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Dercksen M, Kulik W, Mienie LJ, Reinecke CJ, Wanders RJA, Duran M. Polyunsaturated fatty acid status in treated isovaleric acidemia patients. Eur J Clin Nutr 2016; 70:1123-1126. [PMID: 27329611 DOI: 10.1038/ejcn.2016.100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2015] [Revised: 05/15/2016] [Accepted: 05/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Nutritional deficiencies are frequently observed when treating patients with inborn errors of metabolism due to an unbalanced diet. Thus far, patients with isovaleric acidemia (IVA) who adhere to a restricted protein diet have not been investigated in this respect. We hypothesize that these patients may have a polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) deficiency, leading to potential clinical complications. SUBJECTS/METHODS We examined the nutritional status by reporting on potential deficiencies in PUFAs in treated IVA patients. A general clinical chemistry work-up as well as gas chromatography flame ionization detector analysis was performed to determine PUFAs in the plasma of 10 IVA patients. RESULTS The general clinical chemistry tests did not indicate severe hematological abnormalities or nutritional insufficiencies. We identified a significant reduction in plasma PUFA levels, especially in omega-3 (all acids, P<0.001) and omega-6 (in particular 20:3n-6 P<0.0001 and 20:4n-6 P=0.0005) fatty acids. In addition, an elevation in omega-9 fatty acids, with the exception of 20:3n-9 and C22:1n-9, was not suggestive of complete essential fatty acid deficiency but rather indicative of isolated and/or combined omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acid depletion. CONCLUSIONS This study emphasizes the potential nutritional insufficiencies that may occur because of therapeutic intervention in IVA.
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- M Dercksen
- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Departments of Pediatrics and Clinical Chemistry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Human Metabolomics, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
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- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Departments of Pediatrics and Clinical Chemistry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Human Metabolomics, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
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- Human Metabolomics, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
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- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Departments of Pediatrics and Clinical Chemistry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Departments of Pediatrics and Clinical Chemistry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Dercksen M, IJlst L, Duran M, Mienie LJ, van Cruchten A, van der Westhuizen FH, Wanders RJA. Inhibition of N-acetylglutamate synthase by various monocarboxylic and dicarboxylic short-chain coenzyme A esters and the production of alternative glutamate esters. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2013; 1842:2510-6. [PMID: 23643712 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2013.04.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2012] [Revised: 04/09/2013] [Accepted: 04/29/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Hyperammonemia is a frequent finding in various organic acidemias. One possible mechanism involves the inhibition of the enzyme N-acetylglutamate synthase (NAGS), by short-chain acyl-CoAs which accumulate due to defective catabolism of amino acids and/or fatty acids in the cell. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of various acyl-CoAs on the activity of NAGS in conjunction with the formation of glutamate esters. NAGS activity was measured in vitro using a sensitive enzyme assay with ultraperformance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS) product analysis. Propionyl-CoA and butyryl-CoA proved to be the most powerful inhibitors of N-acetylglutamate (NAG) formation. Branched-chain amino acid related CoAs (isovaleryl-CoA, 3-methylcrotonyl-CoA, isobutyryl-CoA) showed less pronounced inhibition of NAGS whereas the dicarboxylic short-chain acyl-CoAs (methylmalonyl-CoA, succinyl-CoA, glutaryl-CoA) had the least inhibitory effect. Subsequent work showed that the most powerful inhibitors also proved to be the best substrates in the formation of N-acylglutamates. Furthermore, we identified N-isovalerylglutamate, N-3-methylcrotonylglutamate and N-isobutyrylglutamate (the latter two in trace amounts), in the urines of patients with different organic acidemias. Collectively, these findings explain one of the contributing factors to secondary hyperammonemia, which lead to the reduced in vivo flux through the urea cycle in organic acidemias and result in the inadequate elimination of ammonia.
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- M Dercksen
- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Departments of Pediatrics and Clinical Chemistry, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Centre for Human Metabonomics, North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), Hoffman street 11, Potchefstroom, South Africa, 2520.
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- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Departments of Pediatrics and Clinical Chemistry, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Departments of Pediatrics and Clinical Chemistry, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Human Metabonomics, North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), Hoffman street 11, Potchefstroom, South Africa, 2520
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- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Departments of Pediatrics and Clinical Chemistry, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Human Metabonomics, North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), Hoffman street 11, Potchefstroom, South Africa, 2520
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- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Departments of Pediatrics and Clinical Chemistry, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Dercksen M, Duran M, Ijlst L, Mienie LJ, Reinecke CJ, Ruiter JPN, Waterham HR, Wanders RJA. Clinical variability of isovaleric acidemia in a genetically homogeneous population. J Inherit Metab Dis 2012; 35:1021-9. [PMID: 22350545 DOI: 10.1007/s10545-012-9457-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2011] [Revised: 01/20/2012] [Accepted: 01/24/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Isovaleric acidemia (IVA) is one of the most common organic acidemias found in South Africa. Since 1983, a significant number of IVA cases have been identified in approximately 20,000 Caucasian patients screened for metabolic defects. IVA is caused by an autosomal recessive deficiency of isovaleryl-CoA dehydrogenase (IVD) resulting in the accumulation of isovaleryl-CoA and its metabolites. In total, 10 IVA patients and three carriers were available for phenotypic and genotypic investigation in this study. All patients were found to be homozygous for a single c.367 G > A (p.G123R) mutation. The amino acid substitution of a glycine to arginine resulted in a markedly reduced steady-state level of the IVD protein, which explains the nearly complete lack of IVD enzyme activity as assessed in fibroblast homogenates. Despite the genetic homogeneity of this South African IVA group, the clinical presentation varied widely, ranging from severe mental handicap and multiple episodes of metabolic derangement to an asymptomatic state. The variation may be due to poor dietary intervention, delayed diagnosis or even epigenetic and polygenetic factors of unknown origin.
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- M Dercksen
- Centre for Human Metabonomics, North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus), Potchefstroom, South Africa.
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Dercksen M, Crutchley AC, Honey EM, Lippert MM, Matthijs G, Mienie LJ, Schuman HC, Vorster BC, Jaeken J. ALG6-CDG in South Africa: Genotype-Phenotype Description of Five Novel Patients. JIMD Rep 2012; 8:17-23. [PMID: 23430515 DOI: 10.1007/8904_2012_150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2011] [Revised: 04/30/2012] [Accepted: 05/07/2012] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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ALG6-CDG (formerly named CDG-Ic) (phenotype OMIM 603147, genotype OMIM 604566), is caused by defective endoplasmic reticulum α-1,3-glucosyltransferase (E.C 2.4.1.267) in the N-glycan assembly pathway (Grünewald et al. 2000). It is the second most frequent N-glycosylation disorder after PMM2-CDG; some 37 patients have been reported with 21 different ALG6 gene mutations (Haeuptle & Hennet 2009; Al-Owain 2010). We report on the clinical and biochemical findings of five novel Caucasian South African patients. The first patient had a severe neuro-gastrointestinal presentation. He was compound heterozygous for the known c.998C>T (p.A333V) mutation and the novel c.1338dupA (p.V447SfsX44) mutation. Four more patients, presenting with classical neurological involvement were identified and were compound heterozygous for the known c.257 + 5G>A splice mutation and the c.680G>A (p.G227E) missense mutation. The patients belong to a semi-isolated Caucasian community that may have originated from European pioneers who colonized South Africa in the seventeenth/eighteenth centuries.
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- M Dercksen
- Centre for Human Metabonomics, North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa,
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Loots DT, Mienie LJ, Erasmus E. Amino-acid depletion induced by abnormal amino-acid conjugation and protein restriction in isovaleric acidemia. Eur J Clin Nutr 2007; 61:1323-7. [PMID: 17299485 DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND Previously, we detected 19 'new' amino-acid conjugates in the urine of patients with isovaleric acidemia. There is currently a poor understanding of the relationship between the clinical symptoms and the excreted metabolites occurring in these patients, owing to insufficient metabolite characterization and quantification. Consequently, controversial treatment protocols exist, particularly pertaining to dietary protein restriction. OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of the previously identified amino-acid conjugates and conventional dietary protein restriction therapy, on the free amino-acid concentrations in isovaleric acidemia patients, to better explain the clinical symptoms and develop more effective therapy. DESIGN Free amino-acid quantification via liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC-MS-MS) was performed on pre- and post-treatment urine or serum samples collected from six isovaleric acidemia patients, previously investigated for the presence of new induced N-isovaleryl and N-acetyl-amino-acid conjugates. RESULTS Depleted amino-acid concentrations were detected in varying degrees in all six patients and did not recover after conventional treatment. CONCLUSIONS The 19 potentially toxic metabolites previously identified and the consequent amino-acid depletions detected in this study, may explain many of the clinical symptoms associated with isovaleric acidemia. Furthermore, the occurrence of amino-acid depletions in these patients, steers away from the controversial dietary protein restriction treatment protocols, and towards dietary leucine restriction alone with essential amino-acid supplementation, in combination with glycine and L-carnitine supplementation.
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- D T Loots
- Department of Nutrition, School of Physiology, Nutrition and Consumers Science, Potchefstroom, South Africa.
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Honey EM, van Rensburg M, Knoll DP, Mienie LJ, van de Werke I, Beighton P. Spondyloenchondromatosis with D-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria: a report of a second patient with this unusual combination. Clin Dysmorphol 2003; 12:95-9. [PMID: 12868470 DOI: 10.1097/00019605-200304000-00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Spondyloenchondromatosis (SEM) is a rare skeletal dysplasia which presents with multiple enchondromata in the metaphyses of the long bones associated with dysplastic vertebral bodies. It is probably heterogeneous. We have investigated and documented a male infant in South Africa with spondyloenchondromatosis and persistent D-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria (D2HA). D2HA is a neurometabolic disorder whose enzymatic basis is still undefined. A girl in England with a similar clinical, radiological and biochemical phenotype has previously been reported by Talkhani et al. [(2000). Skel Radiol 7:215-2921]. There is at present a lack of a plausible pathogenetic relationship between the two components of the disorder but a contiguous gene syndrome or a pleiotropic gene could be considered. Whatever the underlying mechanism this case report confirms its nosological entity.
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- E M Honey
- Department of Genetics, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
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The mass specific rates of oxygen consumption (M (O(2)) M(b)(-1)), ammonia excretion (M (NH(4)-N) M(b)(-1)) and carbon dioxide production (M (CO(2)) M(b)(-1)) were measured after 7, 14 and 21 days exposure of adult Potamonautes warreni to a sublethal concentration of 1.0 mg Cu l(-1) (15.75 micromol l(-1)). Under control (non-copper-exposed) conditions M (O(2)) M(b)(-1) was 35.7+/-8.5 micromol kg(-1)min(-1) (mean+/-S.D.), M (NH(4)-N) M(b)(-1) 2.92+/-0.26 micromol kg(-1)min(-1) and M (CO(2)) M(b)(-1) 25.6+/-9.0 micromol kg(-1)min(-1). The oxygen:nitrogen (O:N) ratio and respiratory quotient (RQ) were 24.5+/-3.0 and 0.80+/-0.06, respectively. M (O(2)) M(b)(-1) of copper-exposed crabs showed a significant increase after 7 and 14 days, but decreased significantly by 40% after 21 days. From the increased O:N ratio and RQ below 0.7, it is clear that crabs exposed to 1 mg Cul(-1) metabolize lipids during the entire 21-day exposure period. Free fatty acids in the midgut gland were determined by GC-MS, and showed increases of up to 600% in some C14 to C18 fatty acids. It is proposed that the excess lipids inhibit the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex, leading to the acceleration of the gluco- and glyco-neogenic pathways. Increased glyconeogenesis results in elevated glycogen concentrations in all tissues after 21 days. Experiments on acutely exposed P. warreni show increased incorporation of 14C-labelled lactate into glycogen.
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- A Vosloo
- School for Environmental Science and Development, Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, Potchefstroom, South Africa.
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du Plessis JA, Pretorius PJ, Lippert MM, Knoll DP, Erasmus E, van der Westhuizen FH, Mienie LJ. An atypical carbohydrate-deficient glycoprotein (CDG) syndrome patient in South Africa. S Afr Med J 2001; 91:392-4. [PMID: 11455799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2023] Open
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- J A du Plessis
- Division of Biochemistry, School for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education
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Mienie LJ, Bergh JJ, Bloomquist JR, Castagnoli N, Steyn SJ, Van der Schyf CJ. p-Fluorophenylglycine in the urine of baboons treated with HPTP, the tetrahydropyridine analog of haloperidol. Life Sci 2001; 65:535-42. [PMID: 10462080 DOI: 10.1016/s0024-3205(99)00274-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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We report the presence of p-fluorophenylglycine (p-FPG) in the urine of six baboons treated with HPTP, the tetrahydropyridine dehydration product of haloperidol (HP). Oxidative N-dealkylation, the major metabolic pathway of HP, gives rise to 3-(4-fluorobenzoyl)propionic acid (p-FBPA). Subsequent beta-oxidation of p-FBPA produces p-fluorophenylacetic acid (p-FPA). The presence of p-FPA argues for the formation also of p-fluorophenylglyoxylic acid (p-FPGA) derived from beta-oxidation of p-FBPA. Plasma aminotransferases should convert p-FPGA to p-FPG. The presence of p-FPG in these animals suggest the presence of phenylglycine aminotransferases in the baboon and possibly also in other primates, including the human. Reports by other authors found that treatment with alpha-phenylglycine (alpha-PG), an "unnatural" amino acid, leads to striatal dopamine (DA) depletion in rabbits--an effect explained on the basis of alpha-PG competing with DA for the neuronal vesicular storage sites. We performed in vitro DA release assays in mouse striatal synaptosomal preparations but found that neither alpha-PG nor p-FPG released any DA. It therefore remains unclear whether p-FPG may be a contributing factor to neurologic side-effects such as tardive dyskinesia (TD) found in patients after long-term HP treatment.
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- L J Mienie
- Department of Biochemistry, Potchefstroom University for CHE, South Africa
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Mienie LJ, Bergh JJ, Van Staden E, Steyn SJ, Pond SM, Castagnoli N, Van der Schyf CJ. Metabolic defects caused by treatment with the tetrahydropyridine analog of haloperidol (HPTP), in baboons. Life Sci 2001; 61:265-72. [PMID: 9217286 DOI: 10.1016/s0024-3205(97)00382-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Mounting evidence suggests that compromised cellular energy production is a major contributor to idiopathic and drug-induced degenerative processes. Our interest in neurotoxins have prompted us to examine in the baboon the effects of HPTP, the tetrahydropyridine dehydration product of haloperidol, on urinary chemical markers that reflect defects in mitochondrial respiration. Urinary dicarboxylic acid and conjugate profiles, similar to those seen in humans with inborn errors of mitochondrial metabolism and toxin-induced Jamaican vomiting sickness (JVS) were observed in the treated baboons. We interpret these results as evidence that HPTP and/or HPTP metabolites inhibit mitochondrial respiration in the baboon and speculate that analogous effects may occur in haloperidol-treated individuals.
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- L J Mienie
- Department of Biochemistry, Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, South Africa
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Petzer JP, Bergh JJ, Mienie LJ, Castagnoli N, Van der Schyf CJ. Metabolic defects caused by 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) and by HPTP (the tetrahydropyridinyl analog of haloperidol), in rats. Life Sci 2000; 66:1949-54. [PMID: 10821119 DOI: 10.1016/s0024-3205(00)00520-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The results of previous studies in the baboon have suggested that HPTP, the tetrahydropyridinyl analog of haloperidol causes a urinary biochemical marker profile similar to those seen in humans suffering from inborn errors of mitochondrial respiration. In order to identify a possible relationship between compromised cellular energy production and neuronal damage we now have compared the urinary profiles of rats treated with the pro-neurotoxin, MPTP as well as with HPTP. Significantly increased urinary excretion of lactic acid and 2-ethylhydracrylic acid in MPTP and HPTP treated rats was observed, indicating that both MPTP and HPTP and/or their respective metabolites cause mitochondrial inhibition in the rat.
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- J P Petzer
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, South Africa
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Gibson KM, Wappner RS, Jooste S, Erasmus E, Mienie LJ, Gerlo E, Desprechins B, De Meirleir L. Variable clinical presentation in three patients with 3-methylglutaconyl-coenzyme A hydratase deficiency. J Inherit Metab Dis 1998; 21:631-8. [PMID: 9762598 DOI: 10.1023/a:1005476315892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- K M Gibson
- Institute of Metabolic Disease, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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van Rooyen JP, Mienie LJ, Erasmus E, de Wet WJ, Duran M, Wadman SK. Urinary excretion of homocitric acid and methylhomocitric acid in propionic acidaemia: minor metabolic products of the citrate synthase aldol condensation reaction. Clin Chim Acta 1994; 230:91-9. [PMID: 7850997 DOI: 10.1016/0009-8981(94)90092-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The identity of two formerly novel citric acid analogues, homocitric acid and methylhomocitric acid, in urine samples from patients with propionic acidaemia was confirmed by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry. Authentic reference substances were synthesized using a Reformatskii reaction. Homocitric acid and methylhomocitric acid were detected as minor metabolites in the urine samples from propionyl coenzyme A carboxylase deficient individuals. It was shown that these substances can be formed by the citrate synthase condensation reaction of alpha-ketoglutarate with acetyl coenzyme A and propionyl coenzyme A, respectively.
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- J P van Rooyen
- Department of Biochemistry, Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, South Africa
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Jooste S, Erasmus E, Mienie LJ, de Wet WJ, Gibson KM. The detection of 3-methylglutarylcarnitine and a new dicarboxylic conjugate, 3-methylglutaconylcarnitine, in 3-methylglutaconic aciduria. Clin Chim Acta 1994; 230:1-8. [PMID: 7850987 DOI: 10.1016/0009-8981(94)90083-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Two patients, diagnosed with 3-methylglutaconic aciduria, who presented with diverse clinical and metabolic manifestations, were studied. Glycine conjugation as a possible detoxification mechanism in these two patients yielded negative results. Carnitine conjugates were however detected. 3-Methylglutarylcarnitine was observed in the urine of both patients, while one of the patients excreted detectable quantities of 3-methylglutaconylcarnitine, a previously unknown metabolite. The presence of this metabolite in urine samples from one patient and the apparent correlation between administered carnitine and the conjugate excretion profile seems to indicate that carnitine may play an important role in future therapeutic programmes.
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- S Jooste
- Department of Biochemistry, Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, South Africa
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van Rooyen JP, Mienie LJ, Erasmus E, De Wet WJ, Ketting D, Duran M, Wadman SK. Identification of the stereoisomeric configurations of methylcitric acid produced by si-citrate synthase and methylcitrate synthase using capillary gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. J Inherit Metab Dis 1994; 17:738-47. [PMID: 7707698 DOI: 10.1007/bf00712017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The absolute separation of the four stereoisomeric configurations of methylcitric acid can be achieved on a nonchiral stationary phase SE30 capillary column using the corresponding O-acetylated (tri-(-)-2-butyl ester derivatives. Identification of the separated isomers was done using methylcitric acid produced by si-citrate synthase and methylcitrate synthase of Candida lipolitica. si-Citrate synthase produces the (2S,3S)-, (2S,3R)- and a small amount of the (2R,3S)-isomers. Methylcitrate synthase produces the (2R,3S)-isomer, indicating that this enzyme is more stereospecific than the animal citrate synthase enzyme. The (2R,3R)-isomer may act as an inhibitor of aconitase.
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- J P van Rooyen
- Biochemistry Department, Potchefstroom University of Christian Higher Education, South Africa
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Prenatal diagnosis was performed in a family affected by generalized glutathione synthetase deficiency. The disorder is transmitted by autosomal recessive inheritance. The first child born in this family died of the disorder at 6 weeks of age. Prenatal diagnosis was performed in two subsequent pregnancies. Amniotic fluid samples were collected by amniocentesis in the 16th and 17th weeks of pregnancy, respectively. In the case of the second pregnancy the concentration of 5-oxoproline in the amniotic fluid was measured by stable isotope dilution, while both stable isotope dilution and glutathione synthetase activity measurements were employed in the prenatal analysis of the third pregnancy. The 5-oxoproline concentration in the second pregnancy was even lower than that of the controls and in the case of the third pregnancy the results fell within the control range. The second pregnancy resulted in the birth of a clinically healthy girl, and the outcome of 5-oxoproline concentration in a urine sample taken just after birth confirmed the unaffected state. The third pregnancy resulted in the birth of a healthy boy at term, and the 5-oxoproline concentration in his urine and the glutathione synthetase activity in haemolysates were determined. The results confirmed that this infant was also unaffected and he apparently had two normal alleles for the enzyme.
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- E Erasmus
- Department of Biochemistry, Potchefstroom University, South Africa
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Henderson HE, Balla R, de Jong G, Piek CJ, Mienie LJ, Erasmus E. Postnatal and antenatal laboratory diagnosis of glutaric aciduria II in a South African family. S Afr Med J 1987; 71:589-91. [PMID: 3576410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Glutaric aciduria type II (GA II) was proved in a neonate who presented shortly after birth with respiratory distress, metabolic acidosis, non-ketotic hypoglycaemia and a sweaty-feet-like odour. The diagnosis was based on elevated levels of glutaric and other acids in the urine and on studies on cultured skin fibroblasts where defective metabolism of fatty acids of varying chain length was demonstrated. Antenatal diagnosis was performed on a subsequent pregnancy in this family where an abnormal amniotic fluid organic acid profile together with defective fatty acid oxidation in cultured amnion cells was indicative of GA II in the fetus. This is the first report of this genetic disorder in a South African family and it should be considered in suspected organic acidaemia in the neonatal period.
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- L Dorland
- University Children's Hospital Het Wilhelmina Kinderziekenhuis, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Erasmus C, Mienie LJ, Reinecke CJ, Wadman SK. Organic aciduria in late-onset biotin-responsive multiple carboxylase deficiency. J Inherit Metab Dis 1985; 8 Suppl 2:105-6. [PMID: 3930851 DOI: 10.1007/bf01811480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Reinecke CJ, Mienie LJ, Hitzeroth HW, Op't Hof J. Screening for inborn errors of metabolism among mentally retarded patients. Outcome of a surgery at the Witrand Care and Rehabilitation Centre. S Afr Med J 1983; 63:14-6. [PMID: 6849144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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The prevalence of different types of inborn errors of metabolism among the mentally retarded patients at the Witrand Care and Rehabilitation Centre, were determined by means of a biochemical screening survey. These results are compared with those of other surveys in South Africa and abroad. One important result points to substantial differences in the recorded incidences of metabolic defects between surveys. This observation could partially be due to significant differences between the different studies in terms of methodology employed and sampling procedures. The questions raised in this regard are documented and discussed.
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