Table 1 Biochemical, genetic and medical information of 18 patients (naive and under L-dopa/carbidopa treatment) (patients 1–18).

From: Urinary sulphatoxymelatonin as a biomarker of serotonin status in biogenic amine-deficient patients

Patients

Date of birth (age at analyses time)

Disease (#OMIM) Gene Mutations

aMT6s µmol/mol creatinine (ref. values)

% aMT6s reduction

CSF 5HIAA nmol/L (reduction, %)

Treatment

Dose (units)

Duration

1

1960 (56 years)

dGTPCH (#233910)GCH1c.265C>T (p.Q89X)

4.1(6.3–37.9)

−34.9

NP

L-dopa/carbidopa

300 mg/d

15y

2

1963 (53 years)

dGTPCH (#233910)GCH1c.265C>T (p.Q89X)

8.4(6.3–37.9)

No reduction

NP

L-dopa/carbidopa

400 mg/d

5y

3

1966 (50 years)

dGTPCH (#233910)GCH1c.265C>T (p.Q89X)

18.2(6.3–37.9)

No reduction

NP

L-dopa/carbidopa

375 mg/d

25y

4

1996 (20 years)

dGTPCH (#233910)GCH1c.265C>T (p.Q89X)

12.7(6.3–37.9)

No reduction

NP

L-dopa/carbidopa

75 mg/d

15y

5

2002 (14 years)

dGTPCH (#233910)GCH1c.265C>T (p.Q89X)

19.8(11.9–66.2)

No reduction

236 (no reduction) At 1 y of age (diagnose time)

L-dopa/carbidopa

130 mg/d

12y

6

1992 (24 years)

dGTPCH (#233910)GCH1c.265C>T (p.Q89X)

38(6.3–37.9)

No reduction

NP

No. Naive patient

  

7

1998 (18 years)

dGTPCH (#233910)GCH1c.235_240delCTGAGC (p.L79_S80del)

21.2(6.3–37.9)

No reduction

NP

L-dopa/carbidopa

62.5 mg/d

10 y

Trihexypenidyl

6 mg/d

6y

8

1963 (52 years)

dGTPCH (#233910)GCH1c.235_240delCTGAGC (p.L79_S80del)

6.5(6.3–37.9)

No reduction

NP

No. Naive patient

  

9

2006 (10 years)

dGTPCH (#233910)GCH1c.265C>T (p.Q89X)

13.4(11.9–66.2)

No reduction

NP

No. Naive patient

  

10

1974 (42 years)

dGTPCH (#233910)GCH1c.265C>T (p.Q89X)

12.1(6.3–37.9)

No reduction

NP

L-dopa/carbidopa

200 mg/d

7 y

11

1950 (66 years)

dGTPCH (#233910)GCH1c.265C>T (p.Q89X)

18.1(6.3–37.9)

No reduction

NP

L-dopa/carbidopa

NA

NA

12

1971 (45 years)

dGTPCH (#233910)GCH1c.68C>T (p.P23L)

19.8(6.3–37.9)

No reduction

NP

No. Naive patient

  

13

1967 (49 years)

dGTPCH (#233910)GCH1c.265C>T (p.Q89X)

1.9(6.3–37.9)

−69.8

NP

No. Naive patient

  

14

2006 (10 years)

rGTPCH (#128230)GCH1c.68C>T/c.265C>T(p.P23L/p.Q89X)

34.2(11.9–66.2)

No reduction

NP

L-dopa/carbidopa

120 mg/d

4y

15

1997 (19 years)

SR (#612716)SPRc.304G>T/c.448A>G(p.G102C/p.R150G)

2.5(6.3–37.9)

–60.3

25 (−60.3) At 11 y of age (diagnose time)

L-dopa/carbidopa

180 mg/d

8 y

16

1992 (24 years)

SR (#612716)SPRc.304G>T/c.448A>G(p.G102C/p.R150G)

4.8(6.3–37.9)

−23.8

NP

L-dopa/carbidopa

300 mg/d

7 y

17

1990 (26 years)

SR (#612716)SPRc.304G>T/c.448A>G(p.G102C/p.R150G)

0.8(6.3–37.9)

−87.3

NP

No. Naive patient

  

18*

2014 (1 years)

AADC (#608643)DDCc.1041+1G>C/c.323G>A(IVS11 ds G-C +1 /p.S108N)

1.1(19.4–79.1)

−94.3

1 (−99.4) At 1 y of age (diagnose time)

No. Naive patient

  
  1. *Patient 18 was studied in baseline conditions. The percentage of aMT6s reduction represents the decrease in aMT6s levels compared with the lower limit of the reference values in each age group. mo: months; ref. values: reference values; w- weeks; y: years; NA: not available; NP: not performed.