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ArticleMolecular genetics & genomic medicine2020

Segmental uniparental disomy of chromosome 4 in a patient with methylmalonic acidemia.

Min Chen, Hu Hao, Hui Xiong, Yao Cai, Fei Ma, Congcong Shi, Xin Xiao, Sitao Li

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Article in Molecular genetics & genomic medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Min ChenDepartment of Pediatrics, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Hu HaoDepartment of Pediatrics, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Hui XiongDepartment of Pediatrics, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Yao CaiDepartment of Pediatrics, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Fei MaInborn Errors of Metabolism Laboratory, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Congcong ShiInborn Errors of Metabolism Laboratory, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Xin XiaoDepartment of Pediatrics, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5990-0984
Sitao LiDepartment of Pediatrics, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Sun Yat-sen University · CN

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Abstract

backgroundMethylmalonic acidemia (MMA) is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder involving the metabolism of organic acids.

methodsHere, we report the case of a patient who developed acute metabolic crisis after vaccination and was diagnosed with cblA type MMA after hospitalization.

resultsFurther examination revealed a homozygous pathogenic variant in the MMAA gene that caused the disease in the patient but did not conform to Mendelian inheritance. Using chromosomal microarray analysis, maternal uniparental disomy (UPD) was found on chromosome 4q26-q35.2 of the patient. The MMAA gene of the patient was inherited only from the mother and carried the same pathogenic variant on both alleles of chromosome 4. MMAA gene expression levels in whole blood were detected by real-time PCR.

conclusionThe nonsense pathogenic variant, NM_172250.2:c.742C>T (p.Gln248*), carried by the patient leads to a premature termination of transcription of the gene, thereby resulting in partial loss of protein function while retaining some others. Segmental UPD 4 is rare, and to our knowledge, has not been reported previously.

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Uniparental DisomyAmino Acid Metabolism, Inborn ErrorsChromosomes, Human, Pair 4FemaleHumansInfantMitochondrial Membrane Transport ProteinsMitochondrial Membrane Transport ProteinsMMAA protein, humanmetabolic crisismethylmalonic acidemiaMMAA genesegmental uniparental disomySNP array

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