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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
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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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Koch RL, Soler-Alfonso C, Kiely BT, Asai A, Smith AL, Bali DS, Kang PB, Landstrom AP, Akman HO, Burrow TA, Orthmann-Murphy JL, Goldman DS, Pendyal S, El-Gharbawy AH, Austin SL, Case LE, Schiffmann R, Hirano M, Kishnani PS. Diagnosis and management of glycogen storage disease type IV, including adult polyglucosan body disease: A clinical practice resource. Mol Genet Metab 2023; 138:107525. [PMID: 36796138 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2023.107525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2022] [Revised: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Glycogen storage disease type IV (GSD IV) is an ultra-rare autosomal recessive disorder caused by pathogenic variants in GBE1 which results in reduced or deficient glycogen branching enzyme activity. Consequently, glycogen synthesis is impaired and leads to accumulation of poorly branched glycogen known as polyglucosan. GSD IV is characterized by a remarkable degree of phenotypic heterogeneity with presentations in utero, during infancy, early childhood, adolescence, or middle to late adulthood. The clinical continuum encompasses hepatic, cardiac, muscular, and neurologic manifestations that range in severity. The adult-onset form of GSD IV, referred to as adult polyglucosan body disease (APBD), is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by neurogenic bladder, spastic paraparesis, and peripheral neuropathy. There are currently no consensus guidelines for the diagnosis and management of these patients, resulting in high rates of misdiagnosis, delayed diagnosis, and lack of standardized clinical care. To address this, a group of experts from the United States developed a set of recommendations for the diagnosis and management of all clinical phenotypes of GSD IV, including APBD, to support clinicians and caregivers who provide long-term care for individuals with GSD IV. The educational resource includes practical steps to confirm a GSD IV diagnosis and best practices for medical management, including (a) imaging of the liver, heart, skeletal muscle, brain, and spine, (b) functional and neuromusculoskeletal assessments, (c) laboratory investigations, (d) liver and heart transplantation, and (e) long-term follow-up care. Remaining knowledge gaps are detailed to emphasize areas for improvement and future research.
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- Rebecca L Koch
- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA; Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Paul and Sheila Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Center, Department of Neurology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA; Department of Cell Biology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York City, NY, USA
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- Section of Genetics and Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR, USA
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- Adult Polyglucosan Body Disease Research Foundation, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA; Doctor of Physical Therapy Division, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York City, NY, USA
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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A total of 11 types of glycogen storage disorders have been recognized with variable clinical presentations. Type IV, also known as Andersen disease, represents a rare subtype that can induce severe clinical findings early in life. We report on a patient with early fetal onset of symptoms with severe neuromuscular findings at birth. The pregnancy was further complicated by polyhydramnios and depressed fetal movement. At birth severe hypotonia was noticed requiring active resuscitation and then mechanical ventilation. His lack of expected course for hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy prompted genetic testing, including a muscle biopsy, which confirmed the diagnosis of glycogen storage disease IV (GSD IV). Mutation analysis of the glycogen branching enzyme 1 gene demonstrated a previously unrecognized mutation. We review recent information on early presentation of GSD IV with particular interest in the presentation of the neonatal lethal neuromuscular form of this rare disorder.
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Lee YC, Chang CJ, Bali D, Chen YT, Yan YT. Glycogen-branching enzyme deficiency leads to abnormal cardiac development: novel insights into glycogen storage disease IV. Hum Mol Genet 2010; 20:455-65. [DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddq492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Taratuto AL, Akman HO, Saccoliti M, Riudavets M, Arakaki N, Mesa L, Sevlever G, Goebel H, DiMauro S. Branching enzyme deficiency/glycogenosis storage disease type IV presenting as a severe congenital hypotonia: muscle biopsy and autopsy findings, biochemical and molecular genetic studies. Neuromuscul Disord 2010; 20:783-90. [PMID: 20833045 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2010.07.275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2010] [Revised: 07/08/2010] [Accepted: 07/21/2010] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The fatal infantile neuromuscular presentation of branching enzyme deficiency (glycogen storage disease type IV) due to mutations in the gene encoding the glycogen branching enzyme, is a rare but probably underdiagnosed cause of congenital hypotonia. We report an infant girl with severe generalized hypotonia, born at 33 weeks gestation who required ventilatory assistance since birth. She had bilateral ptosis, mild knee and foot contractures and echocardiographic evidence of cardiomyopathy. A muscle biopsy at 1 month of age showed typical polyglucosan storage. The autopsy at 3.5 months of age showed frontal cortex polymicrogyria and polyglucosan bodies in neurons of basal ganglia, thalamus, substantia innominata, brain stem, and myenteric plexus, as well as liver involvement. Glycogen branching enzyme activity in muscle was virtually undetectable. Sequencing of the GBE1 gene revealed a homozygous 28 base pair deletion and a single base insertion at the same site in exon 5. This case confirms previous observations that GBE deficiency ought to be included in the differential diagnosis of congenital hypotonia and that the phenotype correlates with the 'molecular severity' of the mutation.
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- A L Taratuto
- Department of Neuropathology, Institute for Neurological Research, FLENI, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Sponseller BT, Valberg SJ, Ward TL, Fales-Williams AJ, Mickelson JR. Muscular weakness and recumbency in a Quarter Horse colt due to glycogen branching enzyme deficiency. EQUINE VET EDUC 2010. [DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-3292.2003.tb00240.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Nolte KW, Janecke AR, Vorgerd M, Weis J, Schröder JM. Congenital type IV glycogenosis: the spectrum of pleomorphic polyglucosan bodies in muscle, nerve, and spinal cord with two novel mutations in the GBE1 gene. Acta Neuropathol 2008; 116:491-506. [PMID: 18661138 DOI: 10.1007/s00401-008-0417-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2008] [Revised: 07/14/2008] [Accepted: 07/19/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A diagnosis of GSD-IV was established in three premature, floppy infants based on characteristic, however unusually pleomorphic polyglucosan bodies at the electron microscopic level, glycogen branching enzyme deficiency in two cases, and the identification of GBE1 mutations in two cases. Pleomorphic polyglucosan bodies in muscle fibers and macrophages, and less severe in Schwann cells and microglial cells were noted. Most of the inclusions were granular and membrane-bound; others had an irregular contour, were more electron dense and were not membrane bound, or homogenous ('hyaline'). A paracrystalline pattern of granules was repeatedly noted showing a periodicity of about 10 nm with an angle of about 60 degrees or 120 degrees at sites of changing linear orientation. Malteser crosses were noted under polarized light in the larger inclusions. Some inclusions were PAS positive and others were not. Severely atrophic muscle fibers without inclusions, but with depletion of myofibrils in the plane of section studied indicated the devastating myopathic nature of the disease. Schwann cells and peripheral axons were less severely affected as was the spinal cord. Two novel protein-truncating mutations (c.1077insT, p.V359fsX16; g.101517_127067del25550insCAGTACTAA, DelExon4-7) were identified in these families. The present findings extend previous studies indicating that truncating GBE1 mutations cause a spectrum of severe diseases ranging from generalized intrauterine hydrops to fatal perinatal hypotonia and fatal cardiomyopathy in the first months of life.
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- Kay W Nolte
- Department of Neuropathology, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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Raju GP, Li HC, Bali DS, Chen YT, Urion DK, Lidov HGW, Kang PB. A case of congenital glycogen storage disease type IV with a novel GBE1 mutation. J Child Neurol 2008; 23:349-52. [PMID: 18230843 DOI: 10.1177/0883073807309248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Glycogen storage disease type IV (Andersen disease) is a rare metabolic disorder characterized by deficient glycogen branching enzyme activity resulting in abnormal, amylopectin-like glycogen deposition in multiple organs. This article reports on an infant with the congenital neuromuscular subtype of glycogen storage disease type IV who presented with polyhydramnios, hydrops fetalis, bilateral ankle contractures, biventricular cardiac dysfunction, and severe facial and extremity weakness. A muscle biopsy showed the presence of material with histochemical and ultrastructural characteristics consistent with amylopectin. Biochemical analysis demonstrated severely reduced branching enzyme activity in muscle tissue and fibroblasts. Genetic analysis demonstrated a novel deletion of exon 16 within GBE1, the gene associated with glycogen storage disease type IV. Continued genetic characterization of glycogen storage disease type IV patients may aid in predicting clinical outcomes in these patients and may also help in identifying treatment strategies for this potentially devastating metabolic disorder.
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- G Praveen Raju
- Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, USA
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Assereto S, van Diggelen OP, Diogo L, Morava E, Cassandrini D, Carreira I, de Boode WP, Dilling J, Garcia P, Henriques M, Rebelo O, ter Laak H, Minetti C, Bruno C. Null mutations and lethal congenital form of glycogen storage disease type IV. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2007; 361:445-50. [PMID: 17662246 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.07.074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2007] [Accepted: 07/07/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Glycogen branching enzyme deficiency (glycogen storage disease type IV, GSD-IV) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder of the glycogen synthesis with high mortality. Two female newborns showed severe hypotonia at birth and both died of cardiorespiratory failure, at 4 and 12 weeks, respectively. In both patients, muscle biopsies showed deposits of PAS-positive diastase-resistant material and biochemical analysis in cultured fibroblasts showed markedly reduced glycogen branching enzyme activity. Direct sequencing of GBE1 gene revealed that patient 1 was homozygous for a novel c.691+5 g>c in intron 5 (IVS5+5 g>c). RT-PCR analysis of GBE1 transcripts from fibroblasts cDNA showed that this mutation produce aberrant splicing. Patient 2 was homozygous for a novel c.1643G>A mutation leading to a stop at codon 548 in exon 13 (p.W548X). These data underscore that in GSD-IV a severe phenotype correlates with null mutations, and indicate that RNA analysis is necessary to characterize functional consequences of intronic mutations.
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- Stefania Assereto
- Muscular and Neurodegenerative Disease Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, University of Genova, Largo G. Gaslini 5, I-16147 Genova, Italy
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Konstantinidou AE, Anninos H, Gyftodimou Y, Petersen MB, Karadimas C, Fotopoulos S, Paraskevakou H, Akman HO, Dimauro S, Patsouris E. Neonatal neuromuscular variant of glycogen storage disease type IV: histopathological findings leading to the diagnosis. Histopathology 2006; 48:878-80. [PMID: 16722943 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2006.02425.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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L'herminé-Coulomb A, Beuzen F, Bouvier R, Rolland MO, Froissart R, Menez F, Audibert F, Labrune P. Fetal type IV glycogen storage disease: clinical, enzymatic, and genetic data of a pure muscular form with variable and early antenatal manifestations in the same family. Am J Med Genet A 2006; 139A:118-22. [PMID: 16278887 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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We report on a family of three consecutive fetuses affected by type IV glycogen storage disease (GSD IV). In all cases, cervical cystic hygroma was observed on the 12-week-ultrasound examination. During the second trimester, fetal hydrops developed in the first pregnancy whereas fetal akinesia appeared in the second pregnancy. The diagnosis was suggested by microscopic examination of fetal tissues showing characteristic inclusions exclusively in striated fibers, then confirmed by enzymatic studies on frozen muscle. Antenatal diagnosis was performed on the third and fourth pregnancies: cervical cystic hygroma and low glycogen branching enzyme (GBE) activity on chorionic villi sample (CVS) were detected in the third pregnancy whereas ultrasound findings were normal and GBE activity within normal range on CVS in the fourth pregnancy. Molecular analysis showed that the mother was heterozygous for a c.1471G > C mutation in exon 12, leading to the replacement of an alanine by a tyrosine at codon 491 (p.A491T); the father was heterozygous for a c.895G > T mutation in exon 7, leading to the creation of a stop codon at position 299 (p.G299X). GSD IV has to be considered in a context of cervical cystic hygroma with normal karyotype, particularly when second trimester hydrops or akinesia develop. Enzymatic analysis of GBE must be performed on CVS or amniotic cells to confirm the diagnosis. Characteristic intracellular inclusions are specific to the disease and should be recognized, even in macerated tissues after fetal death. Genetic analysis of the GBE gene may help to shed some light on the puzzling diversity of GSD IV phenotypes.
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Akman HO, Karadimas C, Gyftodimou Y, Grigoriadou M, Kokotas H, Konstantinidou A, Anninos H, Patsouris E, Thaker HM, Kaplan JB, Besharat I, Hatzikonstantinou K, Fotopoulos S, Dimauro S, Petersen MB. Prenatal diagnosis of glycogen storage disease type IV. Prenat Diagn 2006; 26:951-5. [PMID: 16874838 DOI: 10.1002/pd.1533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND Glycogen storage disease type IV (GSD-IV) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder due to mutations in the GBE1 gene causing deficiency of the glycogen branching enzyme (GBE). Prenatal diagnosis has occasionally been performed by the measurement of the GBE activity in cultured chorionic villi (CV) cells. METHODS Two unrelated probands with severe hypotonia at birth and death during the neonatal period were diagnosed with GSD-IV on the basis of postmortem histological findings. DNA analysis revealed truncating GBE1 mutations in both families. RESULTS Prenatal diagnosis was performed in subsequent pregnancies by determination of branching enzyme activity and DNA analysis of CV or cultured amniocytes. Detailed autopsies of the affected fetuses at 14 and 24 weeks of gestation demonstrated intracellular inclusions of abnormal glycogen characteristic of GSD-IV. CONCLUSION Prenatal diagnosis of GSD-IV by DNA analysis is highly accurate in genetically confirmed cases.
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- H Orhan Akman
- Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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Bruno C, van Diggelen OP, Cassandrini D, Gimpelev M, Giuffrè B, Donati MA, Introvini P, Alegria A, Assereto S, Morandi L, Mora M, Tonoli E, Mascelli S, Traverso M, Pasquini E, Bado M, Vilarinho L, van Noort G, Mosca F, DiMauro S, Zara F, Minetti C. Clinical and genetic heterogeneity of branching enzyme deficiency (glycogenosis type IV). Neurology 2005; 63:1053-8. [PMID: 15452297 DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000138429.11433.0d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Glycogen storage disease type IV (GSD-IV) is a clinically heterogeneous autosomal recessive disorder due to glycogen branching enzyme (GBE) deficiency and resulting in the accumulation of an amylopectin-like polysaccharide. The typical presentation is liver disease of childhood, progressing to lethal cirrhosis. The neuromuscular form of GSD-IV varies in onset (perinatal, congenital, juvenile, or adult) and severity. OBJECTIVE To identify the molecular bases of different neuromuscular forms of GSD-IV and to establish possible genotype/phenotype correlations. METHODS Eight patients with GBE deficiency had different neuromuscular presentations: three had fetal akinesia deformation sequence (FADS), three had congenital myopathy, one had juvenile myopathy, and one had combined myopathic and hepatic features. In all patients, the promoter and the entire coding region of the GBE gene at the RNA and genomic level were sequenced. RESULTS Nine novel mutations were identified, including nonsense, missense, deletion, insertion, and splice-junction mutations. The three cases with FADS were homozygous, whereas all other cases were compound heterozygotes. CONCLUSIONS This study expands the spectrum of mutations in the GBE gene and confirms that the neuromuscular presentation of GSD-IV is clinically and genetically heterogeneous.
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- C Bruno
- Neuromuscular Disease Unit, Department of Pediatrics, University of Genova, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Largo G. Gaslini 5, I-16147 Genova, Italy.
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Tiemann C, Bührer C, Burwinkel B, Wirtenberger M, Hoehn T, Hübner C, van Landeghem FKH, Stoltenburg G, Obladen M. Arthrogryposis multiplex with deafness, inguinal hernias, and early death: A family report of a probably autosomal recessive trait. Am J Med Genet A 2005; 137:125-9. [PMID: 16059941 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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We report on three male newborn infants of a highly inbred Lebanese family presenting with a characteristic phenotype: arthrogryposis multiplex, deafness, large inguinal hernia, hiccup-like diaphragmatic contractions, and inability to suck, requiring nasogastric gavage feeding. All three boys died from respiratory failure during the first 3 months of life. Intra vitam or post mortem examinations revealed myopathic changes and elevated glycogen content of muscle tissue. This new syndrome is probably transmitted in an autosomal recessive mode, although X-linked inheritance cannot be excluded.
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- Christian Tiemann
- Department of Neonatology, Charité Medical Center, Virchow Hospital, Berlin, Germany
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Janecke AR, Dertinger S, Ketelsen UP, Bereuter L, Simma B, Müller T, Vogel W, Offner FA. Neonatal type IV glycogen storage disease associated with "null" mutations in glycogen branching enzyme 1. J Pediatr 2004; 145:705-9. [PMID: 15520786 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2004.07.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The fatal neonatal form of type IV glycogen storage disease (GSD IV) was diagnosed on light and electron microscopy and by analysis of GBE1 , the gene encoding glycogen branching enzyme. We report two novel truncating mutations, as well as the first genomic mutational analysis of GBE1 using denaturing high performance liquid chromatography.
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- Andreas R Janecke
- Department of Medical Biology and Human Genetics, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria.
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Maruyama K, Suzuki T, Koizumi T, Sugie H, Fukuda T, Ito M, Hirato J. Congenital form of glycogen storage disease type IV: a case report and a review of the literature. Pediatr Int 2004; 46:474-7. [PMID: 15310318 DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.2004.01916.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Keinchi Maruyama
- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Hamamatsu City Medical Center for Developmental Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan.
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Giuffrè B, Parini R, Rizzuti T, Morandi L, van Diggelen OP, Bruno C, Giuffrè M, Corsello G, Mosca F. Severe neonatal onset of glycogenosis type IV: clinical and laboratory findings leading to diagnosis in two siblings. J Inherit Metab Dis 2004; 27:609-19. [PMID: 15669676 DOI: 10.1023/b:boli.0000042980.45692.bb] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Glycogenosis type IV is an autosomal recessive disease, exceptionally diagnosed at birth: only very few reports of the fatal perinatal neuromuscular form have been described. We report on two sibling male newborns who died at 10 and 4 weeks of age with clinical signs of a systemic storage disease. Prenatal history included polyhydramnios, reduced fetal movements and fetal hydrops, and Caesarean section was performed at 36 weeks of gestational age because of fetal distress. At birth, both babies showed severe hypotonia, hyporeflexia and no spontaneous breathing activity. They never showed active movements, sucking and swallowing and were respirator-dependent until death. A muscle biopsy revealed, in both patients, the presence of PAS-positive and partially diastase-resistant cytoplasmic inclusions containing granular and filamentous amylopectin-like material. This suggested that the stored material consisted of abnormal glycogen. At autopsy, ultrastructural examination of cardiac and skeletal muscle, liver, kidney and brain showed PAS-positive diastase-resistant eosinophilic cytoplasmic inclusions. Determination of branching enzyme activity, in cultured fibroblasts from the second patient, showed markedly reduced enzyme activity, confirming diagnosis of glycogenosis type IV. Our patients showed the full spectrum of both prenatal signs (hydrops, polyhydramnios) and postnatal signs (hypotonia, hyporeflexia, absence of active movements, cardiomegaly), which have been reported previously. They suffered from a very severe form of glycogenosis type IV with clinical and histological involvement of many tissues and organs. Diagnosis was accomplished on the second baby and required several biochemical and histological studies, in order to rule out both neuromuscular disorders and the most common storage diseases with neonatal onset. In our experience, the correct interpretation of the histological findings was essential in the search for the diagnosis.
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- B Giuffrè
- Dipartimento di Neonatologia, Istituti Clinici di Perfezionamento, Milan, Italy.
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Valberg SJ, Ward TL, Rush B, Kinde H, Hiraragi H, Nahey D, Fyfe J, Mickelson JR. Glycogen Branching Enzyme Deficiency in Quarter Horse Foals. J Vet Intern Med 2001. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2001.tb01593.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Bruno C, DiRocco M, Lamba LD, Bado M, Marino C, Tsujino S, Shanske S, Stella G, Minetti C, van Diggelen OP, DiMauro S. A novel missense mutation in the glycogen branching enzyme gene in a child with myopathy and hepatopathy. Neuromuscul Disord 1999; 9:403-7. [PMID: 10545044 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-8966(99)00040-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We have identified a novel missense mutation in the gene for glycogen branching enzyme (GBE 1) in a 16-month-old infant with a combination of hepatic and muscular features, an atypical clinical presentation of glycogenosis type IV (GSD IV). The patient was heterozygous for a G-to-A substitution at codon 524 (R524Q), changing an encoded arginine (CGA) to glutamine (CAA), while the GBE1 gene on the other allele was not expressed. This case broadens the spectrum of mutations in patients with GSD IV and confirms the clinical and molecular heterogeneity of this disease.
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- C Bruno
- H. Houston Merritt Clinical Research Center for Muscular Dystrophy and Related Diseases, Department of Neurology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York 10032, USA
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Cox PM, Brueton LA, Murphy KW, Worthington VC, Bjelogrlic P, Lazda EJ, Sabire NJ, Sewry CA. Early-onset fetal hydrops and muscle degeneration in siblings due to a novel variant of type IV glycogenosis. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 1999; 86:187-93. [PMID: 10449659 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19990910)86:2<187::aid-ajmg20>3.0.co;2-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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We report on 3 consecutive sib fetuses, presenting at 13, 12, and 13 weeks of gestation, respectively, with fetal hydrops, limb contractures, and akinesia. Autopsy of the first fetus showed subcutaneous fluid collections and severe degeneration of skeletal muscle. Histologic studies demonstrated massive accumulation of diastase-resistant periodic acid-Schiff-positive material in the skeletal muscle cells and epidermal keratinocytes of all 3 fetuses. Enzyme studies of fibroblasts from the 3rd fetus showed deficient activity of glycogen brancher enzyme, indicating that this is a new, severe form of glycogenosis type IV with onset in the early second trimester.
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- P M Cox
- Division of Investigative Science, Imperial College School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom.
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The molecular pathology of classical glycogen storage disorders, glycogen synthase deficiency and Fanconi-Bickel syndrome is reviewed. The isolation of the respective cDNAs, the chromosomal localization of the genes and the elucidation of the genomic organization enabled mutation analysis in most disorders. The findings have shed light on the multi-protein structure of the glucose-6-phosphatase system, the phosphorylase kinase enzymatic complex and the molecular background of the differential tissue expression in debranching enzyme deficiency. The immediate practical benefit of these studies is our extending ability to predict the outcome of clinical variants and to offer genetic counseling to most families. The elucidation of the tertiary structure of these proteins and their structure-function relationship poses major challenges for the future.
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- O N Elpeleg
- Metabolic Disease Unit, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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Alegria A, Martins E, Dias M, Cunha A, Cardoso ML, Maire I. Glycogen storage disease type IV presenting as hydrops fetalis. J Inherit Metab Dis 1999; 22:330-2. [PMID: 10384399 DOI: 10.1023/a:1005568507267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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- A Alegria
- Maternidade Júlio Dinis, Porto, Portugal
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Bao Y, Kishnani P, Wu JY, Chen YT. Hepatic and neuromuscular forms of glycogen storage disease type IV caused by mutations in the same glycogen-branching enzyme gene. J Clin Invest 1996; 97:941-8. [PMID: 8613547 PMCID: PMC507139 DOI: 10.1172/jci118517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Glycogen storage disease type IV (GSD-IV) is an autosomal recessive disease resulting from deficient glycogen-branching enzyme (GBE) activity. The classic and most common form is progressive liver cirrhosis and failure leading to either liver transplantation or death by 5 yr of age. However, the liver disease is not always progressive. In addition, a neuromuscular type of the disease has been reported. The molecular basis of GSD-IV is not known, nor is there a known reason for the clinical variability. We studied the GBE gene in patients with various presentations of GSD-IV. Three point mutations in the GBE gene were found in two patients with the classical presentation: R515C, F257L, and R524X. Transient expression experiments showed that these mutations inactivated GBE activity. Two point mutations, L224P and Y329S, were detected in two separate alleles of a patient with the nonprogressive hepatic form. The L224P resulted in complete loss of GBE activity, whereas the Y329S resulted in loss of approximately 50% of GBE activity. The Y329S allele was also detected in another patient with the nonprogressive form of GSD-IV but not in 35 unrelated controls or in patients with the more severe forms of GSD-IV. A 210-bp deletion from nucleotide 873 to 1082 of the GBE cDNA was detected in a patient with the fatal neonatal neuromuscular presentation. This deletion, representing the loss of one full exon, was caused by a 3' acceptor splicing site mutation (ag to aa). The deletion abolished GBE activity. Our studies indicate that the three different forms of GSD-IV were caused by mutations in the same GBE gene. The data also suggest that the significant retention of GBE activity in the Y329S allele may be a reason for the mild disease. Further study of genotype/phenotype correlations may yield useful information in predicting the clinical outcomes.
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- Y Bao
- Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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McConkie-Rosell A, Wilson C, Piccoli DA, Boyle J, DeClue T, Kishnani P, Shen JJ, Boney A, Brown B, Chen YT. Clinical and laboratory findings in four patients with the non-progressive hepatic form of type IV glycogen storage disease. J Inherit Metab Dis 1996; 19:51-8. [PMID: 8830177 DOI: 10.1007/bf01799348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The classic clinical presentation for type IV glycogen storage disease (branching enzyme deficiency, GSD IV) is hepatosplenomegaly with failure to thrive occurring in the first 18 months of life, followed by progressive liver failure and death by age 5 years. Although there have been two patients without apparent liver progression previously reported, no long-term follow-up clinical data have been available. We present here the clinical spectrum of the non-progressive liver form of GSD IV in four patients, and long-term follow-up of the oldest identified patients (ages 13 and 20 years). None has developed progressive liver cirrhosis, skeletal muscle, cardiac or neurological involvement, and none has been transplanted. Branching enzyme activity was also measured in cultured skin fibroblasts from patients with the classic liver progressive, the early neonatal fatal, and the non-progressive hepatic presentations of GSD IV. The residual branching enzyme activity in the patients without progression was not distinguishable from the other forms and could not be used to predict the clinical course. Our data indicate that GSD IV does not always necessitate hepatic transplantation and that caution should be used when counselling patients regarding the prognosis of GSD IV. Patients should be carefully monitored for evidence of progression before recommending liver transplantation.
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- A McConkie-Rosell
- Department of Pediatrics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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Rosenthal P, Podesta L, Grier R, Said JW, Sher L, Cocjin J, Watanabe F, Vasiliauskas E, van de Velde R, Makowka L. Failure of liver transplantation to diminish cardiac deposits of amylopectin and leukocyte inclusions in type IV glycogen storage disease. LIVER TRANSPLANTATION AND SURGERY : OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF LIVER DISEASES AND THE INTERNATIONAL LIVER TRANSPLANTATION SOCIETY 1995; 1:373-6. [PMID: 9346615 DOI: 10.1002/lt.500010607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Orthotopic liver transplantation has been used to treat glycogen storage disease type IV. Most long-term surviving patients who have undergone liver transplantation have been free of neuromuscular and cardiac morbidity, and regression of cardiac amylopectin infiltration has been reported after liver transplantation. Leukocyte inclusions in glycogen storage disease type IV have also been reported. We present the case of a child who underwent orthotopic liver transplantation for glycogen storage disease type IV. In contrast to previous reports, at autopsy 2 1/2 years after transplantation, there was massive amylopectin deposits in his heart. Further, peripheral leukocytes never showed loss of amylopectin inclusions after transplantation. Orthotopic liver transplantation for type IV glycogen storage disease may not, in all cases, result in improvement in other affected organs. Consideration of multiorgan transplantation appears warranted.
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- P Rosenthal
- Liver Transplant Service, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Tang TT, Segura AD, Chen YT, Ricci LM, Franciosi RA, Splaingard ML, Lubinsky MS. Neonatal hypotonia and cardiomyopathy secondary to type IV glycogenosis. Acta Neuropathol 1994; 87:531-6. [PMID: 8059607 DOI: 10.1007/bf00294181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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A neonate with deficiency of branching enzyme (glycogenosis type IV) presented symptoms of severe hypotonia pre- and postnatally, and dilated cardiomyopathy in early infancy. The classical clinical manifestation of liver cirrhosis was not present, although amylopectin-like inclusions were found in the hepatocytes. In contrast to a previous report, the neurons in the brain stem and spinal anterior horns contained PAS-positive, diastase-resistant deposits. The combined involvement of the muscles and motor neurones could account for the severity of hypotonia. The muscle biopsy, electromyogram and biochemical and enzyme assays were helpful in establishing the diagnosis.
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- T T Tang
- Department of Pathology, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
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