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FGF21 underlies a hormetic response to metabolic stress in methylmalonic acidemia.
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Clinical and Basic Investigations of Methylmalonic Acidemia (MMA) and Related Disorders
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46 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 83 citations in OpenAlex.
- Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of methylmalonic acidaemia and propionic acidaemia: First revision.Journal of inherited metabolic disease · 2021Guideline
- First-in-human nuclease-free homologous recombination-dependent gene editing in pediatric patients with methylmalonic acidemia: results of a phase 1/2 study.Gene therapy · 2026Trial
- Disturbances of Mitochondrial Functions and Oxidative Stress Induction in Methylmalonic and Propionic Acidemias: A Critical Role for Metabolite Accumulation.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Late-onset severe axonal polyneuropathy in mut0 methylmalonic acidemia after liver-kidney transplantation: a genotype-informed case report.BMC neurology · 2026Article
- Vitamin B12 improves skeletal muscle mitochondrial biology in aged mice.GeroScience · 2026Article
- Fibroblast growth factor 21 and growth differentiation factor 15 as biomarkers for oxidative stress in children with methylmalonic acidemia.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- Mitochondrial dysfunction in methylmalonic acidemia: A pilot study using Seahorse technology in peripheral blood.Molecular genetics and metabolism reports · 2025Article
- Animal models of methylmalonic acidemia: insights and challenges.Orphanet journal of rare diseases · 2025Review
- Transforming Growth Factor-β-Mediated Fibrotic Remodeling Drives Chronic Kidney Disease in Methylmalonic Aciduria and Propionic Aciduria-Identification of a New Therapeutic Target.Journal of inherited metabolic disease · 2025Article
- Evaluating the utility of growth differentiation factor 15 and fibroblast growth factor 21 as blood biomarkers for Rett syndrome.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Metabolic rerouting of valine and isoleucine oxidation increases survival in zebrafish models of disorders of propionyl-CoA metabolism.Human molecular genetics · 2025Article
- Mitochondrial dysfunction-related metabolite methylmalonic acid is associated with decreased cognitive performance.PloS one · 2025Article
- Renal phenotyping in a hypomorphic murine model of propionic aciduria reveals common pathomechanisms in organic acidurias.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Lipodystrophy in methylmalonic acidemia associated with elevated FGF21 and abnormal methylmalonylation.JCI insight · 2024Article
- Successful adult domino living donor liver transplantation in methylmalonic acidemia: case report.Translational gastroenterology and hepatology · 2024Article
- FGF21 inhibits ferroptosis caused by mitochondrial damage to promote the repair of peripheral nerve injury.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Article
- The utility of methylmalonic acid, methylcitrate acid, and homocysteine in dried blood spots for therapeutic monitoring of three inherited metabolic diseases.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Insights into energy balance dysregulation from a mouse model of methylmalonic aciduria.Human molecular genetics · 2023Article
- Transplantation in paediatric patients with MMA requires multidisciplinary approach for achievement of good clinical outcomes.Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) · 2023Review
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Abstract
Methylmalonic acidemia (MMA), an organic acidemia characterized by metabolic instability and multiorgan complications, is most frequently caused by mutations in methylmalonyl-CoA mutase (MUT). To define the metabolic adaptations in MMA in acute and chronic settings, we studied a mouse model generated by transgenic expression of Mut in the muscle. Mut-/-;TgINS-MCK-Mut mice accurately replicate the hepatorenal mitochondriopathy and growth failure seen in severely affected patients and were used to characterize the response to fasting. The hepatic transcriptome in MMA mice was characterized by the chronic activation of stress-related pathways and an aberrant fasting response when compared with controls. A key metabolic regulator, Fgf21, emerged as a significantly dysregulated transcript in mice and was subsequently studied in a large patient cohort. The concentration of plasma FGF21 in MMA patients correlated with disease subtype, growth indices, and markers of mitochondrial dysfunction but was not affected by renal disease. Restoration of liver Mut activity, by transgenesis and liver-directed gene therapy in mice or liver transplantation in patients, drastically reduced plasma FGF21 and was associated with improved outcomes. Our studies identify mitocellular hormesis as a hepatic adaptation to metabolic stress in MMA and define FGF21 as a highly predictive disease biomarker.
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