Korean J Pediatr.  2016 Nov;59(Suppl 1):S41-S44. 10.3345/kjp.2016.59.11.S41.

Maternal 3-methylcrotonyl-coenzyme A carboxylase deficiency with elevated 3-hydroxyisovalerylcarnitine in breast milk

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Changwon, Korea. ljh3643@hanmail.net
  • 2Green Cross Reference Laboratory, Seoul, Korea.
  • 3Medical Genetics Center, Asan Medical Center Children's Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

We report here a case of maternal 3-methylcrotonyl-coenzyme A carboxylase (3-MCC) deficiency in a Korean woman. Her 2 infants had elevated 3-hydroxyisovalerylcarnitine (C5-OH) on a neonatal screening test by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), but normal results were found on urine organic acid analysis. The patient was subjected to serial testing and we confirmed a maternal 3-MCC deficiency by blood spot and breast milk spot test by LC-MS/MS, serum amino acid analysis, urine organic acid and molecular genetic analysis that found c.838G>T (p.Asp280Tyr) homozygous mutation within exon 9 of the MCCB gene. Especially, we confirmed marked higher levels of C5-OH on breast milk spot by LC-MS/MS, in the case of maternal 3-MCC deficiency vs. controls.

Keyword

3-MCC deficiency; 3-Hydroxyisovalerylcarnitine; Breast milk; Korean

MeSH Terms

Breast*
Exons
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Mass Spectrometry
Milk, Human*
Molecular Biology
Neonatal Screening
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