Abstract:Objective To characterize clinical presentation of a patient with mutations of 6-pyruvoyl tetrahydropterin synthase (PTPS) gene and to report the diagnosis of tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency (BH4D) in children with hyperphenylalaninemia (HPA).Methods Symptoms and signs of a male patient were summarized and phenylalanine (Phe) levels were determined. The patient was subjected to combined Phe (100mg/kg) and BH4(20 mg/kg) loading test to evaluate the degree of Phe level response to BH4. Urinary neopterin and biopterin analysis as well as the determination of dihydropteridine reductase (DHPR) activity in dried blood spot were performed. PTPS gene was analyzed by PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism and direct DNA sequencing.Results Phe level was 176.1 μmol/L within 72 h after birth. The patient presented with poor hand control and pale skin at 20th day after birth. His second Phe level was 222.6 μmol/L and he was diagnosed as HPA. Phe level increased to 756.0 μmol/L from baseline of 271.2 μmol/L at 3 h after taking Phe, and then decreased to 283.2 μmol/L at 6 h after taking BH4. Baseline urinary levels of neopterin and biopterin were 2.95 mmol/mol Cr and 0.08 mmol/mol Cr, respectively, and biopterin percentage was 2.52%. The patient had lower biopterin level. DHPR activity was 1.71 nmol/(min·5 mm disc), which was 45% of the normal control; so he was excluded diagnosis as DHPR deficiency. Genotyping showed that the patient carried a missense mutation c.259C>T (P87S) from his mother and splice site mutation IVS1-129A>G from his father. The IVS1-129A>G has not been reported in the literature.Conclusion The patient with 6-pyruvoyl tetrahydropterin synthase deficiency was characterized by quick decreasing Phe levels at 6 h after BH4 loading test, low urinary biopterin levels, low biopterin percentage (<10%), and normal DHPR activity. The IVS1-129A>G may be a new mutation of PTPS gene.
何江, 杨曦, 邹红云, 张琼, 余伍忠. 6-丙酮酰四氢蝶呤合成酶缺乏致四氢生物蝶呤缺乏症的诊断及1种新突变的发现[J]. 中国生育健康杂志, 2014, 25(6): 521-527.
HE Jiang, YANG Xi, ZOU Hongyun, ZHANG Qiong, YU Wuzhong. Tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency due to 6-pyruvoyl tetrahydropterin synthase deficiency: Diagnosis and a novel mutation identification. Chinese Journal of Reproductive Health, 2014, 25(6): 521-527.