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PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY (E1); PDC

PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY (E1); PDC
PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX, E1-ALPHA
312170
OMIM = Online Mendelian Inheritance of Men
79243
Pyrpyruvate dehydrogenase E1 component subunit alpha, somatic form, mitochondrial
1.2.4.1
Xp22.12
E74.4
rare (1:250.000)
X-linked dominant (E1alpha subunit)
1) X-linked pyruvate dehydrogenase (E1) alpha subunit gene (PDHA1) -> majority
2) Mutations in the gene for the E1beta subunit
Laboratory findingsAlanine inc (plasma)
    Ammonia normal/inc (blood)
    Ketone bodies (urine) normal/inc (urine)
    L-Lactic acid normal/inc (blood)
    L-Lactic acid inc (urine)
    L-Lactic acid normal/inc (cerebrospinal fluid)
    Lactate/Pyruvate ratio inc (blood)
    pH normal/dec (blood)
    Pyruvate dehydrogenase E1 complex dec (fibroblasts)
    Pyruvic acid dec (blood)
    Pyruvic acid inc (cerebrospinal fluid)
Symptomsbasal ganglia, changes, lesions, calcifications (MRI, CT)
ketosis, ketoacidosis
    ataxia
    cardiomegaly
    cardiomyopathy
    cerebellar atrophy or hypoplasia
    corpus callosum, agenesis/hypoplasia
    developmental delay
    dysmorphism
    dystonia
    early death
    growth retardation, poor growth
    hyperammonemia
    hypotonia
    infantile spasms
    intracerebral, cortical or paraventricular cysts
    lactic acidosis
    Leigh syndrome
    lethargy, drowsiness, apathy
    mental retardation
    metabolic acidosis
    microcephaly (<2 SD for age)
    motor retardation
    MRI, brain, abnormalities [-]
    muscle weakness
    onset, childhood
    onset, infancy
    onset, neonatal
    psychomotor retardation
    ptosis (drooping eyelid)
    seizures
    small for gestational age (SGA), intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR)
    tachypnea, hyperpnea, dyspnea, hyperventilation