Maple syrup urine disease: analysis of branched chain ketoacid decarboxylation in cultured fibroblasts

Pediatric Research
U WendelH W Rüdiger

Abstract

Kinetic data are presented for the decarboxylation of branched chain alpha-ketoacids (BCKA) by intact human fibroblasts. Cultured cells of normal individuals and nine patients with different clinical pictures of maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) are studied with both alpha-ketoisocaproic acid (2-oxo-4-methylpentanoic acid (KIC)) and alpha-ketoisovaleric acid (2-oxo-3-methylbutanoic acid (KIVA)) as substrates. One normal cell strain and one patient cell strain is analyzed with alpha-keto-beta-methyl-n-valeric acid (2-oxo-3-methylpentanoic acid (MEVA)) as a substrate. A biphasic degradation kinetic for each BCKA is obtained for normal control subjects. The component with higher substrate affinity is affected in MSUD: for KIC the normally hyperbolic substrate curve is changed to sigmoid shape, for KIVA and MEVA as substrates this component is not detectable at all. Considering qualitative aspects of the BCKA decarboxylation kinetics intact fibroblasts yield the same results as our recent studies with the decarboxylase moieties of partially purified kidney BCKA dehydrogenase of normal individuals and one patient with classic MSUD (27). The decarboxylation velocities for normal and patient fibroblasts with one exception differ widely...Continue Reading

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Jan 1, 1993·Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease·R DumoulinM Mathieu
Jan 1, 1993·Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease·N GuffonP Guibaud
Sep 1, 1978·Clinica Chimica Acta; International Journal of Clinical Chemistry·U LangenbeckH J Bremer
Sep 15, 1989·Clinica Chimica Acta; International Journal of Clinical Chemistry·P SchadewaldtU Wendel

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