TTCT 1471 mutation in lysnuric protein intolerance: Clinical features of a Tunisian paediatric series.
Hereditary metabolic disease
Macrophagic activation
Osteoporosis
Urea cycle
Journal
La Tunisie medicale
ISSN: 2724-7031
Titre abrégé: Tunis Med
Pays: Tunisia
ID NLM: 0413766
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
05 May 2024
05 May 2024
Historique:
received:
21
01
2024
accepted:
24
03
2024
medline:
27
5
2024
pubmed:
27
5
2024
entrez:
27
5
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Lysinuric protein intolerance (LPI) is a rare inherited metabolic disease. It is caused by a deficiency in cationic amino acid transport caused by mutations in SLC7A7 gene. To identify the clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic features of lysnuric protein intolerance. This was a retrospective study conducted in the pediatric department of La Rabta Hospital over a period of 30 years (1992 to 2022). We included patients with clinical signs suggestive of lysinuric protein intolerance and orotic acid in the urine. We enrolled seven patients. The median age at disease onset was nine months. The median age at positive diagnosis was 21 months. Growth retardation, hepatosplenomegaly and haematological abnormalities were the main features of the disease. Hyperammonia and increased urinary orotic acid were present in all patients. Molecular biology revealed the del TTCT 1471 mutation in five patients. All patients were prescribed a low protein diet and citrulline supplementation. Complications of the disease were growth retardation (n=7), psychomotor or intellectual retardation (n=5), haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (n=4) and osteoporosis (n=3). After a median follow-up of 11 years, six of our patients are still alive. One patient died from acute hyperammonemic encephalopathy. In this paediatric series, delays in diagnosis and treatment of LPI were responsible for long-term sequelae, particularly bone and neurological. The delTTCT1471 mutation appears to be the mutation of paediatric-onset forms in Tunisia. This mutation was not associated with pulmonary involvement, which is a prognostic factor and the main cause of death.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38801286
pii: /article/view/4792
doi: 10.62438/tunismed.v102i5.4792
doi:
Substances chimiques
SLC7A7 protein, human
0
Amino Acid Transport System y+L
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Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
fre
Sous-ensembles de citation
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