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Spectrum of MMACHC mutations in Italian and Portuguese patients with combined methylmalonic aciduria and homocystinuria, cblC type.

[homocystinuria without methylmalonic aciduria]

Methylmalonic aciduria (MMA) and homocystinuria, cblC type (MIM 277400) is the most frequent inborn error of vitamin B(12). The recent identification of the disease gene, MMACHC, has permitted preliminary genotype-phenotype correlations. We studied 24 Italian and 17 Portuguese patients with cblC defect to illustrate the spectrum of mutations in a southern European population and discuss the impact that mutation identification has on routine diagnostic procedures. Since the metabolic defect raises the serum levels of homocysteine, we also tested if variants in MTHFR-playing a key role in homocysteine remethylation pathway-could act as genetic modifier in cblC defect. We found that the c.271dupA (accounting for 55% of the MMACH alleles in our cohort) followed by c.394C>T (16%) and c.331C>T (9%) were the most frequent mutations. In our study we also identified a novel mutation (c.544T>C). On the other hand, the MTHFR genotype did not appear to influence age at onset, the clinical phenotype and outcome of patients with cblC defect. This study shows that mutation screening for the most common MMACH mutations occurring in early-onset forms (c.271dupA and c.331C>T) seems to have a high diagnostic yield in a southern European population with cblC defect. Although the identification of the gene defect per se does not predict completely time and severity of disease appearance, our data corroborate the importance of a molecular testing to offer accurate prenatal diagnosis to couples at high risk of having affected children.

Diseases presenting "prenatal diagnosis" symptom

  • 22q11.2 deletion syndrome
  • achondroplasia
  • adrenomyeloneuropathy
  • alexander disease
  • alpha-thalassemia
  • aromatase deficiency
  • benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis
  • cadasil
  • canavan disease
  • classical phenylketonuria
  • cohen syndrome
  • congenital adrenal hyperplasia
  • congenital diaphragmatic hernia
  • congenital toxoplasmosis
  • cystinuria
  • dentinogenesis imperfecta
  • epidermolysis bullosa simplex
  • harlequin ichthyosis
  • holt-oram syndrome
  • homocystinuria without methylmalonic aciduria
  • hydrocephalus with stenosis of the aqueduct of sylvius
  • junctional epidermolysis bullosa
  • kindler syndrome
  • krabbe disease
  • lamellar ichthyosis
  • megacystis-microcolon-intestinal hypoperistalsis syndrome
  • monosomy 21
  • neonatal adrenoleukodystrophy
  • oculocutaneous albinism
  • omenn syndrome
  • phenylketonuria
  • primary hyperoxaluria type 1
  • pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency
  • severe combined immunodeficiency
  • wolf-hirschhorn syndrome
  • x-linked adrenoleukodystrophy
  • zellweger syndrome

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