Acatalasia
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Acatalasia is an autosomal recessive peroxisomal disorder caused by absent or very low levels of the enzyme catalase.{{cite web |title=Acatalasemia|url=https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/acatalasemia|work=Genetics Home Reference|access-date=7 November 2017|publisher=US National Library of Medicine}} Catalase breaks down hydrogen peroxide in cells into water and oxygen. Low levels of catalase can cause hydrogen peroxide to build up, causing damage to cells.
Signs and symptoms
The disorder is relatively benign, although it causes an increased incidence of oral ulcers, and can under rare circumstances lead to gangrene.{{cite journal|last=Takahara|first=Shigeo|author2=Hamilton, H. B.|author3=Neel, J. V.|author4=Kobara, T. Y.|author5=Ogura, Y.|author6=Nishimura, E. T.|title=Hypocatalasemia: a new genetic carrier state|journal=Journal of Clinical Investigation|year=1960|volume=39|issue=4|doi=10.1172/JCI104075|pages=610–619|pmid=13836629|pmc=293346}} Symptoms primarily affect children.
Causes
Acatalasia is often the result of mutations in both copies of the CAT gene which codes for the enzyme catalase.{{Cite web|title = Acatalasemia|url=http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/acatalasemia|website = Genetics Home Reference|access-date = 2015-09-28}} There are multiple types of mutation that can cause this condition. Inheriting a single CAT mutation results in hypocatalasia, in which catalase levels are reduced, but still at functional levels.{{OMIM|614097|ACATALASEMIA}}
Diagnosis
This disorder is commonly diagnosed pouring hydrogen peroxide on the patient's blood sample. Instead of a very bubbling reaction, blood turns brown-colored, which means the patient suffers from acatalasia. {{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}
Management
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Epidemiology
In parts of Japan, this condition has been found in approximately 1.4% of people.{{cite book |last1=Bissonnette |first1=Bruno |last2=Luginbuehl |first2=Igor |last3=Marciniak |first3=Bruno |last4=Dalens |first4=Bernard J. |chapter=Acatalasia/Acatalasemia |chapter-url=https://accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=852§ionid=49517168 |title=Syndromes: Rapid Recognition and Perioperative Implications |publisher=McGraw-Hill |isbn=0-07-135455-7 |date=2006}} Researchers estimate that the condition occurs in 1 in 20,000 people in Hungary and Switzerland.
History
In 1948, Dr. Shigeo Takahara (1908–1994), a Japanese otolaryngologist first reported this new disease.{{cite journal |last=Takahara |first=S. |last2=Miyamoto |first2=H. |title=Three cases of progressive oral gangrene due to lack of catalase in the blood |journal=Nippon Jibi-Inkoka Gakkai Kaiho |volume=51 |page=163 |date=1948}} He had examined a patient with an oral ulcer. He had spread hydrogen peroxide on the diseased part, but oxygen was not generated due to the lack of catalase.{{cite journal |first=S. |last=Takahara |title=Progressive oral gangrene probably due to lack of catalase in the blood (acatalasaemia); report of nine cases |journal=Lancet |volume=2 |issue=6745 |pages=1101–4 |date=1952 |doi=10.1016/s0140-6736(52)90939-2 |pmid=12991731}}
See also
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External links
- [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/medgen/75679 MedGen]
- [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gtr/conditions/C0268419/ Genetic Testing Registry]
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| OMIM = 614097
| MeshID = D020642
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| SNOMED CT = 267454002
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{{Peroxisomal disorders}}
Category:Peroxisomal disorders