Urine screening Flashcards
Result from the disruption of a normal metabolic pathway that
causes increased plasma concentrations of the
nonmetabolized substances
Overflow disorder
caused by malfunctions in the tubular reabsorption mechanism
Renal Disorder
failure to
inherit the gene to
produce a particular
enzyme
Inborn Error of Metabolism
Abnormal Metabolic Constituents or
Conditions Detected in the Routine Urinalysis
color:
Homogentisic acid
Melanin
Indican
Porphyrins
Abnormal Metabolic Constituents or
Conditions Detected in the Routine Urinalysis
odor:
Phenylketonuria
Maple syrup urine
disease
Isovaleric acidemia
Cystinuria
Cystinosis
Homocystinuria
Abnormal Metabolic Constituents or
Conditions Detected in the Routine Urinalysis
crystal:
Cystine
Leucine
Tyrosine
Lesch-Nyhan
disease
Amino Acid Disorders with Urinary Screening Tests
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Tyrosyluria
Alkaptonuria
Melanuria
Maple Syrup Urine Disease
Organic acidemias
Indicanuria
Cystinuria
Cystinosis
Phenylketonuria known as
aminoacidurias
results in severe mental retardation if undetected
Phenylketonuria
urine odor of phenylketonuria
Peculiar mousy
Ivan Følling
Phenylketonuria
caused by failure to inherit the gene to produce the enzyme
phenylalanine hydroxylase
Phenylketonuria
Tests for Phenylketonuria
Phenylalanine
Blood Level
Phenylpyruvic
acid Urine Test
Guthrie’s
microbial
inhibition
assay
Accumulation of excess tyrosine in the plasma producing
urinary overflow
Tyrosyluria/Tyrosinemia
urine metabolities of tyrosyluria
p-hydroxyphenylpyruvic acid
p-hydroxyphenyllactic acid
seen in premature infants
underdevelopment of the liver function to produce enzyme for tyrosine
metabolism
transitory tyrosinemia
result in mental retardation if dietary restrictions of
phenylalanine and tyrosine are not implemented
Type 3 - p-hydroxyphenylpyruvic acid
dioxygenase
Produces a generalized renal tubular disorder and
progressive liver failure in infants soon after birth
Type 1 - Fumarylacetoacetate
hydrolase (FAH)
Persons develop corneal erosion and lesions on the
palms, fingers, and soles of the feet believed to be
caused by crystallization of tyrosine in the cells
Type 2 - tyrosine aminotransferase
darkening of urine after exposure to air
Melanuria
indicates the overproliferation of the normal melanin producing cells
producing a malignant melanoma.
Melanuria
Deficient production of melanin
albinism
Test for Melanuria
- Ferric Chloride Tube
Test - Sodium
Nitroprusside test
Alkaptonuria also known as
Alkali lover
third major defect in the
phenylalanine-tyrosine pathway and
occurs from failure to inherit the
gene to produce the enzyme
homogentisic acid oxidase
Alkaptonuria
Who described alkaptonuria?
Garrod
Test for Alkaptonuria
- FeCl3 Test
- clinitest
- Urinary
Homogentisic Acid
Test - Ammoniacal Silver
Nitrate Test
Differ from other amino acidsby having a
methyl group that branches from the main
aliphatic carbon chain
BRANCHED- CHAIN AMINO ACID DISORDER
2 MAJOR GROUPS OF DISORDERS OF BRANCHED- CHAIN AMINO ACID DISORDER
Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD)
Organic Acidemia
The amino acids involved are leucine,isoleucine, and valine
Maple Syrup Urine Disease
Who discovered maple syrup urine disease
Menke