[3] LESSON 8: SCREENING FOR METABOLIC DISORDERS Flashcards
Other name: Overflow
Primary Type
Other name: Renal
Secondary
Deficiency: Enzyme
Primary Type
Deficiency: Congenital defect in AA transport system
Secondary
AA in blood: Increased
Primary Type
Secondary
AA in urine: increased
Primary
Secondary
AA in urine: Decreased
Secondary
: generalized failure in proximal convoluted tubule reabsorption
Fanconi’s Syndrome
: failure to inherit a gene that codes for a particular enzyme
Inborn Error of Metabolism (IEM)
Deficiency in phenylalanine hydroxylase
Phenylketonuria
Mousy odor with increased pyruvic acid
Phenylketonuria
Guthrie Bacterial Inhibition Test
Phenylketonuria
Phenylketonuria Confirmatory test:
Ion exchange HPLC
Rancid butter odor
Tyrosyluria
Nitrosonaphthol: orange red
Tyrosyluria
Tyrosyluria
(-) for a gene that decodes for
Type 1-
Type 2-
Type 3-
Fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase (FAH)
Tyrosine aminotransferase
p-hydroxyphenylpyruvic acid dioxygenase
May also be seen in patients with severe liver disease
Tyrosyluria
Deficiency in homogentisic acid oxidase
Alkaptonuria
Increased homogentisic acid
Alkaptonuria
Melanuria
Color:__________
Urine darkens upon air exposure
Melanuria
Maple syrup urine odor
(a-ketoisovaleric acid, aketoisocaproic acid, aketo-b-methylvaleric acid)
Confirmatory Test: Gas/TLC or Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectro
MSUD
Sweaty feet
Isovaleric
Color: indigo blue
Indicanuria
Hartnup disease: renal tubular abnormality
Indicanuria
Sulfur odor
Cystinuria
Cystinosis
Homocystinuria
*calculus formation
Cystinuria
Fanconi’s Syndrome (+ glucose, AA, PO4)
Cystinosis
Defects in methionine metabolism
Homocystinuria
ALA hydratase def porphyria
ALA synthetase
Acute Intermittent porphyria
Uroporphyrinogen synthase
Congenital erythropoietic porphyria
Uroporphyrinogen cosynthase
Hereditary coproporphyria
Coproporphyrinogen oxidase
Porphyria cutanea tarda
Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase
Variegate porphyria
Protoporphyrinogen oxidase
PORPHYRIA
Specimen:
Urine, stool, blood, bile
Detects d-ALA and porphobilinogen
Ehrlich’s Rxn
Tests for uroporphyrin, coproporphyrin & protoporphyrin: violet/pink/red
Fluorescence at 550-600 nm