Inhibition of brain glutamate decarboxylase by glutarate,glutaconate, and β-Hydroxyglutarate: Explanation of the symptoms in glutaric aciduria? |
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Authors: | O Stokke S I Goodman P G Moe |
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Affiliation: | Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Medical Center, Denver, Colo. 80220 U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Glutaric aciduria is a disorcer of lysine, tryptophan, and hydroxylysine metabolism characterized by intermittent metabolic acidemia, dystonia, athetosis and mental retardation. It is due to a recessively inherited deficiency of glutaryl-CoA dehydrogeanse, the enzyme(s) which catalyze the dehydrogenation of glutaryl-CoA to glutaconyl-CoA and decarboxylation of the latter to crotonyl-CoA. Abnormal quantities of glutaric, beta-hydroxyglutaric, and glutaconic acids are found in the urine of these patients. The nature of the movement disorder prompted study of the effects of the abnormally excreted metabolites on brain glutamate decarboxylase, an enzyme implicated in the pathogenesis of Huntington's chorea. Glutamate decarboxylase activity was examined in rat and rabbit brain acetone powders, stabilized with pyridoxal phosphate and glutathione. Glutarate, beta-hydroxyglutarate, and glutaconate were competitive inhibitors of this emzyme, Ki values being 1.3 X 10(-3) mol/l, 2.5 X 10(-4) mol/l, respectively. This inhibition may explain the neurological accompaniments of this syndrome. |
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Keywords: | Correspondence to: Dr. S.I. Goodman Department of Pediatrics University of Colorado Medical Center 4200 East Ninth Avenue Denver Colo. 80220 U.S.A.. |
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