SCREENING FOR METABOLIC DISORDERS Flashcards
Many of the abnormal results obtained in routine urinalysis are related to [?] rather than renal disease
metabolic disorders
Urine may contain additional abnormal substances not tested by routine urinalysis –can be detected or monitored by additional abnormal screening tests that can also be performed in urinalysis laboratory
-Result from disruption of a normal metabolic pathway that causes increased plasma concentrations of amino acids
Overflow
-Due to defective tubular reabsorption of amino acids
Renal
-Failure to inherit a gene that codes for a particular enzyme
Inborn Error of Metabolism (IEM)
Testing for many substances is now performed using
Tandem Mass Spectrophotometry (MS/MS)
It is capable of screening infant blood sample for specific substances associated with particular IEMs
Tandem Mass Spectrophotometry (MS/MS)
Amino Acid Disorders
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Tyrosyluria
Alkaptonuria
Melanuria
Maple syrup urine disease(MSUD)
Organic acidemias
Indicanuria
Cystinuria
Cystinosis
-Aminoacidurias
Phenylketonuria
-(-) gene that codes for Phenylalanine Hydroxylase
Phenylketonuria
-“Mousy” urine odor
Phenylketonuria
Screening Tests:
FeCl3 tube test
Phenistixstrip
= (+) blue-green color
FeCl3 tube test
= (+) gray to gray-green color
Phenistixstrip
•B.subtilisis cultured with Beta-2-thienylalanine (TE)
Guthrie bacterial inhibition test
•B2-TE inhibits the growth of B.subtilis
Guthrie bacterial inhibition test
•Phenylalanine counteracts the action of B2-TE
Guthrie bacterial inhibition test
-accumulation of excess tyrosine in the plasma (tyrosinemia) producing urinary overflow
Tyrosyluria
Tyrosyluria (-) for a gene that decodes for:
Type 1: Fumarylacetoacetatehydrolase (FAH)
Type 2: Tyrosine aminotransferase
Type 3: p-hydroxyphenylpyruvicacid dioxygenase
: Fumarylacetoacetatehydrolase (FAH)
Type 1
: Tyrosine aminotransferase
Type 2
: p-hydroxyphenylpyruvicacid dioxygenase
Type 3
-May also be seen in patients with severe liver disease (will produce tyrosine and leucinecrystals)
Tyrosyluria
-“Rancid butter” odor
Tyrosyluria
Tyrosyluria Screening:
Nitrosonaphthanol
Tyrosyluria Confirmatory:
Chromatography
-Deficiency in homogentisicacid oxidase
Alkaptonuria
-Increased homogentisicacid
Alkaptonuria
-Produces brown pigment deposits in body tissues that can lead to arthritis, and liver and cardiac problems.
Alkaptonuria
Ferric chloride tube test
Alkaptonuria
Benedict’s test
Alkaptonuria
Alklinizationof fresh urine
Alkaptonuria
-Increased urinary melanin that produces a darkening of urine
Melanuria
-Indicates malignant melanoma
Melanuria
-“black urine”
Melanuria
FeCl3 tube test
Melanuria
Sodium nitroprussidetest
Melanuria
Ehrlich test
Melanuria
The branched-chain amino acids differ from other amino acids by having a methyl (-CH3) group that branches from the main aliphatic carbon chain
Branched-Chain Aminoacidurias