounds have been discovered. Exploiting combined approaches of site-directed mutagenesis with chemical targeting and bioinformatics, a large set of data on structure/function relationships have been obtained, giving novel information on the molecular mechanism of the transport catalyzed by this protein.
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- Annamaria Tonazzi
- Institute of Biomembranes, Bioenergetics and Molecular Biotechnologies (IBIOM), National Research Council, Via Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy; (A.T.); (N.G.)
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- Institute of Biomembranes, Bioenergetics and Molecular Biotechnologies (IBIOM), National Research Council, Via Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy; (A.T.); (N.G.)
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- Unit of Biochemistry and Molecular Biotechnology, Department DiBEST (Biologia, Ecologia, Scienze della Terra), University of Calabria, Via P. Bucci 4C, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende, Italy;
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- Institute of Biomembranes, Bioenergetics and Molecular Biotechnologies (IBIOM), National Research Council, Via Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy; (A.T.); (N.G.)
- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari, 70125 Bari, Italy
- Correspondence: (F.P.); (C.I.); Tel.: +39-080-544-3323 (F.P.); Tel.: +39-0984-492939 (C.I.)
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- Institute of Biomembranes, Bioenergetics and Molecular Biotechnologies (IBIOM), National Research Council, Via Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy; (A.T.); (N.G.)
- Unit of Biochemistry and Molecular Biotechnology, Department DiBEST (Biologia, Ecologia, Scienze della Terra), University of Calabria, Via P. Bucci 4C, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende, Italy;
- Correspondence: (F.P.); (C.I.); Tel.: +39-080-544-3323 (F.P.); Tel.: +39-0984-492939 (C.I.)
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Chen M, Cai Y, Li S, Xiong H, Liu M, Ma F, Xiao X, Hao H. Late-Onset Carnitine-Acylcarnitine Translocase Deficiency With SLC25A20 c.199-10T>G Variation: Case Report and Pathologic Analysis of Liver Biopsy. Front Pediatr 2020; 8:585646. [PMID: 33194920 PMCID: PMC7661852 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2020.585646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2020] [Accepted: 09/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Introduction: Carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase deficiency (CACTD) is a rare and life-threatening autosomal recessive disorder of mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation caused by variation of the Solute carrier family 25 member 20 (SLC25A20) gene. Carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase is one of the crucial transport proteins in the oxidation process of mitochondrial fatty acids. In Asia, the c.199-10T>G splice site variation is the most frequently reported variant of SLC25A20. Patients with CACTD with c.199-10T>G variation usually present with a severe clinical phenotype. Materials and Methods: Herein, we report a neonatal case of late-onset CACTD in mainland China. Symptoms emerged 61 days after birth; the patient presented with a severe metabolic crisis, and her clinical condition rapidly deteriorated, and she died of respiratory insufficiency and cardiac arrest at 61 days. We present the clinical and biochemical features of this patient and briefly review previously reported CACTD cases with c.199-10T>G variation. Results: Acylcarnitine profiling by tandem mass spectrometry and high-throughput sequencing revealed that our patient was homozygous for the c.199-10T>G variation, confirming the diagnosis of CACTD. Histopathologic analysis of the liver by Prussian blue staining showed focal iron deposition in hepatocytes, and electron microscopy analysis revealed a large number of lipid droplet vacuoles in diffusely distributed hepatocytes. Conclusion: The development of CACTD in our patient 61 days after birth is the latest reported onset for CACTD with SLC25A20 c.199-10T>G variation. Early recognition of symptoms and timely and appropriate treatment are critical for improving the outcome of this highly lethal disorder. Death from late-onset CACTD may be caused by the accumulation of long-chain fatty acids as well as iron deposition in the heart leading to heart failure.
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- Min Chen
- Department of Pediatrics, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Yan HM, Hu H, Ahmed A, Feng BB, Liu J, Jia ZJ, Wang H. Carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase deficiency with c.199-10 T>G and novel c.1A>G mutation: Two case reports and brief literature review. Medicine (Baltimore) 2017; 96:e8549. [PMID: 29137068 PMCID: PMC5690761 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000008549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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RATIONALE Carnitine-acylcarnitine translocate deficiency (CACTD) is a rare and life-threatening, autosomal recessive disorder of fatty acid β-oxidation characterized by hypoketotic hypoglycemia, hyperammonemia, cardiomyopathy, liver dysfunction, and muscle weakness; culminating in early death. To date, CACTD cases screened from the Chinese mainland population, especially patient with compound heterozygote with c.199-10T>G and a novel c.1A>G mutation in the SLC25A20 gene has never been described. PATIENT CONCERNS Herein, we report 2 neonatal cases of CACTD identified from the mainland China. These 2 patients were presented with severe metabolic crisis and their clinical conditions deteriorate rapidly and both died of cardiorespiratory collapse in the first week of life. We present the clinical and biochemical features of 2 probands and a brief literature review of previously reported CACTD cases with the c.199-10T>G mutation. DIAGNOSES The acylcarnitine profiles by tandem-mass-spectrometry and the mutation analysis of SLC25A20 gene confirmed the diagnosis of CACTD in both patients. Mutation analysis demonstrated that patient No. 1 was homozygous for c.199-10T>G mutation, while patient No. 2 was a compound heterozygote for 2 mutations, a maternally-inherited c.199-10T>G and a paternally-inherited, novel c.1A>G mutation. INTERVENTIONS Both patients were treated with an aggressive treatment regimen include high glucose and arginine infusion, respiratory, and circulatory support. OUTCOMES The first proband died 3 days after delivery due to sudden cardiac arrest. The second patient's clinical condition, at one time, was improved by high glucose infusion, intravenous arginine, and circulatory support. However, the patient failed to wean from mechanical ventilation. Unfortunately, her parents refused further treatment due to fear of financial burdens. The patient died of congestive heart failure in the 6th day of life. LESSONS We report the first 2 cases of CACTD identified from the mainland China. Apart from a founder mutation c.199-10T>G, we identified a novel c.1A>G mutation. Patients with CACTD with a genotype of c.199-10T>G mutation usually presents with a severe clinical phenotype. Early recognition and appropriate treatment is crucial in this highly lethal disorder. This case series highlights the importance of screening for metabolic diseases including CACTD in cases of sudden infant death and unexplained abrupt clinical deterioration in the early neonatal period.
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- Hui-ming Yan
- Newborn Screening Center of Hunan Province, The Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hunan Province, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Newborn Screening Center of Hunan Province, The Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hunan Province, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Newborn Screening Center of Hunan Province, The Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hunan Province, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Newborn Screening Center of Hunan Province, The Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hunan Province, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Newborn Screening Center of Hunan Province, The Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hunan Province, Changsha, Hunan, China
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- Newborn Screening Center of Hunan Province, The Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hunan Province, Changsha, Hunan, China
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Mahapatra S, Ananth A, Baugh N, Damian M, Enns GM. Triheptanoin: A Rescue Therapy for Cardiogenic Shock in Carnitine-acylcarnitine Translocase Deficiency. JIMD Rep 2017; 39:19-23. [PMID: 28689308 DOI: 10.1007/8904_2017_36] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2017] [Revised: 05/31/2017] [Accepted: 06/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase (CACT) deficiency is a rare long-chain fatty acid oxidation disorder (LC-FAOD) with high mortality due to cardiomyopathy or lethal arrhythmia. Triheptanoin (UX007), an investigational drug composed of synthetic medium odd-chain triglycerides, is a novel therapy in development for LC-FAOD patients. However, cases of its safe and efficacious use to reverse severe heart failure in CACT deficiency are limited. Here, we present a detailed report of an infant with CACT deficiency admitted in metabolic crisis that progressed into severe cardiogenic shock who was successfully treated by triheptanoin. The child was managed, thereafter, on triheptanoin until her death at 3 years of age from a cardiopulmonary arrest in the setting of acute respiratory illness superimposed on chronic hypercarbic respiratory failure.
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- Sidharth Mahapatra
- Division of Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198, USA.
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- Pediatric Neurology, Brain and Spine Institute, Providence Health and Services, Portland, OR, 97225, USA
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- Department of Clinical Nutrition, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford, Palo Alto, CA, 94304, USA
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- Division of Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, 94304, USA
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University Medical Center, Palo Alto, CA, 94304, USA
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Inherited metabolic diseases in the Southern Chinese population: spectrum of diseases and estimated incidence from recurrent mutations. Pathology 2015; 46:375-82. [PMID: 24992243 DOI: 10.1097/pat.0000000000000140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Inherited metabolic diseases (IMDs) are a large group of rare genetic diseases. The spectrum and incidences of IMDs differ among populations, which has been well characterised in Caucasians but much less so in Chinese. In a setting of a University Hospital Metabolic Clinic in Hong Kong, over 100 patients with IMDs have been seen during a period of 13 years (from 1997 to 2010). The data were used to define the spectrum of diseases in the Southern Chinese population. Comparison with other populations revealed a unique spectrum of common IMDs. Furthermore, the incidence of the common IMDs was estimated by using population carrier frequencies of known recurrent mutations. Locally common diseases (their estimated incidence) include (1) glutaric aciduria type 1 (∼1/60,000), (2) multiple carboxylase deficiency (∼1/60,000), (3) primary carnitine deficiency (∼1/60,000), (4) carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase deficiency (∼1/60,000), (5) glutaric aciduria type 2 (∼1/22,500), (6) citrin deficiency (∼1/17,000), (7) tetrahydrobiopterin-deficient hyperphenylalaninaemia due to 6-pyruvoyl-tetrahydropterin synthase deficiency (∼1/60,000), (8) glycogen storage disease type 1 (∼1/150,000). In addition, ornithine carbamoyltransferase deficiency and X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy are common X-linked diseases. Findings of the disease spectrum and treatment outcome are summarised here which may be useful for clinical practice. In addition, data will also be useful for policy makers in planning of newborn screening programs and resource allocation.
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Carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase deficiency: experience with four cases in Spain and review of the literature. JIMD Rep 2015; 20:11-20. [PMID: 25614308 DOI: 10.1007/8904_2014_382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2014] [Revised: 11/04/2014] [Accepted: 11/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase (CACT) deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive disease in the mitochondrial transport of long-chain fatty acids. Despite early diagnosis and treatment, the disease still has a high mortality rate. METHODS Clinical symptoms, long-term follow-up, and biochemical and molecular results of four cases are described and compared with the reviewed literature data of 55 cases. RESULTS Two cases with neonatal onset, carrying in homozygosity the novel variant sequences p.Gly20Asp (c.59G>A) and p.Arg179Gly (c.536A>G), died during an intercurrent infectious process in the first year of life despite adequate dietetic treatment (frequent feeding, high-carbohydrate/low-fat diet, MCT, carnitine). The other two cases, one with infantile onset and the other diagnosed in the newborn period after a previous affected sibling, show excellent development at 4 and 16 years of age under treatment. The review shows that the most frequent presenting symptoms of CACT deficiency are hypoketotic hypoglycemia, hyperammonemia, hepatomegaly, cardiomyopathy and/or arrhythmia, and respiratory distress. The onset of symptoms is predominantly neonatal in 82% and infantile in 18%. The mortality rate is high (65%), most in the first year of life due to myocardiopathy or sudden death. Outcomes seem to correlate better with the absence of cardiac disease and with a higher long-chain fatty acid oxidation rate in cultured fibroblasts than with residual enzyme activity. CONCLUSION Diagnosis before the occurrence of clinical symptoms by tandem MS-MS and very early therapeutic intervention together with good dietary compliance could lead to a better prognosis, especially in milder clinical cases.
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Wang GL, Wang J, Douglas G, Browning M, Hahn S, Ganesh J, Cox S, Aleck K, Schmitt ES, Zhang W, Wong LJC. Expanded molecular features of carnitine acyl-carnitine translocase (CACT) deficiency by comprehensive molecular analysis. Mol Genet Metab 2011; 103:349-57. [PMID: 21605995 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2011.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2011] [Revised: 05/02/2011] [Accepted: 05/02/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase (CACT) deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive disease of fatty acid oxidation, mainly affecting long chain fatty acid utilization. The disease usually presents at neonatal period with severe hypoketotic hypoglycemia, hyperammonemia, cardiomyopathy and/or arrhythmia, hepatic dysfunction, skeletal muscle weakness, and encephalopathy. Definitive diagnosis of CACT deficiency by molecular analysis of the SLC25A20 gene has recently become clinically available. In contrast to biochemical analysis, sequence analysis is a more rapid and reliable method for diagnosis of CACT deficiency. In this study, we used Sanger sequencing and target array CGH to identify molecular defects in the SLC25A20 gene of patients with clinical features and an acylcarnitine profile consistent with CACT deficiency. Eight novel mutations, including a large 25.9 kb deletion encompassing exons 5 to 9 of SLC25A20 were found. Review of the published cases revealed that CACT deficiency is a pan-ethnic disorder with a broad mutation spectrum. Mutations are distributed along the entire gene without a hot spot. Two thirds of them are nonsense, frame-shift, or splice site mutations resulting in premature stop codons. This study underscores the importance of comprehensive molecular analysis, including sequencing and targeted array CGH of the SLC25A20 gene when CACT deficiency is suspected.
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- Guo-li Wang
- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, NAB2015, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Korman SH, Pitt JJ, Boneh A, Dweikat I, Zater M, Meiner V, Gutman A, Brivet M. A novel SLC25A20 splicing mutation in patients of different ethnic origin with neonatally lethal carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase (CACT) deficiency. Mol Genet Metab 2006; 89:332-8. [PMID: 16919490 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2006.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2006] [Revised: 06/21/2006] [Accepted: 06/21/2006] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase (CACT) deficiency is a rare disorder of fatty acid oxidation associated with high mortality. Two female newborns of different ethnic origin (the first Anglo-Celtic and the second Palestinian Arab) both died after sudden collapse on day 2 of life. Both had elevated bloodspot long-chain acylcarnitines consistent with either CACT or carnitine palmitoyltransferase II (CPT2) deficiency; the latter was excluded by demonstrating normal CPT2 activity in fibroblasts. Direct sequencing of all SLC25A20 (CACT) gene exons and exon-intron boundaries revealed that Patient 1 was compound heterozygous for a novel c.609-3c>g (IVS6-3c>g) mutation on the paternal allele and a previously described c.326delG mutation on the maternal allele. Patient 2 was homozygous for the same, novel c.609-3c>g mutation. Previously reported SLC25A20 mutations have been almost exclusively confined to a single family or ethnic group. Analysis of fibroblast cDNA by RT-PCR, agarose gel electrophoresis and sequencing of extracted bands showed that both mutations produce aberrant splicing. c.609-3C>G results in exon 7 skipping leading to a frameshift with premature termination seven amino acids downstream. c.326delG was confirmed to produce skipping of exons 3 or 3 plus 4. CACT activity in both patients' fibroblasts was near-zero. For both families, prenatal diagnosis of an unaffected fetus was performed by mutation analysis on CVS tissue in a subsequent pregnancy. Due to the urgency of prenatal diagnosis in the second family, molecular diagnosis was performed prior to demonstration of CACT enzyme deficiency, illustrating that mutation analysis is a rapid and reliable approach to first-line diagnosis of CACT deficiency.
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- Stanley H Korman
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Hadassah - Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
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Wohlrab H. The human mitochondrial transport/carrier protein family. Nonsynonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms (nsSNPs) and mutations that lead to human diseases. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2006; 1757:1263-70. [PMID: 16843431 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2006.05.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2006] [Revised: 04/18/2006] [Accepted: 05/09/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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There are 67 proteins in the human mitochondrial transport protein family. They have been identified from among the proteins of the RefSeq database on the basis of sequence similarity to proteins that have been functionally identified as mitochondrial transport proteins. They have also been identified by matching their predicted structure to the high resolution structure of the bovine ADP/ATP T1 transporter subunit/carboxyatractyloside complex. 74 nonsynonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms (nsSNP) have been identified in their gene sequences. These nsSNPs are present in genes of 30 of the proteins. No nsSNP has been found in 24 of the protein genes and no search has as yet been carried out on the rest (13) of them. The largest number of nsSNPs are in the ADP/ATP T3 transporter, the uncoupling protein 3 L, and the phosphate transporter genes with 7, 6, and 6, respectively. nsSNPs are located in groups along the protein sequence suggesting that certain protein domains are too critical for transport function to tolerate mutations. This interpretation has been validated with mutation and function studies of the phosphate transporter. Human diseases have been identified with replacement mutations in seven of these proteins. Their genes are not abnormally susceptible to mutations since they have the smallest number of nsSNPs. Disease causing mutations have also been observed as: substitution, silent (may affect stability of messages), frameshift (protein truncation or elongation), splicing (exon skipping), residue deletion. Disease causing mutations have only been identified in few transporter genes because others do not yield dramatic symptoms or are essential and thus lethal. Mutations in other transporter genes may also only have a major impact through their combination with other genes and their nsSNPs.
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- Hartmut Wohlrab
- Boston Biomedical Research Institute and Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, 64 Grove Street, Watertown, MA 02472, USA.
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Iacobazzi V, Invernizzi F, Baratta S, Pons R, Chung W, Garavaglia B, Dionisi-Vici C, Ribes A, Parini R, Huertas MD, Roldan S, Lauria G, Palmieri F, Taroni F. Molecular and functional analysis of SLC25A20 mutations causing carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase deficiency. Hum Mutat 2005; 24:312-20. [PMID: 15365988 DOI: 10.1002/humu.20085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The enzyme carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase (CACT) is involved in the transport of long-chain fatty acids into mitochondria. CACT deficiency is a life-threatening, recessively inherited disorder of lipid beta-oxidation which manifests in early infancy with hypoketotic hypoglycemia, cardiomyopathy, liver failure, and muscle weakness. We report here the clinical, biochemical, and molecular features of six CACT-deficient patients from Italy, Spain, and North America who exhibited significant clinical heterogeneity. In five patients (Patients 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6) the disease manifested in the neonatal period, while the remaining patient (Patient 3), the younger sibling of an infant who had died with clinical suspicion of fatty acid oxidation defect, has been treated since birth and was clinically asymptomatic at 4.5 years of age. Patients 1 and 4 were deceased within 6 months from the onset of this study, while the remaining four are still alive at 8, 4.5, 3.5, and 2 years, respectively. Sequence analysis of the CACT gene (SLC25A20) disclosed five novel mutations and three previously reported mutations. Three patients were homozygous for the identified mutations. Two of the novel mutations (c.718+1G>C and c.843+4_843+50del) altered the donor splice site of introns 7 and 8, respectively. The 47-nt deletion in intron 8 caused both skipping of exon 8 only and skipping of exons 6-8. Four mutations [[c.159dupT;c.163delA] ([p.Gly54Trp;p.Thr55Ala]) c.397C>T (p.Arg133Trp), c.691G>C (p.Asp231His), and c.842C>T (p.Ala281Val)] resulted in amino acid substitutions affecting evolutionarily conserved regions of the protein. Interestingly, one of these exonic mutations (p.Ala281Val) was associated with a splicing defect also characterized by skipping of exons 6-8. The deleterious effect of the p.Arg133Trp substitution was demonstrated by measuring CACT activity upon expression of the normal and the mutant protein in E. coli and functional reconstitution into liposomes. Combined analysis of clinical, biochemical, and molecular data failed to indicate a correlation between the phenotype and the genotype.
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- Vito Iacobazzi
- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Pharmaco-Biology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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Gregersen N, Bross P, Andresen BS. Genetic defects in fatty acid beta-oxidation and acyl-CoA dehydrogenases. Molecular pathogenesis and genotype-phenotype relationships. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 271:470-82. [PMID: 14728674 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03949.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation deficiencies are due to genetic defects in enzymes of fatty acid beta-oxidation and transport proteins. Genetic defects have been identified in most of the genes where nearly all types of sequence variations (mutation types) have been associated with disease. In this paper, we will discuss the effects of the various types of sequence variations encountered and review current knowledge regarding the genotype-phenotype relationship, especially in patients with acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiencies where sufficient material exists for a meaningful discussion. Because mis-sense sequence variations are prevalent in these diseases, we will discuss the implications of these types of sequence variations on the processing and folding of mis-sense variant proteins. As the prevalent mis-sense variant K304E MCAD protein has been studied intensively, the investigations on biogenesis, stability and kinetic properties for this variant enzyme will be discussed in detail and used as a paradigm for the study of other mis-sense variant proteins. We conclude that the total effect of mis-sense sequence variations may comprise an invariable--sequence variation specific--effect on the catalytic parameters and a conditional effect, which is dependent on cellular, physiological and genetic factors other than the sequence variation itself.
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- Niels Gregersen
- Research Unit for Molecular Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital and Faculty of Health Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
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Galron D, Birk OS, Kazanovitz A, Moses SW, Hershkovitz E. Carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase deficiency: identification of a novel molecular defect in a Bedouin patient. J Inherit Metab Dis 2004; 27:267-73. [PMID: 15159657 DOI: 10.1023/b:boli.0000028780.01670.61] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase CACT deficiency is a very rare autosomal recessive disease. The neonatal phenotype of CACT deficiency is characterized by hypoketotic hypoglycaemia, hyperammonaemia, cardiomyopathy and skeletal muscle weakness culminating in early death. The disease is caused by mutations in the CACT gene, which encodes a protein transporting long-chain fatty acid carnitine esters into the mitochondrial matrix. In this report, we describe the first case of CACT deficiency in the Bedouin population in Israel. The patient, the first son of consanguineous parents, was born at term after uneventful delivery. During the second day of life, he developed clinical signs of an acute metabolic crisis with severe hypoglycaemia and hyperammonaemia. Biochemical investigation suggested the diagnosis of CACT deficiency. Genetic molecular analysis confirmed this diagnosis by demonstrating that the affected child was homozygous for a novel missense mutation 793A>G, substituting glutamine by arginine (Q238R) in exon 7 of the CACT gene. Despite medical treatment and adequate nutrition, the patient died at 6 months of age.
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- D Galron
- Genetic Institute, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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Pérez P, Martínez O, Romero B, Olivas I, Pedregosa AM, Palmieri F, Laborda F, Ramón De Lucas J. Functional analysis of mutations in the human carnitine/acylcarnitine translocase in Aspergillus nidulans. Fungal Genet Biol 2003; 39:211-20. [PMID: 12892634 DOI: 10.1016/s1087-1845(03)00049-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Deficiency of the carnitine/acylcarnitine translocase (CACT), the most severe disorder of fatty acid beta-oxidation, is usually lethal in both humans and animals, precluding the development of animal models of the disease. In contrast, CACT deficiency is conditionally lethal in the fungus Aspergillus nidulans, since loss-of-function mutations in acuH, the translocase structural gene, do not prevent growth on carbon sources other than ketogenic compounds, such as fatty acids. Here, we describe the molecular characterization of extant acuH alleles and the development of a fungal model for CACT deficiency based on the ability of human CACT to fully complement, when expressed at physiological levels, the growth defect of an A. nidulans DeltaacuH strain on acetate and long-chain fatty acids. By using growth tests and in vitro assays this model enabled us to carry out a functional characterization of human CACT mutations showing that it may be useful for distinguishing potentially pathogenic human CACT missense mutations from neutral, single residue substitution-causing polymorphisms.
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- Patricia Pérez
- Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Universidad de Alcalá, Carretera Madrid-Barcelona Km, 33.600, Alcalá de Henares ES-28871, Madrid, Spain
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Pérez B, Desviat LR, Rodríguez-Pombo P, Clavero S, Navarrete R, Perez-Cerdá C, Ugarte M. Propionic acidemia: identification of twenty-four novel mutations in Europe and North America. Mol Genet Metab 2003; 78:59-67. [PMID: 12559849 DOI: 10.1016/s1096-7192(02)00197-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Propionic acidemia is an inherited metabolic disease caused by the deficiency of the mitochondrial protein propionyl-CoA carboxylase (PCC), one of the four biotin-dependent enzymes. PCC is a multimeric protein composed of two different alpha- and beta-PCC subunits, nuclearly encoded by the PCCA and PCCB genes, respectively. Mutations in either gene cause the clinically heterogeneous disease propionic acidemia. In this work we describe the mutational analysis of PCCA and PCCB deficient patients from different European countries (Spain, Italy, Belgium, Croatia, and Austria) and from America (mainly USA). We report 24 novel PA mutations, nine affecting the PCCA gene and 15 affecting the PCCB gene. They include six missense mutations, one nonsense mutation, one point exonic mutation affecting splicing, seven splicing mutations affecting splice sequences, and nine short insertions or deletions, only two in-frame. We have found a highly heterogenous spectrum of PCCA mutations, most of the PCCA deficient patients are homozygous carrying a unique genotype. The PCCA mutational spectrum includes a high proportion of short insertions or deletions affecting one nucleotide. In the PCCA mutant alleles analyzed we have also found one single nucleotide change, a novel nonsynonymous SNP. On the other hand, the PCCB deficient patients carry a more reduced spectrum of mutations, 50% of them are missense. This work represents an extensive update of the mutational study of propionic acidemia providing important information about the worldwide distribution of PA mutations and representing another essential part in the study of the phenotype-genotype correlations for the prediction of the metabolic outcome and for the implementation of treatments tailored to each PA patient.
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- B Pérez
- Centro de Biología Molecular "Severo Ochoa," Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autònoma de Madrid, CSIC-UAM, Madrid, Spain
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Costa C, Costa JM, Slama A, Boutron A, Vequaud C, Legrand A, Brivet M. Mutational spectrum and DNA-based prenatal diagnosis in carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase deficiency. Mol Genet Metab 2003; 78:68-73. [PMID: 12559850 DOI: 10.1016/s1096-7192(02)00205-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase (CAC) deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive disorder of long-chain fatty acid oxidation with a severe outcome. We report mutation analysis in a cohort of 12 patients. Twelve mutations were identified of which 9 have not been reported so far (G28C, D32N, R178Q, P230R, D231H, 179delG, 802delG, 69-70insTGTGC, and 609-1g>a). Altogether, including our results, 22 mutations of the CAC gene have been published to date in 23 patients demonstrating the allelic heterogeneity of CAC deficiency. DNA-based prenatal diagnosis was performed for the first time in pregnancies at risk for CAC deficiency. Two fetuses were affected and one pregnancy was terminated by family decision. Two other fetuses had normal genotype and five others were heterozygotes. All the offspring of these seven pregnancies are alive and apparently healthy.
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- C Costa
- Laboratoire de biochimie, AP-HP hôpital H Mondor, France
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Cederbaum SD, Koo-McCoy S, Tein I, Hsu BYL, Ganguly A, Vilain E, Dipple K, Cvitanovic-Sojat L, Stanley C. Carnitine membrane transporter deficiency: a long-term follow up and OCTN2 mutation in the first documented case of primary carnitine deficiency. Mol Genet Metab 2002; 77:195-201. [PMID: 12409266 DOI: 10.1016/s1096-7192(02)00169-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Three older patients were diagnosed with systemic carnitine deficiency in childhood nearly a generation ago and have together been treated for more than 50 patient years. Treatment improved tissue carnitine stores (proven in two) and eliminated most of the signs and symptoms of carnitine deficiency. All three have continued to respond to carnitine therapy and remain well except for the irreversible sequelae of the pretreatment illnesses. We demonstrate here that transformed lymphocytes from the first documented case of plasma membrane carnitine transporter deficiency fail to take up carnitine from the medium. The analysis of the cDNA of this patient and his parents revealed a homozygous frameshift mutation, 1027delT in exon 4. The resulting polypeptide terminates after amino acid 295. His parents are heterozygous for this mutation. The deletion resulted in predominately abnormal mRNA splicing with either a 13 or 19bp insertion between the junction of exons 3 and 4. The 13/19bp insertions were found in both parents, predominantly in cis with the deletion, and rarely seen with normal alleles from either parents or controls.
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- Stephen D Cederbaum
- Department of Psychiatry, UCLA, 760 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90024-1759, USA.
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