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Sait H, Srivastava S, Kumar S, Varughese B, Pandey M, Venkatramaiah M, Chaudhary P, Moirangthem A, Mandal K, Kapoor S. Inborn Errors of Ketogenesis: Novel Variants, Clinical Presentation, and Follow-Up in a Series of Four Patients. J Pediatr Genet 2024; 13:22-28. [PMID: 38567177 PMCID: PMC10984707 DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1749362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2021] [Accepted: 03/24/2022] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Inborn errors of ketogenesis are rare disorders that result in acute and fulminant decompensation during lipolytic stress, particularly in infants and children. These include mitochondrial 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA (HMG-CoA) synthase (HMGCS) deficiency and HMG-CoA lyase (HMGCL) deficiency. In this series, we describe the clinical, biochemical, and molecular profiles of four patients along with dietary interventions and their outcomes on a long-term follow-up. Two patients each of HMGCS and HMGCL deficiency were evaluated with clinical history, biochemical investigations, including tandem mass spectrometry (TMS) and urine gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GCMS). Molecular analysis was performed by whole-exome sequencing, as well as exon array validated by long-range polymerase chain reaction. All individuals were diagnosed with acute metabolic decompensation in the early infancy period except one with HMGCL deficiency who had the first presentation at 5 years of age. Central nervous system manifestations, severe metabolic acidosis, hyperammonemia, hypoglycemia with a normal lactate, and absence of urinary ketones were observed in all the affected individuals. The disorder was life-threatening in three individuals and one succumbed to the illness. TMS was nonspecific and urine GCMS revealed dicarboxylic aciduria in HMGCS deficiency. Both the patients with HMGCL deficiency demonstrated elevated 3 hydroxyisovaleryl carnitine levels in TMS and metabolites of leucine degradation in urine GCMS. We identified five novel variants that included a large deletion involving exon 2 in HMGCL gene. There was no evidence of long-term neurological sequelae in the living individuals. Diet with moderation of fat intake was followed in two individuals with HMGCS deficiency. Low leucine and protein diet with moderation of fat intake was followed in the individual with HMGCL deficiency. All affected individuals are thriving well with no further major metabolic decompensation.
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- Haseena Sait
- Department of Medical Genetics, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Division of Genetics and Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, Lok Nayak Hospital, and Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India
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- Division of Genetics and Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, Lok Nayak Hospital, and Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Division of Genetics and Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, Lok Nayak Hospital, and Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India
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Treatment of HMG-CoA Lyase Deficiency-Longitudinal Data on Clinical and Nutritional Management of 10 Australian Cases. Nutrients 2023; 15:nu15030531. [PMID: 36771238 PMCID: PMC9920477 DOI: 10.3390/nu15030531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2022] [Revised: 01/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/11/2023] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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3-Hydroxy-3-Methylglutaryl-CoA Lyase (HMGCL) deficiency can be a very severe disorder that typically presents with acute metabolic decompensation with features of hypoketotic hypoglycemia, hyperammonemia, and metabolic acidosis. A retrospective chart and literature review of Australian patients over their lifespan, incorporating acute and long-term dietary management, was performed. Data from 10 patients contributed to this study. The index case of this disorder was lost to follow-up, but there is 100% survival in the remainder of the cases despite several having experienced life-threatening episodes. In the acute setting, five of nine patients have used 900 mg/kg/day of sodium D,L 3-hydroxybutyrate in combination with intravenous dextrose-containing fluids (delivering glucose above estimated basal utilization requirements). All patients have been on long-term protein restriction, and those diagnosed more recently have had additional fat restriction. Most patients take L-carnitine. Three children and none of the adults take nocturnal uncooked cornstarch. Of the cohort, there were two patients that presented atypically-one with fulminant liver failure and the other with isolated developmental delay. Dietary management in patients with HMGCL deficiency is well tolerated, and rapid institution of acute supportive metabolic treatment is imperative to optimizing survival and improve outcomes in this disorder.
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Lee N, Kim D. Toxic Metabolites and Inborn Errors of Amino Acid Metabolism: What One Informs about the Other. Metabolites 2022; 12:metabo12060527. [PMID: 35736461 PMCID: PMC9231173 DOI: 10.3390/metabo12060527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2022] [Revised: 05/20/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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In inborn errors of metabolism, such as amino acid breakdown disorders, loss of function mutations in metabolic enzymes within the catabolism pathway lead to an accumulation of the catabolic intermediate that is the substrate of the mutated enzyme. In patients of such disorders, dietarily restricting the amino acid(s) to prevent the formation of these catabolic intermediates has a therapeutic or even entirely preventative effect. This demonstrates that the pathology is due to a toxic accumulation of enzyme substrates rather than the loss of downstream products. Here, we provide an overview of amino acid metabolic disorders from the perspective of the ‘toxic metabolites’ themselves, including their mechanism of toxicity and whether they are involved in the pathology of other disease contexts as well. In the research literature, there is often evidence that such metabolites play a contributing role in multiple other nonhereditary (and more common) disease conditions, and these studies can provide important mechanistic insights into understanding the metabolite-induced pathology of the inborn disorder. Furthermore, therapeutic strategies developed for the inborn disorder may be applicable to these nonhereditary disease conditions, as they involve the same toxic metabolite. We provide an in-depth illustration of this cross-informing concept in two metabolic disorders, methylmalonic acidemia and hyperammonemia, where the pathological metabolites methylmalonic acid and ammonia are implicated in other disease contexts, such as aging, neurodegeneration, and cancer, and thus there are opportunities to apply mechanistic or therapeutic insights from one disease context towards the other. Additionally, we expand our scope to other metabolic disorders, such as homocystinuria and nonketotic hyperglycinemia, to propose how these concepts can be applied broadly across different inborn errors of metabolism and various nonhereditary disease conditions.
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3-Methylglutaconic Aciduria Type I Due to AUH Defect: The Case Report of a Diagnostic Odyssey and a Review of the Literature. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23084422. [PMID: 35457240 PMCID: PMC9029672 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23084422] [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: 03/21/2022] [Revised: 04/10/2022] [Accepted: 04/15/2022] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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3-Methylglutaconic aciduria type I (MGCA1) is an inborn error of the leucine degradation pathway caused by pathogenic variants in the AUH gene, which encodes 3-methylglutaconyl-coenzyme A hydratase (MGH). To date, MGCA1 has been diagnosed in 19 subjects and has been associated with a variable clinical picture, ranging from no symptoms to severe encephalopathy with basal ganglia involvement. We report the case of a 31-month-old female child referred to our center after the detection of increased 3-hydroxyisovalerylcarnitine levels at newborn screening, which were associated with increased urinary excretion of 3-methylglutaconic acid, 3-hydroxyisovaleric acid, and 3-methylglutaric acid. A next-generation sequencing (NGS) panel for 3-methylglutaconic aciduria failed to establish a definitive diagnosis. To further investigate the strong biochemical indication, we measured MGH activity, which was markedly decreased. Finally, single nucleotide polymorphism array analysis disclosed the presence of two microdeletions in compound heterozygosity encompassing the AUH gene, which confirmed the diagnosis. The patient was then supplemented with levocarnitine and protein intake was slowly decreased. At the last examination, the patient showed mild clumsiness and an expressive language disorder. This case exemplifies the importance of the biochemical phenotype in the differential diagnosis of metabolic diseases and the importance of collaboration between clinicians, biochemists, and geneticists for an accurate diagnosis.
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Holdar S, Rahbeeni Z, Ramzan K, Imtiaz F. Hepatic Manifestations of 3-Hydroxy-3-Methylglutaryl-Coenzyme-A Lyase Deficiency in Saudi Patients: Experience of a Tertiary Care Center. J Pediatr Genet 2020; 10:105-110. [PMID: 33996180 DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1714698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2020] [Accepted: 06/11/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme-A lyase (HMGCL) deficiency, a rare autosomal recessive disorder, is caused by a homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the HMGCL gene (chromosome 1p36.11). HMGCL catalyzes the final step of leucine degradation and plays a key role in ketone body formation. Several studies have reported general hepatic findings (e.g., hepatomegaly) in patients with HMGCL deficiency, but currently, there are no available data regarding the incidence and epidemiology of liver involvement. The main objective of our study was to investigate the overall clinical manifestations, laboratory findings, genotype, and presence of hepatic involvement in Saudi patients with HMGCL deficiency. A retrospective chart review of patients with HMGCL deficiency including those with a documented hepatic manifestation was performed at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. We evaluated 50 cases of HMGCL deficiency. Hepatic findings were found in 17 patients at the time of diagnosis. The mean age of hepatic presentation was 135 days, and the median age was 56 days (range: 2-315 days). Hepatomegaly was found in 65%, abnormal biochemical profile in 47%, and an abnormal imaging in 53% of patients. The most frequent mutation in this cohort was the p.Arg41Gln founder mutation (59%). In comparison to data from the current literature, HMGCL deficiency can be considered as a diagnostic metabolite for hepatic manifestations and requires appropriate evaluation, including molecular genetic analysis.
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- Sinan Holdar
- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, Royal Commission Hospital, Jubail, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Medical Genetics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Genetics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Genetics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Grünert SC, Sass JO. 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A lyase deficiency: one disease - many faces. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2020; 15:48. [PMID: 32059735 PMCID: PMC7023732 DOI: 10.1186/s13023-020-1319-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2019] [Accepted: 01/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A lyase deficiency (HMGCLD) is an autosomal recessive disorder of ketogenesis and leucine degradation due to mutations in HMGCL. Method We performed a systematic literature search to identify all published cases. Two hundred eleven patients of whom relevant clinical data were available were included in this analysis. Clinical course, biochemical findings and mutation data are highlighted and discussed. An overview on all published HMGCL variants is provided. Results More than 95% of patients presented with acute metabolic decompensation. Most patients manifested within the first year of life, 42.4% already neonatally. Very few individuals remained asymptomatic. The neurologic long-term outcome was favorable with 62.6% of patients showing normal development. Conclusion This comprehensive data analysis provides a systematic overview on all published cases with HMGCLD including a list of all known HMGCL mutations.
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- Sarah C Grünert
- Department of General Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine and Neonatology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Mathildenstr. 1, 79106, Freiburg, Germany.
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- Research Group Inborn Errors of Metabolism, Department of Natural Sciences & Institute for Functional Gene Analytics (IFGA), Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, von-Liebig-Str. 20, 53359, Rheinbach, Germany.
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Grünert SC, Schlatter SM, Schmitt RN, Gemperle-Britschgi C, Mrázová L, Balcı MC, Bischof F, Çoker M, Das AM, Demirkol M, de Vries M, Gökçay G, Häberle J, Uçar SK, Lotz-Havla AS, Lücke T, Roland D, Rutsch F, Santer R, Schlune A, Staufner C, Schwab KO, Mitchell GA, Sass JO. 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A lyase deficiency: Clinical presentation and outcome in a series of 37 patients. Mol Genet Metab 2017; 121:206-215. [PMID: 28583327 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2017.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2017] [Accepted: 05/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A lyase deficiency (HMGCLD) is a rare inborn error of ketone body synthesis and leucine degradation, caused by mutations in the HMGCL gene. In order to obtain a comprehensive view on this disease, we have collected clinical and biochemical data as well as information on HMGCL mutations of 37 patients (35 families) from metabolic centers in Belgium, Germany, The Netherlands, Switzerland, and Turkey. All patients were symptomatic at some stage with 94% presenting with an acute metabolic decompensation. In 50% of the patients, the disorder manifested neonatally, mostly within the first days of life. Only 8% of patients presented after one year of age. Six patients died prior to data collection. Long-term neurological complications were common. Half of the patients had a normal cognitive development while the remainder showed psychomotor deficits. We identified seven novel HMGCL mutations. In agreement with previous reports, no clear genotype-phenotype correlation could be found. This is the largest cohort of HMGCLD patients reported so far, demonstrating that HMGCLD is a potentially life-threatening disease with variable clinical outcome. Our findings suggest that the clinical course of HMGCLD cannot be predicted accurately from HMGCL genotype. The overall outcome in HMGCLD appears limited, thus rendering early diagnosis and strict avoidance of metabolic crises important.
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- Sarah Catharina Grünert
- Department of General Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine and Neonatology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of General Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine and Neonatology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of General Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine and Neonatology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg, Germany
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- Division of Clinical Chemistry & Biochemistry and Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Inherited Metabolic Disorders, Charles University in Prague - 1st Faculty of Medicine and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Division of Pediatric Nutrition and Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, University of Tübingen, Germany
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- Division of Metabolism and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Division of Pediatric Nutrition and Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Division of Pediatric Nutrition and Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Division of Metabolism and Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Division of Metabolism and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Inborn Errors of Metabolism, Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neuropediatrics, University Children's Hospital, Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Inborn Errors of Metabolism Unit, Institute of Pathology and Genetics, Charleroi, Gosselies, Belgium
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- Department of General Pediatrics, Münster University Children's Hospital, Münster, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of General Pediatrics, Neonatology and Pediatric Cardiology, University Children's Hospital, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of General Pediatrics, Division of Neuropediatrics and Pediatric Metabolic Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of General Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine and Neonatology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg, Germany
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- Centre de Recherche and Département de Pédiatrie, CHU Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada; Département de Biochimie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Department of General Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine and Neonatology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg, Germany; Division of Clinical Chemistry & Biochemistry and Children's Research Center, University Children's Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland; Bioanalytics & Biochemistry, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Applied Sciences, Rheinbach, Germany.
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3-HMG Coenzyme A Lyase Deficiency: Macrocephaly and Left Ventricular Noncompaction with a Novel Mutation. Indian J Pediatr 2015; 82:645-8. [PMID: 25708061 DOI: 10.1007/s12098-015-1722-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2014] [Accepted: 02/02/2015] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) lyase deficiency, an inborn error of ketone body synthesis and leucine degradation, is a rare autosomal recessive disease. There are a few reports demonstrating clinical and neuroradiologic findings of this condition. The authors report case of an 8-mo-old infant with HMG-CoA lyase deficiency, who presented with macrocephaly, left ventricular noncompaction, recurrent pulmonary infections, nonketotic hypoglycemia, seizure and metabolic acidosis. There was no significant difference in brain magnetic resonance imaging after leucine-restricted diet and carnitine therapy and neurologic deterioration was not observed. Left ventricular noncompaction is an interesting finding for HMG-CoA lyase deficiency which has not been reported in the literature. The genetic analysis revealed a novel homozygote deletion in exon 3 and 4 in HMGCL gene. HMG-CoA lyase deficiency should be thought in the patients with hypoketotic hypoglycemia, hyperammonemia, elevated liver function tests, noncompaction left ventricle and characteristic white matter changes and in the differential diagnosis of macrocephaly.
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Reimão S, Morgado C, Almeida IT, Silva M, Corte Real H, Campos J. 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A lyase deficiency: initial presentation in a young adult. J Inherit Metab Dis 2009; 32 Suppl 1:S49-52. [PMID: 19242819 DOI: 10.1007/s10545-009-1048-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2008] [Revised: 11/20/2008] [Accepted: 01/04/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) lyase deficiency is a rare inborn error affecting leucine catabolism and ketogenesis, usually presenting in the neonatal period. Late forms of the disease have been detected in infancy and childhood, but not in adults. We report a case of HMG-CoA lyase deficiency with initial presentation in a 29-year-old adult with no prior history of the disease, which to our knowledge is the first case described with presentation at this age.
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- S Reimão
- Department of Neurological Imaging, Sta. Maria Hospital, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.
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Leipnitz G, Seminotti B, Haubrich J, Dalcin MB, Dalcin KB, Solano A, de Bortoli G, Rosa RB, Amaral AU, Dutra-Filho CS, Latini A, Wajner M. Evidence that 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaric acid promotes lipid and protein oxidative damage and reduces the nonenzymatic antioxidant defenses in rat cerebral cortex. J Neurosci Res 2008; 86:683-93. [DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Zafeiriou DI, Vargiami E, Mayapetek E, Augoustidou-Savvopoulou P, Mitchell GA. 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme a lyase deficiency with reversible white matter changes after treatment. Pediatr Neurol 2007; 37:47-50. [PMID: 17628222 DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2007.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2006] [Revised: 01/18/2007] [Accepted: 02/12/2007] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We report the case of an 8-month-old infant with 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A deficiency (OMIM 246450), an inborn error of leucine catabolism and ketogenesis, who presented with nonketotic hypoglycemia and seizures. He demonstrated reversible white matter changes on serial brain magnetic resonance imaging, together with clinical normalization, after initiation of a leucine-restricted diet.
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Cardoso ML, Rodrigues MR, Leão E, Martins E, Diogo L, Rodrigues E, Garcia P, Rolland MO, Vilarinho L. The E37X is a common HMGCL mutation in Portuguese patients with 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaric CoA lyase deficiency. Mol Genet Metab 2004; 82:334-8. [PMID: 15308132 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2004.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2004] [Revised: 05/28/2004] [Accepted: 06/02/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaric aciduria (OMIM 246450) is an autosomal recessive inborn error of the final step of leucine catabolic and ketogenic pathways, caused by deficiency of the enzyme 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl CoA lyase (HL, HMGCL, EC 4.1.3.4). Clinically, deficiency of the enzyme results in metabolic acidosis, hyperammonemia, and infantile hypoketotic hypoglycaemia usually presenting during the first year of life with vomiting, lethargy, hypotonia, and sometimes with respiratory distress and coma. HL deficiency is relatively common in Arabic populations but seems to be rare in Europe. Our recent experience suggests that HL deficiency is the most frequent organic aciduria in the Portuguese population. We herein report on the molecular study of the HMGCL gene in 11 cases originated from the Northern area of Portugal. We detected the E37X (c.109G > T) mutation, in 84.1% of the alleles, one allele carried the V168fs(-2) (504_505delCT) and other allele the novel D204N (c.610G > A) mutation. The mutation of the last allele remained unidentified. The relatively high frequency of the "common" HMGCL Portuguese mutation makes useful the development of a rapid and specific molecular confirmation of new cases with HL deficiency in our country.
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- M L Cardoso
- Instituto de Genética Médica Jacinto de Magalhães, Porto, Portugal
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Pie J, Casals N, Puisac B, Hegardt FG. Molecular basis of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaric aciduria. J Physiol Biochem 2004; 59:311-21. [PMID: 15164951 DOI: 10.1007/bf03179889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaric aciduria is a human autosomal recessive metabolic disorder that usually appears within the first year of life. The causes of this aciduria are lethal mutations in the gene encoding for 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A lyase (HL). HL is a mitochondrial matrix enzyme that catalyzes the last step of ketogenesis and leucine catabolism. This gene has been mapped to chromosome 1 at locus 1pter-p33 and its genomic organisation comprises 9 exons whose sizes vary between 64-678 bp. The human cDNA sequence was reported in 1993 with the first genetic study of two Acadian-French Canadian siblings. To date, 24 mutations in 36 patients have been described; most of them are single-base substitutions causing amino acid replacements and a variety of splicing defects. In the population studied two mutations appear predominant: g.122GA (8 patients and 15 alleles) frequent in Saudi Arabia, and g.109GT (6 patients and 12 alleles), prevalent in Spain. At least seven mutations are clustered in the second half of exon 2 affecting aminoacids E37, R41 and D42 and conforming a possible hot spot. The genotype-phenotype correlation is difficult to establish since the probands received different treatments, and the onset of an acute episode frequently depends on external factors such as fasting or acute illness.
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- J Pie
- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Zaragoza, Spain
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Casals N, Gómez-Puertas P, Pié J, Mir C, Roca R, Puisac B, Aledo R, Clotet J, Menao S, Serra D, Asins G, Till J, Elias-Jones AC, Cresto JC, Chamoles NA, Abdenur JE, Mayatepek E, Besley G, Valencia A, Hegardt FG. Structural (betaalpha)8 TIM barrel model of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A lyase. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:29016-23. [PMID: 12746442 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m304276200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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This study describes three novel homozygous missense mutations (S75R, S201Y, and D204N) in the 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA (HMG-CoA) lyase gene, which caused 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaric aciduria in patients from Germany, England, and Argentina. Expression studies in Escherichia coli show that S75R and S201Y substitutions completely abolished the HMG-CoA lyase activity, whereas D204N reduced catalytic efficiency to 6.6% of the wild type. We also propose a three-dimensional model for human HMG-CoA lyase containing a (betaalpha)8 (TIM) barrel structure. The model is supported by the similarity with analogous TIM barrel structures of functionally related proteins, by the localization of catalytic amino acids at the active site, and by the coincidence between the shape of the substrate (HMG-CoA) and the predicted inner cavity. The three novel mutations explain the lack of HMG-CoA lyase activity on the basis of the proposed structure: in S75R and S201Y because the new amino acid residues occlude the substrate cavity, and in D204N because the mutation alters the electrochemical environment of the active site. We also report the localization of all missense mutations reported to date and show that these mutations are located in the beta-sheets around the substrate cavity.
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- Núria Casals
- Unit of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, International University of Catalonia, Spain
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Urgançi N, Arapoğlu M, Evrüke M, Aydin A. A rare cause of hepatomegaly: 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme-a lyase deficiency. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr 2001; 33:339-41. [PMID: 11593134 DOI: 10.1097/00005176-200109000-00022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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- N Urgançi
- Clinic of Pediatrics, ili Etfal Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Jones MG, Chalmers RA. Artefacts in organic acid analysis: occurrence and origin of partially trimethylsilylated 3-hydroxy-3-methyl carboxylic acids. Clin Chim Acta 2000; 300:203-12. [PMID: 10958876 DOI: 10.1016/s0009-8981(00)00324-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Previous reports of patients with 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaric aciduria have described the occurrence of di-trimethylsilyl (TMS) and tri-TMS derivatives of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaric acid on analysis using gas chromatography and mass spectrometry, leading to difficulty in quantification and ambiguity in diagnosis. We have extracted organic acids from the urine of patients with 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaric aciduria using a variety of procedures. Solvent extraction combined with hydrochloric acid/sodium chloride resulted in production of both di-TMS and tri-TMS derivatives of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaric acid and also mono-TMS and di-TMS derivatives of 3-hydroxyisovaleric acid. The effects were not abolished by heating. Use of sulphate-based reagents minimised artefact formation and use of DEAE-Sephadex anion exchange extraction resulted in single fully trimethylsilylated derivatives. Artefact formation during use of chloride-based reagents was abolished by pyridine added prior to trimethylsilylation. Chloride ions form adducts with hydroxyl groups in these 3-hydroxy-3-methyl carboxylic acids that prevent complete trimethylsilylation. Chloride-based reagents should be avoided in the solvent extraction of organic acids from physiological fluids or, if used, pre-treatment of the dried extract with pyridine is essential to avoid partial trimethylsilylation of 3-hydroxy-3-methyl carboxylic acids.
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- M G Jones
- Paediatric Metabolism Unit, Department of Child Health, St George's Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, SW17 0RE, London, UK
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3-Hydroxy-3-Methylglutaryl coenzyme A lyase (HMG-CoA) deficiency is a rare inborn error of leucine catabolism. The disease is characterized by recurrent episodes of metabolic acidosis, hyperammonemia without ketosis, hypoglycemia, lethargy, hepatomegaly, and seizures. This study has evaluated the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) findings of three patients with HMG-CoA deficiency. The common findings on all of the MRI scans were multiple, coalescent, marked lesions in periventricular white matter and arcuate fibers, most prominently in frontal or periatrial regions that were superimposed on diffuse, slightly hyperintense subcortical white matter signal. Involvement of the caudate nucleus and the dentate nucleus were observed in the reported patients. MRS studies by both STEAM and PRESS spectra of all patients revealed a decrease in N-acetylaspartate and elevation in both myoinositol and choline. A pathologic peak at 1.33 ppm, which is compatible with lactate, and a particular peak at 2.42 ppm in all patients were also found. The combination of both MRI and MRS findings could be considered as being specific in patients with HMG-CoA lyase deficiency.
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- C Yalçinkaya
- Department of Neurology, Istanbul University, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Turkey
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Zapater N, Pié J, Lloberas J, Rolland MO, Leroux B, Vidailhet M, Divry P, Hegardt FG, Casals N. Two missense point mutations in different alleles in the 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A lyase gene produce 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaric aciduria in a French patient. Arch Biochem Biophys 1998; 358:197-203. [PMID: 9784232 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.1998.0788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Two novel point mutations in the 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A lyase gene were found in a French patient with double heterozygous 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaric aciduria. Amplification by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction of the mRNA using five different pairs of oligonucleotides produced no differences in the fragments amplified with respect to the control. Single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis showed that only one amplified fragment was different in the patient vs. control. Sequencing of the amplified fragments showed two missense point mutations, A698G and T788C, each of them mixed with the wild-type sequence. These mutations produced the changes H233R and L263P, leading to changes in the enzyme activity, which was largely abolished. The father and one brother of the proband were heterozygous for the L263P mutation and the mother and one daughter were heterozygous for the H233R mutation, which confirms the double-heterozygous character of the patient. Another sibling was free of the mutations. An enzymatic restriction analysis has been proposed to screen the occurrence of these two mutations in future patients.
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- N Zapater
- Unit of Biochemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, Spain
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Mitchell GA, Ozand PT, Robert MF, Ashmarina L, Roberts J, Gibson KM, Wanders RJ, Wang S, Chevalier I, Plöchl E, Miziorko H. HMG CoA lyase deficiency: identification of five causal point mutations in codons 41 and 42, including a frequent Saudi Arabian mutation, R41Q. Am J Hum Genet 1998; 62:295-300. [PMID: 9463337 PMCID: PMC1376904 DOI: 10.1086/301730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The hereditary deficiency of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl (HMG) CoA lyase (HL; OMIM 246450 [http://www3.ncbi.nlm.nih. gov:80/htbin-post/Omim/dispmim?246450]) results in episodes of hypoketotic hypoglycemia and coma and is reported to be frequent and clinically severe in Saudi Arabia. We found genetic diversity among nine Saudi HL-deficient probands: six were homozygous for the missense mutation R41Q, and two were homozygous for the frameshift mutation F305fs(-2). In 32 non-Saudi HL-deficient probands, we found three R41Q alleles and also discovered four other deleterious point mutations in codons 41 and 42: R41X, D42E, D42G, and D42H. In purified mutant recombinant HL, all four missense mutations in codons 41 and 42 cause a marked decrease in HL activity. We developed a screening procedure for HL missense mutations that yields residual activity at levels comparable to those obtained using purified HL peptides. Codons 41 and 42 are important for normal HL catalysis and account for a disproportionate 21 (26%) of 82 of mutant alleles in our group of HL-deficient probands.
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- G A Mitchell
- Service de genetique medicale, Hopital Sainte-Justine, Montreal, Quebec H3T 1C5, Canada.
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Casale CH, Casals N, Pié J, Zapater N, Pérez-Cerdá C, Merinero B, Martínez-Pardo M, García-Peñas JJ, García-Gonzalez JM, Lama R, Poll-The BT, Smeitink JA, Wanders RJ, Ugarte M, Hegardt FG. A nonsense mutation in the exon 2 of the 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A lyase (HL) gene producing three mature mRNAs is the main cause of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaric aciduria in European Mediterranean patients. Arch Biochem Biophys 1998; 349:129-37. [PMID: 9439591 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.1997.0456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaric aciduria is a rare recessive monogenic disorder that affects ketogenesis and the catabolism of L-leucine. We report the biochemical and molecular characterization of a mutation in the 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A lyase gene in four new probands, three Spanish and one Turkish, affected by 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaric aciduria, all homozygous for the nonsense mutation Glu37Ter, which was reported by our group in two probands of Portuguese and Moroccan origin (15). In addition to the aberrant mRNAs found in the two previous probands, a novel species of mature HL mRNA was observed in the patients studied here, since a new cDNA, skipped in exons 2 and 3, was obtained from the mRNAs by reverse-transcription PCR (RT-PCR). Thus, three mRNA species were produced in aberrant splicings as a result of this nonsense mutation: (i) one of the expected size that contains the premature stop codon UAA, (ii) another with a deletion of 84 bp corresponding to the whole of exon 2, and (iii) a new species found now, with a deletion of 192 bp corresponding to skipping of the whole of exons 2 and 3, whose translation product led to the loss of seven amino acids in the leader peptide and 57 amino acids in the terminal domain of the mature enzyme. The association of a nonsense mutation with the skipping of the exon that contains it, plus the following exon, is an unusual finding not seen previously in HL deficiencies. The mutation described here shows the highest incidence (> 37%) of total HL deficiencies reported.
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- C H Casale
- Unit of Biochemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, Spain
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Casals N, Pié J, Casale CH, Zapater N, Ribes A, Castro-Gago M, Rodriguez-Segade S, Wanders RJ, Hegardt FG. A two-base deletion in exon 6 of the 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A lyase (HL) gene producing the skipping of exons 5 and 6 determines 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaric aciduria. J Lipid Res 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)34944-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Pié J, Casals N, Casale CH, Buesa C, Mascaró C, Barceló A, Rolland MO, Zabot T, Haro D, Eyskens F, Divry P, Hegardt FG. A nonsense mutation in the 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA lyase gene produces exon skipping in two patients of different origin with 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA lyase deficiency. Biochem J 1997; 323 ( Pt 2):329-35. [PMID: 9163320 PMCID: PMC1218323 DOI: 10.1042/bj3230329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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A novel nonsense mutation associated with the skipping of constitutive exon 2 of the 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA lyase gene was found in two patients, from Portugal and Morocco, with 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaric acidemia. By reverse transcriptase PCR and single-strand conformational polymorphism a G-T transversion was located, at nucleotide 109, of the 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA lyase cDNA, within exon 2. Two mRNAs were produced as a result of this nonsense mutation: one of the expected size that contains the premature stop codon UAA, and the other with a deletion of 84 bp corresponding to the whole of exon 2. This deletion produced the loss of the last seven amino acids of the leader peptide and the first 21 amino acids of the mature protein. The nonsense mutation was found in a purine-rich GGAAG sequence, which is equal to, or similar to, others reported to be exonic splicing enhancers (ESE). We suggest that the nonsense mutation may affect a possible ESE on exon 2, which would hinder the splice site selection and facilitate an aberrant splice with the skipping of this exon. Determination by quantitative PCR shows that the ratio of mRNA with the nonsense mutation to the mRNA with the deletion is approx. 3:1.
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- J Pié
- Unit of Biochemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Aberrantly spliced mRNAs of the 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A lyase (HL) gene with a donor splice-site point mutation produce hereditary HL deficiency. J Lipid Res 1996. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-2275(20)37490-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Stigsby B, Yarworth SM, Rahbeeni Z, Dabbagh O, de Gier Munk C, Abdo N, Brismar J, Gascon GG, Ozand PT. Neurophysiologic correlates of organic acidemias: a survey of 107 patients. Brain Dev 1994; 16 Suppl:125-44. [PMID: 7726377 DOI: 10.1016/0387-7604(94)90104-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The files of 107 patients with 19 different types of organic acidemia were reviewed retrospectively. Approximately 50% of the patients had abnormal electroencephalogram (EEG) at the time of initial study. In patients who had serial studies, the EEG deteriorated in 38% and improved in 15%. The predominant EEG abnormality encountered was slowing of the background activity in various degrees. Focal or generalized paroxysmal activity occurring in conjunction with slow background activity indicated a poor prognosis. Brainstem auditory evoked potentials (BAEP), visual evoked potentials (VEP), and somatosensory evoked potentials (SEP) were analyzed. The VEP was abnormal in 44%, BAEP in 39%, and SEP in 29% of the patients. Given the magnitude and frequency by which neurophysiological abnormalities occur in organic acidemias, neurophysiology testing provides complementary functional information and has an important place in the clinical work-up of these diseases.
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MESH Headings
- Acidosis/blood
- Amino Acid Metabolism, Inborn Errors/metabolism
- Amino Acids, Branched-Chain/metabolism
- Carbohydrate Metabolism, Inborn Errors/metabolism
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Electroencephalography
- Electromyography
- Evoked Potentials, Auditory/physiology
- Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory/physiology
- Evoked Potentials, Visual/physiology
- Female
- Humans
- Infant
- Male
- Metabolism, Inborn Errors/complications
- Metabolism, Inborn Errors/physiopathology
- Nervous System Diseases/complications
- Nervous System Diseases/physiopathology
- Neural Conduction/drug effects
- Neurons, Afferent/physiology
- Retrospective Studies
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- B Stigsby
- Neurophysiology Laboratory, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Screening for defects of branched-chain amino acid metabolism is a sequential process involving clinical evaluation of the patient, plasma carnitine determination, urinary organic acid analysis, and enzyme studies in cultured or isolated peripheral cells. This report will summarize clinical and metabolite features and enzymological methods available for the diagnosis of the more common defects of branched-chain amino acid metabolism, including isovaleryl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency, 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase deficiency, 3-methylglutaconic aciduria due to 3-methylglutaconyl-CoA hydratase deficiency and other less well characterized defects, 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA lyase deficiency, and 2-methylacetoacetyl-CoA thiolase deficiency. Newer enzymatic methodologies utilizing NaH14CO3 fixation coupled assays are described which allow for the estimation of six enzyme activities in the catabolic pathways of L-leucine and L-isoleucine catabolism. These coupled assays facilitate the rapid identification of five of the six enzyme abnormalities described above. Their ease of use should allow them to be implemented in any laboratory which screens for inborn errors of metabolism.
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- K M Gibson
- Metabolic Disease Center, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75226
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Gibson KM, Cassidy SB, Seaver LH, Wanders RJ, Kennaway NG, Mitchell GA, Spark RP. Fatal cardiomyopathy associated with 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA lyase deficiency. J Inherit Metab Dis 1994; 17:291-4. [PMID: 7807935 DOI: 10.1007/bf00711810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- K M Gibson
- Kimberly H. Courtwright and Joseph W. Summers Metabolic Disease Center, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
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Ibel H, Endres W, Hadorn HB, Deufel T, Paetzke I, Duran M, Kennaway NG, Gibson KM. Multiple respiratory chain abnormalities associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and 3-methylglutaconic aciduria. Eur J Pediatr 1993; 152:665-70. [PMID: 7691603 DOI: 10.1007/bf01955244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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In a 4.5-month-old boy presenting with marked muscular hypotonia in the neonatal period, hepatomegaly, cardiac hypertrophy, recurrent hypoglycemia, metabolic acidosis, and secondary carnitine deficiency, there was a considerable urinary excretion of 3-methylglutaconic and 3-methylglutaric acid. Estimation of 3-methylglutaconyl-CoA hydratase, 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA lyase and initial enzymatic steps of cholesterol biosynthesis in cultured fibroblasts and in different tissues postmortem revealed no enzyme deficiency. Analyses of the respiratory chain in postmortem tissues demonstrated severe impairment of complex I (NADH ubiquinone oxidoreductase) and complex IV (cytochrome c oxidase) activities in skeletal muscle and reduced complex IV activity in heart.
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- H Ibel
- University Children's Hospital, München, Germany
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Mitchell G, Robert M, Hruz P, Wang S, Fontaine G, Behnke C, Mende-Mueller L, Schappert K, Lee C, Gibson K. 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A lyase (HL). Cloning of human and chicken liver HL cDNAs and characterization of a mutation causing human HL deficiency. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)53620-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Vilarinho L, Cardoso ML, Rabier D, Rolland MO. 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaric aciduria in Portuguese population. J Inherit Metab Dis 1993; 16:154-5. [PMID: 7683733 DOI: 10.1007/bf00711329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- L Vilarinho
- Biologia Clinica-Instituto de Genética Médica Jacinto de Magalhäes, Porto, Portugal
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Mills GA, Hill MA, Buchanan R, Corina DL, Walker V. 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaric aciduria: a possible pitfall in diagnosis. Clin Chim Acta 1991; 204:131-6. [PMID: 1726424 DOI: 10.1016/0009-8981(91)90224-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- G A Mills
- Department of Chemistry, Portsmouth Polytechnic, UK
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Ozand PT, al Aqeel A, Gascon G, Brismar J, Thomas E, Gleispach H. 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) lyase deficiency in Saudi Arabia. J Inherit Metab Dis 1991; 14:174-88. [PMID: 1886403 DOI: 10.1007/bf01800590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Deficiency of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA lyase has been studied in 11 Saudi infants. The diagnosis was established by the measurement of enzyme activity in lymphocytes, in fibroblasts and, in seven patients, by the gas chromatography/mass spectrometer pattern of excreted organic acids in the urine. In seven infants the disease caused a devastating acidotic attack within the first day of life, while in two the crisis occurred by the third day of life. In two infants from one family the disease appeared later in infancy. The clinical presentation of an acidotic attack is lethargy, hyperpnoea, tachypnoea and seizures, either at birth (two infants), following first feeding (in five infants), or following vomiting or refusal of food in later infancy. The acidotic attacks recurred later in life following minor illness or refusal to eat. The acidosis of this enzyme deficiency progresses rapidly, leading to cardiopulmonary arrest and death within hours of onset unless treated promptly. In four surviving infants diagnosed and treated early, development is normal. Magnetic resonance and computerized tomography brain scans in these infants, however, show white matter lesions and mild atrophy.
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- P T Ozand
- Department of Paediatrics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Wanders RJ, Zoeters PH, Schutgens RB, de Klerk JB, Duran M, Wadman SK, van Sprang FJ, Hemmes AM, Voorbrood BS. Rapid diagnosis of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A lyase deficiency via enzyme activity measurements in leukocytes or platelets using a simple spectrophotometric method. Clin Chim Acta 1990; 189:327-34. [PMID: 2225463 DOI: 10.1016/0009-8981(90)90314-i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Patients with 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaric aciduria due to a deficiency of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl Coenzyme A lyase usually present with a life-threatening crisis of hypoglycemia, metabolic acidosis and hyperammonemia. Diagnosis of this inborn error of leucine degradation is usually based upon gas-chromatographic analysis of organic acids in a patient's urine. In this paper we describe a simple spectrophotometric method allowing the activity of HMG-CoA lyase to be measured in leukocytes or platelets within a few hours, thus contributing to a rapid, unequivocal diagnosis and subsequent treatment. The validity of the method was established by demonstrating a deficient activity of HMG-CoA lyase in two patients with 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaric aciduria. Furthermore, using this method, heterozygote detection can be done with great reliability.
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- R J Wanders
- Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Thompson GN, Chalmers RA, Halliday D. The contribution of protein catabolism to metabolic decompensation in 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaric aciduria. Eur J Pediatr 1990; 149:346-50. [PMID: 1690129 DOI: 10.1007/bf02171564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Leucine and protein metabolism were studied using stable isotope techniques in 6-year-old twins with 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaric aciduria during acute metabolic decompensation. The decompensation was preceded by prolonged fasting in twin 1 and by an upper respiratory infection in twin 2. Twin 2 was also studied when well (control study). During infection, leucine oxidation (36 mumol/kg per hour), protein catabolism (6.0 g/kg per day) and urinary excretion of major leucine metabolites (104 mumol/kg per hour) were all increased compared with the control study (16 mumol/kg per hour, 4.7 g/kg per day and 28 mumol/kg per hour respectively). During fasting, leucine oxidation (18 mumol/kg per hour) was unchanged and protein catabolism (4.1 g/kg per day) was decreased despite substantially increased urinary metabolite excretion (87 mumol/kg per hour) compared with the control study. These results indicate that protein mobilisation and leucine oxidation played important roles in metabolic decompensation during infection but not during fasting. It is likely that the increased metabolite excretion during fasting arose primarily from fatty acid catabolism, indicating the importance of this substrate in metabolic decompensation in 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaric aciduria.
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- G N Thompson
- Nutrition Research Group, Clinical Research Centre, Harrow, UK
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Moses SW, Aviram M, Geiger R, Berger R, Smit PC. 3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A lyase deficiency. J Inherit Metab Dis 1989; 12:341-2. [PMID: 2515384 DOI: 10.1007/bf01799235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- S W Moses
- Department of Pediatrics, Soroka Medical Center, Ben Gurion University, Beersheva, Israel
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Chalmers RA, Tracey BM, Mistry J, Stacey TE, McFadyen IR. Prenatal diagnosis of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaric aciduria by GC-MS and enzymology on cultured amniocytes and chorionic villi. J Inherit Metab Dis 1989; 12:286-92. [PMID: 2482386 DOI: 10.1007/bf01799219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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This paper reports the prenatal diagnosis of HMG CoA lyase deficiency at 16 weeks' gestation by direct chemical analysis of cell-free amniotic fluid and by measurement of HMG CoA lyase activity in cultured amniocytes. Termination of an affected fetus allowed study of chorionic villus tissue, the results providing the basis for future first trimester prenatal diagnoses of this condition. An abstract report of this work has appeared elsewhere.
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- R A Chalmers
- Perinatal and Child Health, MRC Clinical Research Centre, Harrow, UK
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