Cargando…
Folic acid inhibits 5‐methyltetrahydrofolate transport across the blood–cerebrospinal fluid barrier: Clinical biochemical data from two cases
OBJECTIVE: The use of folic acid (FA) has been discouraged in cerebral folate deficiency (CFD) because, theoretically, it could inhibit the transport of 5‐methyltetrahydrofolic acid (5MTHF) across the blood–cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) barrier. We present the clinical biochemical data of two cases with...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
2022
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9626660/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36341171 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmd2.12321 |
_version_ | 1784822786332557312 |
---|---|
author | Akiyama, Tomoyuki Kuki, Ichiro Kim, Kiyohiro Yamamoto, Naohiro Yamada, Yumi Igarashi, Kazuya Ishihara, Tomohiko Hatano, Yuya Kobayashi, Katsuhiro |
author_facet | Akiyama, Tomoyuki Kuki, Ichiro Kim, Kiyohiro Yamamoto, Naohiro Yamada, Yumi Igarashi, Kazuya Ishihara, Tomohiko Hatano, Yuya Kobayashi, Katsuhiro |
author_sort | Akiyama, Tomoyuki |
collection | PubMed |
description | OBJECTIVE: The use of folic acid (FA) has been discouraged in cerebral folate deficiency (CFD) because, theoretically, it could inhibit the transport of 5‐methyltetrahydrofolic acid (5MTHF) across the blood–cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) barrier. We present the clinical biochemical data of two cases with CFD to support this hypothesis. METHODS: We measured CSF and serum 5MTHF concentrations in a patient with Kearns‐Sayre syndrome (KSS) and a patient homozygous for MTHFR C677T polymorphism before and during folate supplementation therapy. To evaluate these 5MTHF concentrations, we also analyzed CSF and serum samples in pediatric patients without folate supplementation. RESULTS: Both patients had low CSF 5MTHF before treatment and high‐dose FA therapy did not normalize CSF 5MTHF. There was a dissociation between serum total folate and 5MTHF concentrations during FA therapy, which was considered to be due to the appearance of unmetabolized FA. The addition of folinic acid did not improve low CSF 5MTHF in the KSS patient and the cessation of FA resulted in the normalization of CSF 5MTHF. In the patient homozygous for MTHFR C677T, minimization of the FA dosage resulted in the normalization of CSF 5MTHF and an increased CSF‐to‐serum 5MTHF ratio. CONCLUSIONS: Our data suggest that excess supplementation of FA impaired 5MTHF transport across the blood–CSF barrier. In the treatment of CFD, supplementation of folinic acid or 5MTHF (in cases of impaired 5MTHF synthesis) is preferred over the use of FA. The reference values of CSF 5MTHF concentration based on 600 pediatric cases were also provided. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-9626660 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2022 |
publisher | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-96266602022-11-03 Folic acid inhibits 5‐methyltetrahydrofolate transport across the blood–cerebrospinal fluid barrier: Clinical biochemical data from two cases Akiyama, Tomoyuki Kuki, Ichiro Kim, Kiyohiro Yamamoto, Naohiro Yamada, Yumi Igarashi, Kazuya Ishihara, Tomohiko Hatano, Yuya Kobayashi, Katsuhiro JIMD Rep Case Reports OBJECTIVE: The use of folic acid (FA) has been discouraged in cerebral folate deficiency (CFD) because, theoretically, it could inhibit the transport of 5‐methyltetrahydrofolic acid (5MTHF) across the blood–cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) barrier. We present the clinical biochemical data of two cases with CFD to support this hypothesis. METHODS: We measured CSF and serum 5MTHF concentrations in a patient with Kearns‐Sayre syndrome (KSS) and a patient homozygous for MTHFR C677T polymorphism before and during folate supplementation therapy. To evaluate these 5MTHF concentrations, we also analyzed CSF and serum samples in pediatric patients without folate supplementation. RESULTS: Both patients had low CSF 5MTHF before treatment and high‐dose FA therapy did not normalize CSF 5MTHF. There was a dissociation between serum total folate and 5MTHF concentrations during FA therapy, which was considered to be due to the appearance of unmetabolized FA. The addition of folinic acid did not improve low CSF 5MTHF in the KSS patient and the cessation of FA resulted in the normalization of CSF 5MTHF. In the patient homozygous for MTHFR C677T, minimization of the FA dosage resulted in the normalization of CSF 5MTHF and an increased CSF‐to‐serum 5MTHF ratio. CONCLUSIONS: Our data suggest that excess supplementation of FA impaired 5MTHF transport across the blood–CSF barrier. In the treatment of CFD, supplementation of folinic acid or 5MTHF (in cases of impaired 5MTHF synthesis) is preferred over the use of FA. The reference values of CSF 5MTHF concentration based on 600 pediatric cases were also provided. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2022-08-06 /pmc/articles/PMC9626660/ /pubmed/36341171 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmd2.12321 Text en © 2022 The Authors. JIMD Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of SSIEM. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Reports Akiyama, Tomoyuki Kuki, Ichiro Kim, Kiyohiro Yamamoto, Naohiro Yamada, Yumi Igarashi, Kazuya Ishihara, Tomohiko Hatano, Yuya Kobayashi, Katsuhiro Folic acid inhibits 5‐methyltetrahydrofolate transport across the blood–cerebrospinal fluid barrier: Clinical biochemical data from two cases |
title | Folic acid inhibits 5‐methyltetrahydrofolate transport across the blood–cerebrospinal fluid barrier: Clinical biochemical data from two cases |
title_full | Folic acid inhibits 5‐methyltetrahydrofolate transport across the blood–cerebrospinal fluid barrier: Clinical biochemical data from two cases |
title_fullStr | Folic acid inhibits 5‐methyltetrahydrofolate transport across the blood–cerebrospinal fluid barrier: Clinical biochemical data from two cases |
title_full_unstemmed | Folic acid inhibits 5‐methyltetrahydrofolate transport across the blood–cerebrospinal fluid barrier: Clinical biochemical data from two cases |
title_short | Folic acid inhibits 5‐methyltetrahydrofolate transport across the blood–cerebrospinal fluid barrier: Clinical biochemical data from two cases |
title_sort | folic acid inhibits 5‐methyltetrahydrofolate transport across the blood–cerebrospinal fluid barrier: clinical biochemical data from two cases |
topic | Case Reports |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9626660/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36341171 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmd2.12321 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT akiyamatomoyuki folicacidinhibits5methyltetrahydrofolatetransportacrossthebloodcerebrospinalfluidbarrierclinicalbiochemicaldatafromtwocases AT kukiichiro folicacidinhibits5methyltetrahydrofolatetransportacrossthebloodcerebrospinalfluidbarrierclinicalbiochemicaldatafromtwocases AT kimkiyohiro folicacidinhibits5methyltetrahydrofolatetransportacrossthebloodcerebrospinalfluidbarrierclinicalbiochemicaldatafromtwocases AT yamamotonaohiro folicacidinhibits5methyltetrahydrofolatetransportacrossthebloodcerebrospinalfluidbarrierclinicalbiochemicaldatafromtwocases AT yamadayumi folicacidinhibits5methyltetrahydrofolatetransportacrossthebloodcerebrospinalfluidbarrierclinicalbiochemicaldatafromtwocases AT igarashikazuya folicacidinhibits5methyltetrahydrofolatetransportacrossthebloodcerebrospinalfluidbarrierclinicalbiochemicaldatafromtwocases AT ishiharatomohiko folicacidinhibits5methyltetrahydrofolatetransportacrossthebloodcerebrospinalfluidbarrierclinicalbiochemicaldatafromtwocases AT hatanoyuya folicacidinhibits5methyltetrahydrofolatetransportacrossthebloodcerebrospinalfluidbarrierclinicalbiochemicaldatafromtwocases AT kobayashikatsuhiro folicacidinhibits5methyltetrahydrofolatetransportacrossthebloodcerebrospinalfluidbarrierclinicalbiochemicaldatafromtwocases |