Adenosine deaminase deficiency |
Classification and external resources |
ICD-10 |
D81.3 |
ICD-9 |
279.2 |
OMIM |
102700 |
DiseasesDB |
260 |
GeneReviews |
- Adenosine Deaminase Deficiency
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Adenosine deaminase deficiency, also called ADA deficiency or ADA-SCID,[1] is an autosomal recessive[2] metabolic disorder that causes immunodeficiency. It occurs in fewer than one in 100,000 live births worldwide.
It accounts for about 15% of all cases of severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID).[3] Only 3% of children are born with this gene.
ADA deficiency may be present in infancy, childhood, adolescence, or adulthood.[1] Age of onset and severity is related to some 29 known genotypes associated with the disorder.[4]
Contents
- 1 Pathophysiology
- 2 Genetics
- 3 Treatment
- 4 References
- 5 External links
Pathophysiology
ADA deficiency is due to a lack of the enzyme adenosine deaminase. This deficiency results in an accumulation of deoxyadenosine,[5] which, in turn, leads to:
- a buildup of dATP in all cells, which inhibits ribonucleotide reductase and prevents DNA synthesis, so cells are unable to divide. Since developing T cells and B cells are some of the most mitotically active cells, they are highly susceptible to this condition.
- an increase in S-adenosylhomocysteine since the enzyme adenosine deaminase is important in the purine salvage pathway; both substances are toxic to immature lymphocytes, which thus fail to mature.
Because T cells undergo proliferation and development in the thymus, affected individuals typically have a small, underdeveloped thymus.[6] As a result, the immune system is severely compromised or completely lacking.
Genetics
Adenosine deaminase deficiency has an autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance.
The enzyme adenosine deaminase is encoded by a gene on chromosome 20. ADA deficiency is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner.[1] This means the defective gene responsible for the disorder is located on an autosome (chromosome 20 is an autosome), and two copies of the defective gene (one inherited from each parent) are required in order to be born with the disorder. The parents of an individual with an autosomal recessive disorder both carry one copy of the defective gene, but usually do not experience any signs or symptoms of the disorder.
Treatment
Treatments include:
- bone marrow transplant
- gene therapy
- ADA enzyme in PEG vehicle
On September 14, 1990, the first gene therapy to combat this disease was performed by Dr. William French Anderson on a four year old girl, Ashanti DeSilva, at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A.[7]
References
- ^ a b c Online 'Mendelian Inheritance in Man' (OMIM) 102700
- ^ Hirschhorn R, Vawter GF, Kirkpatrick JA Jr., Rosen FS (September 1979). "Adenosine deaminase deficiency: frequency and comparative pathology in autosomally recessive severe combined immunodeficiency". Clinical immunology and immunopathology 14 (1): 107–20. doi:10.1016/0090-1229(79)90131-4. PMID 477037.
- ^ Hershfield MS (October 2003). "Genotype is an important determinant of phenotype in adenosine deaminase deficiency". Current opinion in immunology 15 (5): 571–7. doi:10.1016/S0952-7915(03)00104-3. PMID 14499267.
- ^ Arredondo-Vega FX, Santisteban I, Daniels S, Toutain S, Hershfield MS (October 1998). "Adenosine deaminase deficiency: genotype-phenotype correlations based on expressed activity of 29 mutant alleles". American Journal of Human Genetics 63 (4): 1049–59. doi:10.1086/302054. PMC 1377486. PMID 9758612.
- ^ "Adenosine Deaminase (ADA) Deficiency". Archived from the original on 12 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-28.
- ^ p347, The Immune System Peter Parham, Garland Science, London and New York, 2009
- ^ Naam, Ramez (2005-07-03). "'More Than Human' - New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-02-28.
External links
- Adenosine deaminase deficiency - Genetics Home Reference
Immune disorders: Lymphoid and complement immunodeficiency (D80–D85, 279.0–4)
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Primary |
Antibody/humoral (B)
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Hypogammaglobulinemia
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- X-linked agammaglobulinemia
- Transient hypogammaglobulinemia of infancy
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Dysgammaglobulinemia
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- IgA deficiency
- IgG deficiency
- IgM deficiency
- Hyper IgM syndrome (2
- 3
- 4
- 5)
- Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
- Hyper-IgE syndrome
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Other
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- Common variable immunodeficiency
- ICF syndrome
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T cell deficiency (T)
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- thymic hypoplasia: hypoparathyroid (Di George's syndrome)
- euparathyroid (Nezelof syndrome
- Ataxia telangiectasia)
peripheral: Purine nucleoside phosphorylase deficiency
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Severe combined (B+T)
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- x-linked: X-SCID
autosomal: Adenosine deaminase deficiency
- Omenn syndrome
- ZAP70 deficiency
- Bare lymphocyte syndrome
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Acquired |
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Leukopenia:
Lymphocytopenia |
- Idiopathic CD4+ lymphocytopenia
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Complement deficiency |
- C1-inhibitor (Angioedema/Hereditary angioedema)
- Complement 2 deficiency/Complement 4 deficiency
- MBL deficiency
- Properdin deficiency
- Complement 3 deficiency
- Terminal complement pathway deficiency
- Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
- Complement receptor deficiency
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Inborn error of purine-pyrimidine metabolism (E79, 277.2)
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Purine metabolism |
Anabolism
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- Adenylosuccinate lyase deficiency
- Adenosine Monophosphate Deaminase Deficiency type 1
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Nucleotide salvage
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- Lesch-Nyhan syndrome/Hyperuricemia
- Adenine phosphoribosyltransferase deficiency
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Catabolism
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- Adenosine deaminase deficiency
- Purine nucleoside phosphorylase deficiency
- Xanthinuria
- Gout
- Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalopathy syndrome
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Pyrimidine metabolism |
Anabolism
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- Orotic aciduria
- Miller syndrome
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Catabolism
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- Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase deficiency
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