Metabolism Flashcards
What does galactokinase do and what results from a deficiency of it?
Converts glucose and galactose to galactose 1-phosphate + UDP glucose; deficiency is galactokinase deficiency where only symptom is cataracts
Galactosemia cause and symptoms
Deficiency of galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase (GALT)
Autosomal recessive
Poor feeding, vomiting, jaundice, helatomegaly, liver failure, lethargy, cataracts, E. coli sepsis
Cause of cataracts in galactosemia
Excess galactitol in lens, regress with good control of dietary lactose
Long term consequences of galactosemia
Older children with learning disabilities despite therapy; increased risk of premature ovarian failure even if treated appropriately
Laboratory findings in galactosemia
- Low glucose
- elevated liver function tests, elevated indirect bilirubin
- Decreased coagulation factors
- increased galactose in urine (represented by reducing substances, a positive urine Clinitest but negative clinistix urine test)
- Elevated galactose-1 phosphate
- Hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis due to rental tubular dysfunction
Enzyme in glycogen storage disease type I
Glucose-6-phosphatase (von Gierke’s disease)
Symptoms of glycogen storage disease type I
Lactic acidosis
Low glucose
Neutropenia (and increased risk of infection)
Hepatomegaly
FTT
Bleeding disorder (due to liver dysfunction)
Enzyme affected in type II glycogen storage disease
Lysosomal alpha-1,4-glucosidase (acid maltase)
Symptoms of Pompe’s disease
(Type II glycogen storage disease)
Symmetric severe muscle weakness
Cardiomegaly, CHF
Enzyme in type III glycogen storage disease
Debranching enzyme (alpha-1,6-glucosidase)
Cori disease vs Forbes disease
Symptoms of type III glycogen storage disease
Low glucose, ketonuria, hepatomegaly, muscle fatigue, normal lactate!
Enzyme in type IV glycogen storage disease
Branching enzyme
Symptoms of type IV glycogen storage disease
Cirrhosis beginning at several months of age, hypotonia, muscle weakness; no signs in neonatal period; very poor prognosis-death from liver failure <4 years of age unless liver transplant
Enzyme in type V glycogen storage disease
Muscle phosphorylase (McArdle)
Symptoms of type V glycogen storage disease
Muscle fatigue in adolescence, myoglobinuria with strenuous exercise, arrhythmia from electrolyte abnormalities, no increase in lactate after exercise
Enzyme in type VI glycogen storage disease, affected organ and symtpoms
Liver phosphorylase, liver affected
Mild hypoglycemia, ketonuria
Hepatomegaly
Enzyme in type VII glycogen storage disease, affected organ, and symptoms
Muscle phosphorfructokinase, muscle, muscle fatigue in adolescence
Enzyme in type VIII glycogen storage disease, affected organ, and symptoms
Phosphorylase kinase, liver
Similar to type III but no myopathy
Low glucose, ketonuria, hepatomegaly
What do you have to remove from diet in fructosemia?
Fructose, sucrose (fructose+glucose), and sorbitol (alcohol form of glucose but to use is converted to fructose)
Enzyme deficiency in fructosemia
Fructose 1-phosphate aldolase (aldolase B)
Expressed in liver, intestine, kidney
Symptoms of fructosemia
Vomiting, lethargy, seizures, failure to thrive, liver disease, proximal renal tubular dysfunction
Lab findings in fructosemia
Low glucose, abnormal LFTs, reducing substances in urine
Genetics and pathway affected in OTC deficiency
X-linked recessive
OTC converts carbamyl phosphate to citrulline in the mitochondria
Symptoms and labs in otc deficiency
Extremely elevated urine orotic acid, hyperammonemia, increased glutamine and alanine, decreased citrulline, decreased arginine
Hyperammonemia with normal or low orotic acid, increased glutamine and alanine, decreased citrulline, decreased arginine
Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase deficiency (congenital hyperammonemia type I)
Hyperammonemia, respiratory alkalosis, normal glucose
Urea cycle defects
Why do you have respiratory alkalosis in urea cycle defects
Thought to result from central hyperventilation, because of cerebral edema from hyperammonemia
Brittle hair, very high citrulline, orotic aciduria, decreased arginine
Arginosuccinic acid synthetase deficiency
Only urea cycle defect with high arginine
Argininenia (arginase deficiency, which should convert arginine to urea and ornithine); increased risk of progressive spastic diplegia
Which amino acid needs supplementation in urea cycle disorders
Arginine (except if arginase deficiency)
OTC, carbamoyl synthase, and n-acetylglutamate deficiencies may also need small doses of citrulline
Amino acids in MSUD
Leucine, isoleucine, valine
Ketonuria, hypoglycemia, metabolic acidosis, maple syrup odor
Maple syrup urine disease
What to send if state screen high leucine
Urine ketones
Plasma amino acids
Urine organic acids
Definitive diagnosis of MSUD
Lettie dehydrogenase assay of skin fibroblasts or WBCs (while definitive, not necessary)
Cognitive outcomes correlate with what is MSUD
Plasma leucine concentrations
Management of MSUD
Restrict intake of branched chain amino acids (need some because all at essential), consider thiamine (B1), may require dialysis if severe, avoid protein catabolism
Enzyme deficiency in MSUD
Ketoacid dehydrogenases
What to send if elevated citrulline on state screen
Ammonia, plasma amino acids, urine organic acids
Genetics of phenylketonuria
Autosomal recessive
Mousy or musty odor, severe mental deficiency, seizures, microcephaly, hypertonia, hypopigmentation
Phenylketonuria
Enzyme and reaction in phenylketonuria
Phenylalanine hydroxylase, converts phenylalanine to tyrosine
What to send if elevated phenylalanine on state screen
Plasma amino acids
Presentation of tyrosinemia I
Failure to thrive, acute liver, disease, or chronic liver disease, leading to cirrhosis, increased risk of rickets and cardiomyopathy, increased risk of hepatic malignancy later in life may also have renal tubular dysfunction, presenting with Fanconi syndrome
Enzyme involved in and typical laboratory findings in tyrosinemia I
Femarylacetoacetate hydrolase deficiency
Elevated tyrosine and elevated succinylacetone
Ocular lesions, skin lesions, neurological abnormalities
Tyrosinemia II
Treatment for tyrosinemia I
Diet low in tyrosine and phenylalanine, nitisinone (NTBC), which prevents breakdown of phenylpyruvate
Genetics of homocysteinuria
Autosomal recessive
Downward dislocated lens, osteoporosis, scoliosis, increased risk of fractures, tall stature, arachnodactyly, decreased joint mobility, developmental delay, seizures, increased risk of large thromboses and increased risk of bleeding
Homocysteinuria
What to send if elevated or decreased methionine on state screen
Plasma amino acids
Plasma homocysteine
Plasma methylmalonic acid
Most common cause of homocysteinuria
Cystathionine beta-synthase deficiency (requires B6 for enzyme to work); converts homocysteine to cystathionine
Management of cystathionine synthase deficiency
Administer high amounts of pyridoxine (B6), supplement B12 and folate, decrease methionine in diet, supplement with cysteine, consider vitamin C to improve endothelial function, antithrombotic agents may be need if poorly controlled
Lethargy, profound CNS deterioration with hypotonia, seizures, coma, respiratory depression, hiccups; most in 48 hours
Non-ketotic hyperglycinemia
Autosomal recessive, results from a defect in glycine cleavage pathway
Lab and EEG findings in non-ketotic hyperglycinemia
Elevated glycine (urine, plasma, CSF), no ketoacidosis
Diagnosis with elevated glycine in CSF and abnormal ratio of glycine in csf to plasma (>0.08)
EEG with burst suppression pattern that can become hypsarrhythmia
Management of non-ketotic hyperglycinemia
Sodium benzoate (decreases plasma glycine) can decrease seizures, dextromethomorphan (and NMDA antagonist) may improve neurological signs, variable response to ketogenic diet
Clinical and lab finds of cysteinuria
Urolithiasis, hematuria, pyuria, urinary obstruction and possible renal failure, labs: increased cysteine in urine with decreased cysteine levels in blood due to defect in amino acid transport and decreased reabsorption in kidney
Test for cystinuria
Positive nitroprusside blue test