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3-methylglutaconic aciduria type 5(DCMA; MGA5; MGCA5)

MedGen UID:
347542
Concept ID:
C1857776
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: 3 alpha methylglutaconic aciduria type V; 3-methylglutaconic aciduria type V; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED, WITH ATAXIA; MGA 5; MGA, TYPE V
SNOMED CT: Dilated cardiomyopathy with ataxia syndrome (711412004); 3-methylglutaconic aciduria type 5 (711412004)
Modes of inheritance:
Autosomal recessive inheritance
MedGen UID:
141025
Concept ID:
C0441748
Intellectual Product
Source: Orphanet
A mode of inheritance that is observed for traits related to a gene encoded on one of the autosomes (i.e., the human chromosomes 1-22) in which a trait manifests in individuals with two pathogenic alleles, either homozygotes (two copies of the same mutant allele) or compound heterozygotes (whereby each copy of a gene has a distinct mutant allele).
 
Gene (location): DNAJC19 (3q26.33)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0012435
OMIM®: 610198
Orphanet: ORPHA66634

Definition

3-Methylglutaconic aciduria type V (MGCA5) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by the onset of dilated or noncompaction cardiomyopathy in infancy or early childhood. Many patients die of cardiac failure. Other features include microcytic anemia, growth retardation, mild ataxia, mild muscle weakness, genital anomalies in males, and increased urinary excretion of 3-methylglutaconic acid. Some patients may have optic atrophy or delayed psychomotor development (summary by Davey et al., 2006 and Ojala et al., 2012). For a discussion of genetic heterogeneity of 3-methylglutaconic aciduria, see MGCA type I (250950). [from OMIM]

Additional description

From MedlinePlus Genetics
Dilated cardiomyopathy with ataxia (DCMA) syndrome is an inherited condition characterized by heart problems, movement difficulties, and other features affecting multiple body systems.

Beginning in infancy to early childhood, most people with DCMA syndrome develop dilated cardiomyopathy, which is a condition that weakens and enlarges the heart, preventing it from pumping blood efficiently. Some affected individuals also have long QT syndrome, which is a heart condition that causes the cardiac muscle to take longer than usual to recharge between beats. The irregular heartbeats (arrhythmia) can lead to fainting (syncope) or cardiac arrest and sudden death. Rarely, heart problems improve over time; however, in most cases of DCMA syndrome, affected individuals do not survive past childhood due to heart failure. A small percentage of people with DCMA syndrome have no heart problems at all.

By age 2, children with DCMA syndrome have problems with coordination and balance (ataxia). These movement problems can result in delay of motor skills such as standing and walking, but most older children with DCMA syndrome can walk without support.

In addition to heart problems and movement difficulties, most individuals with DCMA syndrome grow slowly before and after birth, which leads to short stature. Additionally, many affected individuals have mild intellectual disability. Many males with DCMA syndrome have genital abnormalities such as undescended testes (cryptorchidism) or the urethra opening on the underside of the penis (hypospadias). Other common features of DCMA syndrome include unusually small red blood cells (microcytic anemia), which can cause pale skin; an abnormal buildup of fats in the liver (hepatic steatosis), which can damage the liver; and the degeneration of nerve cells that carry visual information from the eyes to the brain (optic nerve atrophy), which can lead to vision loss.

DCMA syndrome is associated with increased levels of a substance called 3-methylglutaconic acid in the urine. The amount of acid does not appear to influence the signs and symptoms of the condition. DCMA syndrome is one of a group of metabolic disorders that can be diagnosed by the presence of increased levels of 3-methylglutaconic acid in urine (3-methylglutaconic aciduria). People with DCMA syndrome also have high urine levels of another acid called 3-methylglutaric acid.  https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/dilated-cardiomyopathy-with-ataxia-syndrome

Clinical features

From HPO
Sudden cardiac death
MedGen UID:
38841
Concept ID:
C0085298
Pathologic Function
The heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating resulting in death within a short time period (generally within 1 h of symptom onset).
Cryptorchidism
MedGen UID:
8192
Concept ID:
C0010417
Congenital Abnormality
Cryptorchidism, or failure of testicular descent, is a common human congenital abnormality with a multifactorial etiology that likely reflects the involvement of endocrine, environmental, and hereditary factors. Cryptorchidism can result in infertility and increases risk for testicular tumors. Testicular descent from abdomen to scrotum occurs in 2 distinct phases: the transabdominal phase and the inguinoscrotal phase (summary by Gorlov et al., 2002).
Decreased testicular size
MedGen UID:
66027
Concept ID:
C0241355
Finding
Reduced volume of the testicle (the male gonad).
Hypospadias
MedGen UID:
163083
Concept ID:
C0848558
Congenital Abnormality
Abnormal position of urethral meatus on the ventral penile shaft (underside) characterized by displacement of the urethral meatus from the tip of the glans penis to the ventral surface of the penis, scrotum, or perineum.
3-Methylglutaric aciduria
MedGen UID:
463302
Concept ID:
C3151952
Finding
An abnormally increased level of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaric acid in the urine.
3-Methylglutaconic aciduria
MedGen UID:
777186
Concept ID:
C3696376
Disease or Syndrome
An increased amount of 3-methylglutaconic acid in the urine.
Primary dilated cardiomyopathy
MedGen UID:
2880
Concept ID:
C0007193
Disease or Syndrome
Familial dilated cardiomyopathy is a genetic form of heart disease. It occurs when heart (cardiac) muscle becomes thin and weakened in at least one chamber of the heart, causing the open area of the chamber to become enlarged (dilated). As a result, the heart is unable to pump blood as efficiently as usual. To compensate, the heart attempts to increase the amount of blood being pumped through the heart, leading to further thinning and weakening of the cardiac muscle. Over time, this condition results in heart failure.\n\nIt usually takes many years for symptoms of familial dilated cardiomyopathy to cause health problems. They typically begin in mid-adulthood, but can occur at any time from infancy to late adulthood. Signs and symptoms of familial dilated cardiomyopathy can include an irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia), shortness of breath (dyspnea), extreme tiredness (fatigue), fainting episodes (syncope), and swelling of the legs and feet. In some cases, the first sign of the disorder is sudden cardiac death. The severity of the condition varies among affected individuals, even in members of the same family.
Congestive heart failure
MedGen UID:
9169
Concept ID:
C0018802
Disease or Syndrome
The presence of an abnormality of cardiac function that is responsible for the failure of the heart to pump blood at a rate that is commensurate with the needs of the tissues or a state in which abnormally elevated filling pressures are required for the heart to do so. Heart failure is frequently related to a defect in myocardial contraction.
Atrial septal defect
MedGen UID:
6753
Concept ID:
C0018817
Congenital Abnormality
Atrial septal defect (ASD) is a congenital abnormality of the interatrial septum that enables blood flow between the left and right atria via the interatrial septum.
Prolonged QT interval
MedGen UID:
57494
Concept ID:
C0151878
Finding
Increased time between the start of the Q wave and the end of the T wave as measured by the electrocardiogram (EKG).
Noncompaction cardiomyopathy
MedGen UID:
326592
Concept ID:
C1839832
Disease or Syndrome
A type of cardiomyopathy characterized anatomically by deep trabeculations in the ventricular wall, which define recesses communicating with the main ventricular chamber.
Fetal growth restriction
MedGen UID:
4693
Concept ID:
C0015934
Pathologic Function
An abnormal restriction of fetal growth with fetal weight below the tenth percentile for gestational age.
Postnatal growth retardation
MedGen UID:
395343
Concept ID:
C1859778
Finding
Slow or limited growth after birth.
Failure to thrive
MedGen UID:
746019
Concept ID:
C2315100
Disease or Syndrome
Failure to thrive (FTT) refers to a child whose physical growth is substantially below the norm.
Microvesicular hepatic steatosis
MedGen UID:
376784
Concept ID:
C1850415
Finding
A form of hepatic steatosis characterized by the presence of small, lipid-laden vesicles in the affected hepatocytes.
Cerebellar ataxia
MedGen UID:
849
Concept ID:
C0007758
Disease or Syndrome
Cerebellar ataxia refers to ataxia due to dysfunction of the cerebellum. This causes a variety of elementary neurological deficits including asynergy (lack of coordination between muscles, limbs and joints), dysmetria (lack of ability to judge distances that can lead to under- or overshoot in grasping movements), and dysdiadochokinesia (inability to perform rapid movements requiring antagonizing muscle groups to be switched on and off repeatedly).
Intellectual disability, mild
MedGen UID:
10044
Concept ID:
C0026106
Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction
Mild intellectual disability is defined as an intelligence quotient (IQ) in the range of 50-69.
Seizure
MedGen UID:
20693
Concept ID:
C0036572
Sign or Symptom
A seizure is an intermittent abnormality of nervous system physiology characterized by a transient occurrence of signs and/or symptoms due to abnormal excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain.
Nonprogressive cerebellar ataxia
MedGen UID:
335079
Concept ID:
C1845029
Finding
Normochromic microcytic anemia
MedGen UID:
78789
Concept ID:
C0271902
Disease or Syndrome
A type of anemia characterized by an normal concentration of hemoglobin in the erythrocytes and lower than normal size of the erythrocytes.
Diaphragmatic eventration
MedGen UID:
8359
Concept ID:
C0011981
Congenital Abnormality
A congenital failure of muscular development of part or all of one or both hemidiaphragms, resulting in superior displacement of abdominal viscera and altered lung development.
Muscle weakness
MedGen UID:
57735
Concept ID:
C0151786
Finding
Reduced strength of muscles.
Elevated circulating aspartate aminotransferase concentration
MedGen UID:
57497
Concept ID:
C0151904
Finding
The concentration of aspartate aminotransferase (AST) in the blood circulation is above the upper limit of normal.
Elevated circulating alanine aminotransferase concentration
MedGen UID:
57740
Concept ID:
C0151905
Finding
An abnormally high concentration in the circulation of alanine aminotransferase (ALT).
Optic atrophy
MedGen UID:
18180
Concept ID:
C0029124
Disease or Syndrome
Atrophy of the optic nerve. Optic atrophy results from the death of the retinal ganglion cell axons that comprise the optic nerve and manifesting as a pale optic nerve on fundoscopy.

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Zapolnik P, Sykut-Cegielska J, Pyrkosz A
Acta Biochim Pol 2020 Jun 8;67(2):263-266. doi: 10.18388/abp.2020_5355. PMID: 32511901
Wortmann SB, Ziętkiewicz S, Kousi M, Szklarczyk R, Haack TB, Gersting SW, Muntau AC, Rakovic A, Renkema GH, Rodenburg RJ, Strom TM, Meitinger T, Rubio-Gozalbo ME, Chrusciel E, Distelmaier F, Golzio C, Jansen JH, van Karnebeek C, Lillquist Y, Lücke T, Õunap K, Zordania R, Yaplito-Lee J, van Bokhoven H, Spelbrink JN, Vaz FM, Pras-Raves M, Ploski R, Pronicka E, Klein C, Willemsen MA, de Brouwer AP, Prokisch H, Katsanis N, Wevers RA
Am J Hum Genet 2015 Feb 5;96(2):245-57. Epub 2015 Jan 15 doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2014.12.013. PMID: 25597510Free PMC Article
Neas K, Bennetts B, Carpenter K, White R, Kirk EP, Wilson M, Kelley R, Baric I, Christodoulou J
J Inherit Metab Dis 2005;28(4):525-32. doi: 10.1007/s10545-005-0525-8. PMID: 15902555
Worthen HG, al Ashwal A, Ozand PT, Garawi S, Rahbeeni Z, al Odaib A, Subramanyam SB, Rashed M
Brain Dev 1994 Nov;16 Suppl:81-5. doi: 10.1016/0387-7604(94)90100-7. PMID: 7726385

Diagnosis

Warren JT, Cupo RR, Wattanasirakul P, Spencer DH, Locke AE, Makaryan V, Bolyard AA, Kelley ML, Kingston NL, Shorter J, Bellanné-Chantelot C, Donadieu J, Dale DC, Link DC
Blood 2022 Feb 3;139(5):779-791. doi: 10.1182/blood.2021010762. PMID: 34115842Free PMC Article
Huna-Baron R, Yahalom G, Anikster Y, Ben Zeev B, Hoffmann C, Hassin-Baer S
J Neuroophthalmol 2022 Mar 1;42(1):e147-e152. Epub 2021 Apr 14 doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000001249. PMID: 33870938
Zapolnik P, Sykut-Cegielska J, Pyrkosz A
Acta Biochim Pol 2020 Jun 8;67(2):263-266. doi: 10.18388/abp.2020_5355. PMID: 32511901
Neas K, Bennetts B, Carpenter K, White R, Kirk EP, Wilson M, Kelley R, Baric I, Christodoulou J
J Inherit Metab Dis 2005;28(4):525-32. doi: 10.1007/s10545-005-0525-8. PMID: 15902555
Pantaleoni C, D'Arrigo S, D'Incerti L, Rimoldi M, Riva D
Pediatr Neurol 2000 Nov;23(5):442-4. doi: 10.1016/s0887-8994(00)00217-4. PMID: 11118804

Therapy

Wedman JJ, Sibon OCM, Mastantuono E, Iuso A
J Inherit Metab Dis 2024 Sep;47(5):885-894. Epub 2024 Apr 9 doi: 10.1002/jimd.12737. PMID: 38591231
Catteruccia M, Verrigni D, Martinelli D, Torraco A, Agovino T, Bonafé L, D'Amico A, Donati MA, Adorisio R, Santorelli FM, Carrozzo R, Bertini E, Dionisi-Vici C
Mol Genet Metab 2014 Mar;111(3):353-359. Epub 2014 Jan 8 doi: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2014.01.001. PMID: 24485043
Worthen HG, al Ashwal A, Ozand PT, Garawi S, Rahbeeni Z, al Odaib A, Subramanyam SB, Rashed M
Brain Dev 1994 Nov;16 Suppl:81-5. doi: 10.1016/0387-7604(94)90100-7. PMID: 7726385

Prognosis

Huna-Baron R, Yahalom G, Anikster Y, Ben Zeev B, Hoffmann C, Hassin-Baer S
J Neuroophthalmol 2022 Mar 1;42(1):e147-e152. Epub 2021 Apr 14 doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000001249. PMID: 33870938
Wortmann SB, Ziętkiewicz S, Kousi M, Szklarczyk R, Haack TB, Gersting SW, Muntau AC, Rakovic A, Renkema GH, Rodenburg RJ, Strom TM, Meitinger T, Rubio-Gozalbo ME, Chrusciel E, Distelmaier F, Golzio C, Jansen JH, van Karnebeek C, Lillquist Y, Lücke T, Õunap K, Zordania R, Yaplito-Lee J, van Bokhoven H, Spelbrink JN, Vaz FM, Pras-Raves M, Ploski R, Pronicka E, Klein C, Willemsen MA, de Brouwer AP, Prokisch H, Katsanis N, Wevers RA
Am J Hum Genet 2015 Feb 5;96(2):245-57. Epub 2015 Jan 15 doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2014.12.013. PMID: 25597510Free PMC Article
Catteruccia M, Verrigni D, Martinelli D, Torraco A, Agovino T, Bonafé L, D'Amico A, Donati MA, Adorisio R, Santorelli FM, Carrozzo R, Bertini E, Dionisi-Vici C
Mol Genet Metab 2014 Mar;111(3):353-359. Epub 2014 Jan 8 doi: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2014.01.001. PMID: 24485043
Johnston J, Kelley RI, Feigenbaum A, Cox GF, Iyer GS, Funanage VL, Proujansky R
Am J Hum Genet 1997 Nov;61(5):1053-8. doi: 10.1086/301604. PMID: 9345098Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Warren JT, Cupo RR, Wattanasirakul P, Spencer DH, Locke AE, Makaryan V, Bolyard AA, Kelley ML, Kingston NL, Shorter J, Bellanné-Chantelot C, Donadieu J, Dale DC, Link DC
Blood 2022 Feb 3;139(5):779-791. doi: 10.1182/blood.2021010762. PMID: 34115842Free PMC Article
Wortmann SB, Ziętkiewicz S, Kousi M, Szklarczyk R, Haack TB, Gersting SW, Muntau AC, Rakovic A, Renkema GH, Rodenburg RJ, Strom TM, Meitinger T, Rubio-Gozalbo ME, Chrusciel E, Distelmaier F, Golzio C, Jansen JH, van Karnebeek C, Lillquist Y, Lücke T, Õunap K, Zordania R, Yaplito-Lee J, van Bokhoven H, Spelbrink JN, Vaz FM, Pras-Raves M, Ploski R, Pronicka E, Klein C, Willemsen MA, de Brouwer AP, Prokisch H, Katsanis N, Wevers RA
Am J Hum Genet 2015 Feb 5;96(2):245-57. Epub 2015 Jan 15 doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2014.12.013. PMID: 25597510Free PMC Article
Johnston J, Kelley RI, Feigenbaum A, Cox GF, Iyer GS, Funanage VL, Proujansky R
Am J Hum Genet 1997 Nov;61(5):1053-8. doi: 10.1086/301604. PMID: 9345098Free PMC Article
Worthen HG, al Ashwal A, Ozand PT, Garawi S, Rahbeeni Z, al Odaib A, Subramanyam SB, Rashed M
Brain Dev 1994 Nov;16 Suppl:81-5. doi: 10.1016/0387-7604(94)90100-7. PMID: 7726385

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