TY - CHAP
T1 - Leucine loading test is only discriminative for 3-methylglutaconic aciduria due to AUH defect
AU - Wortmann, Saskia B.
AU - Kluijtmans, Leo A.J.
AU - Sequeira, Silvia
AU - Wevers, Ron A.
AU - Morava, Eva
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© SSIEM and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Currently, six inborn errors of metabolism with 3-methylglutaconic aciduria as discriminative feature are known. The “Primary 3-methylglutaconic aciduria,” 3-methylglutaconyl-CoA hydratase deficiency or AUH defect, is a disorder of leucine catabolism. For all other subtypes, also denoted “Secondary 3-methylglutaconic acidurias” (TAZ defect or Barth syndrome, SERAC1 defect or MEGDEL syndrome, OPA3 defect or Costeff syndrome, DNAJC19 defect or DCMA syndrome, TMEM70 defect, “not otherwise specified (NOS) 3-MGA-uria”), the origin of 3-methylglutaconic aciduria remains enigmatic but is hypothesized to be independent from leucine catabolism. Here we show the results of leucine loading test in 21 patients with different inborn errors of metabolism who present with 3-methylglutaconic aciduria. After leucine loading urinary 3-methylglutaconic acid levels increased only in the patients with an AUH defect. This strongly supports the hypothesis that 3-methylglutaconic aciduria is independent from leucine breakdown in other inborn errors of metabolism with 3-methylglutaconic aciduria and also provides a simple test to discriminate between primary and secondary 3-methylglutaconic aciduria in regular patient care.
AB - Currently, six inborn errors of metabolism with 3-methylglutaconic aciduria as discriminative feature are known. The “Primary 3-methylglutaconic aciduria,” 3-methylglutaconyl-CoA hydratase deficiency or AUH defect, is a disorder of leucine catabolism. For all other subtypes, also denoted “Secondary 3-methylglutaconic acidurias” (TAZ defect or Barth syndrome, SERAC1 defect or MEGDEL syndrome, OPA3 defect or Costeff syndrome, DNAJC19 defect or DCMA syndrome, TMEM70 defect, “not otherwise specified (NOS) 3-MGA-uria”), the origin of 3-methylglutaconic aciduria remains enigmatic but is hypothesized to be independent from leucine catabolism. Here we show the results of leucine loading test in 21 patients with different inborn errors of metabolism who present with 3-methylglutaconic aciduria. After leucine loading urinary 3-methylglutaconic acid levels increased only in the patients with an AUH defect. This strongly supports the hypothesis that 3-methylglutaconic aciduria is independent from leucine breakdown in other inborn errors of metabolism with 3-methylglutaconic aciduria and also provides a simple test to discriminate between primary and secondary 3-methylglutaconic aciduria in regular patient care.
KW - Barth syndrome
KW - Inborn error
KW - Mevalonate kinase deficiency
KW - Serum amino acid
KW - Urinary organic acid analysis
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U2 - 10.1007/8904_2014_309
DO - 10.1007/8904_2014_309
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84982995978
T3 - JIMD Reports
SP - 1
EP - 6
BT - JIMD Reports
PB - Springer
ER -