title: Frequency of 985A-to-G mutation in medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase gene among patients with sudden infant death syndrome, Reye syndrome, severe motor and intellectual disabilities and healthy newborns in Japan.
abstract: The prevalence of the 985A-to-G mutation in the medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (MCAD) gene among Japanese patients with sudden infant death syndrome, Reye syndrome, unknown fatty acid oxidation disorders and severe motor and intellectual disabilities was studied using the PCR/Nco-I method for molecular diagnosis. A frequency study of this common mutation was also conducted on blood samples and left over Guthrie cards from 329 healthy newborns in Japan. Neither heterozygotes nor homozygotes for the 985A-to-G mutation were identified among both patients and controls. The result of the present study accord with previous reports that MCAD deficiency is a common disorder in Caucasians, but quite rare among Japanese. Therefore, newborn mass-screening for MCAD deficiency using this method will not be practical in Japan. However, it still seems necessary to investigate a child with fatty acid oxidation disorder for the presence of MCAD deficiency, using both biochemical and molecular genetic methods.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, National Sanatorium Otaru Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nagao
mesh_terms: D044944:Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenases / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000235:genetics*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005787:Gene Frequency; D006579:Heterozygote; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000235:genetics*; D008661:Metabolism, Inborn Errors / Q000235:genetics*; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000235:genetics*; D009154:Mutation; D012202:Reye Syndrome / Q000235:genetics*; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D044944:Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenases