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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• KROOS, Marian A
• MULLAART, Reinier A
• REUSER, Arnold J. J
• VAN VLIET, Laura
• POMPONIO, Robert J
• AMARTINO, Hernan
• KOLODNY, Edwin H
• PASTORES, Gregory M
• WEVERS, Ron A
• VAN DER PLOEG, Ans T
• HALLEY, Dicky J. J

Titel

p.[G576S; E689K]: pathogenic combination or polymorphism in Pompe disease?

Ist Teil von

• European journal of human genetics : EJHG, 2008-08, Vol.16 (8), p.875-879

Ort / Verlag

Avenel, NJ: Nature Publishing

Erscheinungsjahr

2008

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• We discuss four cases of acid alpha-glucosidase deficiency (EC, 3.2.1.3/20) without evident symptoms of Pompe disease (OMIM No 232300) in individuals of Asian descent. In three cases, the deficiency was associated with homozygosity for the sequence variant c.[1726G>A; 2065G>A] in the acid alpha-glucosidase gene (GAA) translating into p.[G576S; E689K]. One of these cases was a patient with profound muscular atrophy, another had cardio-myopathy and the third had no symptoms. The fourth case, the mother of a child with Pompe disease, was compound heterozygote for the GAA sequence variants c.[1726G>A; 2065G>A]/c.2338G>A (p.W746X) and had no symptoms either. Further investigations revealed that c.[1726A; 2065A] is a common GAA allele in the Japanese and Chinese populations. Our limited study predicts that approximately 4% of individuals in these populations are homozygote c.[1726A; 2065A]. The height of this figure in contrast to the rarity of Pompe disease in Asian populations and the clinical history of the cases described in this paper virtually exclude that homozygosity for c.[1726A; 2065A] causes Pompe disease. As c.[1726A; 2065A] homozygotes have been observed with similarly low acid alpha-glucosidase activity as some patients with Pompe disease, we caution they may present as false positives in newborn screening programs especially in Asian populations.