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Conte F, Sam JE, Lefeber DJ, Passier R. Metabolic Cardiomyopathies and Cardiac Defects in Inherited Disorders of Carbohydrate Metabolism: A Systematic Review. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24108632. [PMID: 37239976 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24108632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2023] [Revised: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 05/02/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
Abstract
Heart failure (HF) is a progressive chronic disease that remains a primary cause of death worldwide, affecting over 64 million patients. HF can be caused by cardiomyopathies and congenital cardiac defects with monogenic etiology. The number of genes and monogenic disorders linked to development of cardiac defects is constantly growing and includes inherited metabolic disorders (IMDs). Several IMDs affecting various metabolic pathways have been reported presenting cardiomyopathies and cardiac defects. Considering the pivotal role of sugar metabolism in cardiac tissue, including energy production, nucleic acid synthesis and glycosylation, it is not surprising that an increasing number of IMDs linked to carbohydrate metabolism are described with cardiac manifestations. In this systematic review, we offer a comprehensive overview of IMDs linked to carbohydrate metabolism presenting that present with cardiomyopathies, arrhythmogenic disorders and/or structural cardiac defects. We identified 58 IMDs presenting with cardiac complications: 3 defects of sugar/sugar-linked transporters (GLUT3, GLUT10, THTR1); 2 disorders of the pentose phosphate pathway (G6PDH, TALDO); 9 diseases of glycogen metabolism (GAA, GBE1, GDE, GYG1, GYS1, LAMP2, RBCK1, PRKAG2, G6PT1); 29 congenital disorders of glycosylation (ALG3, ALG6, ALG9, ALG12, ATP6V1A, ATP6V1E1, B3GALTL, B3GAT3, COG1, COG7, DOLK, DPM3, FKRP, FKTN, GMPPB, MPDU1, NPL, PGM1, PIGA, PIGL, PIGN, PIGO, PIGT, PIGV, PMM2, POMT1, POMT2, SRD5A3, XYLT2); 15 carbohydrate-linked lysosomal storage diseases (CTSA, GBA1, GLA, GLB1, HEXB, IDUA, IDS, SGSH, NAGLU, HGSNAT, GNS, GALNS, ARSB, GUSB, ARSK). With this systematic review we aim to raise awareness about the cardiac presentations in carbohydrate-linked IMDs and draw attention to carbohydrate-linked pathogenic mechanisms that may underlie cardiac complications.
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- Federica Conte
- Department of Neurology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University Medical Center, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Department of Applied Stem Cell Technologies, TechMed Centre, University of Twente, 7522 NH Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University Medical Center, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University Medical Center, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Translational Metabolic Laboratory, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Applied Stem Cell Technologies, TechMed Centre, University of Twente, 7522 NH Enschede, The Netherlands
- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands
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Greczan M, Rokicki D, Wesół-Kucharska D, Kaczor M, Rawiak A, Jezela-Stanek A. Perinatal manifestations of congenital disorders of glycosylation-A clue to early diagnosis. Front Genet 2022; 13:1019283. [PMID: 36583024 PMCID: PMC9792486 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.1019283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2022] [Accepted: 11/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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N-glycosylation defects-isolated or mixed with other glycosylation defects-are the most frequent congenital disorders of glycosylation and present mostly in childhood, with a specific combination of non-specific phenotypic features. The diagnosis, however, is often delayed. The aim of this study is to describe the perinatal phenotype of congenital disorders of N-glycosylation. We present an analysis of perinatal symptoms in a group of 24 one-center Polish patients with N-glycosylation defects-isolated or mixed. The paper expands the perinatal phenotype of CDGs and shows that some distinctive combinations of symptoms present in the perinatal period should raise a suspicion of CDGs in a differential diagnosis.
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- Milena Greczan
- Department of Pediatrics, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Pediatrics, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland,*Correspondence: Dariusz Rokicki,
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- Department of Pediatrics, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Pediatrics, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Pediatrics, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, Children’s Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Genetics and Clinical Immunology, National Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Warsaw, Poland
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Vurallı D, Yıldız Y, Ozon A, Dursun A, Gönç N, Tokatlı A, Sivri HS, Alikaşifoğlu A. Hyperinsulinism May Be Underreported in Hypoglycemic Patients with Phosphomannomutase 2 Deficiency. J Clin Res Pediatr Endocrinol 2022; 14:275-286. [PMID: 35308014 PMCID: PMC9422911 DOI: 10.4274/jcrpe.galenos.2022.2021-10-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Accepted: 02/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Objective Phosphomannomutase 2 deficiency (PMM2-CDG) is a disorder of protein N-glycosylation with a wide clinical spectrum. Hypoglycemia is rarely reported in PMM2-CDG. In this study, we evaluated cause, treatment options and outcomes in cases with hypoglycemia in the course of PMM2-CDG. Methods Clinical records of patients followed with PMM2-CDG within the last two decades were reviewed. Medical data of patients with hypoglycemia were evaluated in more detail. Demographic and clinical findings, organ involvement and laboratory investigations at time of hypoglycemia were recorded. Time of first attack of hypoglycemia, cause, treatment modalities, duration of hypoglycemia (permanent/transient), and duration of treatment, as well as outcome were also recorded. Other published cases with PMM2-CDG and hypoglycemia are also reviewed in order to elucidate characteristics as well as pathophysiology of hypoglycemia. Results Nine patients with PMM2-CDG were reviewed, and hypoglycemia was present in three cases. All three had hyperinsulinism as the cause of hypoglycemia. In the first two cases reported here, serum insulin level concurrent with hypoglycemic episodes was elevated, and glucose response was exaggerated during glucagon test, favoring hyperinsulinism. However, in the third case, the serum insulin level at time of hypoglycemia was not so high but hypoglycemia responded well to diazoxide. Hyperinsulinism was permanent in two of these three cases. No genotype-phenotype correlation was observed with respect to hyperinsulinism. Conclusion The main cause of hypoglycemia in PMM2-CDG appears to be hyperinsulinism. Although insulin levels at the time of hypoglycemia may not be very high, hypoglycemia in patients with PMM2 responds well to diazoxide.
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- Doğuş Vurallı
- Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Ankara, Turkey
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- Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Metabolism and Nutrition, Ankara, Turkey
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- Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Ankara, Turkey
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- Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Metabolism and Nutrition, Ankara, Turkey
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- Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Ankara, Turkey
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- Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Metabolism and Nutrition, Ankara, Turkey
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- Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Metabolism and Nutrition, Ankara, Turkey
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- Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Ankara, Turkey
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Hong X, Alharbi H, Albokhari D, Edmondson AC, He M. OUP accepted manuscript. Clin Chem 2022; 68:987-989. [PMID: 35780510 PMCID: PMC9384345 DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/hvac012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Accepted: 12/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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- Division of Human Genetics,Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Taibah University College of Medicine, Medina, Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Human Genetics,Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Address correspondence to this author at: 3401 Civic Center Blvd. Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Fax 215-590-4297; e-mail
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Moravej H, Altassan R, Jaeken J, Enns GM, Ellaway C, Balasubramaniam S, De Lonlay P, Coman D, Mercimek‐Andrews S, Witters P, Morava E. Hypoglycemia in CDG patients due to PMM2 mutations: Follow up on hyperinsulinemic patients. JIMD Rep 2020; 51:76-81. [PMID: 32071842 PMCID: PMC7012739 DOI: 10.1002/jmd2.12085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2018] [Revised: 10/18/2019] [Accepted: 10/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Phosphomannomutase 2 deficiency (PMM2-CDG) is the most common congenital disorder of glycosylation (CDG). Hypoglycemia has been reported in various CDG including PMM2-CDG. The frequency and etiology of hypoglycemia in PMM2-CDG are not well studied. METHODS We conducted a systematic review of the literature on genetically and/or biochemically confirmed PMM2-CDG patients who developed hypoglycemia. Prospective follow-up information on the patients who received diazoxide therapy was collected and evaluated. RESULTS A total of 165 peer-reviewed articles reporting on 933 PMM2-CDG patients were assessed. Hypoglycemia was specifically mentioned only in 23 of these patients (2.5%). Hyperinsulinism was identified in 10 patients (43% of all hypoglycemic patients). Among these 10 patients, seven were successfully treated with diazoxide. However, most patients remained on therapy longer than a year to stay free of hypoglycemia. CONCLUSION Hypoglycemia is a rarely reported finding in patients with PMM2-CDG. Diazoxide-responsive hyperinsulinism was found to have a good prognosis on medication in our PMM2-CDG patients with hypoglycemia. No genotype-phenotype correlation was observed with respect to hyperinsulinism. A prospective study should be undertaken to explore the hypothesis that hypoglycemia is underdiagnosed in PMM2-CDG and to evaluate whether hyperinsulinism is always associated with hypoglycemia.
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- Hossein Moravej
- Neonatal Research CenterShiraz University of Medical SciencesShirazIran
- Department of Pediatric EndocrinologySchool of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical SciencesShirazIran
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- Medical Genetic DepartmentMcGill University Health CenterMontrealQuébecCanada
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- Center for Metabolic DiseasesUniversity Hospital GasthuisbergLeuvenBelgium
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- Biochemical Genetics ProgramStanford UniversityStanfordCalifornia
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- Genetic Metabolic Disorders ServiceSydney Children's Hospital NetworkSydneyNew South WalesAustralia
- Disciplines of Genetic Medicine & Child and Adolescent HealthSydney UniversitySydneyNew South WalesAustralia
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- Western Sydney Genetics ProgramThe Children's Hospital at WestmeadSydneyNew South WalesAustralia
- Discipline of Genetic MedicineSydney Medical School, University of SydneySydneyNew South WalesAustralia
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- Reference Center for Metabolic DiseasesHospital Necker, University Paris VParisFrance
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- Department of Metabolic MedicineThe Lady Cilento Children's HospitalBrisbaneQueenslandAustralia
- School of MedicineUniversity of Queensland and Griffith UniversityBrisbaneQueenslandAustralia
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- Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics, Department of PediatricsUniversity of TorontoTorontoOntarioCanada
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- Metabolic CenterUniversity Hospitals LeuvenLeuvenBelgium
- Department of Development and RegenerationFaculty of MedicineLeuvenBelgium
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- Department of Clinical GenomicsMayo Clinic RochesterRochesterMinnesota
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Altassan R, Péanne R, Jaeken J, Barone R, Bidet M, Borgel D, Brasil S, Cassiman D, Cechova A, Coman D, Corral J, Correia J, de la Morena-Barrio ME, de Lonlay P, Dos Reis V, Ferreira CR, Fiumara A, Francisco R, Freeze H, Funke S, Gardeitchik T, Gert M, Girad M, Giros M, Grünewald S, Hernández-Caselles T, Honzik T, Hutter M, Krasnewich D, Lam C, Lee J, Lefeber D, Marques-de-Silva D, Martinez AF, Moravej H, Õunap K, Pascoal C, Pascreau T, Patterson M, Quelhas D, Raymond K, Sarkhail P, Schiff M, Seroczyńska M, Serrano M, Seta N, Sykut-Cegielska J, Thiel C, Tort F, Vals MA, Videira P, Witters P, Zeevaert R, Morava E. International clinical guidelines for the management of phosphomannomutase 2-congenital disorders of glycosylation: Diagnosis, treatment and follow up. J Inherit Metab Dis 2019; 42:5-28. [PMID: 30740725 DOI: 10.1002/jimd.12024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
Phosphomannomutase 2 (PMM2-CDG) is the most common congenital disorder of N-glycosylation and is caused by a deficient PMM2 activity. The clinical presentation and the onset of PMM2-CDG vary among affected individuals ranging from a severe antenatal presentation with multisystem involvement to mild adulthood presentation limited to minor neurological involvement. Management of affected patients requires a multidisciplinary approach. In this article, a systematic review of the literature on PMM2-CDG was conducted by a group of international experts in different aspects of CDG. Our managment guidelines were initiated based on the available evidence-based data and experts' opinions. This guideline mainly addresses the clinical evaluation of each system/organ involved in PMM2-CDG, and the recommended management approach. It is the first systematic review of current practices in PMM2-CDG and the first guidelines aiming at establishing a practical approach to the recognition, diagnosis and management of PMM2-CDG patients.
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- Ruqaiah Altassan
- Department of Medical Genetic, Montréal Children's Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Department of Medical Genetic, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- LIA GLYCOLAB4CDG (International Associated Laboratory "Laboratory for the Research on Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation-from Cellular Mechanisms to Cure", France/ Belgium
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- Department of Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Child Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, Gynaecology, and Diabetology, AP-HP, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, IMAGINE Institute affiliate, Paris, France
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- INSERM U1176, Université Paris-Sud, CHU de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France
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- Portuguese Association for Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation (CDG), Departamento Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
- Professionals and Patient Associations International Network (CDG & Allies-PPAIN), Departament o Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
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- Department of Gastroenterology-Hepatology and Metabolic Center, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Metabolic Medicine, The Lady Cilento Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Schools of Medicine, University of Queensland Brisbane, Griffith University Gold Coast, Southport, Queensland, Australia
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- Servicio de Hematología y Oncología Médica, Hospital Universitario Morales Meseguer, Centro Regional de Hemodonación, Universidad de Murcia, IMIB-Arrixaca, CIBERER, Murcia, Spain
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- Centro de Referência Doenças Hereditárias do Metabolismo - Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Servicio de Hematologíay Oncología Médica, Hospital Universitario Morales Meseguer, Centro Regional de Hemodonación, Universidad de Murcia, IMIB-Arrixaca, CIBERER, Murcia, Spain
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- Reference Center of Inherited Metabolic Diseases, University Paris Descartes, Hospital Necker Enfants Malades, Paris, France
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- Portuguese Association for Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation (CDG), Departamento Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
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- National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
- Division of Genetics and Metabolism, Children's National Health System, Washington, District of Columbia
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- Child Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Portuguese Association for Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation (CDG), Departamento Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
- Professionals and Patient Associations International Network (CDG & Allies-PPAIN), Departament o Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
- UCIBIO, Departamento Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Caparica, Caparica, Portugal
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- Sanford Children's Health Research Center, Sanford-Burnham-Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, California
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Neonatology, University of Pécs, Pecs, Hungary
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- LIA GLYCOLAB4CDG (International Associated Laboratory "Laboratory for the Research on Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation-from Cellular Mechanisms to Cure", France/ Belgium
- Center for Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- AP-HP, Necker University Hospital, Hepatology and Gastroenterology Unit, French National Reference Centre for Biliary Atresia and Genetic Cholestasis, Paris, France
- Hepatologie prdiatrique department, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France
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- Secció d'Errors Congènits del Metabolisme -IBC, Servei de Bioquímica i Genètica Molecular, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, CIBERER, Barcelona, Spain
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- Metabolic Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital and Institute of Child Health, University College London, NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Biología Molecular B e Inmunología, Faculty of Medicine, IMIB-University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Center for Child and Adolescent Medicine, Department, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington
- Center for Integrative Brain Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Metabolic Medicine, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Professionals and Patient Associations International Network (CDG & Allies-PPAIN), Departament o Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
- UCIBIO, Departamento Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Caparica, Caparica, Portugal
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- Genetics and Molecular Medicine and Rare Disease Paediatric Unit, Sant Joan de Déu Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
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- Neonatal Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
- Department of Genetics, United Laboratories, Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
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- Portuguese Association for Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation (CDG), Departamento Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
- Professionals and Patient Associations International Network (CDG & Allies-PPAIN), Departament o Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
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- AP-HP, Service d'Hématologie Biologique, Hôpital R. Debré, Paris, France
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- Division of Child and Adolescent Neurology, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic Children's Center, Rochester, New York
- Division of Child and Adolescent Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Mayo Clinic Children's Center, Rochester, New York
- Division of Child and Adolescent Neurology, Department of Medical Genetics, Mayo Clinic Children's Center, Rochester, New York
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- Servicio de Hematología y Oncología Médica, Hospital Universitario Morales Meseguer, Centro Regional de Hemodonación, Universidad de Murcia, IMIB-Arrixaca, CIBERER, Murcia, Spain
- Centro de Genética Médica Doutor Jacinto Magalhães, Unidade de Bioquímica Genética, Porto, Portugal
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- Biochemical Genetics Laboratory, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Metabolic and Genetic department, Sarem Woman's Hospital, Tehrān, Iran
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- Neurologie pédiatrique et maladies métaboliques, (C. Farnoux) - Pôle de pédiatrie médicale CHU, Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris, France
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- Departamento de Bioquímica, Biología Molecular B e Inmunología, Faculty of Medicine, IMIB-University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain
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- Neurology Department, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, U-703 Centre for Biomedical Research on Rare Diseases (CIBER-ER), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Barcelona, Spain
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- AP-HP, Bichat Hospital, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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- Department of Inborn Errors of Metabolism and Paediatrics, the Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland
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- Center for Child and Adolescent Medicine, Department, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Secció d'Errors Congènits del Metabolisme -IBC, Servei de Bioquímica i Genètica Molecular, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, CIBERER, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- UCIBIO, Departamento Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa Caparica, Caparica, Portugal
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- Department of Paediatrics and Metabolic Center, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, Jessa Hospital, Hasselt, Belgium
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- Department of Clinical Genomics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, New York
- Department of Pediatrics, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
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Ferreira CR, Altassan R, Marques-Da-Silva D, Francisco R, Jaeken J, Morava E. Recognizable phenotypes in CDG. J Inherit Metab Dis 2018; 41:541-553. [PMID: 29654385 PMCID: PMC5960425 DOI: 10.1007/s10545-018-0156-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2017] [Revised: 12/23/2017] [Accepted: 02/06/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
Abstract
Pattern recognition, using a group of characteristic, or discriminating features, is a powerful tool in metabolic diagnostic. A classic example of this approach is used in biochemical analysis of urine organic acid analysis, where the reporting depends more on the correlation of pertinent positive and negative findings, rather than on the absolute values of specific markers. Similar uses of pattern recognition in the field of biochemical genetics include the interpretation of data obtained by metabolomics, like glycomics, where a recognizable pattern or the presence of a specific glycan sub-fraction can lead to the direct diagnosis of certain types of congenital disorders of glycosylation. Another indispensable tool is the use of clinical pattern recognition-or syndromology-relying on careful phenotyping. While genomics might uncover variants not essential in the final clinical expression of disease, and metabolomics could point to a mixture of primary but also secondary changes in biochemical pathways, phenomics describes the clinically relevant manifestations and the full expression of the disease. In the current review we apply phenomics to the field of congenital disorders of glycosylation, focusing on recognizable differentiating findings in glycosylation disorders, characteristic dysmorphic features and malformations in PMM2-CDG, and overlapping patterns among the currently known glycosylation disorders based on their pathophysiological basis.
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- Carlos R Ferreira
- Medical Genetics Branch National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Division of Genetics and Metabolism, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
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- Metabolic Center, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Development and Regeneration, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- UCIBIO, Departamento Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Portuguese Association for CDG, Lisboa, Portugal
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- UCIBIO, Departamento Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Portuguese Association for CDG, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Metabolic Center, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Development and Regeneration, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Metabolic Center, Department of Pediatrics, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium.
- Department of Development and Regeneration, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
- Department of Clinical Genomics, Center for Individualized Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
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Altassan R, Witters P, Saifudeen Z, Quelhas D, Jaeken J, Levtchenko E, Cassiman D, Morava E. Renal involvement in PMM2-CDG, a mini-review. Mol Genet Metab 2018; 123:292-296. [PMID: 29229467 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2017.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2017] [Revised: 11/27/2017] [Accepted: 11/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Phosphomannomutase 2 deficiency (PMM2-CDG) is the most common N-linked glycosylation disorder. The majority of patients present with a multisystem phenotype, including central nervous system involvement, hepatopathy, gastrointestinal and cardiac symptoms, endocrine dysfunction and abnormal coagulation. Renal abnormalities including congenital malformations and altered renal function are part of the multisystem manifestations of congenital disorders of glycosylation. We reviewed the literature on 933 patients with molecularly and/or enzymatically confirmed PMM2 deficiency to evaluate the incidence of renal involvement in PMM2-CDG. Renal abnormalities were reported in 56 patients. Congenital abnormalities were present in 41 out of these 55. Cystic kidney and mild proteinuria were the most common findings. One of the most severe renal manifestations, congenital nephrotic syndrome, was detected in 6 children. Renal manifestations were not associated with the presence of specific PMM2 alleles. This review summarizes the reported renal abnormalities in PMM2-CDG and draws attention to the pathophysiological impact of abnormal glycosylation on kidney structure and function.
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- Ruqaiah Altassan
- Medical Genetic Department, Montréal Children Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada; Department of Pediatrics, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Pediatrics, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Tulane University Medical School, Department of Pediatrics, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Unidade de Bioquímica Genética, Centro de Genética Médica Jacinto de Magalhães, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Pediatrics, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Pediatrics, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Pediatrics, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Chronic Diseases, Metabolism and Ageing, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Pediatrics, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Tulane University Medical School, Department of Pediatrics, New Orleans, LA, USA.
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Marques-da-Silva D, Francisco R, Webster D, Dos Reis Ferreira V, Jaeken J, Pulinilkunnil T. Cardiac complications of congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG): a systematic review of the literature. J Inherit Metab Dis 2017; 40:657-672. [PMID: 28726068 DOI: 10.1007/s10545-017-0066-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2017] [Revised: 06/06/2017] [Accepted: 06/08/2017] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG) are inborn errors of metabolism due to protein and lipid hypoglycosylation. This rapidly growing family of genetic diseases comprises 103 CDG types, with a broad phenotypic diversity ranging from mild to severe poly-organ -system dysfunction. This literature review summarizes cardiac involvement, reported in 20% of CDG. CDG with cardiac involvement were divided according to the associated type of glycosylation: N-glycosylation, O-glycosylation, dolichol synthesis, glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchor biosynthesis, COG complex, V-ATPase complex, and other glycosylation pathways. The aim of this review was to document and interpret the incidence of heart disease in CDG patients. Heart disorders were grouped into cardiomyopathies, structural defects, and arrhythmogenic disorders. This work may contribute to improved early management of cardiac complications in CDG.
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- D Marques-da-Silva
- UCIBIO, Departamento Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
- Portuguese Association for CDG, Lisbon, Portugal
- CDG & Allies - Professionals and Patient Associations International Network (CDG & Allies - PPAIN), Caparica, Portugal
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- UCIBIO, Departamento Ciências da Vida, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
- Portuguese Association for CDG, Lisbon, Portugal
- CDG & Allies - Professionals and Patient Associations International Network (CDG & Allies - PPAIN), Caparica, Portugal
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Saint John Regional Hospital, Dalhousie University, Saint John, NB, Canada
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- Portuguese Association for CDG, Lisbon, Portugal
- CDG & Allies - Professionals and Patient Associations International Network (CDG & Allies - PPAIN), Caparica, Portugal
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- CDG & Allies - Professionals and Patient Associations International Network (CDG & Allies - PPAIN), Caparica, Portugal
- Center for Metabolic Diseases, UZ and KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick, 100 Tucker Park Road, Saint John, NB, E2L 4L5, Canada.
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Kapusta L, Zucker N, Frenckel G, Medalion B, Ben Gal T, Birk E, Mandel H, Nasser N, Morgenstern S, Zuckermann A, Lefeber DJ, de Brouwer A, Wevers RA, Lorber A, Morava E. From discrete dilated cardiomyopathy to successful cardiac transplantation in congenital disorders of glycosylation due to dolichol kinase deficiency (DK1-CDG). Heart Fail Rev 2013; 18:187-96. [PMID: 22327749 PMCID: PMC3593007 DOI: 10.1007/s10741-012-9302-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Congenital disorders of glycosylation are a growing group of inborn errors of protein glycosylation. Cardiac involvement is frequently observed in the most common form, PMM2-CDG, especially hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Dilated cardiomyopathy, however, has been only observed in a few CDG subtypes, usually with a lethal outcome. We report on cardiac pathology in nine patients from three unrelated Israeli families, diagnosed with dolichol kinase deficiency, due to novel, homozygous DK1 gene mutations. The cardiac symptoms varied from discrete, mild dilation to overt heart failure with death. Two children died unexpectedly with acute symptoms of heart failure before the diagnosis of DK1-CDG and heart transplantation could take place. Three other affected children with mild dilated cardiomyopathy at the time of the diagnosis deteriorated rapidly, two of them within days after an acute infection. They all went through successful heart transplantation; one died unexpectedly and 2 others are currently (after 1-5 years) clinically stable. The other 4 children diagnosed with mild dilated cardiomyopathy are doing well on supportive heart failure therapy. In most cases, the cardiac findings dominated the clinical picture, without central nervous system or multisystem involvement, which is unique in CDG syndrome. We suggest to test for DK1-CDG in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy. Patients with discrete cardiomyopathy may remain stable on supportive treatment while others deteriorate rapidly. Our paper is the first comprehensive study on the phenotype of DK1-CDG and the first successful organ transplantation in CDG syndrome.
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- Livia Kapusta
- Children's Heart Centre, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Funke S, Gardeitchik T, Kouwenberg D, Mohamed M, Wortmann SB, Korsch E, Adamowicz M, Al-Gazali L, Wevers RA, Horvath A, Lefeber DJ, Morava E. Perinatal and early infantile symptoms in congenital disorders of glycosylation. Am J Med Genet A 2013; 161A:578-84. [PMID: 23401092 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.35702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2012] [Accepted: 09/07/2012] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG) are a rapidly growing family of inborn errors. Screening for CDG in suspected cases is usually performed in the first year of life by serum transferrin isoelectric focusing or mass spectrometry. Based on the transferrin analysis patients can be biochemically diagnosed with a type 1 or type 2 transferrin pattern, and labeled as CDG-I, or CDG-II. The diagnosis of CDG is frequently delayed due to the highly variable phenotype, some cases showing single organ involvement and others mimicking syndromes, like skeletal dysplasia, cutis laxa syndrome, or congenital muscle dystrophy. The aim of our study was to evaluate perinatal abnormalities and early discriminative symptoms in 58 patients consecutively diagnosed with diverse CDG-subtypes. Neonatal findings and clinical features in the first months of life were studied in 36 children with CDG-I and 22 with CDG-II. Maternal complications were found in five, small for gestational age in nine patients. Five children had abnormal neonatal screening results for hypothyroidism. Congenital microcephaly and neonatal seizures were common in CDG-II. Inverted nipples were uncommon with 5 out of 58 children. Dysmorphic features were mostly nonspecific, except for cutis laxa. Early complications included feeding problems, cardiomyopathy, thrombosis, and bleeding. Cases presenting in the neonatal period had the highest mortality rate. Survival in CDG patients is highly dependent on early intervention therapy. We recommend low threshold screening for glycosylation disorders in infants with neurologic symptoms, even in the absence of abnormal fat distribution. Growth retardation and neonatal bleeding increase suspicion for CDG.
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- Simone Funke
- Hayward Genetics Center, Tulane University Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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Brassier A, Ottolenghi C, Boddaert N, Sonigo P, Attié-Bitach T, Millischer-Bellaiche AE, Baujat G, Cormier-Daire V, Valayannopoulos V, Seta N, Piraud M, Chadefaux-Vekemans B, Vianey-Saban C, Froissart R, de Lonlay P. Maladies héréditaires du métabolisme : signes anténatals et diagnostic biologique. Arch Pediatr 2012; 19:959-69. [DOI: 10.1016/j.arcped.2012.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2012] [Accepted: 06/27/2012] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Al-Owain M, Mohamed S, Kaya N, Zagal A, Matthijs G, Jaeken J. A novel mutation and first report of dilated cardiomyopathy in ALG6-CDG (CDG-Ic): a case report. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2010; 5:7. [PMID: 20398363 PMCID: PMC2861021 DOI: 10.1186/1750-1172-5-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2009] [Accepted: 04/16/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG) are an expanding group of inherited metabolic diseases with multisystem involvement. ALG6-CDG (CDGIc) is an endoplasmatic reticulum defect in N-glycan assembly. It is usually milder than PMM2-CDG (CDG-Ia) and so is its natural course. It is characterized by psychomotor retardation, seizures, ataxia, and hypotonia. In contrast to PMM2-CDG (CDGIa), there is no cerebellar hypoplasia. Cardiomyopathy has been reported in a few CDG types and in a number of patients with unexplained CDG. We report an 11 year old Saudi boy with severe psychomotor retardation, seizures, strabismus, inverted nipples, dilated cardiomyopathy, and a type 1 pattern of serum transferrin isoelectrofocusing. Phosphomannomutase and phosphomannose isomerase activities were normal in fibroblasts. Full gene sequencing of the ALG6 gene revealed a novel mutation namely c.482A>G (p.Y161C) and heterozygosity in the parents. This report highlights the importance to consider CDG in the differential diagnosis of unexplained cardiomyopathy.
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- Mohammed Al-Owain
- Department of Medical Genetics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Footitt EJ, Karimova A, Burch M, Yayeh T, Dupré T, Vuillaumier-Barrot S, Chantret I, Moore SEH, Seta N, Grunewald S. Cardiomyopathy in the congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG): a case of late presentation and literature review. J Inherit Metab Dis 2009; 32 Suppl 1:S313-9. [PMID: 19757145 DOI: 10.1007/s10545-009-1262-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2009] [Revised: 07/28/2009] [Accepted: 07/30/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG) are a recently described group of inherited multisystem disorders characterized by defects predominantly of N- and O-glycosylation of proteins. Cardiomyopathy in CDG has previously been described in several subtypes; it is usually associated with high morbidity and mortality and the majority of cases present in the first 2 years of life. This is the first case with presentation in late childhood and the article reviews current literature. An 11-year-old female with a background of learning difficulties presented in cardiac failure secondary to severe dilated cardiomyopathy. Prior to the diagnosis of CDG, her condition deteriorated; she required mechanical support (Excor Berlin Heart) and was listed for cardiac transplant. Investigations included screening for glycosylation disorders, and isoelectric focusing of transferrin revealed an abnormal type 1 pattern. Analysis of phosphomannomutase and phosphomannose isomerase showed normal enzyme activity, excluding PMM2 (CDG Ia) and MPI (CDG Ib). Lipid-linked oligosaccharide and mutational studies have not yet defined the defect. Despite aggressive therapy there were persistent difficulties achieving adequate anticoagulation and she developed multiple life-threatening thrombotic complications. She was removed from the transplant list and died from overwhelming sepsis 5 weeks following admission. This case emphasizes the need to screen all children with an undiagnosed cardiomyopathy for CDG, regardless of age, and where possible to exclude CDG before the use of cardiac bridging devices. It highlights the many practical and ethical challenges that may be encountered where clinical knowledge and experience are still evolving.
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- E J Footitt
- Metabolic Medicine Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children with UCL Institute of Child Health, London, UK.
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Prasad AN, Malinger G, Lerman-Sagie T. Primary disorders of metabolism and disturbed fetal brain development. Clin Perinatol 2009; 36:621-38. [PMID: 19732617 DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2009.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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There exists a link between the in utero metabolic environment and the development of the fetal nervous system. Prenatal neurosonography offers a unique, noninvasive tool in the detection of developmental brain malformations and the ability to monitor changes over time. This article explores the association of malformations of cerebral development reported in association with inborn errors of metabolism, and speculates on potential mechanisms by which such malformations arise. The detection of cerebral malformations prenatally should lead to a search for both genetic etiologies and inborn errors of metabolism in the fetus. Improving the changes of an early diagnosis provides for timely therapeutic interventions and it is hoped a brighter future for affected children and their families.
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- Asuri N Prasad
- Section of Clinical Neurosciences, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Children's Hospital of Western Ontario, London Health Sciences Centre, University of Western Ontario, B-509, 800 Commissioners Road East, London, Ontario, N6C4G5, Canada
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