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MCEE Mutations in an Adult Patient with Parkinson's Disease, Dementia, Stroke and Elevated Levels of Methylmalonic Acid
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- Andreasson, M (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- Zetterstrom, RH (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- von Dobeln, U (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- Wedell, A (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- Svenningsson, P (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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- 2019-05-29
- 2019
- English.
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In: International journal of molecular sciences. - : MDPI AG. - 1422-0067. ; 20:11
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- Methylmalonic aciduria (MMA-uria) is seen in several inborn errors of metabolism (IEM) affecting intracellular cobalamin pathways. Methylmalonyl-CoA epimerase (MCE) is an enzyme involved in the mitochondrial cobalamin-dependent pathway generating succinyl-CoA. Homozygous mutations in the corresponding MCEE gene have been shown in children to cause MCE deficiency with isolated MMA-uria and a variable clinical phenotype. We describe a 78-year-old man with Parkinson’s disease, dementia and stroke in whom elevated serum levels of methylmalonic acid had been evident for many years. Metabolic work-up revealed intermittent MMA-uria and increased plasma levels of propionyl-carnitine not responsive to treatment with high-dose hydroxycobalamin. Whole genome sequencing was performed, with data analysis targeted towards genes known to cause IEM. Compound heterozygous mutations were identified in the MCEE gene, c.139C>T (p.Arg47X) and c.419delA (p.Lys140fs), of which the latter is novel. To our knowledge, this is the first report of an adult patient with MCEE mutations and MMA-uria, thus adding novel data to the possible phenotypical spectrum of MCE deficiency. Although clinical implications are uncertain, it can be speculated whether intermittent hyperammonemia during episodes of metabolic stress could have precipitated the patient’s ongoing neurodegeneration attributed to Parkinson’s disease.
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