| Aminoacylase 1 deficiency associated with autistic behavior. | |
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PMID: 20480396 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Aminoacylase 1 (ACY1) deficiency is a recently described inborn error of metabolism. Most of the patients reported so far have presented with rather heterogeneous neurologic symptoms. At this moment, it is not clear whether ACY1 deficiency represents a true metabolic disease with a causal relationship between the enzyme defect and the clinical phenotype or merely a biochemical abnormality. Here we present a patient identified in the course of selective screening for inborn errors of metabolism (IEM). The patient was diagnosed with autistic syndrome and admitted to the Children's Memorial Health Institute (CMHI) for metabolic evaluation. Organic acid analysis using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) revealed increased urinary excretion of several N-acetylated amino acids, including the derivatives of methionine, glutamic acid, alanine, glycine, leucine, isoleucine, and valine. In Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-transformed lymphoblasts, ACY1 activity was deficient. The mutation analysis showed a homozygous c.1057C>T transition, predicting a p.Arg353Cys substitution. Both parents were heterozygous for the mutation and had normal results in the organic acid analysis using GC-MS. This article reports the findings of an ACY1-deficient patient presenting with autistic features. |
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Anna Tylki-Szymanska; Wanda Gradowska; Anke Sommer; Angelina Heer; Melanie Walter; Christina Reinhard; Heymut Omran; Jörn Oliver Sass; Agnieszka Jurecka |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2010-5-18 |
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Title: Journal of inherited metabolic disease Volume: - ISSN: 1573-2665 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2010 May |
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Created Date: 2010-5-18 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7910918 Medline TA: J Inherit Metab Dis Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Metabolic Diseases, Endocrinology and Diabetology, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Al. Dzieci Polskich 20, 04-730, Warsaw, Poland. |
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