Transcobalamin II Deficiency in Four Cases with Novel Mutations

Turk J Haematol. 2015 Dec;32(4):317-22. doi: 10.4274/tjh.2014.0154. Epub 2015 Apr 27.

Abstract

Objective: Transcobalamin II deficiency is one of the rare causes of inherited vitamin B12 disorders in which the patients have characteristically normal or high vitamin B12 levels related to the transport defect of vitamin B12 into the cell, ending up with intracellular cobalamin depletion and high homocysteine and methylmalonic acid levels.

Materials and methods: Herein, we describe the findings at presentation of four patients who were diagnosed to have transcobalamin II deficiency with novel mutations.

Results: These patients with transcobalamin II deficiency were found to have novel mutations, of whom 2 had the same large deletion (homozygous c.1106+1516-1222+1231del).

Conclusion: Transcobalamin II deficiency should be considered in differential diagnosis of any infant with pancytopenia, failure to thrive, diarrhea, and vomiting.

Amaç: Transkobalamin II eksikliği nadir bir kalıtsal B12 vitamini bozukluğudur. Defektin B12 vitamininin transportu ile ilgili olması nedeniyle hastalar normal ya da yüksek B12 vitamini düzeylerine eşlik eden yüksek homosistein ve metilmalonik asit düzeylerine sahiptir. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Bu çalışmada transkobalamin II eksikliği tanısı alan dört hasta sunulmuştur. Bu hastalarda daha önce bildirilmemiş yeni mutasyonlar saptanmıştır. Bulgular: Hastaların ikisinde aynı büyük delesyon olduğu görülmüştür (homozigot c.1106+1516-1222+1231del). Sonuç: Pansitopeni, büyüme geriliği, ishal ya da kusması olan tüm bebeklerde transcobalamin II eksikliği ayırıcı tanıda düşünülmelidir.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anemia, Megaloblastic / blood
  • Anemia, Megaloblastic / drug therapy
  • Anemia, Megaloblastic / genetics*
  • Anemia, Megaloblastic / pathology
  • Bone Marrow / pathology
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 22 / genetics
  • Codon, Nonsense
  • Consanguinity
  • Failure to Thrive / etiology
  • Female
  • Folic Acid / therapeutic use
  • Frameshift Mutation
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Hydroxocobalamin / therapeutic use
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Mutation*
  • Mutation, Missense
  • Pancytopenia / blood
  • Pancytopenia / drug therapy
  • Pancytopenia / genetics*
  • Pancytopenia / pathology
  • Sequence Deletion
  • Transcobalamins / deficiency
  • Transcobalamins / genetics*
  • Vitamin B 12 / therapeutic use
  • Vomiting / etiology
  • beta-Thalassemia / genetics

Substances

  • Codon, Nonsense
  • Transcobalamins
  • Folic Acid
  • Vitamin B 12
  • Hydroxocobalamin