Succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency of four Chinese patients and prenatal diagnosis for three fetuses
Succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency of four Chinese patients and prenatal diagnosis for three fetuses
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中国四例琥珀半醛脱氢酶缺乏症及三胎儿产前诊断
DOI:
10.1016/j.gene.2015.07.078
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发表时间:
2015-12-10
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影响因子:
3.5
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Yang, Yanling
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作者:
Li, Xiyuan;Ding, Yuan;Yang, Yanling
Succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase (SSADH) deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive disorder that affects the degradation of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA). Only a few cases of SSADH deficiency have been documented in mainland China and prenatal diagnosis has not been performed. SSADH deficiency in four patients (three girls and one boy) from four unrelated Chinese families was detected by selective screening at the age of 50 days to 1 year. Four patients were admitted due to intractable seizures and psychomotor retardation. Their urine 4-hydroxybutyric acid was significantly elevated. Seven mutations in their ALDH5A1 gene were identified, of which the following six were novel: c.127-128insGGCCC (p.L31Pfs*62), c.615delT (p.F206Sfs*5), c.1313T>C (p.L438P), c.1568C>T (p.S523F), 1383-2delA and a 0.15-Mb deletion harboring ALDH5A1. Only one mutation, c.820C>T, had been previously reported. Three mothers of Patients 1-3 underwent amniocentesis during their third pregnancy and the fetuses were not affected by SSADH deficiency. Normal development and urine organic acid levels of the infants confirmed the prenatal diagnosis after birth. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.