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ABSTRACT. The metabolism of branched-chain amino acids was studied in cultured fibroblasts from patients with branched-chain ketoacid dehydrogenase deficiency using 1-14C- and UL-14C-leucine and valine. The formation of 14CO2 from 1-14C-valine or 1-14C-leucine was 1-3% of normal. In fibroblasts of patients with associated lactic acidemia the values were 4-29% of control. Analysis of organic acid products revealed that in both patients and controls the amount of labeled α-ketoisovalerate recovered after incubation with 1-14C-valine was one-third of the amount of α-ketoisocaproate recovered after incubation with 1-l4C-leucine. Very little α-hydroxyisocaproate was produced, while the amount of α-hydroxyisovalerate was about 10% of the α-ketoisovalerate. Unexpectedly β-hydroxyisobutyrate ws found to be the major metabolic product of UL-14C-valine in normal fibroblasts. Large accumulations of β-hydroxyisovalerate were found in normal fibroblasts using UL-I4C-leucine. There were little or no conversions to these compounds in fibroblasts of patients with branched-chain ketoacid dehydrogenase deficiency. There were substantial conversions in the patients in whom dehydrogenase deficiency was associated with lactic acidemia.
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Yoshida, I., Sweetman, L. & Nyhan, W. Metabolism of Branched-Chain Amino Acids in Fibroblasts from Patients with Maple Syrup Urine Disease and Other Abnormalities of Branched-Chain Ketoacid Dehydrogenase Activity. Pediatr Res 20, 169–174 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198602000-00016
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