Clinical, biochemical and genetic analyses in two Korean patients with medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency

Korean J Lab Med. 2011 Jan;31(1):54-60. doi: 10.3343/kjlm.2011.31.1.54.

Abstract

Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (MCADD) is an autosomal recessive hereditary metabolic disorder of mitochondrial fatty acid β-oxidation. It is characterized by hypoketotic hypoglycemia, hyperammonemia, seizure, coma, and sudden infant death syndrome-like illness. The most frequently isolated mutation in the acyl-CoA dehydrogenase, medium-chain (ACADM) gene of Caucasian patients with MCADD is c.985A>G, but ethnic variations exist in the frequency of this mutation. Here, we describe 2 Korean pediatric cases of MCADD, which was detected during newborn screening by tandem mass spectrometry and confirmed by molecular analysis. The levels of medium-chain acylcarnitines, including octanoylcarnitine (C8), hexanoylcarnitine (C6), and decanoylcarnitine (C10), were typically elevated. Molecular studies revealed that Patient 1 was a compound heterozygote for c.449_452delCTGA (p.Thr150ArgfsX4) and c.461T>G (p.L154W) mutations, and Patient 2 was a compound heterozygote for c.449_452delCTGA (p.Thr150ArgfsX4) and c.1189T>A (p.Y397N) mutations. We detected asymptomatic patients with MCADD by using a newborn screening test and confirmed it by ACADM mutation analysis. This report presents evidence of the biochemical and molecular features of MCADD in Korean patients and, to the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of the c.461T>G mutation in the ACADM gene.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase / chemistry
  • Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase / deficiency
  • Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase / genetics
  • Asian People / genetics*
  • Base Sequence
  • Biomarkers / blood
  • Carnitine / analogs & derivatives
  • Carnitine / blood
  • DNA Mutational Analysis
  • Exons
  • Female
  • Gene Deletion
  • Heterozygote
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Lipid Metabolism, Inborn Errors / diagnosis
  • Lipid Metabolism, Inborn Errors / genetics
  • Male
  • Mutation
  • Neonatal Screening
  • Republic of Korea
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • acylcarnitine
  • Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase
  • Carnitine

Supplementary concepts

  • Medium chain acyl CoA dehydrogenase deficiency