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Mitochondrial Encephalopathy and Transient 3-Methylglutaconic Aciduria in ECHS1 Deficiency: Long-Term Follow-Up.

ABSTRACT: We report the major diagnostic challenge in a female patient with signs and symptoms suggestive of an early-onset mitochondrial encephalopathy. Motor and cognitive development was severely delayed and brain MRI showed signal abnormalities in the putamen and caudate nuclei. Metabolic abnormalities included 3-methylglutaconic aciduria and elevated lactate levels in plasma and cerebrospinal fluid, but were transient. Whole exome sequencing at the age of 25 years finally revealed compound heterozygous mutations c.[229G>C];[563C>T], p.[Glu77Gln];[Ala188Val] in the ECHS1 gene. Activity of short-chain enoyl-CoA hydratase, a mitochondrial enzyme encoded by the ECHS1 gene, was markedly decreased in lymphocytes. Retrospective urine analysis confirms that elevated levels of S-(2-carboxypropyl)cysteamine, S-(2-carboxypropyl)cysteine, and N-acetyl-S-(2-carboxypropyl)cysteine can be a diagnostic clue in the disease spectrum of ECHS1 mutations.

SUBMITTER: Huffnagel IC

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5953898 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Mitochondrial Encephalopathy and Transient 3-Methylglutaconic Aciduria in ECHS1 Deficiency: Long-Term Follow-Up.

Huffnagel Irene C IC Redeker Egbert J W EJW Reneman Liesbeth L Vaz Frédéric M FM Ferdinandusse Sacha S Poll-The Bwee Tien BT

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We report the major diagnostic challenge in a female patient with signs and symptoms suggestive of an early-onset mitochondrial encephalopathy. Motor and cognitive development was severely delayed and brain MRI showed signal abnormalities in the putamen and caudate nuclei. Metabolic abnormalities included 3-methylglutaconic aciduria and elevated lactate levels in plasma and cerebrospinal fluid, but were transient. Whole exome sequencing at the age of 25 years finally revealed compound heterozygo ...[more]

PMID: 28755360

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Project description:Short-chain enoyl-CoA hydratase (ECHS1) is a multifunctional mitochondrial matrix enzyme that is involved in the oxidation of fatty acids and essential amino acids such as valine. Here, we describe the broad phenotypic spectrum and pathobiochemistry of individuals with autosomal-recessive ECHS1 deficiency.Using exome sequencing, we identified ten unrelated individuals carrying compound heterozygous or homozygous mutations in ECHS1. Functional investigations in patient-derived fibroblast cell lines included immunoblotting, enzyme activity measurement, and a palmitate loading assay.Patients showed a heterogeneous phenotype with disease onset in the first year of life and course ranging from neonatal death to survival into adulthood. The most prominent clinical features were encephalopathy (10/10), deafness (9/9), epilepsy (6/9), optic atrophy (6/10), and cardiomyopathy (4/10). Serum lactate was elevated and brain magnetic resonance imaging showed white matter changes or a Leigh-like pattern resembling disorders of mitochondrial energy metabolism. Analysis of patients' fibroblast cell lines (6/10) provided further evidence for the pathogenicity of the respective mutations by showing reduced ECHS1 protein levels and reduced 2-enoyl-CoA hydratase activity. While serum acylcarnitine profiles were largely normal, in vitro palmitate loading of patient fibroblasts revealed increased butyrylcarnitine, unmasking the functional defect in mitochondrial ?-oxidation of short-chain fatty acids. Urinary excretion of 2-methyl-2,3-dihydroxybutyrate - a potential derivative of acryloyl-CoA in the valine catabolic pathway - was significantly increased, indicating impaired valine oxidation.In conclusion, we define the phenotypic spectrum of a new syndrome caused by ECHS1 deficiency. We speculate that both the ?-oxidation defect and the block in l-valine metabolism, with accumulation of toxic methacrylyl-CoA and acryloyl-CoA, contribute to the disorder that may be amenable to metabolic treatment approaches.

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Mitochondrial Encephalopathy and Transient 3-Methylglutaconic Aciduria in ECHS1 Deficiency: Long-Term Follow-Up.

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Mitochondrial Encephalopathy and Transient 3-Methylglutaconic Aciduria in ECHS1 Deficiency: Long-Term Follow-Up.

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