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Mahmoud Loghmanadham - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Aminoaciduria and glycosuria following severe childhood lead poisoning
Pediatric Nephrology, 1998Co-Authors: Mahmoud LoghmanadhamAbstract:To determine the incidence of renal functional abnormalities after lead poisoning, we evaluated the parameters of renal tubular function in 134 children and young adults, 8–13 years after chelation therapy for severe lead poisoning. There was no evidence of hypertension or reduced kidney function as assessed by serum creatinine (Cr) concentrations. Urinary α-amino nitrogen (Uaan) concentrations were significantly increased compared with 19 healthy age-matched controls. Ninety-four children (70%) had Aminoaciduria (Uaan/Cr >0.23). Urinary glucose excretion was also significantly higher than that of 2 historical controls. Thirty-two children (24%) had glycosuria (>125 mg/24 h). Fractional excretion of phosphate was normal in all children. We conclude that a partial Fanconi syndrome can persist up to 13 years after childhood lead poisoning.
Ilona Visapaa - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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gracile syndrome a lethal metabolic disorder with iron overload is caused by a point mutation in bcs1l
American Journal of Human Genetics, 2002Co-Authors: Vineta Fellman, Ilona Visapaa, Jouni Vesa, Ayan Dasvarma, Jenna L Hutton, Vijay Kumar, Gregory S Payne, Marja Makarow, Rudy Van CosterAbstract:GRACILE (growth retardation, Aminoaciduria, cholestasis, iron overload, lactacidosis, and early death) syndrome is a recessively inherited lethal disease characterized by fetal growth retardation, lactic acidosis, Aminoaciduria, cholestasis, and abnormalities in iron metabolism. We previously localized the causative gene to a 1.5-cM region on chromosome 2q33-37. In the present study, we report the molecular defect causing this metabolic disorder, by identifying a homozygous missense mutation that results in an S78G amino acid change in the BCS1L gene in Finnish patients with GRACILE syndrome, as well as five different mutations in three British infants. BCS1L, a mitochondrial inner-membrane protein, is a chaperone necessary for the assembly of mitochondrial respiratory chain complex III. Pulse-chase experiments performed in COS-1 cells indicated that the S78G amino acid change results in instability of the polypeptide, and yeast complementation studies revealed a functional defect in the mutated BCS1L protein. Four different mutations in the BCS1L gene have been reported elsewhere, in Turkish patients with a distinctly different phenotype. Interestingly, the British and Turkish patients had complex III deficiency, whereas in the Finnish patients with GRACILE syndrome complex III activity was within the normal range, implying that BCS1L has another cellular function that is uncharacterized but essential and is putatively involved in iron metabolism.
Vineta Fellman - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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gracile syndrome a lethal metabolic disorder with iron overload is caused by a point mutation in bcs1l
American Journal of Human Genetics, 2002Co-Authors: Vineta Fellman, Ilona Visapaa, Jouni Vesa, Ayan Dasvarma, Jenna L Hutton, Vijay Kumar, Gregory S Payne, Marja Makarow, Rudy Van CosterAbstract:GRACILE (growth retardation, Aminoaciduria, cholestasis, iron overload, lactacidosis, and early death) syndrome is a recessively inherited lethal disease characterized by fetal growth retardation, lactic acidosis, Aminoaciduria, cholestasis, and abnormalities in iron metabolism. We previously localized the causative gene to a 1.5-cM region on chromosome 2q33-37. In the present study, we report the molecular defect causing this metabolic disorder, by identifying a homozygous missense mutation that results in an S78G amino acid change in the BCS1L gene in Finnish patients with GRACILE syndrome, as well as five different mutations in three British infants. BCS1L, a mitochondrial inner-membrane protein, is a chaperone necessary for the assembly of mitochondrial respiratory chain complex III. Pulse-chase experiments performed in COS-1 cells indicated that the S78G amino acid change results in instability of the polypeptide, and yeast complementation studies revealed a functional defect in the mutated BCS1L protein. Four different mutations in the BCS1L gene have been reported elsewhere, in Turkish patients with a distinctly different phenotype. Interestingly, the British and Turkish patients had complex III deficiency, whereas in the Finnish patients with GRACILE syndrome complex III activity was within the normal range, implying that BCS1L has another cellular function that is uncharacterized but essential and is putatively involved in iron metabolism.
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pathology of lethal fetal growth retardation syndrome with Aminoaciduria iron overload and lactic acidosis gracile
Pediatric Pathology & Molecular Medicine, 2002Co-Authors: Juhani Rapola, Paivi Heikkila, Vineta FellmanAbstract:Autopsy study of 17 newborn infants with lethal autosomal recessive disease presenting as growth retardation with lactic acidosis, Fanconi Aminoaciduria, and hepatic hemosiderosis is reported. The patients succumbed between day 1 and 4 months of life; 9 patients died within the first month. All patients showed severe pathologic changes of liver with cholestasis in all livers. Extensive accumulation of stainable iron of the hepatocytes was present in 9/17 autopsy tissues and in two biopsy specimens. Moderate to abundant iron storage in the Kupffer cells was seen in all liver specimens. The amount of hepatocytic iron was high in livers up to 1 month of age and decreased thereafter. The general features and liver findings of this disorder suggest the name Growth Retardation Aminoaciduria Cholestasis Iron Overload, Lactacidosis and Early Death (GRACILE, OMIM 603358). Calcified concrements were seen in the medulla of 13/16 kidney specimens. Pancreas of 13/14 patients showed interstitial fibrosis and exocrine a...
Ole Gotzsche - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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renal glueosuria and Aminoaciduria
Acta Medica Scandinavica, 2009Co-Authors: Ole GotzscheAbstract:: A follow-up examination of five patients in whom renal glucosuria had been diagnosed 7-15 years previously, showed that the condition was unchanged. There was no indication of hormonal abnormalities. Oral glucose tolerance test, with determination of insulin, growth hormone and free fatty acids, showed no difference between the patients and a group of normal subjects. The urinary excretion of insulin and albumin was normal, but two patients turned out to have an increased excretion of certain amino acids, aspartic acid in one and glutamic acid, citrulline and alanine in the other.
Rudy Van Coster - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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gracile syndrome a lethal metabolic disorder with iron overload is caused by a point mutation in bcs1l
American Journal of Human Genetics, 2002Co-Authors: Vineta Fellman, Ilona Visapaa, Jouni Vesa, Ayan Dasvarma, Jenna L Hutton, Vijay Kumar, Gregory S Payne, Marja Makarow, Rudy Van CosterAbstract:GRACILE (growth retardation, Aminoaciduria, cholestasis, iron overload, lactacidosis, and early death) syndrome is a recessively inherited lethal disease characterized by fetal growth retardation, lactic acidosis, Aminoaciduria, cholestasis, and abnormalities in iron metabolism. We previously localized the causative gene to a 1.5-cM region on chromosome 2q33-37. In the present study, we report the molecular defect causing this metabolic disorder, by identifying a homozygous missense mutation that results in an S78G amino acid change in the BCS1L gene in Finnish patients with GRACILE syndrome, as well as five different mutations in three British infants. BCS1L, a mitochondrial inner-membrane protein, is a chaperone necessary for the assembly of mitochondrial respiratory chain complex III. Pulse-chase experiments performed in COS-1 cells indicated that the S78G amino acid change results in instability of the polypeptide, and yeast complementation studies revealed a functional defect in the mutated BCS1L protein. Four different mutations in the BCS1L gene have been reported elsewhere, in Turkish patients with a distinctly different phenotype. Interestingly, the British and Turkish patients had complex III deficiency, whereas in the Finnish patients with GRACILE syndrome complex III activity was within the normal range, implying that BCS1L has another cellular function that is uncharacterized but essential and is putatively involved in iron metabolism.
