A review of aromatic l-amino acid decarboxylase (AADC) deficiency in Taiwan
Journal
American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics
Journal Volume
181
Journal Issue
2
Pages
226-229
Date Issued
2019
Author(s)
Abstract
Aromatic l-amino acid decarboxylase deficiency (AADCD) is a rare inherited disease prevalent in South East Asia. This disease is due to the founder mutation IVS 6 + 4A > T (c.714 + 4A > T), which accounts for most alleles. Patients with this mutation have severe phenotypes. About 90 % of these patients in South East Asia do not have head control and cannot sit, stand, or speak from birth to the time of observation. In 2012, a gene study to treat these patients with intraputamen injection of adeno-associated virus2-human AADC showed prominent motor improvement and an increased PDMS-2 score 12 months after treatment. In addition, systemic gene therapy in a mouse model of AADCD achieved widespread correction of the Ddc gene. In this article, we review the natural history, clinical course, and treatment effects seen in these clinical and mouse studies. Future studies focusing on noninvasive viral vector delivery or alternative emerging treatments may also benefit patients with AADCD. ? 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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Other Subjects
5 hydroxyindoleacetic acid; adeno associated virus vector; antisense oligonucleotide; aromatic levo amino acid decarboxylase; dopamine; dopamine receptor stimulating agent; homovanillic acid; monoamine oxidase inhibitor; pyridoxine; aromatic levo amino acid decarboxylase; aromatic levo amino acid decarboxylase deficiency; aromatic levo amino acid decarboxylase deficiency; autosomal recessive disorder; DDC gene; dopamine brain level; dyskinesia; exon skipping; fever; gene; gene mutation; heterozygote; homozygote; human; intracerebral drug administration; intraputamen injection; invasive procedure; muscle hypotonia; neurologic disease; newborn screening; nonhuman; oculogyric crisis; orofacial dyskinesia; priority journal; putamen; Review; Taiwan; viral gene therapy; animal; disorders of amino acid and protein metabolism; founder effect; gene therapy; genetics; mouse; mutation; procedures; Amino Acid Metabolism, Inborn Errors; Animals; Aromatic-L-Amino-Acid Decarboxylases; Founder Effect; Genetic Therapy; Humans; Mice; Mutation; Taiwan
Publisher
Blackwell Publishing Inc.
Type
review