Familial lecithin: cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) deficiency is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by corneal opacity, hemolytic anemia, proteinuria, and a low serum level of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C). Also, LCAT activity is remarkably decreased or absent. A 57-year-old Japanese man presented with corneal opacity, proteinuria, and a very low serum level of HDL-C. His LCAT activity was too low to measure. From clinical observations and results of examinations, we suspected LCAT deficiency. We performed a kidney biopsy and gene analysis. Light microscopy revealed the vacuolation of glomerular capillary tufts. Electron microscopy revealed small deposits in the glomerular basement membrane (GBM), extracellular matrix, and vascular endothelial cells. We identified a homozygous C to T point mutation at nucleotide 501 (g.501 C>T) of exon 4 at codon 140, resulting in an arginine (Arg) to cysteine (Cys) amino acid substitution (A140C) in the patient. These findings were characteristic of LCAT deficiency, which was confirmed to be due to a mutation that has only been reported in Japan.
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