| Literature DB >> 3139934 |
M A Birch-Machin1, I M Shepherd, M Solomon, S J Yeaman, D Gardner-Medwin, H S Sherratt, J G Lindsay, A Aynsley-Green, D M Turnbull.
Abstract
Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex deficiency is thought to be a common cause of lactic acidosis. We report a patient with lactic acidosis and intermittent weakness. The rate of oxidation of pyruvate by intact skeletal muscle and liver mitochondrial fractions was impaired and pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC) activity was low. The amounts of immunoreactive dihydrolipoyl transacetylase and dihydrolipoyl dehydrogenase in liver and skeletal muscle mitochondrial fractions from the patient were normal. However, there were markedly lower concentrations of both the alpha and beta subunits of the E1 component of PDC.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 3139934 DOI: 10.1007/bf01799876
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Inherit Metab Dis ISSN: 0141-8955 Impact factor: 4.982