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. 2012 May 29;7:31. doi: 10.1186/1750-1172-7-31

Table 4.

Sociodemographic, biochemical, enzymatic, genetic and clinical information on 88 patients with MCC deficiency Mothers identified following the positive newborn screening result of their offspring (n = 9)

Pt # Sex Ethnic origin Age at diagnosis Current age (y) Biochemical phenotype
Carboxylase activities in fibroblasts (pmol/min/mg protein)1
Genotype
Clinical phenotype§
DBS/ plasma
urine
affected gene Nucleotide change (at RNA level)
Amino acid change (predicted from RNA)
C5OH 3-HIVA 3MCG MCC PCC Allele 1 Allele 2
37
f
Asian
32 years
40
++
++
++
9.6
1268
MCCC2
c.1367C>T
p.A456V
asymptomatic (ltf)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
c.1367C>T
p.A456V
 
51
f
Asian
24 years
32
++
na
na
0
475
MCCC2
c.351_353delTGG◊ -
p.G118del -
asymptomatic (ltf)
73c
f
Faroe Islands
29 years
37
++
++
++
na
na
MCCC1
c.1526delG
p.C509Sfs*14
asymptomatic (fr)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
c.1526delG
p.C509Sfs*14
 
83
f
Caucasian
?
38
++
++
++
na
na
MCCC1
c.539G>T
p.G180V
asymptomatic (fr)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
c.558delA
p.Q186Hfs*6
 
85
f
Caucasian
38 years
49
++
+
n
na
na
MCCC2
c.517dupT
p.S173Ffs*25
asymptomatic (ltf)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
c.599T>A
p.I200N
 
100
f
Caucasian
29 years
34
++
++
++
na
na
MCCC2
c.505T>G
p.Y169D
asymptomatic (fr)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
c.1073-12C>G
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(r.1073_1216del+ r.1073insr.1073- 48_r.1073-1)
(p.G358Vfs*6+ p.G358Afs*12)
 
66
f
Caucasian
34 years
41
+
+
++
10.0
807
MCCC2
c.436T>Ac.416_427del12ins16
p.Y146Np.T139_G143> RWVPGEfs*35
several metabolic crises with hypoglycemia during febrile illnesses, metabolic stroke, cardiomopathy, paraesthesias (ltf)
87
f
Faroe Islands
28 years
33
++
n
n
13.0
826
MCCC1
c.1526delGc.1526delG
p.C509Sfs*14p.C509Sfs*14
chronic tiredness (fr), otherwise asymptomatic
33
f
Turkish
36 years
45
++
++
++
4.6
520
MCCC2
c.282-1G>C
p.S95_G128del
?
                      c.282-1G>C p.S95_G128del  

1 control values measured in 53 cell lines, expressed as median value and (range): MCC activity, 305 pmol/min/mg protein (134-671); PCC activity, 583 (208-1165); ratio of PCC/MCC activity, 1.93 (1.19 – 2.58).

§ information in brackets: fr followed regularly, ltf lost to follow-up, age of last follow-up, if known.

+ slightly elevated.

++ massively elevated; C5OH 3-hydroxyisovalerylcarnitine; DBS dried blood spots; 3-HIVA 3-hydroxyisovaleric acid; 3-MCG 3-methylcrotonylglycine; f female; fr followed regularly; ltf lost to follow-up; m male; MCC methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase

n normal; na not available; NBS newborn screening; PCC propionyl-CoA carboxylase; Pt # Patient number; RNA nd RNA not detectable; SMS selective metabolic screening; y years

mutation heterozygous on genomic PCR, homozygous in RT-PCR; # diagnosed following the positive NBS result of their baby; ? not known.