Maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder that affects the degradation of branched chain amino acids (BCAAs). Only a few cases of MSUD have been documented in Mainland China. In this report, 8 patients (4 girls and 4 boys) with MSUD from 8 unrelated Chinese families were diagnosed at the age of 9 days to 1 year and 8 months. All the coding regions and exon/intron boundaries of BCKDHA, BCDKHB, DBT, DLD genes were analyzed by targeted NGS in the 8 MSUD pedigrees. Targeted NGS revealed 2 pedigrees with MSUD Ia, 5 pedigrees with Ib, 1 pedigree with MSUD II. Totally, 13 variants were detected, including 2 variants (p.Ala216Val and p.Gly281Arg) in BCKDHA gene,10 variants (p.Gly95Ala, p.Ser171Pro, p.Phe175Leu, p.Arg183Trp, p.Lys222Thr, p.Arg285Ter,p.Arg111Ter,p.S184Pfs46, p.Arg170Cys, p.I160Ffs25) in BCKDHB gene, 1 variants (p.Arg431Ter) in DBT gene. In addition, 4 previously unidentified variants (p.Gly281Arg in BCKDHA gene, p.Ser171Pro, p.Gly95Ala and p.Lys222Thr in BCKDHB gene) were found. NGS plus Sanger sequencing detection is effective and accurate for making gene diagnosis. Computational structural modeling indicated that these novel variations might affect structural stability.

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Posted 23 Feb, 2021
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Posted 23 Feb, 2021
On 15 Jun, 2021
Received 28 May, 2021
On 20 May, 2021
On 11 May, 2021
Invitations sent on 14 Mar, 2021
On 08 Mar, 2021
On 17 Feb, 2021
On 17 Feb, 2021
On 07 Feb, 2021
Maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder that affects the degradation of branched chain amino acids (BCAAs). Only a few cases of MSUD have been documented in Mainland China. In this report, 8 patients (4 girls and 4 boys) with MSUD from 8 unrelated Chinese families were diagnosed at the age of 9 days to 1 year and 8 months. All the coding regions and exon/intron boundaries of BCKDHA, BCDKHB, DBT, DLD genes were analyzed by targeted NGS in the 8 MSUD pedigrees. Targeted NGS revealed 2 pedigrees with MSUD Ia, 5 pedigrees with Ib, 1 pedigree with MSUD II. Totally, 13 variants were detected, including 2 variants (p.Ala216Val and p.Gly281Arg) in BCKDHA gene,10 variants (p.Gly95Ala, p.Ser171Pro, p.Phe175Leu, p.Arg183Trp, p.Lys222Thr, p.Arg285Ter,p.Arg111Ter,p.S184Pfs46, p.Arg170Cys, p.I160Ffs25) in BCKDHB gene, 1 variants (p.Arg431Ter) in DBT gene. In addition, 4 previously unidentified variants (p.Gly281Arg in BCKDHA gene, p.Ser171Pro, p.Gly95Ala and p.Lys222Thr in BCKDHB gene) were found. NGS plus Sanger sequencing detection is effective and accurate for making gene diagnosis. Computational structural modeling indicated that these novel variations might affect structural stability.

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