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Mechanism of disease

The role of hepatic lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) in the excessive overproduction of oxalate in PH

The role of hepatic lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) in the excessive overproduction of oxalate in PH

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In the glyoxylate metabolic pathway, glyoxylate is normally recycled by a number of different enzymes in the hepatocyte.1,2

Normal glyoxylate metabolic pathway1,2

Normal glyoxylate metabolic pathway graphic
Normal glyoxylate metabolic pathway graphic

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In the 3 genetically defined subtypes of PH, a defect in 1 of 3 liver enzymes causes a deficiency in the glyoxylate metabolic pathway, resulting in the overproduction of glyoxylate.1-6

Dysregulated glyoxylate metabolic pathway1

Dysregulated glyoxylate metabolic pathway graphic
Dysregulated glyoxylate metabolic pathway graphic

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In PH1, PH2, and PH3, hepatic LDH catalyzes the final common step in this pathway, converting abnormally high glyoxylate into excessive oxalate6

PH1

AGT enzyme deficiency

PH2

GRPHR enzyme deficiency

PH3

HOGA enzyme deficiency

References

  1. Martin-Higueras C et al. Molecular therapy of primary hyperoxaluria. J Inherit Metab Dis. 2017;40(4):481-489.
  2. Cochat P, Rumsby G. Primary hyperoxaluria. N Engl J Med. 2013;369(7):649-658.
  3. Belostotsky R et al. Primary hyperoxaluria type III—a model for studying perturbations in glyoxylate metabolism. J Mol Med (Berl). 2012;90(12):1497-1504.
  4. Riedel TJ et al. 4-hydroxy-2-oxoglutarate aldolase inactivity in primary hyperoxaluria type 3 and glyoxylate reductase inhibition. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2012;1822(10):1544-1552.
  5. Ben-Shalom E, Frishberg Y. Primary hyperoxalurias: diagnosis and treatment. Pediatr Nephrol. 2015;30(10):1781-1791.
  6. Lai C et al. Specific inhibition of hepatic lactate dehydrogenase reduces oxalate production in mouse models of primary hyperoxaluria. Mol Ther. 2018;26(8):1983-1995.

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