胎儿基因纯合突变的基因杂合子孕母,是否合适大剂量补充叶酸?
首先,这不是病例贴,只是在翻看孩子的一道高三生物试题引发的思考。
题目的疑问是最后一个空(附图的红框),到底是按一般人群补充0.4-1.0mg,还是4.0mg?可以查询到2种参考答案,分别是按一般人群和按NTDs生育史人群推荐用量。
如果附图答案正确,底层逻辑是不是这样:虽然胎儿纯合突变,但孕母非纯合,体内仍然正常转化四氢叶酸供胎儿发育,额外大量补充的叶酸可能只是从肾排泄出去(参考Crider KS, et al. Folic Acid and the Prevention of Birth Defects: 30 Years of Opportunity and Controversies. Annu Rev Nutr. 2022 Aug 22;42:423-452. ),不过此文章在“NTDs危险因素”关于 MTHFR基因突变的影响“里有表述 Both maternal and fetal MTHFR C677T polymorphisms have been implicated as significant risk factors for NTDs”(提及胎儿基因突变增加NTDS风险)。然而,此观点的参考文献(Tsang BLet al Assessing the association between the methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) 677C>T polymorphism and blood folate concentrations: a systematic review and meta-analysis of trials and observational studies. Am J Clin Nutr. 2015 Jun;101(6):1286-94)以及其中3篇相关引用文献(Yan L, et al. Association of the maternal MTHFR C677T polymorphism with susceptibility to neural tube defects in offsprings: evidence from 25 case-control studies. PLoS ONE 2012;7:e41689. Zhang T, et al, Genetic variants in the folate pathway and the risk of neural tube defects: a meta-analysis of the published literature. PLoS ONE 2013;8:e59570. Yadav U, et al. Polymorphisms in folate metabolism genes as maternal risk factor for neural tube defects:an updated meta-analysis. Metab Brain Dis 2015;30(1):7–24.)并没有印证孕母杂合子胎儿纯合突变情况下增加NTDS风险。
另外一种答案的理由是“胎儿基因纯合突变,所以符合‘NTD生育史‘,故推荐4.0mg’’”。
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