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ArticleNature communications2019

Identification of human D lactate dehydrogenase deficiency.

Glen R Monroe, Albertien M van Eerde, Federico Tessadori, Karen J Duran, Sanne M C Savelberg, Johanna C van Alfen, Paulien A Terhal, Saskia N van der Crabben, Klaske D Lichtenbelt, Sabine A Fuchs and 18 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers.

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55citing papers in PubMed
7.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

55 citing papers in PubMed, 85 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

28 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Glen R MonroeDepartment of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584, CX, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8653-2643
Albertien M van EerdeDepartment of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584, CX, The Netherlands.
Federico TessadoriDepartment of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584, CX, The Netherlands.
Karen J DuranDepartment of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584, CX, The Netherlands.
Sanne M C SavelbergDepartment of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584, CX, The Netherlands.
Johanna C van AlfenBartiméus, Institute for the Visually Impaired, Doorn, 3940, AB, The Netherlands.
Paulien A TerhalDepartment of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584, CX, The Netherlands.
Saskia N van der CrabbenDepartment of Metabolic Diseases, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584, EA, The Netherlands.
Klaske D LichtenbeltDepartment of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584, CX, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6370-9207
Sabine A FuchsDepartment of Metabolic Diseases, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584, EA, The Netherlands.
Johan GerritsDepartment of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584, CX, The Netherlands.
Markus J van RoosmalenDepartment of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584, CX, The Netherlands.
Koen L van GassenDepartment of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584, CX, The Netherlands.
Mirjam van AalderenDepartment of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584, CX, The Netherlands.
Bart G KootDepartment of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, 1105, AZ, The Netherlands.
Marlies OostendorpDepartment of Clinical Chemistry and Haematology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584, CX, The Netherlands.
Marinus DuranLaboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, 1105, AZ, The Netherlands.
Gepke VisserDepartment of Metabolic Diseases, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584, EA, The Netherlands.
Tom J de KoningSection of Metabolic Diseases, Beatrix Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, 9713, GZ, The Netherlands.
Francesco CalìOasi Research Institute-IRCCS, Troina, 94018, Italy.
Paolo BoscoOasi Research Institute-IRCCS, Troina, 94018, Italy.
Karin GeleijnsDepartment of Child Neurology, Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584, CX, The Netherlands.
Monique G M de Sain-van der VeldenDepartment of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584, CX, The Netherlands.
Nine V KnoersDepartment of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584, CX, The Netherlands.
Jeroen BakkersHubrecht Institute-KNAW and University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584, CT, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9418-0422
Nanda M Verhoeven-DuifDepartment of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584, CX, The Netherlands.
Gijs van HaaftenDepartment of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584, CX, The Netherlands. G.vanHaaften@umcutrecht.nl.
Judith J JansDepartment of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584, CX, The Netherlands.
University Medical Center Utrecht · NLAmsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam · NLOasi Maria SS · ITBartiméus · NLUniversity Medical Center Groningen · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Phenotypic and biochemical categorization of humans with detrimental variants can provide valuable information on gene function. We illustrate this with the identification of two different homozygous variants resulting in enzymatic loss-of-function in LDHD, encoding lactate dehydrogenase D, in two unrelated patients with elevated D-lactate urinary excretion and plasma concentrations. We establish the role of LDHD by demonstrating that LDHD loss-of-function in zebrafish results in increased concentrations of D-lactate. D-lactate levels are rescued by wildtype LDHD but not by patients' variant LDHD, confirming these variants' loss-of-function effect. This work provides the first in vivo evidence that LDHD is responsible for human D-lactate metabolism. This broadens the differential diagnosis of D-lactic acidosis, an increasingly recognized complication of short bowel syndrome with unpredictable onset and severity. With the expanding incidence of intestinal resection for disease or obesity, the elucidation of this metabolic pathway may have relevance for those patients with D-lactic acidosis.

Indexed as

Loss of Function MutationAcidosis, LacticAdultAnimalsConsanguinityDiagnosis, DifferentialHomozygoteHumansInfantLactate DehydrogenasesLactic AcidMaleShort Bowel SyndromeSpasms, InfantileZebrafishD-lactate dehydrogenaseLactate DehydrogenasesLactic Acid

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PMID30931947
PMCPMC6443703
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