Abstract
An increasing number of women with rare inherited disorders of metabolism are becoming pregnant. In general, outcomes for women and their children are good, but there are a number of issues that need to be considered. Limited specific guidance on the management of these conditions in pregnancy is available. Pre-pregnancy counselling with information on inheritance, options for reproduction, teratogenicity risk, potential impact on maternal health and long-term health of children should be offered. With appropriate specialist management, the teratogenic risk of conditions such as maternal phenylketonuria (PKU) can be eliminated, and the risk of metabolic decompensation in disorders of energy metabolism or intoxication significantly reduced. Multidisciplinary management, and close liaison between obstetricians and other specialists, is required for those women in whom there is cardiac, renal, respiratory, joint or other organ involvement. The aim of this chapter is not to suggest definitive treatment or provide a review of pregnancy in all potential inherited disorders of metabolism, but instead to use specific examples to highlight how these disorders may impact on pregnancy and the puerperium, with emphasis on both maternal and foetal outcome.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Arn PH, Hauser ER, Thomas GH, Herman G, Hess D, Brusilow SW (1990) Hyperammonemia in women with a mutation at the ornithine carbamoyltransferase locus. A cause of postpartum coma. N Engl J Med 322(23):1652–1655
Bok LA, Vreken P, Wijburg FA, Wanders RJ, Gregersen N, Corydon MJ et al (2003) Short-chain Acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency: studies in a large family adding to the complexity of the disorder. Pediatrics 112(5):1152–1155
Boudin G, Mikol J, Guillard A, Engel AG (1976) Fatal systemic carnitine deficiency with lipid storage in skeletal muscle, heart, liver and kidney. J Neurol Sci 30(2–3):313–325
Browning MF, Levy HL, Wilkins-Haug LE, Larson C, Shih VE (2006) Fetal fatty acid oxidation defects and maternal liver disease in pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol 107(1):115–120
Butte NF (2000) Carbohydrate and lipid metabolism in pregnancy: normal compared with gestational diabetes mellitus. Am J Clin Nutr 71(5 Suppl):1256S–1261S
Calvert SM, Rand RJ (1995) A successful pregnancy in a patient with homocystinuria and a previous near-fatal postpartum cavernous sinus thrombosis. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 102(9):751–752
Cantwell R, Clutton-Brock T, Cooper G, Dawson A, Drife J, Garrod D et al (2011) Saving mothers’ lives: reviewing maternal deaths to make motherhood safer: 2006–2008. The eighth report of the confidential enquiries into maternal deaths in the United Kingdom. BJOG: Int J Obstet Gynaecol 118(Suppl 1):1–203
Cerone R, Fantasia AR, Castellano E, Moresco L, Schiaffino MC, Gatti R (2002) Pregnancy and tyrosinaemia type II. J Inherit Metab Dis 25(4):317–318
Chinnery PF (1993) Mitochondrial disorders overview. In Pagon RA, Adam MP, Ardinger HH, Bird TD, Dolan CR, Fong CT et al (eds) GeneReviews(R). Seattle (WA): University of Washington, Seattle
Chitayat D, Balbul A, Hani V, Mamer OA, Clow C, Scriver CR (1992) Hereditary tyrosinaemia type II in a consanguineous Ashkenazi Jewish family: intrafamilial variation in phenotype; absence of parental phenotype effects on the fetus. J Inherit Metab Dis 15(2):198–203
De Biase I, Champaigne NL, Schroer R, Pollard LM, Longo N, Wood T (2012) Primary carnitine deficiency presents atypically with long QT syndrome: a case report. JIMD Rep 2:87–90
de Vries JM, Brugma JD, Ozkan L, Steegers EA, Reuser AJ, van Doorn PA et al (2011) First experience with enzyme replacement therapy during pregnancy and lactation in Pompe disease. Mol Genet Metab 104(4):552–555
Deodato F, Rizzo C, Boenzi S, Baiocco F, Sabetta G, Dionisi-Vici C (2002) Successful pregnancy in a woman with mut- methylmalonic acidaemia. J Inherit Metab Dis 25(2):133–134
Diss E, Iams J, Reed N, Roe DS, Roe C (1995) Methylmalonic aciduria in pregnancy: a case report. Am J Obstet Gynecol 172(3):1057–1059
El-Hattab AW, Li FY, Shen J, Powell BR, Bawle EV, Adams DJ et al (2010) Maternal systemic primary carnitine deficiency uncovered by newborn screening: clinical, biochemical, and molecular aspects. Genet Med (Official Journal of the American College of Medical Genetics) 12(1):19–24
Fois A, Borgogni P, Cioni M, Molinelli M, Frezzotti R, Bardelli AM, Lasorella G, Barberi L, Durand P, Di Rocco M, Romano C, Parini R, Corbetta C, Giovannini M, Riva E, Balato N, Sartorio R, Mollica F, Zammarchi E, Battini ML (1986) Presentation of the data of the Italian registry for oculocutaneous tyrosinaemia. J Inherit Metab Dis 9(Suppl)262–263.
Francis DE, Kirby DM, Thompson GN (1992) Maternal tyrosinaemia II: management and successful outcome. Eur J Pediatr 151(3):196–199
Granovsky-Grisaru S, Belmatoug N, vom Dahl S, Mengel E, Morris E, Zimran A (2011) The management of pregnancy in Gaucher disease. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 156(1):3–8
Grunewald S, Hinrichs F, Wendel U (1998) Pregnancy in a woman with maple syrup urine disease. J Inherit Metab Dis 21(2):89–94
Gubbels CS, Land JA, Rubio-Gozalbo ME (2008) Fertility and impact of pregnancies on the mother and child in classic galactosemia. Obstet Gynecol Surv 63(5):334–343
Harpey JP, Charpentier C, Goodman SI, Darbois Y, Lefebvre G, Sebbah J (1983) Multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency occurring in pregnancy and caused by a defect in riboflavin metabolism in the mother. Study of a kindred with seven deaths in infancy: value of riboflavin therapy in preventing this syndrome. J Pediatr 103(3):394–398
Hay WW Jr (2006) Recent observations on the regulation of fetal metabolism by glucose. J Physiol 572(Pt 1):17–24
Hendriksz CJ, Preece MA, Chakrapani A (2005) Successful pregnancy in a treated patient with biotinidase deficiency. J Inherit Metab Dis 28(5):791–792
Ibdah JA, Bennett MJ, Rinaldo P, Zhao Y, Gibson B, Sims HF et al (1999) A fetal fatty-acid oxidation disorder as a cause of liver disease in pregnant women. N Engl J Med 340(22):1723–1731
Innes AM, Seargeant LE, Balachandra K, Roe CR, Wanders RJ, Ruiter JP et al (2000) Hepatic carnitine palmitoyltransferase I deficiency presenting as maternal illness in pregnancy. Pediatr Res 47(1):43–45
Kalhan SC, D’Angelo LJ, Savin SM, Adam PA (1979) Glucose production in pregnant women at term gestation. Sources of glucose for human fetus. J Clin Invest 63(3):388–394
Kalkum G, Macchiella D, Reinke J, Kolbl H, Beck M (2009) Enzyme replacement therapy with agalsidase alfa in pregnant women with Fabry disease. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 144(1):92–93
Knight M, Nelson-Piercy C, Kurinczuk JJ, Spark P, Brocklehurst P, UKOS System (2008) A prospective national study of acute fatty liver of pregnancy in the UK. Gut 57(7):951–956
Kobayashi T, Minami S, Mitani A, Tanizaki Y, Booka M, Okutani T et al (2015) Acute fatty liver of pregnancy associated with fetal mitochondrial trifunctional protein deficiency. J Obstet Gynaecol Res 41(5):799–802
Koch R, Hanley W, Levy H, Matalon K, Matalon R, Rouse B et al (2003) The maternal phenylketonuria international study: 1984–2002. Pediatrics 112(6 Pt 2):1523–1529
Lamb S, Aye CY, Murphy E, Mackillop L (2013) Multidisciplinary management of ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency in pregnancy: essential to prevent hyperammonemic complications. BMJ Case Rep 2013 doi:10.1136
Lang TF (2009) Adult presentations of medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (MCADD). J Inherit Metab Dis 32(6):675–683
Langendonk JG, Roos JC, Angus L, Williams M, Karstens FP, de Klerk JB et al (2012) A series of pregnancies in women with inherited metabolic disease. J Inherit Metab Dis 35(3):419–424
Lee PJ (2006) Pregnancy issues in inherited metabolic disorders. J Inherit Metab Dis 29(2–3):311–316
Lee PJ, Patel A, Hindmarsh PC, Mowat AP, Leonard JV (1995) The prevalence of polycystic ovaries in the hepatic glycogen storage diseases: its association with hyperinsulinism. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 42(6):601–606
Lenke RR, Levy HL (1980) Maternal phenylketonuria and hyperphenylalaninemia. An international survey of the outcome of untreated and treated pregnancies. N Engl J Med 303(21):1202–1208
Levy HL, Vargas JE, Waisbren SE, Kurczynski TW, Roeder ER, Schwartz RS et al (2002) Reproductive fitness in maternal homocystinuria due to cystathionine beta-synthase deficiency. J Inherit Metab Dis 25(4):299–314
Lilker S, Kasodekar S, Goldszmidt E (2006) Anesthetic management of a parturient with carnitine palmitoyltransferase II deficiency. Can J Anaesth (Journal canadien d’anesthesie) 53(5):482–486
Mabry CC, Denniston JC, Nelson TL, Son CD (1963) Maternal phenylketonuria. A cause of mental retardation in children without the metabolic defect. N Engl J Med 269:1404–1408
Maillot F, Lilburn M, Baudin J, Morley DW, Lee PJ (2008) Factors influencing outcomes in the offspring of mothers with phenylketonuria during pregnancy: the importance of variation in maternal blood phenylalanine. Am J Clin Nutr 88(3):700–705
Matern D, Hart P, Murtha AP, Vockley J, Gregersen N, Millington DS et al (2001) Acute fatty liver of pregnancy associated with short-chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency. J Pediatr 138(4):585–588
Mendez-Figueroa H, Lamance K, Sutton VR, Aagaard-Tillery K, Van den Veyver I (2010a) Management of ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency in pregnancy. Am J Perinatol 27(10):775–784
Mendez-Figueroa H, Shchelochkov OA, Shaibani A, Aagaard-Tillery K, Shinawi MS (2010b) Clinical and biochemical improvement of very long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency in pregnancy. J Perinatol (Official Journal of the California Perinatal Association) 30(8):558–562
Morriss FH Jr, Makowski EL, Meschia G, Battaglia FC (1974) The glucose/oxygen quotient of the term human fetus. Biol Neonate 25(1–2):44–52
Naughten ER, Yap S, Mayne PD (1998) Newborn screening for homocystinuria: Irish and world experience. Eur J Pediatr 157(Suppl 2):S84–S87
Nelson J, Lewis B, Walters B (2000) The HELLP syndrome associated with fetal medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency. J Inherit Metab Dis 23(5):518–519
Novy J, Ballhausen D, Bonafe L, Cairoli A, Angelillo-Scherrer A, Bachmann C et al (2010) Recurrent postpartum cerebral sinus vein thrombosis as a presentation of cystathionine-beta-synthase deficiency. Thromb Haemost 103(4):871–873
Petry CJ, Hales CN (2000) Long-term effects on offspring of intrauterine exposure to deficits in nutrition. Hum Reprod Update 6(6):578–586
Picciano MF (2003) Pregnancy and lactation: physiological adjustments, nutritional requirements and the role of dietary supplements. J Nutr 133(6):1997S–2002S
Ramachandran R, Wedatilake Y, Coats C, Walker F, Elliott P, Lee PJ et al (2012) Pregnancy and its management in women with GSD type III – a single centre experience. J Inherit Metab Dis 35(2):245–251
Rizzo T, Metzger BE, Burns WJ, Burns K (1991) Correlations between antepartum maternal metabolism and child intelligence. N Engl J Med 325(13):911–916
Rouse B, Azen C, Koch R, Matalon R, Hanley W, de la Cruz F et al (1997) Maternal Phenylketonuria Collaborative Study (MPKUCS) offspring: facial anomalies, malformations, and early neurological sequelae. Am J Med Genet 69(1):89–95
Rubio-Gozalbo ME, Gubbels CS, Bakker JA, Menheere PP, Wodzig WK, Land JA (2010) Gonadal function in male and female patients with classic galactosemia. Hum Reprod Update 16(2):177–188
Schimanski U, Krieger D, Horn M, Stremmel W, Wermuth B, Theilmann L (1996) A novel two-nucleotide deletion in the ornithine transcarbamylase gene causing fatal hyperammonia in early pregnancy. Hepatology 24(6):1413–1415
Scholl TO, Sowers M, Chen X, Lenders C (2001) Maternal glucose concentration influences fetal growth, gestation, and pregnancy complications. Am J Epidemiol 154(6):514–520
Sechi A, Deroma L, Lapolla A, Paci S, Melis D, Burlina A et al (2013) Fertility and pregnancy in women affected by glycogen storage disease type I, results of a multicenter Italian study. J Inherit Metab Dis 36(1):83–89
Seshadri S, Oakeshott P, Nelson-Piercy C, Chappell LC (2012) Prepregnancy care. BMJ 344:e3467
Shekhawat PS, Matern D, Strauss AW (2005) Fetal fatty acid oxidation disorders, their effect on maternal health and neonatal outcome: impact of expanded newborn screening on their diagnosis and management. Pediatr Res 57(5 Pt 2):78R–86R
Simpson JL, Bailey LB, Pietrzik K, Shane B, Holzgreve W (2010) Micronutrients and women of reproductive potential: required dietary intake and consequences of dietary deficiency or excess. Part I – folate, vitamin B12, vitamin B6. J Matern-Fetal Neonatal Med (The Official Journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstet) 23(12):1323–1343
Slater PM, Grivell R, Cyna AM (2009) Labour management of a woman with carnitine palmitoyltransferase type 2 deficiency. Anaesth Intensive Care 37(2):305–308
Thorne S, MacGregor A, Nelson-Piercy C (2006) Risks of contraception and pregnancy in heart disease. Heart 92(10):1520–1525
Trakadis Y, Kadlubowska D, Barnes R, Mitchell J, Spector E, Frerman F et al (2012) Pregnancy of a patient with multiple Acyl-CoA dehydrogenation deficiency (MADD). Mol Genet Metab 106(4):491–494
Trefz F (2014) Schwangerschaft bei Frauen mit Phenylketonurie. In: Dahl S, Lammert F, Ullrich K, Wendel U (eds) Angeborene Stoffwechselkrankheiten bei Erwachsenen. Springer, Berlin, pp 275–283
Van Calcar SC, Harding CO, Davidson SR, Barness LA, Wolff JA (1992) Case reports of successful pregnancy in women with maple syrup urine disease and propionic acidemia. Am J Med Genet 44(5):641–646
van Erven B, Gubbels CS, van Golde RJ, Dunselman GA, Derhaag JG, de Wert G et al (2013) Fertility preservation in female classic galactosemia patients. Orphanet J Rare Dis 8:107
van Maldegem BT, Duran M, Wanders RJ, Niezen-Koning KE, Hogeveen M, Ijlst L et al (2006) Clinical, biochemical, and genetic heterogeneity in short-chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency. JAMA 296(8):943–952
van Maldegem BT, Wanders RJ, Wijburg FA (2010) Clinical aspects of short-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency. J Inherit Metab Dis 33(5):507–511
Vanclooster A, Devlieger R, Meersseman W, Spraul A, Kerckhove KV, Vermeersch P et al (2012) Pregnancy during nitisinone treatment for tyrosinaemia type I: first human experience. JIMD Rep 5:27–33
Vollset SE, Refsum H, Irgens LM, Emblem BM, Tverdal A, Gjessing HK et al (2000) Plasma total homocysteine, pregnancy complications, and adverse pregnancy outcomes: the Hordaland Homocysteine study. Am J Clin Nutr 71(4):962–968
Waggoner DD, Buist NR, Donnell GN (1990) Long-term prognosis in galactosaemia: results of a survey of 350 cases. J Inherit Metab Dis 13(6):802–818
Waisbren SE, Chang P, Levy HL, Shifrin H, Allred E, Azen C et al (1998) Neonatal neurological assessment of offspring in maternal phenylketonuria. J Inherit Metab Dis 21(1):39–48
Waisbren SE, Levy HL, Noble M, Matern D, Gregersen N, Pasley K et al (2008) Short-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (SCAD) deficiency: an examination of the medical and neurodevelopmental characteristics of 14 cases identified through newborn screening or clinical symptoms. Mol Genet Metab 95(1–2):39–45
Wasserstein MP, Gaddipati S, Snyderman SE, Eddleman K, Desnick RJ, Sansaricq C (1999) Successful pregnancy in severe methylmalonic acidaemia. J Inherit Metab Dis 22(7):788–794
Wilcken B, Leung KC, Hammond J, Kamath R, Leonard JV (1993) Pregnancy and fetal long-chain 3-hydroxyacyl coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency. Lancet 341(8842):407–408
Williams SF, Alvarez JR, Pedro HF, Apuzzio JJ (2008) Glutaric aciduria type II and narcolepsy in pregnancy. Obstet Gynecol 111(2 Pt 2):522–524
Yang Z, Zhao Y, Bennett MJ, Strauss AW, Ibdah JA (2002) Fetal genotypes and pregnancy outcomes in 35 families with mitochondrial trifunctional protein mutations. Am J Obstet Gynecol 187(3):715–720
Yap S, Boers GH, Wilcken B, Wilcken DE, Brenton DP, Lee PJ et al (2001) Vascular outcome in patients with homocystinuria due to cystathionine beta-synthase deficiency treated chronically: a multicenter observational study. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 21(12):2080–2085
Ylitalo K, Vanttinen T, Halmesmaki E, Tyni T (2005) Serious pregnancy complications in a patient with previously undiagnosed carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1 deficiency. Am J Obstet Gynecol 192(6):2060–2062
Acknowledgements
This work was undertaken at UCLH/UCL, which received a proportion of funding from the Department of Health’s NIHR Biomedical Research Centres’ funding scheme.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2017 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Murphy, E. (2017). Pregnancy and Maternal Care. In: Hoffmann, G., Zschocke, J., Nyhan, W. (eds) Inherited Metabolic Diseases. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49410-3_11
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49410-3_11
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-662-49408-0
Online ISBN: 978-3-662-49410-3
eBook Packages: MedicineMedicine (R0)