单位:[1]Capital Med Univ, China Natl Clin Res Ctr Neurol Dis, Beijing Tiantan Hosp, Beijing 100070, Peoples R China首都医科大学附属天坛医院[2]Capital Med Univ, Dept Neurol, Beijing Tiantan Hosp, Beijing, Peoples R China首都医科大学附属天坛医院[3]Capital Med Univ, Beijing Friendship Hosp, Beijing, Peoples R China首都医科大学附属北京友谊医院[4]Capital Med Univ, Beijing Children Hosp, Beijing, Peoples R China首都医科大学附属北京儿童医院[5]UNSW Sydney, Sch Med Sci, Fac Med, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Propionic acidemia (PA) is an autosomal recessive inheritable metabolic disease caused by mutations in the propionyl CoA carboxylase gene (PCC) that affects multiple systems of the human body. Here, we report neuropathological findings of a PA patient. The patient was a male infant who presented with increasing lethargy and poor feeding from four days postpartum. He gradually became comatose and died from complications after liver transplantation at three months old. The results of laboratory examination were consistent with PA, and genetic analysis revealed compound heterozygous mutations in the gene for PCC subunit beta: c.838dupC (rs769968548) and c.1127G>T (rs142982097). Brain-restricted autopsy was performed 23 h after his death, and the neuropathological examination revealed distinct astrocytosis, oligodendrocytic loss, neuronal loss, and demyelination across the brainstem, motor cortex, basal ganglia, and thalamus. Spongiosis, vacuolization, and the appearance of Alzheimer type II astrocytes and activated microglia were observed as well. This is the first brain autopsy report of PA with a clear genetic cause.
基金:
PI Initiation Fund, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [82071417]
第一作者单位:[1]Capital Med Univ, China Natl Clin Res Ctr Neurol Dis, Beijing Tiantan Hosp, Beijing 100070, Peoples R China[2]Capital Med Univ, Dept Neurol, Beijing Tiantan Hosp, Beijing, Peoples R China
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通讯机构:[1]Capital Med Univ, China Natl Clin Res Ctr Neurol Dis, Beijing Tiantan Hosp, Beijing 100070, Peoples R China[2]Capital Med Univ, Dept Neurol, Beijing Tiantan Hosp, Beijing, Peoples R China[4]Capital Med Univ, Beijing Children Hosp, Beijing, Peoples R China[5]UNSW Sydney, Sch Med Sci, Fac Med, Sydney, NSW, Australia[*1]Beijing Children Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China[*2]China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100070, China
推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Cao Ling-Xiao,Hu Wen-Zheng,Dong Wei,et al.Neuropathological report of propionic acidemia[J].NEUROPATHOLOGY.2022,doi:10.1111/neup.12861.