Evidence for genetic heterogeneity in D-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria

Martijn Kranendijk, Eduard A Struys, K Michael Gibson, Wjera V Wickenhagen, Jose E Abdenur, Jochen Buechner, Ernst Christensen, Raquel Dodelson de Kremer, Abdellatif Errami, Paul Gissen, Wanda Gradowska, Emma Hobson, Lily Islam, Stanley H Korman, Thaddeus Kurczynski, Bruno Maranda, Concetta Meli, Cristiano Rizzo, Claude Sansaricq, Friedrich K TrefzRachel Webster, Cornelis Jakobs, Gajja S Salomons

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Abstract

We performed molecular, enzyme, and metabolic studies in 50 patients with D-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria (D-2-HGA) who accumulated D-2-hydroxyglutarate (D-2-HG) in physiological fluids. Presumed pathogenic mutations were detected in 24 of 50 patients in the D-2-hydroxyglutarate dehydrogenase (D2HGDH) gene, which encodes D-2-hydroxyglutarate dehydrogenase (D-2-HGDH). Enzyme assay of D-2-HGDH confirmed that all patients with mutations had impaired enzyme activity, whereas patients with D-2-HGA whose enzyme activity was normal did not have mutations. Significantly lower D-2-HG concentrations in body fluids were observed in mutation-positive D-2-HGA patients than in mutation-negative patients. These results imply that multiple genetic loci may be associated with hyperexcretion of D-2-HG. Accordingly, we suggest a new classification: D-2-HGA Type I associates with D-2-HGDH deficiency, whereas idiopathic D-2-HGA manifests with normal D-2-HGDH activity and higher D-2-HG levels in body fluids compared with Type I patients. It remains possible that several classifications for idiopathic D-2-HGA patients with diverse genetic loci will be revealed in future studies.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftHuman Mutation
Vol/bind31
Udgave nummer3
Sider (fra-til)279-83
Antal sider5
ISSN1059-7794
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 1 mar. 2010

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