Abstract
3-Hydroxyglutaric acid (3HGA) accumulates predominantly in the brain and biological fluids of individuals affected by glutaric acidemia type 1 (GA 1), being considered the most reliable biochemical marker for the diagnosis of this disease. GA 1 is a hereditary neurometabolic disease clinically characterized by acute episodes of encephalopathy resembling intoxication, which are associated with extensive striatal damage and followed by a complex movement disorder. Progressive striatal and extrastriatal abnormalities associated with white matter changes attributed to defective myelination are also common in this disease. Although brain concentrations of 3HGA in GA 1 are still unknown, an important characteristic of this organic acid is that, once produced mainly from lysine, it cannot leave the central nervous system because of very limited efflux, therefore, accumulating in this tissue. The pathogenesis of the brain damage of GA 1 is still poorly established, although neurotoxic effects have been attributed to 3HGA. In this particular, experimental data indicate that 3HGA (i) induces excitotoxicity, possibly due to its similar chemical structure to glutamate, the main excitatory neurotransmitter; (ii) disrupts redox homeostasis, increasing production of mitochondrial reactive species, decreasing cellular antioxidant defenses, and inducing oxidative damage to biomolecules; (iii) impairs bioenergetics, by inhibition of mitochondrial respiration and compromising the citric acid cycle activity; (iv) promotes reactive astrogliosis; and (v) causes blood-brain barrier breakage and cerebral vascular alterations. However, the pathophysiological relevance of the aforementioned deleterious effects on the neuropathology of GA 1 should be taken cautiously since some of these data were obtained with supraphysiological concentrations of 3HGA.
Abbreviations
- 3HGA:
-
3-Hydroxyglutaric acid
- 3-MGH:
-
3-Methylglutaconyl-CoA hydratase
- AMPA:
-
α-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole propionic acid
- BBB :
-
Blood-brain barrier
- C5DC :
-
Glutarylcarnitine
- CNS :
-
Central nervous system
- CPT 1 :
-
Carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1
- CSF :
-
Cerebrospinal fluid
- EC:
-
Enzyme Commission
- GA :
-
Glutaric acid
- GA 1 :
-
Glutaric acidemia type I
- GABA :
-
γ-Aminobutyric acid
- GCDH :
-
Glutaryl-CoA dehydrogenase
- Gcdh−/− :
-
Homozygous glutaryl-CoA dehydrogenase deficient mice
- GFAP :
-
Glial fibrillary acidic protein
- GluRs:
-
Glutamatergic receptors
- GPx :
-
Glutathione peroxidase
- GSH :
-
Reduced glutathione
- HADH:
-
3-Hydroxy-acyl-CoA dehydrogenase
- LCAD:
-
Long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase
- L-NAME:
-
Nω-Nitro-L-arginine
- Lys:
-
Lysine
- MCAD :
-
Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase
- MDA :
-
Malondialdehyde
- MK-801:
-
(5R,10S)-(+)-5-Methyl-10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo[a,d]-cyclohepten-5-10-imine
- NaC3 :
-
Sodium dicarboxylate cotransporter 3
- NBQX:
-
2,3-Dihydroxy-6-nitro-7-sulfamoyl-benzo(F)quinoxaline
- NMDA :
-
N-Methyl-D-aspartate
- NO:
-
Nitric oxide
- NOS:
-
Nitric oxide synthase
- OAT :
-
Organic anion transporter
- OMIM :
-
Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man
- RNS:
-
Reactive nitrogen species
- ROS:
-
Reactive oxygen species
- RS:
-
Reactive species
- S100B:
-
S100 calcium-binding protein B
- VEGF:
-
Vascular endothelial growth factor
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