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Title: Decreased plasma L-arginine levels in organic acidurias (MMA and PA) and decreased plasma branched-chain amino acid levels in urea cycle disorders as a potential cause of growth retardation: Options for treatment
Authors: Molema, Femke
Gleich, Florian
Burgard, Peter
van der Ploeg, Ans T.
Summar, Marshall L.
Chapman, Kimberly A.
Lund, Allan M.
Rizopoulos, Dimitris
Kölker, Stefan
Williams, Monique
Hörster, F.
Jelsig, A. M.
de Lonlay, P.
Wijburg, F. A.
Bosch, A.
Freisinger, P.
Posset, R.
Augoustides-Savvopoulou, P.
Avram, P.
Deleanu, C.
Baumgartner, M. R.
Häberle, J.
Blasco-Alonso, J.
Burlina, A. B.
Rubert, L.
Cazorla, A. Garcia
Saladelafont, E. Cortes I.
Dionisi-Vici, C.
Martinelli, D.
Dobbelaere, D.
Mention, K.
Grünewald, S.
Chakrapani, A.
Hwu, Wuh Liang
Chien, Yin Hsiu
Lee, Ni Chung
Karall, D.
Scholl-Bürgi, S.
De Laet, C.
Matsumoto, S.
de Meirleir, L.
Schiff, M.
Peña Quintana, Luis 
Djordjevic, M.
Sarajlija, A.
Sykut-Cegielska, J.
Wisniewska, A.
Leao-Teles, E.
Alves, S.
Vara, R.
Vives-Pinera, I.
Gil-Ortega, D.
Morris, A.
Zeman, J.
Honzik, T.
Chabrol, B.
Arnaudo, F.
Cano, A.
Thompson, N.
Eyskens, F.
Lindner, M.
Lüsebrink, N.
Jalan, A.
Sokal, E.
Legros, V.
Nassogne, M. C.
Barić, I.
UNESCO Clasification: 32 Ciencias médicas
320102 Genética clínica
241108 Metabolismo humano
Keywords: Body Height
Branched-Chain Amino Acids
Dietary And Supplemental Treatment
L-Arginine
Organic Acidurias, et al
Issue Date: 2019
Journal: Molecular Genetics and Metabolism 
Abstract: Background and aim: Patients with methylmalonic acidemia (MMA) and propionic acidemia (PA) and urea cycle disorders (UCD), treated with a protein restricted diet, are prone to growth failure. To obtain optimal growth and thereby efficacious protein incorporation, a diet containing the essential and functional amino acids for growth is necessary. Optimal growth will result in improved protein tolerance and possibly a decrease in the number of decompensations. It thus needs to be determined if amino acid deficiencies are associated with the growth retardation in these patient groups. We studied the correlations between plasma L-arginine levels, plasma branched chain amino acids (BCAA: L-isoleucine, L-leucine and L-valine) levels (amino acids known to influence growth), and height in MMA/PA and UCD patients. Methods: We analyzed data from longitudinal visits made in stable metabolic periods by patients registered at the European Registry and Network for Intoxication Type Metabolic Diseases (E-IMD, Chafea no. 2010 12 01). Results: In total, 263 MMA/PA and 311 UCD patients were included, all aged below 18 years of age. In patients with MMA and PA, height z-score was positively associated with patients' natural-protein-to-energy prescription ratio and their plasma L-valine and L-arginine levels, while negatively associated with the amount of synthetic protein prescription and their age at visit. In all UCDs combined, height z-score was positively associated with the natural-protein-to-energy prescription ratio. In those with carbamylphosphate synthetase 1 deficiency (CPS1-D), those with male ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency (OTC-D), and those in the hyperornithinemia-hyperammonemia-homocitrullinuria (HHH) syndrome subgroup, height z-score was positively associated with patients' plasma L-leucine levels. In those with argininosuccinate synthetase deficiency (ASS-D) and argininosuccinate lyase deficiency (ASL-D), height was positively associated with patients' plasma L-valine levels. Conclusion: Plasma L-arginine and L-valine levels in MMA/PA patients and plasma L-leucine and L-valine levels in UCD patients, as well as the protein-to-energy prescription ratio in both groups were positively associated with height. Optimization of these plasma amino acid levels is essential to support normal growth and increase protein tolerance in these disorders. Consequently this could improve the protein-to-energy intake ratio.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10553/69825
ISSN: 1096-7192
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2019.02.003
Source: Molecular Genetics and Metabolism [ISSN 1096-7192], v. 126 (4), p. 397-405 (Abril 2019)
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