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Allen SK, Chandler NJ, Kinning E, Harrison V, Brothwell SLC, Vijay S, Castleman J, Cilliers D. Diagnosis of inborn errors of metabolism through prenatal exome sequencing with targeted analysis for fetal structural anomalies. Prenat Diagn 2024; 44:432-442. [PMID: 38063435 DOI: 10.1002/pd.6476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2023] [Revised: 11/09/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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OBJECTIVES The value of prenatal exome sequencing (pES) for fetuses with structural anomalies is widely reported. In England, testing is conducted through trio exome sequencing and analysis of a gene panel. Over a 30-month period testing of 921 pregnancies resulted in a genetic diagnosis in 32.8% of cases (302/921). Here we review cases diagnosed with an inborn error of metabolism. METHODS Diagnoses of inborn errors of metabolism (IEM) were classified according to the ICIMD classification system. Genetic diagnoses were assessed against Human Phenotype Ontology terms, gestation of scan findings and literature evidence. RESULTS 35/302 diagnoses (11.6%) represented IEM. Almost half affected metabolism of complex macromolecules and organelles (n = 16), including congenital disorders of glycosylation (n = 8), peroxisome biogenesis disorders (n = 4), and lysosomal storage disorders (n = 4). There were eight disorders of lipid metabolism and transport, the majority being genes in the cholesterol biosynthesis pathway, eight disorders of intermediary metabolism, of which seven were defects in "energy" processes, and two diagnoses of alkaline phosphatase deficiency. CONCLUSIONS Review of pES diagnoses and ultrasound scan findings is key to understanding genotype-phenotype correlations. IEM are genetically heterogeneous and may present with variable scan findings, which makes an individual diagnosis difficult to suspect. Diagnosis during pregnancy is particularly important for many IEM with respect to prognosis and early neonatal management.
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- Stephanie K Allen
- West Midlands Regional Genetics Laboratory, Central and South Genomic Laboratory Hub, Birmingham, UK
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- North Thames Genomic Laboratory Hub, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- West Midlands Regional Clinical Genetics Service, Birmingham Women's and Children's Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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- Wessex Clinical Genetics Service, Princess Anne Hospital, Southampton, UK
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- Department of Inherited Metabolic Diseases, Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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- Department of Inherited Metabolic Diseases, Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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- Fetal Medicine Department, Birmingham Women's and Children's Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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- Oxford Centre for Genomic Medicine, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
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Marín-Quílez A, Díaz-Ajenjo L, Di Buduo CA, Zamora-Cánovas A, Lozano ML, Benito R, González-Porras JR, Balduini A, Rivera J, Bastida JM. Inherited Thrombocytopenia Caused by Variants in Crucial Genes for Glycosylation. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:5109. [PMID: 36982178 PMCID: PMC10049517 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24065109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2022] [Revised: 02/13/2023] [Accepted: 03/03/2023] [Indexed: 03/30/2023] Open
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Protein glycosylation, including sialylation, involves complex and frequent post-translational modifications, which play a critical role in different biological processes. The conjugation of carbohydrate residues to specific molecules and receptors is critical for normal hematopoiesis, as it favors the proliferation and clearance of hematopoietic precursors. Through this mechanism, the circulating platelet count is controlled by the appropriate platelet production by megakaryocytes, and the kinetics of platelet clearance. Platelets have a half-life in blood ranging from 8 to 11 days, after which they lose the final sialic acid and are recognized by receptors in the liver and eliminated from the bloodstream. This favors the transduction of thrombopoietin, which induces megakaryopoiesis to produce new platelets. More than two hundred enzymes are responsible for proper glycosylation and sialylation. In recent years, novel disorders of glycosylation caused by molecular variants in multiple genes have been described. The phenotype of the patients with genetic alterations in GNE, SLC35A1, GALE and B4GALT is consistent with syndromic manifestations, severe inherited thrombocytopenia, and hemorrhagic complications.
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- Ana Marín-Quílez
- Servicio de Hematología y Oncología Médica, Hospital Universitario Morales Meseguer, Centro Regional de Hemodonación, Universidad de Murcia, IMIB-Pascual Parrilla, CIBERER-U765, 30003 Murcia, Spain
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- IBSAL, CIC, IBMCC, Universidad de Salamanca-CSIC, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
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- Servicio de Hematología y Oncología Médica, Hospital Universitario Morales Meseguer, Centro Regional de Hemodonación, Universidad de Murcia, IMIB-Pascual Parrilla, CIBERER-U765, 30003 Murcia, Spain
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- Servicio de Hematología y Oncología Médica, Hospital Universitario Morales Meseguer, Centro Regional de Hemodonación, Universidad de Murcia, IMIB-Pascual Parrilla, CIBERER-U765, 30003 Murcia, Spain
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- IBSAL, CIC, IBMCC, Universidad de Salamanca-CSIC, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Salamanca (CAUSA), Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca (IBSAL), Universidad de Salamanca (USAL), 37007 Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA
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- Servicio de Hematología y Oncología Médica, Hospital Universitario Morales Meseguer, Centro Regional de Hemodonación, Universidad de Murcia, IMIB-Pascual Parrilla, CIBERER-U765, 30003 Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Hematology, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Salamanca (CAUSA), Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca (IBSAL), Universidad de Salamanca (USAL), 37007 Salamanca, Spain
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Al-Kouatly HB, Shivashankar K, Mossayebi MH, Makhamreh M, Critchlow E, Gao Z, Fasehun LK, Alkuraya FS, Ryan EE, Hegde M, Wodoslawsky S, Hughes J, Berger SI. Diagnostic yield from prenatal exome sequencing for non-immune hydrops fetalis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Genet 2023; 103:503-512. [PMID: 36757664 DOI: 10.1111/cge.14309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2022] [Revised: 01/18/2023] [Accepted: 02/06/2023] [Indexed: 02/10/2023]
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Non-immune hydrops fetalis (NIHF) has multiple genetic etiologies diagnosable by exome sequencing (ES). We evaluated the yield of prenatal ES for NIHF, and the contribution of additional clinical findings and history. Systematic review was performed with PROSPERO tag 232951 using CINAHL, PubMed, and Ovid MEDLINE from January 1, 2000 through December 1, 2021. Selected studies performed ES to augment standard prenatal diagnostic approaches. Cases meeting a strict NIHF phenotype were tabulated with structured data imputed from papers or requested from authors. Genetic variants and diagnostic outcomes were harmonized across studies using current ACMG and ClinGen variant classification guidelines. Thirty-one studies reporting 445 NIHF cases had a 37% (95% CI: 32%-41%) diagnostic rate. There was no significant difference between isolated NIHF and NIHF with fetal malformations or between recurrent and simplex cases. Diagnostic rate was higher for consanguineous than non-consanguineous cases. Disease categories included RASopathies (24%), neuromuscular (21%), metabolic (17%), lymphatic (13%), other syndromes (9%), cardiovascular (5%), hematologic (2%), skeletal (2%), and other categories (7%). Inheritance patterns included recessive (55%), dominant (41%), and X-linked (4%). ES should be considered in the diagnostic workup of NIHF with and without associated ultrasound findings regardless of history of recurrence or consanguinity.
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- Huda B Al-Kouatly
- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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- Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Translational Genomics, Center for Genomic Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Genomic Data / Genetic Counseling, GeneDx, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA
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- Global Lab Services, PerkinElmer Genomics, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Medical Genetics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's National Research Institute, Washington, DC, USA
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Pascreau T, Saller F, Bianchini EP, Lasne D, Bruneel A, Reperant C, Foulquier F, Denis CV, De Lonlay P, Borgel D. N-Glycosylation Deficiency Reduces the Activation of Protein C and Disrupts the Endothelial Barrier Integrity. Thromb Haemost 2022; 122:1469-1478. [PMID: 35717947 DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1744378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
Abstract
Phosphomannomutase 2 (PMM2) deficiency is the most prevalent congenital disorder of glycosylation. It is associated with coagulopathy, including protein C deficiency. Since all components of the anticoagulant and cytoprotective protein C system are glycosylated, we sought to investigate the impact of an N-glycosylation deficiency on this system as a whole. To this end, we developed a PMM2 knockdown model in the brain endothelial cell line hCMEC/D3. The resulting PMM2low cells were less able to generate activated protein C (APC), due to lower surface expression of thrombomodulin and endothelial protein C receptor. The low protein levels were due to downregulated transcription of the corresponding genes (THBD and PROCR, respectively), which itself was related to downregulation of transcription regulators Krüppel-like factors 2 and 4 and forkhead box C2. PMM2 knockdown was also associated with impaired integrity of the endothelial cell monolayer-partly due to an alteration in the structure of VE-cadherin in adherens junctions. The expression of protease-activated receptor 1 (involved in the cytoprotective effects of APC on the endothelium) was not affected by PMM2 knockdown. Thrombin stimulation induced hyperpermeability in PMM2low cells. However, pretreatment of cells with APC before thrombin simulation was still associated with a barrier-protecting effect. Taken as a whole, our results show that the partial loss of PMM2 in hCMEC/D3 cells is associated with impaired activation of protein C and a relative increase in barrier permeability.
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- Tiffany Pascreau
- HITh, UMR_S 1176, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Université Paris-Saclay, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.,Laboratoire d'Hématologie, AP-HP, Hôpital Necker-Enfants malades, Paris, France
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- HITh, UMR_S 1176, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Université Paris-Saclay, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- HITh, UMR_S 1176, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Université Paris-Saclay, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- HITh, UMR_S 1176, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Université Paris-Saclay, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.,Laboratoire d'Hématologie, AP-HP, Hôpital Necker-Enfants malades, Paris, France
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- Biochimie Métabolique et Cellulaire, AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat-Claude Bernard, Paris, France.,INSERM UMR1193, Université Paris-Saclay, Châtenay-Malabry, France
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- HITh, UMR_S 1176, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Université Paris-Saclay, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Université de Lille, CNRS, UMR 8576-UGSF - Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale et Fonctionnelle, Lille, France
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- HITh, UMR_S 1176, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Université Paris-Saclay, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Centre de référence des maladies héréditaires du métabolisme de l'enfant et de l'adulte - MAMEA, Filière G2M, MetabERN, Imagine Institute, AP-HP, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Maladies, University Paris-Descartes, Paris, France
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- HITh, UMR_S 1176, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Université Paris-Saclay, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.,Laboratoire d'Hématologie, AP-HP, Hôpital Necker-Enfants malades, Paris, France
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Hydrops fetalis-trends in associated diagnoses and mortality from 1997-2018. J Perinatol 2021; 41:2537-2543. [PMID: 34385586 DOI: 10.1038/s41372-021-01179-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2021] [Revised: 07/09/2021] [Accepted: 07/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To describe and evaluate trends in the etiology and mortality risk in neonates admitted for neonatal intensive care with hydrops fetalis. STUDY DESIGN A retrospective review of de-identified patient data in the Pediatrix Clinical Data Warehouse from 1997 to 2018. RESULTS We identified 2144 infants diagnosed with hydrops fetalis. The most common diagnoses were congenital heart disease (n = 325, 15.2%), genetic diagnoses (n = 269, 12.5%) and cardiac arrhythmia (n = 176, 8.2%). Of 2144 neonates, 988 (46%) survived to hospital discharge and 775 (36%) died prior to discharge. Mortality rate was highly variable across diagnoses, ranging from 90% in infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia to 0% in infants with atrial flutter. Over the study period, more infants were diagnosed with trisomies and fewer with twin-to-twin transfusion. Mortality decreased by 5% from 1997-2007 to 2008-2018. CONCLUSIONS The risk of death among neonates with hydrops fetalis is highly dependent on the underlying cause, with increasing risk of mortality at lower gestational ages.
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den Hollander B, Rasing A, Post MA, Klein WM, Oud MM, Brands MM, de Boer L, Engelke UFH, van Essen P, Fuchs SA, Haaxma CA, Jensson BO, Kluijtmans LAJ, Lengyel A, Lichtenbelt KD, Østergaard E, Peters G, Salvarinova R, Simon MEH, Stefansson K, Thorarensen Ó, Ulmen U, Coene KLM, Willemsen MA, Lefeber DJ, van Karnebeek CDM. NANS-CDG: Delineation of the Genetic, Biochemical, and Clinical Spectrum. Front Neurol 2021; 12:668640. [PMID: 34163424 PMCID: PMC8215539 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.668640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2021] [Accepted: 04/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Background: NANS-CDG is a recently described congenital disorder of glycosylation caused by biallelic genetic variants in NANS, encoding an essential enzyme in de novo sialic acid synthesis. Sialic acid at the end of glycoconjugates plays a key role in biological processes such as brain and skeletal development. Here, we present an observational cohort study to delineate the genetic, biochemical, and clinical phenotype and assess possible correlations. Methods: Medical and laboratory records were reviewed with retrospective extraction and analysis of genetic, biochemical, and clinical data (2016–2020). Results: Nine NANS-CDG patients (nine families, six countries) referred to the Radboudumc CDG Center of Expertise were included. Phenotyping confirmed the hallmark features including intellectual developmental disorder (IDD) (n = 9/9; 100%), facial dysmorphisms (n = 9/9; 100%), neurologic impairment (n = 9/9; 100%), short stature (n = 8/9; 89%), skeletal dysplasia (n = 8/9; 89%), and short limbs (n = 8/9; 89%). Newly identified features include ophthalmological abnormalities (n = 6/9; 67%), an abnormal septum pellucidum (n = 6/9; 67%), (progressive) cerebral atrophy and ventricular dilatation (n = 5/9; 56%), gastrointestinal dysfunction (n = 5/9; 56%), thrombocytopenia (n = 5/9; 56%), and hypo–low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (n = 4/9; 44%). Biochemically, elevated urinary excretion of N-acetylmannosamine (ManNAc) is pathognomonic, the concentrations of which show a significant correlation with clinical severity. Genotypically, eight novel NANS variants were identified. Three severely affected patients harbored identical compound heterozygous pathogenic variants, one of whom was initiated on experimental prenatal and postnatal treatment with oral sialic acid. This patient showed markedly better psychomotor development than the other two genotypically identical males. Conclusions: ManNAc screening should be considered in all patients with IDD, short stature with short limbs, facial dysmorphisms, neurologic impairment, and an abnormal septum pellucidum +/– congenital and neurodegenerative lesions on brain imaging, to establish a precise diagnosis and contribute to prognostication. Personalized management includes accurate genetic counseling and access to proper supports and tailored care for gastrointestinal symptoms, thrombocytopenia, and epilepsy, as well as rehabilitation services for cognitive and physical impairments. Motivated by the short-term positive effects of experimental treatment with oral sialic, we have initiated this intervention with protocolized follow-up of neurologic, systemic, and growth outcomes in four patients. Research is ongoing to unravel pathophysiology and identify novel therapeutic targets.
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- Bibiche den Hollander
- Department of Pediatric Metabolic Diseases, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands.,Department of Pediatric Metabolic Diseases, Amalia Children's Hospital, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands.,United for Metabolic Diseases, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Metabolic Diseases, Amalia Children's Hospital, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- United for Metabolic Diseases, Amsterdam, Netherlands.,Department of Neurology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands.,Translational Metabolic Laboratory, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine and Anatomy, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Metabolic Diseases, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands.,United for Metabolic Diseases, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Metabolic Diseases, Amalia Children's Hospital, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Translational Metabolic Laboratory, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Radboudumc Technology Center Clinical Studies, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- United for Metabolic Diseases, Amsterdam, Netherlands.,Department of Pediatric Metabolic Diseases, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Amalia Children's Hospital, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- United for Metabolic Diseases, Amsterdam, Netherlands.,Translational Metabolic Laboratory, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- 2nd Department of Pediatrics, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.,Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.,BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Decode Genetics/Amgen, Inc., Reykjavik, Iceland.,Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Medical Center, Landspitali-The National University Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland
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- Department of Pediatrics, Sana Klinikum Lichtenberg, Berlin, Germany
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- Translational Metabolic Laboratory, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- United for Metabolic Diseases, Amsterdam, Netherlands.,Department of Pediatric Neurology, Amalia Children's Hospital, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- United for Metabolic Diseases, Amsterdam, Netherlands.,Department of Neurology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands.,Translational Metabolic Laboratory, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Metabolic Diseases, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands.,Department of Pediatric Metabolic Diseases, Amalia Children's Hospital, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands.,United for Metabolic Diseases, Amsterdam, Netherlands.,Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.,BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Al-Kouatly HB, Makhamreh MM, Rice SM, Smith K, Harman C, Quinn A, Valcarcel BN, Firman B, Liu R, Hegde M, Critchlow E, Berger SI. High diagnosis rate for nonimmune hydrops fetalis with prenatal clinical exome from the Hydrops-Yielding Diagnostic Results of Prenatal Sequencing (HYDROPS) Study. Genet Med 2021; 23:1325-1333. [PMID: 33686258 DOI: 10.1038/s41436-021-01121-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2020] [Revised: 02/03/2021] [Accepted: 02/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Nonimmune hydrops fetalis (NIHF) presents as life-threatening fluid collections in multiple fetal compartments and can be caused by both genetic and non-genetic etiologies. We explored incremental diagnostic yield of testing with prenatal exome sequencing (ES) for NIHF following a negative standard NIHF workup. METHODS Participants enrolled into the Hydrops-Yielding Diagnostic Results of Prenatal Sequencing (HYDROPS) study met a strict definition of NIHF and had negative standard-of-care workup. Clinical trio ES from fetal samples and parental blood was performed at a CLIA-certified reference laboratory with clinical reports returned by geneticists and genetic counselors. Negative exomes were reanalyzed with information from subsequent ultrasounds and records. RESULTS Twenty-two fetal exomes reported 11 (50%) diagnostic results and five possible diagnoses (22.7%). Diagnosed cases comprised seven de novodominant disorders, three recessive disorders, and one inherited dominant disorder including four Noonan syndromes (PTPN11, RAF1, RIT1, and RRAS2), three musculoskeletal disorders (RYR1, AMER1, and BICD2), two metabolic disorders (sialidosis and multiple sulfatase deficiency), one Kabuki syndrome, and one congenital anemia (KLF1). CONCLUSION The etiology of NIHF predicts postnatal prognosis and recurrence risk in future pregnancies. ES provides high incremental diagnostic yield for NIHF after standard-of-care testing and should be considered in the workup.
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- Huda B Al-Kouatly
- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Center for Genetic Medicine Research/Rare Disease Institute, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
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Bogdańska A, Lipiński P, Szymańska-Rożek P, Jezela-Stanek A, Rokicki D, Socha P, Tylki-Szymańska A. Clinical, biochemical and molecular phenotype of congenital disorders of glycosylation: long-term follow-up. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2021; 16:17. [PMID: 33407696 PMCID: PMC7789416 DOI: 10.1186/s13023-020-01657-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2020] [Accepted: 12/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG) result from defects in the synthesis of glycans and the attachment of glycans to proteins and lipids. Our study aimed to describe the clinical, biochemical, and molecular findings of CDG patients, and to present the long-term follow-up. Material and methods A single-center study (1995–2019 years) of patients with congenital disorders of N-glycosylation and combined N- and O-hypoglycosylation was performed. Results Among 32 patients included into the study, there were 12 PMM2-CDG, 3 ALG13-CDG, 3 ALG1-CDG, 1 ALG3-CDG, 3 MPI-CDG, 1 PGM1-CDG, 4 SRD5A3-CDG, 1 DPAGT1-CDG, 3 ATP6AP1-CDG, 1 ATP6V0A2-CDG. The phenotypic and genotypic spectrum during long-term (in some cases over 20 years) observation was characterised and several measurements of serum Tf isoforms taken. Statistical analysis revealed strong negative correlation between asialo-Tf and tetrasialo-Tf, as well as between disialo-Tf and tetrasialo-Tf. Within CDG type I, no difference in % Tf isoforms was revealed between PMM2-CDG and non-PMM2-CDG patients. However, these two groups differed significantly in such diagnostic features as: cerebellar ataxia, failure to thrive, hypothyroidism, pericardial effusion, cardiomyopathy, inverted nipples, prolonged INR. The effect of treatment with mannose in 2 patients with MPI-CDG was assessed and we found that % of asialo-Tf, monosialo-Tf, and disialo-Tf was significantly lowered, whereas tetrasialo-Tf and pentasialo-Tf rose, coming closer or falling into the reference range. Conclusions The novel finding was an abnormal Tf IEF pattern in two ALG13-CDG patients and normal in one ALG1-CDG patient. Clinical manifestation of presented CDG patients was similar to that reported in the literature. Mannose supplementation in MPI-CDG patients, as well as galactose supplementation in PGM1-CDG patient, improved patients’ clinical picture and Tf isoform profiles.
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- Anna Bogdańska
- Department of Biochemistry, Radioimmunology and Experimental Medicine, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Pediatrics, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Genetics and Clinical Immunology, National Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Pediatrics, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Feeding Difficulties and Pediatrics, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Pediatrics, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland.
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Lipiński P, Bogdańska A, Socha P, Tylki-Szymańska A. Liver Involvement in Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation and Deglycosylation. Front Pediatr 2021; 9:696918. [PMID: 34291020 PMCID: PMC8286991 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2021.696918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2021] [Accepted: 06/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Background: Congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG) and NGLY1-CDDG (NGLY1-congenital disorder of deglycosylation) usually represent multisystem (especially neurovisceral) diseases with liver involvement reported in some of them. The aim of the study was to characterize the liver phenotype in CDG and NGLY1-CDDG patients hospitalized in our Institute, and to find the most specific features of liver disease among them. Material and Methods: The study involved 39 patients (from 35 families) with CDG, and two patients (from two families) with NGLY1-CDDG, confirmed molecularly, for whom detailed characteristics of liver involvement were available. They were enrolled based on the retrospective analysis of their medical records. Results: At the time of the first consultation, 13/32 patients were diagnosed with hepatomegaly; none of them with splenomegaly. As many as 23/32 persons had elevated serum transaminases, including 16 (70%) who had mildly elevated levels. During the long-term follow-up (available for 19 patients), serum transaminases normalized in 15/19 (79%) of them, including a spontaneous normalization in 12/15 (80%) of them. The GGT activity was observed to be normal in all study cases. Protein C, protein S and antithrombin activities in plasma were observed in 16 patients, and they were decreased in all of them. Conclusions: It is necessary to conduct a long-term follow-up of liver disease in CDG to obtain comprehensive data.
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- Patryk Lipiński
- Department of Pediatrics, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, Radioimmunology and Experimental Medicine, Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Feeding Difficulties and Pediatrics, 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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Lipiński P, Tylki-Szymańska A. Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation: What Clinicians Need to Know? Front Pediatr 2021; 9:715151. [PMID: 34540767 PMCID: PMC8446601 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2021.715151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2021] [Accepted: 08/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG) are a group of clinically heterogeneous disorders characterized by defects in the synthesis of glycans and their attachment to proteins and lipids. This manuscript aims to provide a classification of the clinical presentation, diagnostic methods, and treatment of CDG based on the literature review and our own experience (referral center in Poland). A diagnostic algorithm for CDG was also proposed. Isoelectric focusing (IEF) of serum transferrin (Tf) is still the method of choice for diagnosing N-glycosylation disorders associated with sialic acid deficiency. Nowadays, high-performance liquid chromatography, capillary zone electrophoresis, and mass spectrometry techniques are used, although they are not routinely available. Since next-generation sequencing became more widely available, an improvement in diagnostics has been observed, with more patients and novel CDG subtypes being reported. Early and accurate diagnosis of CDG is crucial for timely implementation of appropriate therapies and improving clinical outcomes. However, causative treatment is available only for few CDG types.
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- Patryk Lipiński
- Department of Pediatrics, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Pediatrics, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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D'Souza Z, Taher FS, Lupashin VV. Golgi inCOGnito: From vesicle tethering to human disease. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2020; 1864:129694. [PMID: 32730773 PMCID: PMC7384418 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2020.129694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Revised: 07/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The Conserved Oligomeric Golgi (COG) complex, a multi-subunit vesicle tethering complex of the CATCHR (Complexes Associated with Tethering Containing Helical Rods) family, controls several aspects of cellular homeostasis by orchestrating retrograde vesicle traffic within the Golgi. The COG complex interacts with all key players regulating intra-Golgi trafficking, namely SNAREs, SNARE-interacting proteins, Rabs, coiled-coil tethers, and vesicular coats. In cells, COG deficiencies result in the accumulation of non-tethered COG-complex dependent (CCD) vesicles, dramatic morphological and functional abnormalities of the Golgi and endosomes, severe defects in N- and O- glycosylation, Golgi retrograde trafficking, sorting and protein secretion. In humans, COG mutations lead to severe multi-systemic diseases known as COG-Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation (COG-CDG). In this report, we review the current knowledge of the COG complex and analyze COG-related trafficking and glycosylation defects in COG-CDG patients.
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- Zinia D'Souza
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.
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A systematic review of monogenic etiologies of nonimmune hydrops fetalis. Genet Med 2020; 23:3-12. [PMID: 33082562 PMCID: PMC7796968 DOI: 10.1038/s41436-020-00967-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2020] [Revised: 09/03/2020] [Accepted: 09/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Hydrops Fetalis (HF), accumulation of fluid in two or more fetal compartments, is life-threatening to the fetus. Genetic etiologies include many chromosomal and monogenic disorders. Despite this, the clinical workup typically evaluates limited genetic targets. To support broader molecular testing of pregnancies with HF, we cataloged the spectrum of monogenic disorders associated with nonimmune hydrops fetalis (NIHF). We performed a systematic literature review under PROSPERO tag CRD42018099495 of cases reporting NIHF meeting strict phenotypic criteria and well-defined genetic diagnosis. We ranked the evidence per gene based on number of reported cases, phenotype and molecular/biochemical diagnosis. We identified 131 genes with strong evidence for an association with NIHF and 46 genes with emerging evidence spanning the spectrum of multisystem syndromes, cardiac disorders, hematologic disorders, and metabolic disorders. Several genes previously implicated with NIHF did not have any reported cases in the literature with both fetal hydrops and molecular diagnosis. Many genes with strong evidence for association with NIHF would not be detected using current sequencing panels. Nonimmune HF has many possible monogenic etiologies, several with treatment implications, but current diagnostic approaches are not exhaustive. Studies are needed to assess if broad sequencing approaches like whole exome sequencing are useful in clinical management of HF.
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Poskanzer SA, Schultz MJ, Turgeon CT, Vidal-Folch N, Liedtke K, Oglesbee D, Gavrilov DK, Tortorelli S, Matern D, Rinaldo P, Bennett JT, Thies JM, Chang IJ, Beck AE, Raymond K, Allenspach EJ, Lam C. Immune dysfunction in MGAT2-CDG: A clinical report and review of the literature. Am J Med Genet A 2020; 185:213-218. [PMID: 33044030 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.61914] [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: 07/02/2020] [Revised: 09/03/2020] [Accepted: 09/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Glycosylation is a critical post/peri-translational modification required for the appropriate development and function of the immune system. As an example, abnormalities in glycosylation can cause antibody deficiency and reduced lymphocyte signaling, although the phenotype can be complex given the diverse roles of glycosylation. Human MGAT2 encodes N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase II, which is a critical enzyme in the processing of oligomannose to complex N-glycans. Complex N-glycans are essential for immune system functionality, but only one individual with MGAT2-CDG has been described to have an abnormal immunologic evaluation. MGAT2-CDG (CDG-IIa) is a congenital disorder of glycosylation (CDG) associated with profound global developmental disability, hypotonia, early onset epilepsy, and other multisystem manifestations. Here, we report a 4-year old female with MGAT2-CDG due to a novel homozygous pathogenic variant in MGAT2, a 4-base pair deletion, c.1006_1009delGACA. In addition to clinical features previously described in MGAT2-CDG, she experienced episodic asystole, persistent hypogammaglobulinemia, and defective ex vivo mitogen and antigen proliferative responses, but intact specific vaccine antibody titers. Her infection history has been mild despite the testing abnormalities. We compare this patient to the 15 previously reported patients in the literature, thus expanding both the genotypic and phenotypic spectrum for MGAT2-CDG.
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- Sheri A Poskanzer
- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.,Center for Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Genetic Medicine, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Division of Genetic Medicine, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Division of Genetic Medicine, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Division of Immunology, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Division of Genetic Medicine, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Platelets and Defective N-Glycosylation. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21165630. [PMID: 32781578 PMCID: PMC7460655 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21165630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2020] [Revised: 08/04/2020] [Accepted: 08/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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N-glycans are covalently linked to an asparagine residue in a simple acceptor sequence of proteins, called a sequon. This modification is important for protein folding, enhancing thermodynamic stability, and decreasing abnormal protein aggregation within the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), for the lifetime and for the subcellular localization of proteins besides other functions. Hypoglycosylation is the hallmark of a group of rare genetic diseases called congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG). These diseases are due to defects in glycan synthesis, processing, and attachment to proteins and lipids, thereby modifying signaling functions and metabolic pathways. Defects in N-glycosylation and O-glycosylation constitute the largest CDG groups. Clotting and anticlotting factor defects as well as a tendency to thrombosis or bleeding have been described in CDG patients. However, N-glycosylation of platelet proteins has been poorly investigated in CDG. In this review, we highlight normal and deficient N-glycosylation of platelet-derived molecules and discuss the involvement of platelets in the congenital disorders of N-glycosylation.
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Dempsey E, Homfray T, Simpson JM, Jeffery S, Mansour S, Ostergaard P. Fetal hydrops – a review and a clinical approach to identifying the cause. Expert Opin Orphan Drugs 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/21678707.2020.1719827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Esther Dempsey
- Molecular and Clinical Sciences, St George’s University of London, London, UK
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- SW Thames Regional Genetics Department, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Congenital Heart Disease, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Molecular and Clinical Sciences, St George’s University of London, London, UK
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- Molecular and Clinical Sciences, St George’s University of London, London, UK
- SW Thames Regional Genetics Department, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Molecular and Clinical Sciences, St George’s University of London, London, UK
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