PMID: 2500271Jun 1, 1989Paper

Protoporphyrinaemia and decreased activities of 5-aminolevulinic acid dehydrase and uroporphyrinogen I synthetase in erythrocytes of a Vitamin B6-deficient epileptic boy given valproic acid and carbamazepine

Clinical Biochemistry
H L HaustF Peter

Abstract

Carbamazepine (CBMZP) has been implicated as an inhibitor of the activities of 5-aminolaevulinic acid dehydratase (ALA-D) and uroporphyrinogen I synthetase (URO-S). In an epileptic boy undergoing long-term treatment with valproic acid (VPA), 1.3 g/d, CBMZP, 0.9 g/d and folic acid, 7.5 mg/d, decreased activities of ALA-D and URO-S coincided with increased levels of erythrocyte protoporphyrin (EP) in the absence of Pb poisoning, iron depletion and erythropoietic protoporphyria. A progressive fall in plasma pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (B6-P) to 7.7 nmol/L (lower reference limit, 14.6 nmol/L) prompted implementation of pyridoxine HCl (B6-HCl), 87.5 mg/d followed by administration of both B6-HCl and preformed B6-P (50 mg/d each). This permitted the eventual withdrawal of VPA and a net reduction of CBMZP to 450 mg/d. During these manipulations, ALA-D and URO-S activities, EP and urinary porphyrins and their precursors were measured serially. An assay system utilizing red cell ALA-D for generation of porphobilinogen (PBG) from added ALA at pH 7.4 was used for determination of ALA-D and URO-S activities in separate aliquots of the same assay mixture both in the absence and presence of Zn and dithiothreitol (DTT). One unit (U) for ALA-D = 1 ...Continue Reading

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