Effect of lysine infusion on urea cycle in lysinuric protein intolerance

Metabolism ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 621-625 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Lukkarinen ◽  
K. Näntö-Salonen ◽  
K. Pulkki ◽  
K. Mattila ◽  
O. Simell
PEDIATRICS ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 73 (4) ◽  
pp. 489-492
Author(s):  
Tomoaki Kato ◽  
Naoki Mizutani ◽  
Masakazu Ban

Two brothers with hyperdibasicaminoaciduria and postprandial hyperammonemia showed characteristics of lysinuric protein intolerance. Intravenous alanine load produced hyperammonemia that was aborted by oral supplementation with arginine in one brother but not in the other, although both patients had almost the same intestinal malabsorption of arginine. This occurrence suggests that even a small amount of arginine, when absorbed into the blood, can normalize the affected ammonia metabolism of lysinuric protein intolerance. Two patients with cystinuria developed marked hyperammonemia when they received an intravenous alanine load after a 19-hour fast. As both patients displayed a reduced plasma concentration of arginine and ornithine at this time, the hyperammonemia was assumed to arise from the low plasma amino acid level. It seems likely that a decrease in plasma levels of urea cycle substrate causes a failure of the tissue urea cycle metabolism. Thus the impaired ammonia metabolism in lysinuric protein intolerance would be attributed to the low plasma arginine and ornithine levels.


10.1038/6815 ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 297-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Borsani ◽  
Maria Teresa Bassi ◽  
Maria Pia Sperandeo ◽  
Alessandro De Grandi ◽  
Anna Buoninconti ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (13) ◽  
pp. 2171-2184
Author(s):  
Bridget M Stroup ◽  
Ronit Marom ◽  
Xiaohui Li ◽  
Chih-Wei Hsu ◽  
Cheng-Yen Chang ◽  
...  

Abstract Lysinuric protein intolerance (LPI) is an inborn error of cationic amino acid (arginine, lysine, ornithine) transport caused by biallelic pathogenic variants in SLC7A7, which encodes the light subunit of the y+LAT1 transporter. Treatments for the complications of LPI, including growth failure, renal disease, pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, autoimmune disorders and osteoporosis, are limited. Given the early lethality of the only published global Slc7a7 knockout mouse model, a viable animal model to investigate global SLC7A7 deficiency is needed. Hence, we generated two mouse models with global Slc7a7 deficiency (Slc7a7em1Lbu/em1Lbu; Slc7a7Lbu/Lbu and Slc7a7em1(IMPC)Bay/em1(IMPC)Bay; Slc7a7Bay/Bay) using CRISPR/Cas9 technology by introducing a deletion of exons 3 and 4. Perinatal lethality was observed in Slc7a7Lbu/Lbu and Slc7a7Bay/Bay mice on the C57BL/6 and C57BL/6NJ inbred genetic backgrounds, respectively. We noted improved survival of Slc7a7Lbu/Lbu mice on the 129 Sv/Ev × C57BL/6 F2 background, but postnatal growth failure occurred. Consistent with human LPI, these Slc7a7Lbu/Lbu mice exhibited reduced plasma and increased urinary concentrations of the cationic amino acids. Histopathological assessment revealed loss of brush border and lipid vacuolation in the renal cortex of Slc7a7Lbu/Lbu mice, which combined with aminoaciduria suggests proximal tubular dysfunction. Micro-computed tomography of L4 vertebrae and skeletal radiographs showed delayed skeletal development and suggested decreased mineralization in Slc7a7Lbu/Lbu mice, respectively. In addition to delayed skeletal development and delayed development in the kidneys, the lungs and liver were observed based on histopathological assessment. Overall, our Slc7a7Lbu/Lbu mouse model on the F2 mixed background recapitulates multiple human LPI phenotypes and may be useful for future studies of LPI pathology.


1995 ◽  
Vol 134 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 178-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshihiro Yoshida ◽  
Koichi Machigashira ◽  
Masahito Suehara ◽  
Hitoshi Arimura ◽  
Takashi Moritoyo ◽  
...  

1984 ◽  
Vol 142 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
NAOKI MIZUTANI ◽  
TOMOAKI KATO ◽  
MITSUO MAEHARA ◽  
KAZUYOSHI WATANABE ◽  
MASAKAZU BAN

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