Hartnup disease |
Classification and external resources |
Tryptophan
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ICD-10 |
E72.0 |
ICD-9 |
270.0 |
OMIM |
234500 |
DiseasesDB |
5638 |
MedlinePlus |
001201 |
eMedicine |
derm/713 |
MeSH |
D006250 |
Hartnup disease has an autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance.
Hartnup disease (also known as "pellagra-like dermatosis"[1] and "Hartnup disorder"[2]) is an autosomal recessive[3] metabolic disorder affecting the absorption of nonpolar amino acids (particularly tryptophan that can be, in turn, converted into serotonin, melatonin and niacin). Niacin is a precursor to nicotinamide, a necessary component of NAD+.[4]:541
The causative gene, SLC6A19, is located on chromosome 5.[5]
Contents
- 1 Causes
- 2 Symptoms
- 3 Diagnosis
- 4 Treatment
- 5 See also
- 6 References
- 7 External links
Causes[edit source | edit]
Hartnup disease is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. Heterozygotes are normal. Consanguinity is common. In 2004, a causative gene, SLC6A19, was located on band 5p15.33. SLC6A19 is a sodium-dependent and chloride-independent neutral amino acid transporter, expressed predominately in the kidneys and intestine.[6]
Symptoms[edit source | edit]
Hartnup disease manifests during infancy with variable clinical presentation: failure to thrive, photosensitivity, intermittent ataxia, nystagmus and tremor.
Nicotinamide is necessary for neutral amino acid transporter production in the proximal renal tubules found in the kidney, and intestinal mucosal cells found in the small intestine. Therefore, a symptom stemming from this disorder results in increased amounts of amino acids in the urine.
Pellagra, a similar condition, is also caused by low nicotinamide; this disorder results in dermatitis, diarrhea and dementia.
Hartnup disease is a disorder of amino acid transport in the intestine and kidneys; otherwise, the intestine and kidneys function normally, and the effects of the disease occur mainly in the brain and skin. Symptoms may begin in infancy or early childhood, but sometimes they begin as late as early adulthood. Symptoms may be triggered by sunlight, fever, drugs, or emotional or physical stress. A period of poor nutrition nearly always precedes an attack. The attacks usually become progressively less frequent with age. Most symptoms occur sporadically and are caused by a deficiency of niacinamide. A rash develops on parts of the body exposed to the sun. Mental retardation, short stature, headaches, unsteady gait, and collapsing or fainting are common. Psychiatric problems (such as anxiety, rapid mood changes, delusions, and hallucinations) may also result.[7]
Diagnosis[edit source | edit]
The defective gene controls the absorption of certain amino acids from the intestine and the reabsorption of those amino acids in the kidneys. Consequently, a person with Hartnup disease cannot absorb amino acids properly from the intestine and cannot reabsorb them properly from tubules in the kidneys. Excessive amounts of amino acids, such as tryptophan, are excreted in the urine. The body is thus left with inadequate amounts of amino acids, which are the building blocks of proteins. With too little tryptophan in the blood, the body is unable to make a sufficient amount of the B-complex vitamin niacinamide, particularly under stress when more vitamins are needed.[7]
In Hartnup disease, urinary excretion of proline, hydroxyproline, and arginine remains unchanged, differentiating it from other causes of generalized aminoaciduria, such as Fanconi syndrome.
Treatment[edit source | edit]
A high-protein diet can overcome the deficient transport of neutral amino acids in most patients. Poor nutrition leads to more frequent and more severe attacks of the disease, which is otherwise asymptomatic. All patients who are symptomatic are advised to use physical and chemical protection from sunlight: avoid excessive exposure to sunlight, wear protective clothing, and use chemical sunscreens with a skin protection factor of 15 or greater. Patients also should avoid other aggravating factors, such as photosensitizing drugs, as much as possible. In patients with niacin deficiency and symptomatic disease, daily supplementation with nicotinic acid or nicotinamide reduces both the number and severity of attacks. Neurologic and psychiatric treatment is needed in patients with severe central nervous system involvement.[6]
See also[edit source | edit]
- Citrullinemia
- Cystinosis
- Cystinuria
References[edit source | edit]
- ^ Rapini, Ronald P.; Bolognia, Jean L.; Jorizzo, Joseph L. (2007). Dermatology: 2-Volume Set. St. Louis: Mosby. ISBN 1-4160-2999-0.
- ^ Online 'Mendelian Inheritance in Man' (OMIM) 234500
- ^ Kleta R, Romeo E, Ristic Z, Ohura T, Stuart C, Arcos-Burgos M, Dave MH, Wagner CA, Camargo SR, Inoue S, Matsuura N, Helip-Wooley A, Bockenhauer D, Warth R, Bernardini I, Visser G, Eggermann T, Lee P, Chairoungdua A, Jutabha P, Babu E, Nilwarangkoon S, Anzai N, Kanai Y, Verrey F, Gahl WA, Koizumi A (September 2004). "Mutations in SLC6A19, encoding B0AT1, cause Hartnup disorder". Nature Genetics 36 (9): 999–1002. doi:10.1038/ng1405. PMID 15286787.
- ^ James, William D.; Berger, Timothy G.; et al. (2006). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology. Saunders Elsevier. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0.
- ^ Seow HF, Brer S, Brer A, Bailey CG, Potter SJ, Cavanaugh JA, Rasko JE (September 2004). "Hartnup disorder is caused by mutations in the gene encoding the neutral amino acid transporter SLC6A19". Nature Genetics 36 (9): 1003–7. doi:10.1038/ng1406. PMID 15286788.
- ^ a b Lidija Kandolf Sekulovic. "Hartnup Disease". Retrieved 2008-11-23.
- ^ a b "Hartnup Disease". Retrieved 2008-11-23.
External links[edit source | edit]
Inborn error of amino acid metabolism (E70–E72, 270)
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Lysine/straight chain
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- Glutaric acidemia type 1
- type 2
- Hyperlysinemia
- Pipecolic acidemia
- Saccharopinuria
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Leucine
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- Maple syrup urine disease
- Isovaleric acidemia
- 3-Methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase deficiency
- 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA lyase deficiency
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Tryptophan
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- Sarcosinemia
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- Glycine encephalopathy
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Histidine
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- Carnosinemia
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Valine
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- Maple syrup urine disease
- Hypervalinemia
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Isoleucine
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- Maple syrup urine disease
- Beta-ketothiolase deficiency
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Methionine
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- Hypermethioninemia
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- Propionic acidemia
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Phenylalanine/tyrosine
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Phenylketonuria
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- Tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency
- 6-Pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase deficiency
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Tyrosinemia
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- Type II tyrosinemia
- Type III tyrosinemia/Hawkinsinuria
- Alkaptonuria/Ochronosis
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Tyrosine→Melanin
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- Albinism: Ocular albinism (1)
- Oculocutaneous albinism (Hermansky–Pudlak syndrome)
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Tyrosine→Norepinephrine
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- reverse: Brunner syndrome
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Urea cycle/Hyperammonemia
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- N-Acetylglutamate synthase deficiency
- Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase I deficiency
- Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency/translocase deficiency
- Citrullinemia
- Argininosuccinic aciduria
- Argininemia
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Transport/
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- Solute carrier family: Cystinuria
- Hartnup disease
- Lysinuric protein intolerance
- Iminoglycinuria
- Fanconi syndrome: Oculocerebrorenal syndrome
- Cystinosis
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- Trimethylaminuria
- 2-Hydroxyglutaric aciduria
- Fumarase deficiency
- Ethylmalonic encephalopathy
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m (A16/C10), i (k, c/g/r/p/y/i, f/h/s/o/e, a/u, n, m)
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Genetic disorder, membrane: Solute carrier disorders
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1-10 |
SLC1A3 (Episodic ataxia 6) · SLC2A1 (De Vivo disease) · SLC2A5 (Fructose malabsorption) · SLC2A10 (Arterial tortuosity syndrome) · SLC3A1 (Cystinuria) · SLC4A1 (Hereditary spherocytosis 4/Hereditary elliptocytosis 4) · SLC4A11 (Congenital endothelial dystrophy type 2, Fuchs' dystrophy 4) · SLC5A1 (Glucose-galactose malabsorption) · SLC5A2 (Renal glycosuria) · SLC5A5 (Thyroid dyshormonogenesis type 1) · SLC6A19 (Hartnup disease) · SLC7A7 (Lysinuric protein intolerance) · SLC7A9 (Cystinuria)
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SLC11A1 (Crohn's disease) · SLC12A3 (Gitelman syndrome) · SLC16A1 (HHF7) · SLC16A2 (Allan–Herndon–Dudley syndrome) · SLC17A5 (Salla disease) · SLC17A8 (DFNA25)
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SLC26A2 (Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia 4, Achondrogenesis type 1B, Recessive multiple epiphyseal dysplasia, Atelosteogenesis, type II, Diastrophic dysplasia) · SLC26A4 (Pendred syndrome) · SLC35C1 (CDOG 2C) · SLC39A4 (Acrodermatitis enteropathica) · SLC40A1 (African iron overload)
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see also solute carrier family
- B structural
- perx
- skel
- cili
- mito
- nucl
- sclr
- DNA/RNA/protein synthesis
- membrane
- transduction
- trfk
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