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Patients with large hepatic adenomas may have severe, iron refractory anemia. This anemia has been observed to resolve spontaneously after adenoma resection or liver transplantation. Based upon these findings, it was determined that large adenomas may express inappropriately high levels of hepcidin mRNA [ 13 ].
Hepcidin is a peptide hormone that has been implicated as the key regulator of iron by controlling iron absorption across the enterocyte and macrophage recycling of iron. The increased hepcidin expression in the GSD adenomas is thought to interrupt iron availability and cause iron restricted anemia.
GSD Type Ia has a disease incidence of approximately 1 in , births and a carrier rate of approximately 1 in The disorder is found in ethnic groups from all over the world, and the disease is more common in people of Ashkenazi Jewish, Mormon, Mexican, and Chinese heritage [ 14—16 ].
The disorder is associated with mutations in the G6PC gene on chromosome 17q21 which encodes the glucosephosphatase- α catalytic subunit. GSD Ia has classic autosomal recessiveinheritance. G6PC spans While liver biopsies are no longer required for diagnosing this condition, glycogen filled hepatocytes with prominent steatosis are seen in GSD type Ia.
Unlike other forms of GSD, however, fibrosis and cirrhosis do not occur. Hepatocellular carcinoma appears to arise from inflammatory adenomas, and chromosomal alterations have been described in the cancerous lesions with proto-oncogene activation leading to dysregulation of insulin-glucagon-growth hormone signaling [ 22 ].
In patients with von Gierke disease, the inability to convert glucosephosphate to glucose results in shunting of G6P to the pentose phosphate shunt and the glycolytic pathway.
This, in turn, results in increased synthesis of uric acid, fatty acids and triglycerides. Dietary treatment has immensely improved prognosis. The aim of treatment is to prevent hypoglycemia and counter-regulation thereby minimizing the secondary metabolic derangements. Cornstarch feeds can be spaced usually to every hours in older children and adults.
Adding glucose is not recommended since it stimulates insulin production and offsets the advantage of the starch. Of note, a new extended release formulation Glycosade was recently introduced for night feeds, and it has allowed older children and adults to have a 7—10 hour period of coverage without sacrificing metabolic control [ 25 ].
Intake of galactose, sucrose, and fructose is restricted since these sugars will worsen the hepatomegaly and metabolic derangements. The GSD diet is very prohibitive, and it can be difficult for individuals to get all required nutrients without multivitamin supplementation.
Other medications are also commonly used to prevent complications. Allopurinol is prescribed when serum urate concentrations are elevated, and fish oil supplementation or a prescription fibrate may be used to lower triglycerides and reduce the risk of pancreatitis.
Treatment with an angiotensin-converting enzyme ACE inhibitor is used in patients with proteinuria to reduce intraglomerular capillary pressure and provide renoprotection. Preventive calcium and vitamin D 3 supplementation is also recommended to prevent osteoporosis.
Most patients with GSD Ia are clinically doing well into adulthood, and complications are becoming uncommon as metabolic control has improved. Many successful pregnancies have occurred [ 26 ].
At times, intravenous glucose support may be required. Surgery should be undertaken with caution due to a bleeding tendency and risk of intraoperative lactic acidosis. Orthotopic liver transplantation has been performed for some individuals with unresectable adenomas or hepatocellular carcinoma.
Liver transplantation, however, is deemed a treatment of last resort since renal failure has been a common complication due to the impact of immunosuppression on abnormal kidneys [ 27 ].
Early in life, patients with GSD Ib may be clinically and metabolically identical to those with GSD Ia. With aging, however, most patients develop neutropenia and inflammatory bowel disease. The neutropenia is the hallmark feature of GSD Ib, but the age of onset and clinical course are variable.
It may be present at birth or not appear until late in childhood as cyclic or permanent neutropenia. This nearly universal complication usually appears between 5—12 years of age, but cases as young as 13 months have been reported.
Unlike inflammatory bowel disease in the general population, GSD enterocolitis is most commonly located in the small intestine [ 28 ].
Diarrhea and abdominal pain may be late manifestations of the co-morbidity, and it often presents as growth failure, severe anemia, or perioral infections. A normal colonoscopy does not rule out the condition, and a capsule endoscopy sometimes is required to establish its presence.
While rare in the general population 1 in 1,, individuals , high risk populations include people of Native American, Iranian Jewish, and Italian heritage.
The SLC37A4 gene is located on 11q The histologic appearance of a GSD Ib liver is identical to that of GSD Ia. Establishing the diagnosis of GSD Ib is therefore a challenge since enzymatic testing cannot be relied upon.
While almost all glycogenolytic enzymes are found in the cytoplasm, glucosephosphatase is localized to the inner luminal wall of the endoplasmic reticulum. This means that glucosephosphate must cross the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum in order to act as substrate for glucosephosphatase.
This transport protein for glucosephosphate is defective in GSD Ib. Measurement of glucosephosphate translocase activity is difficult to measure, however, and requires fresh unfrozen liver tissue.
While liver sample with intact hepatocytes and microsomes will show deficient glucosephosphatase activity because the translocase cannot deliver the G6P substrate to the ER lumen, microsomes disrupted by solubilization or damage from freezing will show normal glucosephosphatase enzyme activity because the substrate is now readily accessible.
Due to the difficulty of the biochemical assay, most clinical diagnostic laboratories do not offer such testing and diagnosis by molecular genetic testing is recommended [ 21 ]. Treatment guidelines for patients with GSD Ib are similar to those for GSD Ia with the addition of therapy for the neutropenia and GSD enterocolitis.
Recombinant human granulocyte-colony-stimulating factor GCSF , a cytokine that induces proliferation and differentiation of bone marrow precursor cells into mature neutrophils, should be used to treat neutropenia if infections, severe mouth ulcers, or chronic diarrhea are occurring.
The GSD Ib population has been prone to untoward effects massive splenomegaly, splenic sequestration, splenic rupture, and portal hypertension with GCSF therapy.
Therefore, a starting dose of 2. Supplementation with high dose vitamin E appears to boost the neutrophil count and improve function in GSD Ib, and supplementation may allow lower GCSF doses to be used [ 34 ].
Non-absorbable salicylates Pentasa, Asacol, and Lialda are the first line therapies for GSD enterocolitis. Steroids and immunomodulators must be used with caution due to the metabolic consequences and associated immune dysfunction [ 34 ]. Glycogen storage disease type II acid maltase deficiency, or Pompe disease OMIM is caused by a deficiency of α -1,4 glucosidase, an enzyme required for the degradation of lysosomal glycogen [ 35 ].
The disorder was initially described by Johannes Pompe in [ 36 ]. It is the only form of GSD to be classified as a lysosomal storage disorder. Pompe disease is purely a neuromuscular form of GSD which does not present with metabolic abnormalities because the lysosomal enzyme defect lies outside of intermediary metabolism.
Instead, storage of glycogen occurs mainly in skeletal muscle and leads to loss of muscle function. Pompe disease has a broad clinical spectrum with variable age of onset, severity of symptoms, and rate of disease progression. The disorder encompasses a continuum of phenotypes ranging from a rapidly progressive infantile form to a slowly progressive late-onset form.
In general, however, Pompe disease is classified into three different subtypes, including infantile, juvenile, and adult forms. There is clinical correlation with the amount of α -1,4-glucosidase expression: residual enzyme activity is found in the adult form, while enzyme activity is completely absent in the severe infantile form.
It is important to note that mental development and blood glucose concentrations are normal in all forms of Pompe disease. The classic infantile form is the most severe. Affected infants present shortly after birth with profound hypotonia, muscle weakness, and hyporeflexia.
An enlarged tongue and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy are characteristic. Diagnosis may be based on typical EKG findings which include large QRS complexes and shortened PR intervals [ 37 ].
The liver is normal in size. Sensorineural hearing loss is also prevalent and a less recognized feature [ 38, 39 ]. Without therapy, the disease is rapidly fatal with children usually dying of cardiopulmonary failure or aspiration pneumonia by two years of age.
In the juvenile form of the disease, affected children have hypotonia and weakness of limb girdle and truncal muscles. Motor milestones are delayed, and the myopathy is more gradual in nature.
There is no overt cardiac disease, and the patient usually dies from respiratory failure before adulthood without therapy. The vast majority of patients with Pompe disease are adults. Adult-onset Pompe disease has a long latency and affected individuals may live to old age.
Decreased muscle strength and weakness develop in the third or fourth decade, but cardiac involvement, if any, is minimal. Glycogen accumulates in vascular smooth muscle cells and there are rare reports of death from ruptured aneurysms [ 40, 41 ].
Slow, progressive weakness of the pelvic girdle, paraspinal muscles, and diaphragm leads to loss of mobility and respiratory function. Respiratory muscle weakness is the leading cause of death.
The incidence of Pompe disease is estimated to be approximately 1 in 40, to 1 in 50, The disorder can be found in ethnically diverse populations, including European Caucasians, Hispanics, and Asians, and several mutations are more common in some populations due to founder effects.
For more information, the reader is referred to the Pompe Disease Mutation Database at www. α -1,4-glucosidase is encoded by the GAA gene located on the long arm of chromosome 17 at 17q The gene is composed of 20 exons and over different mutations have been reported [ 19 ].
Of note, while most mutations will be picked up by gene sequencing, at least 11 different gross deletions and one gross insertion have been reported which would not be detectable using this method [ 19 ]. Prenatal diagnosis is possible via enzyme assay or DNA analysis of chorionic villi obtained between 10—12 weeks gestation.
There appears to be genotype-phenotype correlation, with specific mutations associated with infantile, juvenile, and adult-onset disease [ 46—48 ]. Severe mutations which lead to complete loss of enzyme activity are associated with severe, infantile Pompe disease, while mutations which allow partial enzyme expression are associated with adult onset disease.
One very common mutation in intron 1 of the GAA gene, defined as c. The site of glycogen accumulation is different for all three forms of Pompe disease. Furthermore, the amount varies greatly in different organs and even in different muscles [ 51 ].
Histological examination of muscle will reveal large glycogen-filled vacuoles as well as freely dispersed glycogen outside the lysosomes. As lysosomes accumulate with glycogen, cell function becomes impaired.
Mutation analysis is now the preferred method of diagnosis. Enzymatic studies can be performed, however, on muscle tissue or fibroblasts. It is imperative that α -1,4-glucosidase, also known as acid maltase due to its optimum pH lying between 4.
Acid maltase is initially an inactive enzyme that is transported to the prelysosomal and lysosomal compartment via the mannosephosphate receptor [ 52—54 ]. The enzyme is eventually processed into a fully active form that normally degrades glycogen that enters lysosomes via autophagy.
Deficiency of enzyme causes glycogen to overload the lysosomal system and leads to progressive and irreversible cellular damage.
Before the advent of enzyme replacement therapy, treatment was generally supportive in nature and respiratory insufficiency was treated with assisted ventilation.
For patients with juvenile Pompe disease, dysarthria and dysphagia caused by severe weakness of the facial muscles might necessitate feeding by G-tube.
A high-protein diet, particularly a high-protein diet fortified with branched-chain amino acids, is recommended to help diminish catabolism of muscle protein. In , enzyme replacement therapy ERT became a commercially available option [ 55 ].
Myozyme ® alglucosidase alfa is indicated for use in patients with infantile-onset Pompe disease and has been shown to improve ventilator-free survival. In contrast, for patients who are eight years and older and do not have an enlarged heart, Lumizyme ® alglucosidase alfa is available and may help to preserve respiratory function and walking ability.
ERT has proven to be less effective in the infantile Pompe patients than in the other populations. Since most people with the infantile form have no enzyme activity, the enzyme is recognized as foreign by the body, and a robust immune response develops against the ERT.
Immunosuppression may help blunt this response and increase efficacy. Gene therapy using AAV-8 injected into the diaphragm is also being attempted in humans with the disease [ 59 ].
Glycogen storage disease type IIb Danon Disease OMIM is a multisystem disorder characterized by hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, heart arrhythmias, skeletal myopathy, retinal abnormalities, and variable degree of mental retardation [ 60—63 ]. Disease onset typically occurs in adolescence, with rapid progression toward end-stage heart failure in early adulthood [ 62 ].
Although the disease was initially classified as a glycogen storage disorder, glycogen is not always elevated in patients [ 64 ]. The biochemical hallmark of the disease is the accumulation of pathologic vacuoles containing glycogen or intermediary metabolites, mainly in skeletal and myocardial muscle with no evidence of enzyme deficiency.
Danon disease is quite rare and good estimates of the incidence are not available. The disorder is X-linked dominant in nature and is due to LAMP-2 lysosome-associated membrane protein-2 deficiency.
Although biochemical analysis is possible in male patients, diagnosis in females requires DNA mutation analysis [ 65 ]. Over fifty different mutations in the LAMP-2 gene have been identified [ 19, 66 ].
Glycogenoses types III and IV are clinically heterogeneous disorders caused by buildup of abnormally structured glycogen in the liver and muscle. Glycogen storage disease type III Cori disease or Forbes disease OMIM was initially discovered in when a patient being followed by Dr.
Gilbert Forbes was found to have excessive amounts of abnormally structured glycogen in liver and muscle tissue [ 67, 68 ]. Type III GSD varies widely in clinical presentation and can be divided into two types: type IIIa, with both hepatic and muscle involvement, and type IIIb, which primarily presents with liver disease [ 69 ].
Both GSD IIIa and GSD IIIb result from an enzyme deficiency in the glycogen debranching enzyme GDE. This enzyme is encoded by the AGL gene located on chromosome 1p GSD type III is a phenotypically heterogeneous disorder with a wide clinical spectrum.
While patients with GSD type IIIb mainly present with hepatic findings, affected individuals with type IIIa have both liver and muscle involvement. For both IIIa and IIIb, liver disease predominates in infancy and early childhood including hepatomegaly, hypoglycemia, hyperlipidemia, and growth retardation.
Mild hypotonia and delayed motor development are usually the only manifestation during early childhood. By late childhood and adolescence, decreased stamina and pain with exertion can be noted.
Muscle wasting is slowly progressive in adulthood and may be severe by the 3rd or 4th decade of life [ 70 ]. Although ventricular hypertrophy is a frequent finding, symptomatic cardiomyopathy leading to death is relatively rare.
Unlike muscle disease which is a progressive process, the hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is reversible and appears to be due to excessive storage of glycogen.
With a diet restricting intake of simple sugars, the hypertrophic cardiomyopathy can resolve and cardiac function normalize [ 71, 72 ].
Childhood hepatic symptoms tend to become milder with age. Complications aside from the myopathy are rare. Cirrhosis can also develop in patients with GSD III, and rare cases of hepatocellular carcinoma have been reported [ 73, 74 ]. Unlike in GSD Ia, hepatocellular carcinoma can develop anywhere in the liver, and it is not the result of malignant transformation of a hepatic adenoma [ 23 ].
Although all individuals with GSD type III show liver involvement, in rare instances the hepatic symptoms are mild and the diagnosis is not made until adulthood when individuals show signs of neuromuscular disease. Other clinical findings include abnormal nerve conduction studies and osteoporosis.
Successful pregnancies have been reported. GSD Types IIIa and IIIb are autosomal recessive allelic disorders caused by mutations in the AGL gene on the short arm of chromosome 1 [ 75 ].
The incidence of GSD III is estimated to be 1 in , live births, but high risk populations have been identified. GSD IIIa is also more common on the Indian subcontinent India, Pakistan, Afghanistan. To date, at least different pathogenic AGL mutations have been reported [ 19 ]. The encoded enzyme, glycogen debranching enzyme GDE , together with glycogen phosphorylase, is responsible for the complete degradation of glycogen.
GDE has a presumed glycogen binding site at the carboxy terminal end, as well as two separate sites responsible for independent catalytic activities.
These activities include 4- α -glucanotransferase activity 1,4- α -D-glucan:1,4- α -D-glucan 4- α -D glycosyltransferase activity responsible for the transfer of three glucose units to the outer end of an adjacent chain, and an amylo-1,6-glucosidase activity responsible for hydrolysis of branch point glucose residues.
The variable phenotype seen in GSD type III is partly explained by differences in tissue-specific expression. When the enzyme is deficient in both liver and muscle, GSD type IIIa results; in contrast, when AGL is deficient only in the liver and enzyme activity is retained in muscle, then GSD type IIIb results.
Rare cases have also been reported where only one of two GDE catalytic activities is lost [ 79—81 ]. When there is loss of only glucosidase activity, the patient is classified as having GSD Type IIIc, and when there is only loss of transferase activity, the patient is classified as having GSD type IIId.
While glycogenolysis is impaired in GSD III, gluconeogenesis is intact allowing lactate, amino acids, and glycerol from fatty acid oxidation to be used to maintain blood glucose concentrations. Protein is used as the primary source of energy in GSD type III since it also can be used directly by the muscles and has been associated with improvement in the myopathy.
The frequency of cornstarch doses varies with age. In infancy, frequent cornstarch administration may be required with therapy similar to that used in GSD type I.
With older children and adults, cornstarch frequently is only required times per day, and sometimes it is only administered prior to bedtime. For patients with moderate to severe hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a high-protein nocturnal enteral therapy may be beneficial. Intake of simple sugars is limited to 5 grams per meal to minimize postprandial hyperinsulinemia and avoid over-storage of glycogen.
Glycogen storage disease type IV Andersen disease OMIM and Adult Polyglucosan Body Disease APBD OMIM are allelic disorders caused by a deficiency of the glycogen branching enzyme encoded by the GBE1 gene. GSD type IV is quite rare, representing 0.
GSD type IV shows significant variability in terms of age of onset and extent of organ and tissue involvement [ 82—85 ].
In its common classic form, patients have failure to thrive and hepatosplenomegaly. Portal hypertension and ascites develop, and progressive cirrhosis often occurs in early childhood.
Without a liver transplant, death usually occurs by five years of age. Unlike the other liver forms of GSD, hypoglycemia is a late manifestation of GSD IV. Neuromuscular forms of GSD type IV are quite variable and may be classified into several different phenotypes; interestingly, they represent the most severe and the most mild forms of GSD type IV.
The most severe and relatively rare form of GSD type IV presents perinatally as fetal akinesia deformation sequence with arthrogryposis, hydrops, polyhydramnios, and pulmonary hypoplasia. In this form of the disease, death occurs at an early age due to cardiac or pulmonary insufficiency.
Other severe forms of neuromuscular GSD type IV present congenitally or in early infancy with hypotonia and skeletal muscle atrophy. Prognosis varies for these forms of the disease, usually depending on the extent of cardiac and hepatic involvement.
Finally, in its milder forms, GSD type IV may present in late childhood, adolescence, or even adulthood as myopathy or adult polyglucosan body disease APBD with central and peripheral nervous system dysfunction [ 85 ]. APBD is an allelic variant of GSD Type IV characterized by adult-onset progressive neurogenic bladder, gait difficulties due to spasticity and weakness, distal lower extremity sensory loss, and mild cognitive difficulties OMIM [ 86 ].
GSD type IV is the result of a deficiency of glycogen branching enzyme which is encoded by the GBE1 gene located on chromosome 3p This gene is the only gene known to be associated with GSD type IV.
Deficiency or absence of the encoded enzyme leads to excessive deposition of abnormally-structured, amylopectin-like glycogen in affected tissues. Because the accumulated glycogen lacks multiple branch points, it has poor solubility and causes irreversible tissue and organ damage.
Residual enzyme activity may confound the results of enzyme analysis; therefore, mutation analysis is often recommended to confirm the diagnosis. Thus far, at least thirty-nine different mutations have been reported across the entire length of the gene, including nonsense, missense, splice site changes, micro insertions and deletions, and several gross deletions spanning multiple exons [ 19 ].
At present, there does not appear to be a strong genotype-phenotype correlation, and patients with the same mutation may show a wide range of clinical severity. In general, patients with two missense mutations have a milder form of disease than individuals with two null mutations.
There is one GBE1 exon 7 missense variant that is predicted to result in the amino acid substitution p. While the hepatic scarring is the most severe of the glycogenoses, hepatic transaminase elevation is variable.
Hepatic dysfunction occurs as the disease progresses. Creatine kinase levels range from normal to very elevated, and electromyography may show diffuse fibrillations.
GSD type IV is characterized by amylopectinosis. Histologic examination of liver tissue reveals periodic acid-Schiff PAS -positive, diastase-resistant intracytoplasmic inclusions consistent with abnormal glycogen.
Characteristic findings in hematoxylin and eosin stained liver tissue include distorted hepatic architecture with diffuse interstitial fibrosis and wide fibrous septa surrounding micronodular areas of parenchyma.
Hepatocytes are generally two to three times normal size with basophilic cytoplasmic inclusions. Electron microscopy of affected tissue reveals normal glycogen particles plus abnormal fibrillary aggregates typical of amylopectin polyglucosan bodies.
Muscle fibers from affected patients demonstrate severe depletion of myofibrils, and there may be amyloplasia with total fatty replacement of skeletal muscle. Polyglucosan bodies are invariably seen which are resistant to diastase digestion. In contrast to classical GSD type IV, the pathologic hallmark of adult polyglucosan body disease is the widespread accumulation of round, intracellular polyglucosan bodies throughout the nervous system, which are confined to neuronal and astrocytic processes [ 89 ].
Treatment of GSD IV is typically supportive. A high protein diet may have some benefit, but it has not prevented progression of the liver disease. Cornstarch is beneficial if hypoglycemia is occurring, but it similarly does not change the natural history of the disease.
Due to the poor prognosis, liver transplantation remains the primary treatment for the child with early-onset, classic hepatic presentation. Individuals with adult-onset APBD may require antispasmodic bladder medications or bladder catheterization.
Gait assist devices may also help to minimize the risk of falls [ 86 ]. Glycogen storage diseases types V McArdle Disease and VI Hers Disease are the result of a deficiency of glycogen phosphorylase, while glycogen storage disease Type IX is due to deficiency of phosphorylase b kinase, the activating enzyme of glycogen phosphorylase.
Glycogen phosphorylase enzyme catalyzes the rate-limiting step in glycogenolysis and shows tissue-specific expression, with different forms of the enzyme being expressed in liver and muscle.
Glycogen storage disease type V OMIM is a pure myopathic form of GSD affecting skeletal muscle. This disease was the first metabolic myopathy to be recognized and was described by Dr. Brian McArdle in after studying a young man with exercise intolerance and muscle cramps [ 91 ].
The clinical severity of McArdle disease is highly variable. Virtually all people with GSD V describe lifelong exercise intolerance, but the diagnosis is not usually made until the second to third decade of life when cramping becomes more prominent.
Patients present with exercise-induced fatigue, painful muscle cramps, myalgia, and myoglobinuria. Diagnosis can be made by demonstration of failure of venous lactate to rise with an ischemic forearm test or following exercise. Electromyography does not demonstrate specific abnormalities.
In , Vissing and Haller published a diagnostic test for McArdle disease based on moderate cycle exercise [ 92 ]. The authors noted that in contrast to patients with other metabolic myopathies, McArdle disease patients show decreased heart rate 7 to 15 minutes into moderate, constant-workload aerobic activity.
McArdle disease results from a deficiency of muscle-expressed glycogen phosphorylase, or myophosphorylase [ 93, 94 ]. Myophosphorylase is encoded by the PYGM gene on the long arm of chromosome 11 [ 95, 96 ]. The gene is comprised of 20 exons, and over mutations have been described [ 19, 97—99 ].
Two mutations, Arg50Stop R50X in exon 1 which also has been commonly reported in the research literature as R49X and GlySer in exon 5 are common mutations in patients with European heritage [ 91, ].
Although no strict genotype-phenotype correlations have been made, there have been reports of more severe phenotypes in patients homozygous for both R50X mutations in PYGM and Q12X mutations in the AMPD1 gene encoding muscle adenylate deaminase [ , ].
Cases of muscle symptoms in heterozygous carriers have been reported [ ]. Enzyme studies on muscle biopsy will reveal absence of myophosphorylase in muscle fibers. Microscopy may also reveal acid-Schiff stained glycogen.
Because the metabolic block in McArdle disease impairs glycogen breakdown but glucose utilization remains intact, patients with GSD type V benefit from glucose or sucrose loading before exercise [ , ].
Intense exercise should be avoided as it can lead to rhabdomyolysis with concomitant myoglobinuria and renal failure. Statin usage is contraindicated, and it should be noted that even heterozygous carriers may show adverse side effects to these medications [ ]. Oral vitamin B 6 has been reported to impart greater resistance to fatigue, and a high protein diet may also help [ ].
Glycogen storage disease type VI Hers disease OMIM was reported by Henry-Gery Hers in [ ]. This disorder is the result of a deficiency of liver glycogen phosphorylase, which is encoded by the PYGL gene located on chromosome 14q22 [ ].
Patients present in infancy or early childhood with varying degrees of growth retardation and prominent hepatomegaly secondary to excessive liver glycogen. Ketotic hypoglycemia or just hyperketosis occur with prolonged fasting or strenuous exercise [ ].
Because gluconeogenesis is preserved, hypoglycemia tends to be mild. Hypotonia may lead to delayed motor development even though there is no intrinsic muscle involvement. Mild hyperlipidemia is common, and liver function tests may reveal elevated serum transaminases.
Unlike other types of GSD, lactic acid and uric acid concentrations are normal. While patients with GSD VI have a milder course with few complications, treatment improves growth, stamina, and normalizes the biochemical abnormalities.
Rarely, liver fibrosis develops in GSD VI, and a cardiomyopathy can occur from over storage of carbohydrate [ ]. Most adults are asymptomatic, but adult females may experience hypoglycemia during pregnancy or with alcohol consumption.
The enzyme exists as a homodimer of the PYGL protein and requires pyridoxal phosphate PLP as a cofactor. The enzyme switches between an active conformation GP a and an inactive conformation GP b , with activation dependent upon phosphorylation of a serine located at amino acid position Such phosphorylation occurs in response to the hormones glucagon and epinephrine.
GSD type VI is inherited in an autosomal recessive fashion. The PYGL gene on chromosome 14 spans over 39, base pairs, consists of 20 coding exons, and encodes a protein that is amino acids in length [ ].
Thus far, thirty disease-causing mutations have been reported [ 19, — ]. The vast majority of pathogenic variants are missense mutations [ ]. No affected individuals have been described with two null alleles, suggesting that complete absence of liver glycogen phosphorylase activity may be incompatible with life.
The estimated disease incidence ranges from 1 in 65, to 1 in 85, births, but many people with this condition are undiagnosed. In the Mennonite community, however, there is a founder mutation c. Although hepatic glycogen phosphorylase enzyme is expressed in several cell types and its activity can be assayed using erythrocytes, leukocytes, or hepatocytes, such testing is neither highly sensitive nor specific.
False negative results are common because enzyme activity is significantly reduced in Hers disease but is never completely absent. False positive results also are not rare, because reduced liver phosphorylase activity may be due to mutations in the PYGL gene or mutations in several other genes including PHKA2 , PHKB , and PHKG2 that encode phosphorylase b kinase, the activating enzyme for hepatic glycogen phosphorylase.
As a result, mutation detection is now the preferred method to differentiate liver phosphorylase deficiency from the much more common deficiency of the phsophorylase b kinase activating enzyme.
Liver biopsies demonstrate glycogen filled hepatocytes with or without fibrosis, but DNA analysis or enzymatic testing is needed to differentiate GSD VI from the other forms of GSD.
Affected individuals should avoid prolonged fasting, and eat frequent small meals. Uncooked cornstarch 1—4 times per day and protein supplementation may help stabilize blood glucose levels and prevent complications such as short stature, delayed puberty, and osteoporosis.
Protein supplementation typically is lower than in GSD III 2—2. Rarely, cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma can occur in Hers disease [ , ]. Patients should avoid excessive amounts of simple sugars.
In addition, growth hormone therapy should not be used to treat short stature since it will lead to increased ketone production. To assess metabolic control, blood glucose levels and blood ketones should be routinely monitored.
Height and weight measurements should also be assessed regularly since growth is normal when treatment is optimized. Because phosphorylase b kinase is required to activate the enzyme glycogen phosphorylase, GSD Types VI and IX show significant clinical overlap.
Nevertheless, these two glycogenoses are very different disorders from a genetic standpoint, and this may have important implications for accurate genetic counseling and recurrence risk. GSD type IX has the most heterogeneous clinical picture of all of the glycogen storage diseases.
Most patients are diagnosed after hepatomegaly is incidentally found, and it is the most common identifiable cause of ketotic hypoglycemia in males [ ]. While most patients are relatively mild, a severe variant exists that mimics type I GSD in infancy with severe fasting hypoglycemia.
There is at least one form of GSD type IX which is strictly muscle-specific, and affected patients may present with muscle pain and weakness, exercise intolerance, and myoglobinuria. Another form of GSD type IX strictly presents as hepatic disease that typically begins in the first few months of life, and affected individuals may have ketotic hypoglycemia, hepatomegaly due to elevated glycogen content, liver disease, growth retardation, hypotonia, abnormal lipid profile, and increased lactate and uric acid.
In its mildest hepatic form, patients may have a phenotype similar to GSD Type VI and symptoms may gradually subside with age. In patients with hepatic transaminase elevation, liver complications can develop including fibrosis, cirrhosis, adenomas, and hepatocellular carcinoma [ ]. Glycogen storage disease type IX is a genetically heterogeneous disorder.
The phosphorylase kinase Phk enzyme is a hexadecameric structure comprised of four copies each of four different polypeptides, including alpha α , beta β , gamma γ , and delta δ subunits [ ].
To add to the molecular complexity, various tissue-specific isoforms exist for each subunit; these isoforms may be due to expression from separate genes or from alternative splicing of a single gene.
α -associated GSD Type IX may result from mutations in one of two X-linked genes: PHKA1 or PHKA2. PHKA1 is located on the long arm of chromosome X at Xq13 while PHKA2 is located on the short arm of the X chromosome at Xp PHKA1 expression is confined to muscle, and therefore PHKA1 mutations are associated with exercise intolerance, muscle pain, weakness, and myoglobinuria [ — ].
To date, there are only seven reported mutations in the PHKA1 gene [ 19 ]. In contrast, PHKA2 gene expression is confined to liver and blood cells, and patients with PHKA2 mutations strictly have a hepatic presentation with ketotic hypoglycemia, hepatomegaly, chronic liver disease, retarded growth and motor development, and elevated lipids [ — ].
In contrast to the α -subunit, there is only one gene known to encode the β -subunit of the Phk enzyme. This gene, PHKB , is located on the long arm of chromosome 16 at 16q Alternative splicing of several exons gives rise to tissue-specific transcripts, and PHKB mutations have been associated with phosphorylase kinase enzyme deficiency in both liver and muscle [ — ].
Most mutations identified in PHKB have been severe null mutations expected to lead to premature protein truncation or mRNA decay; nevertheless, patients generally have mild symptoms including hypoglycemia after prolonged fasting, hepatomegaly, and mild hypotonia [ 19 ].
Cirrhosis and other major complications have not been reported in patients with PHKB mutations to date. It is important to note that PHKB mutations have not been found in patients with only muscle disease [ ].
The PHKG2 gene on chromosome 16 encodes the liver- and testis-specific form of the γ -subunit [ ]. PHKG2 -linked disease is associated with a more severe phenotype, which may include fasting hypoglycemia, impaired glucagon response, muscle weakness and fatigue, hepatomegaly, liver fibrosis and cirrhosis [ , — ].
Since hepatomegaly is often the presenting symptom, the diagnosis of GSD IX is still commonly made by liver biopsy. As with the other forms of GSD, glycogen filled hepatocytes with prominent steatosis is seen, but fibrosis is usually present in GSD IX.
Clinical diagnostic laboratories in the United States require samples from affected tissues i. However, non-invasive analysis of phosphorylase kinase enzyme has been reported using blood cells [ ].
Although biochemical testing may be used to provide a GSD type IX diagnosis, enzyme analysis cannot determine which gene is causing disease. Mutation analysis is therefore recommended in individuals suspected to have GSD type IX.
Sequencing of PHKB should be considered first in females. Although GSD type IX was once considered a benign condition, it is now clear that patients may experience more long-term complications. Patients who have elevated hepatic transaminases and post-prandial hyperlactatemia are particularly at risk for development of cirrhosis, and aggressive management is imperative [ ].
In all patients with GSD IX, treatment improves growth, stamina, and normalizes biochemical tests. Affected individuals should restrict intake of simple sugars and eat frequent small meals. While most patients with GSD type IX can make it through the night with cornstarch and protein, overnight feeds are sometimes needed in patients with mutations in PHKA2 and PHKG2.
For these patients, the extended release cornstarch preparation Glycosade can be considered [ ]. Growth hormone therapy should not be used to treat short stature since it will lead to increased ketone production.
Liver ultrasound examinations are recommended beginning in childhood since patients are at risk for developing hepatic adenomata and cirrhosis.
Glycogen storage disease type VII, otherwise known as Tarui disease, was first described in three Japanese adult siblings in [ ]. The disorder is the result of a deficiency of muscle-specific phosphofructokinase. This disease is one of the rarest forms of GSD, and symptoms are usually similar to those seen in GSD type V McArdle disease.
There are at least three different subtypes of GSD type VII, including classic, infantile onset, and late onset [ , ]. In the infantile form, babies have myopathy, joint contractures, seizures, psychomotor retardation, and blindness due to cataracts; death occurs during childhood.
In contrast, late onset disease may manifest in adulthood with progressive muscle weakness. In classic disease, which typically presents in childhood, exercise intolerance is the key feature. CPK levels are elevated and affected children may experience undue fatigue, muscle pain, cramps, and nausea.
Intense exercise may lead to myoglobinuria and acute renal failure. Because a defect in muscle phosphofructokinase known as PFK-M results in a partial defect in PFK activity in erythrocytes, patients may present with hemolytic anemia.
The anemia is usually compensated because the metabolic block causes a decrease in 2,3 diphosphoglycerate and enhanced oxygen affinity of hemoglobin which leads to an increase in erythrocyte formation.
The enzyme deficiency also results in elevated levels of glucosephosphate. This may result in enhanced nucleotide formation and increased levels of uric acid. Increased reticulocytes, hyperbilirubinemia, jaundice, gallstones, and gout may help provide diagnostic clues.
Phosphofructokinase is a glycolytic enzyme that catalyzes the irreversible conversion of fructosephosphate to fructose-1,6-bisphosphate. Because glycolysis follows glycogenolysis in muscle, muscle tissue in patients with Tarui disease cannot utilize glycogen-derived glucose. Human phosphofructokinase functions as a homotetrameric or heterotetrameric enzyme.
The various subunits are tissue-specific and include PFK-M muscle , PFK-L liver and kidneys , and PFK-P platelets ; these are respectively encoded by three different genes, PFKM , PFKL , and PFKP. Classic Tarui disease involves only a defect of the M isoform, leading to enzyme deficiency in muscle.
GSD type VII is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder. The gene which encodes muscle phosphofructokinase, PFKM , consists of 22 exons and lies on the long arm of chromosome 12 [ , ].
Muscle biopsy reveals glycogen accumulation in the subsarcolemmal space plus variation in myofibril size [ ]. In addition, there may be pockets of abnormal polysaccharide consistent with polyglucosan that is PAS-positive but only partially digested by diastase [ ].
Electron microscopy may reveal finely granular and fibrillar material similar to the amylopectin-like storage material found in GSD Type IV. It has been hypothesized that the metabolic block leads to high glucosephophate G6P , and that elevated G6P abnormally activates glycogen synthase and alters the ratio of glycogen synthase to branching enzyme [ ].
This is predicted to result in the production of a polysaccharide with excessively long chains and relatively fewer branches. In contrast to patients with McArdle disease, individuals with Tarui disease do not benefit from carbohydrate-rich meals [ ].
read more that cause these diseases on to their children. Glycogen storage diseases are caused by the lack of an enzyme needed to change glucose into glycogen and break down glycogen into glucose.
Typical symptoms include weakness, sweating, confusion, kidney stones, a large liver, low blood sugar, and stunted growth. The diagnosis is made by doing blood tests, by examining a piece of tissue under a microscope biopsy , and by doing magnetic resonance imaging.
Treatment depends on the type of glycogen storage disease and usually involves regulating the intake of carbohydrates. There are different types of inherited disorders Inheritance of Single-Gene Disorders Genes are segments of deoxyribonucleic acid DNA that contain the code for a specific protein that functions in one or more types of cells in the body or code for functional RNA molecules read more.
In many hereditary metabolic disorders, both parents of the affected child carry a copy of the abnormal gene. Because usually two copies of the abnormal gene are necessary for the disorder to occur, usually neither parent has the disorder.
See also Overview of Hereditary Metabolic Disorders Overview of Hereditary Metabolic Disorders Hereditary metabolic disorders are inherited genetic conditions that cause metabolism problems. Heredity is the passing of genes from one generation to the next.
Children inherit their parents' Glycogen a carbohydrate Carbohydrates Carbohydrates, proteins, and fats are the main types of macronutrients in food nutrients that are required daily in large quantities. read more is made of many glucose molecules linked together.
Any glucose that is not used immediately for energy is held in reserve in the liver, muscles, and kidneys in the form of glycogen and is released when needed by the body.
Missing one of the enzymes that is essential to breaking down metabolizing glycogen into glucose. There are many different glycogen storage diseases also called glycogenoses. Each is identified by a Roman numeral.
Some of these diseases cause few symptoms. Others are fatal. The specific symptoms, age at which symptoms start, and their severity vary considerably between these diseases.
For types II, V, and VII, the main symptom is usually weakness myopathy. For types I, III, and VI, symptoms are low levels of sugar in the blood hypoglycemia Hypoglycemia Hypoglycemia is abnormally low levels of sugar glucose in the blood.
Hypoglycemia is most often caused by medications taken to control diabetes. Much less common causes of hypoglycemia include read more and protrusion of the abdomen because excess or abnormal glycogen may enlarge the liver. Low levels of sugar in the blood cause sweating, confusion, and sometimes seizures and coma.
Other consequences for children may include stunted growth, frequent infections, and sores in the mouth and intestines. Glycogen storage diseases tend to cause uric acid a waste product to accumulate in the joints, which can cause gout Gout Gout is a disorder in which deposits of uric acid crystals accumulate in the joints because of high blood levels of uric acid hyperuricemia.
The accumulations of crystals cause flares attacks read more , and in the kidneys, which can cause kidney stones Stones in the Urinary Tract Stones calculi are hard masses that form in the urinary tract and may cause pain, bleeding, or an infection or block of the flow of urine.
Tiny stones may cause no symptoms, but larger stones In type I glycogen storage disease, kidney failure is common at age 11 to 20 years or later. Glycogen storage disease is diagnosed by examining a piece of muscle or liver tissue under a microscope biopsy and by doing magnetic resonance imaging Magnetic Resonance Imaging MRI Magnetic resonance imaging MRI is a type of medical imaging that uses a strong magnetic field and very high frequency radio waves to produce highly detailed images.
During an MRI, a computer read more MRI to detect glycogen in the tissues.
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Until the early s, children with GSDs had few treatment options and none were very helpful. Then it was discovered that ingesting uncooked cornstarch regularly throughout the day helped these children maintain a steady, safe glucose level.
Cornstarch is a complex carbohydrate that is difficult for the body to digest; therefore it acts as a slow release carbohydrate and maintains normal blood glucose levels for a longer period of time than most carbohydrates in food.
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because these sugars end up as glycogen trapped in the liver. Infants need to be fed every two hours. Those who are not breastfed must take lactose-free formula.
Some types of GSD require a high-protein diet. Calcium, vitamin D and iron supplements maybe recommended to avoid deficits.
Children need their blood glucose tested frequently throughout the day to make sure they are not hypoglycemic, which can be dangerous. Some children, especially infants, may require overnight feeds to maintain safe blood glucose levels.
For these children, a gastrostomy tube, often called a g-tube, is placed in the stomach to make overnight feedings via a continuous pump easier. The outlook depends on the type of GSD and the organs affected.
With recent advancements in therapy, treatment is effective in managing the types of glycogen storage disease that affect the liver.
Children may have an enlarged liver, but as they grow and the liver has more room, their prominent abdomen will be less noticeable. Other complications include benign noncancerous tumors in the liver, scarring cirrhosis of the liver and, if lipid levels remain high, the formation of fatty skin growths called xanthomas.
To manage complications, children with GSD should been seen by a doctor who understands GSDs every three to six months. Blood work is needed every six months. Once a year, they need a kidney and liver ultrasound.
Research into enzyme replacement therapy and gene therapy is promising and may improve the outlook for the future. CHOP will be a site for upcoming gene therapy clinical trials for types I and III. The GSD Clinic will have more information. Glycogen Storage Disease GSD.
Contact Us Online. Glycogen storage disorders occur in about one in 20, to 25, newborn babies. Manifestations of GSD often look like other health problems and may include: poor growth low blood glucose level hypoglycemia an enlarged liver may show as a bulging abdomen abnormal blood tests low muscle tone muscle pain and cramping during exercise too much acid in the blood acidosis fatigue A thorough medical history can also lead the doctor to suspect GSD since it is inherited.
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Children may be prescribed medicines to manage side effects of GSD. These include: Allopurinol, a drug capable of reducing the level of uric acid in the blood, may be useful to control the symptoms of gout-like arthritis during the adolescent years in patients with GSD I.
Human granulocyte colony stimulating factor GCSF may be used to treat recurrent infections in GSD type Ib patients. In certain types of GSD, children must limit their amount of exercise to reduce muscle cramps. Genetic counseling is recommended for affected individuals and their families.
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