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In vivo proton MR spectroscopy findings specific for adenylosuccinate lyase deficiency.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20175147     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Adenylosuccinate lyase (ADSL) deficiency is an inherited metabolic disorder affecting predominantly the central nervous system. The disease is characterized by the accumulation of succinylaminoimidazolecarboxamide riboside and succinyladenosine (S-Ado) in tissue and body fluids. Three children presented with muscular hypotonia, psychomotor delay, behavioral abnormalities, and white matter changes on brain MRI. Two of them were affected by seizures. Screening for inborn errors of metabolism including in vitro high resolution proton MRS revealed an ADSL deficiency that was confirmed genetically in all cases. All patients were studied by in vivo proton MRS. In vitro high resolution proton MRS of patient cerebrospinal fluid showed singlet resonances at 8.27 and 8.29 ppm that correspond to accumulated S-Ado. In vivo proton MRS measurements also revealed a prominent signal at 8.3 ppm in gray and white matter brain regions of all patients. The resonance was undetectable in healthy human brain. In vivo proton MRS provides a conclusive finding in ADSL deficiency and represents a reliable noninvasive diagnostic tool for this neurometabolic disorder.
Authors:
M Henneke; S Dreha-Kulaczewski; K Brockmann; M van der Graaf; M A A P Willemsen; U Engelke; P Dechent; A Heerschap; G Helms; R A Wevers; J Gärtner
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  NMR in biomedicine     Volume:  23     ISSN:  1099-1492     ISO Abbreviation:  NMR Biomed     Publication Date:  2010 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-06-21     Completed Date:  2010-09-15     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8915233     Medline TA:  NMR Biomed     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  441-5     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics and Pediatric Neurology, Georg August University, Göttingen, Germany.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adenylosuccinate Lyase / deficiency*
Aminoimidazole Carboxamide / analogs & derivatives,  cerebrospinal fluid,  urine
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Male
Protons / diagnostic use*
Purine-Pyrimidine Metabolism, Inborn Errors / cerebrospinal fluid,  diagnosis*,  enzymology*,  urine
Ribonucleotides / cerebrospinal fluid,  urine
S-Adenosylmethionine / cerebrospinal fluid,  urine
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Protons; 0/Ribonucleotides; 29908-03-0/S-Adenosylmethionine; 3031-95-6/SAICAR; 360-97-4/Aminoimidazole Carboxamide; EC 4.3.2.2/Adenylosuccinate Lyase

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