Case#: 19 years (report), male, Italian
CasePresentingHPOs: HP:0002240, HP:0002329, HP:0002919, HP:0003738, HP:0001324, HP:0006852, HP:0001069, HP:0000980, HP:0003648, HP:0001513, HP:0002910, HP:0003124, HP:0002155, HP:0002151, HP:0008344
HPOFreeText: Infancy: hepatomegaly, episodes of drowsiness, ketonuria. 3 years: muscle pain, weakness, perioral cyanosis during physical activity. 4.5 years: episode of lethargy, hypotonia, sweating, pallor after fasting. Cytolysis, mild acidosis, ketonuria. Urinary lactic aciduria and mildly elevated alpha-keto acids. Enlarged and hyperechogenic liver with swollen hypatocytes with centrally placed nuclei, vacuolated cytoplasm, PAS-positive cytoplasmic glycogen deposits. 15 years: myalgia, exertional fatigue, numbness/weakness of lower limbs. 17 years: obesity, hepatomegaly, muscle weakness, worsening exertional fatigue. Intermittent hyperckemia, increase of LDH, elevated transaminases and gamma-GT, mild hypercholesterolemia, hypertrigylceridemia. Elevated blood lactate, plasma BCAAs, increased secretion of lactate, pyruvate, alpha-ketoglutarate, and branched chain alpha-hydroxy and alpha keto-acids. Responsive to riboflavin supplementation.
NotHPOs: Normal blood ammonia and creatine kinase. Brain CT scan and MRI normal.
CasePreviousTesting: 4.5 years: cytolysis (ASAT 199/ALAT 209 UI/L; nv < 40), mild acidosis (base excess -7.6). 17 years: hyperckemia (20x), LDL (10x), ASAT 60/ALAT137, gamma-GT (70-80 UI/L; nv < 40), blood lactate (1.5-6.0 mmol/L; nv < 1.2), valine (479 mmol/L, nv 150-320), isoleucine (146 mmol/L, nv 30-100), leucine (307 mmol/L, nv 50-190), alloisoleucine (2-13 mmol/L, nv 0).
CaseMethod1: PCR
CaseMethod2: Sequencing
CaseGenotypingMethod: Coding exons and exon-intron boundaries of nuclear-encoded DLD were PCR amplified followed by bidirectional sequencing. Mutations confirmed in family members.
Variant: 1. NM_000108.4(DLD):c.118+1G>T 2. NM_000108.4(DLD):c.1382G>A (p.Gly461Glu)
ClinVar: 1. 557660 2. 203685
**gnomAD: **
VariantEvidence: For the splice site mutation, RNA was extracted from fibroblasts and RT-PCR was performed. Variant causes skipping of exon 2 and predicts a frameshift resulting in truncated protein.For the missense variant, molecular modeling predicts an inability of E3 to homodimerize.
CaseAddInfo: Variants confirmed in trans. Western blot in muscle biopsy shows ~97% reduction. Muscle biopsy also showed mitochondrial proliferation with increased SDH and COX staining with absence of COX negative fibers. Enzymatic activities of PDHc, KGDHc, and BCKDHc in isolated fibroblast mitochondria were reduced (experimental evidence).