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Clinical analysis and long-term treatment monitoring of 3 patients with glycogen storage disease type Ib

Abstract

Background

To investigate the clinical and genetic characteristics of patients with glycogen storage disease type Ib (GSD Ib).

Case presentation

This report retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 3 patients with GSD Ib admitted into our hospital, and summarized their onset characteristics, clinical manifestations, related examinations and treatment as well as mutational spectrum. After gene sequencing, the diagnosis of GSD Ib was confirmed in all 3 patients. Five variants of SLC37A4 gene were detected, of which c. 572C > T was the common variant and c. 680G > A was a novel variant. The 3 cases of GSD Ib were mainly affected by liver enlargement, growth retardation, etc., and all had a history of repeated infections. At the onset, patients mainly manifested as mildly elevated alanine-aminotransferase (ALT), accompanied by decreased absolute neutrophil count (ANC), hypertriglyceridemia, and metabolic disorders (hypoglycemia, hyperlactic acidemia, metabolic acidosis, etc.). After long-term treatment by oral uncooked cornstarch, the abnormal liver enzymes gradually returned to normal, and metabolic abnormalities were basically controlled most of the time. With increasing age, ANC of 2 patients decreased progressively, whereas the times of infections was reduced.

Conclusions

We reported 3 cases with GSD Ib and a novel SLC37A4 variant. The possibility of GSD type Ib should be kept on alert when a patient suffers recurrent infections, accompanied by hepatomegaly, elevated liver enzymes, hypoglycemia, dyslipidemia, and metabolic disorders.

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Background

Glycogen storage disease type I (GSDI) is a group of autosomal recessive inherited metabolic disorders with varying clinical severity caused by variants in the G6PC gene (OMIM #613742) or SLC37A4 gene (OMIM # 602671), and the incidence is about 1:100,000 [1]. The G6PC gene variant causes the deficiency of glucose-6-phosphatase alpha (G6Pase-α) activity, which leads to GSD type Ia (OMIM#232200), accounting for about 80% of GSDI patients, whereas the SLC37A4 gene variant causes the deficiency of glucose-6-phosphate transporter protein (G6PT), which underlies GSD type Ib (OMIM# 232220), accounting for about 20% of GSDI cases [1, 2].

Both type Ia and Ib are characterized by hepatomegaly and metabolic abnormalities such as hypoglycemia, hyperlipemia, lactic acidosis, and hyperuricemia. The SLC37A4 gene is highly expressed in hematopoietic progenitor cells, its defect has a significant effect on myeloid progenitor cells [3]. At the same time, G6PT plays a role in the neutrophil homeostasis and function, endogenous glucose production is critical for neutrophil homeostasis, so the deficiency of G6PT can cause neutrophil apoptosis and neutropenia [4]. Therefore, GSD Ib patients manifest neutropenia and neutrophil dysfunction, and are prone to frequent infectious diseases, such as recurrent upper respiratory tract infections, oral and intestinal mucosal ulcers, and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), etc. Therefore, different treatment plans are needed for GSD Ib patients [2, 5].

We report 3 additional cases of GSD Ib with SLC37A4 variant, one of which had novel variant.

Case presentation

The clinical features of the 3 patients were summarized in Tables 1, 2, and 3.

Table 1 Clinical baseline data and genetic features of the 3 patients with GSD type Ib
Table 2 Comparison of clinical and biochemical indexes of 3 patients with GSD type Ib before and after treatment
Table 3 Comparison of therapies and complications of 3 patients with GSD type Ib

Patient 1

This female patient was admitted to hospital because of “abdominal distension for over 1 year” at the age of 15 months. At admission, her height SDS was − 2.26 and weight was 9 kg (10th–25th centile). There were abnormalities in absolute neutrophil count (ANC 1.07 × 10^9/L), liver function (ALT 75U/L, AST 103U/L), blood lipid (TG 8.84 mmol/L), fasting glucose (3.7 mmol/L), lactic acid (8.78 mmol/L), and blood gases (BE − 8.5). The liver ultrasound suggested hepatomegaly. She underwent liver biopsy and showed glycogen storage as confirmed by periodic acid-Schiff staining (PAS). She was also tested for glucose response to epinephrine stimulation after overnight fasting and the result was positive. Combined with the above results, she was clinically diagnosed as GSD. She was given oral uncooked cornstarch four daily doses of 1.0–2.0 g/kg (3am–9am–3pm–9pm). According to current guidelines, follow-up is recommended every 3–6 months (adjusted by disease changes and their ages). However, the patient did not take oral uncooked cornstarch regularly as prescribed. At the age of 12 years, she was finally diagnosed with GSD type 1b through genetic testing. She had an infection frequency of about 0.36 times/year before the diagnosis of genetic classification and was hospitalized for “repeated vomiting and diarrhea” 3 times in the past year, and had secondary “inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and pancreatitis” during the last hospitalization (15 years old, course of disease 13.75 years). She received G-CSF treatment irregularly. At the last visit, the liver enzymes gradually returned to normal, triglycerides and lactic acid were decreased than before, but did not fall to normal levels. Her pyruvic acid and uric acid increased, and fasting hypoglycemia and metabolic acidosis have not been significantly improved.

Patient 2

At the age of 3 years and a half, this male patient was admitted to hospital because of “hepatomegaly for over 3 years, upper respiratory tract infection for 1 week”. At admission, his height SDS was − 2.97 and weight was 13 kg (10th–25th centile). There were abnormalities in ANC 0.95 × 10^9 /L, liver function (ALT 50 U/L, AST 46 U/L), TG 5.53 mmol/L, fasting glucose (3.8 mmol/L), lactic acid (10.75 mmol/L), and blood gases (BE − 10.9). The liver ultrasound also suggested hepatomegaly. He also underwent liver biopsy and showed glycogen storage. He was tested for glucose response to epinephrine stimulation after overnight fasting and the result was positive, too. According to all the results, he was clinically diagnosed as GSD. He took oral uncooked cornstarch regularly. At 13 years old, he was diagnosed with GSD type 1b through genetic testing. At the last visit, the liver enzymes gradually returned to normal, triglycerides, lactic acid, pyruvic acid, and uric acid were decreased than before, but did not fall to normal levels. His fasting hypoglycemia and metabolic acidosis have been significantly improved. He had a history of oral ulcers. As the treatment time extended, the number of infections was significantly reduced, only presented with minor infections, such as upper respiratory tract infection or oral ulcers that did not require hospitalization.

Patient 3

This female patient was admitted to hospital because of “short stature, hepatomegaly for 6 months” at the age of 3 years old. At admission, her height SDS was − 1.48 and weight was 15 kg (50th–75th centile). There were abnormalities in ANC (0.82 × 10^9 /L), TG (3.92 mmol/L), fasting glucose (3.48 mmol/L), lactic acid (9.61 mmol/L), and uric acid (519 μmol/L). The liver ultrasound suggested hepatomegaly. She also underwent liver biopsy and was tested for glucose response to epinephrine stimulation after overnight fasting and the results were positive. Therefore, she was clinically diagnosed as GSD. She was given oral uncooked cornstarch regularly. At the age of 10 years and a half, she was finally diagnosed with GSD type 1b through genetic testing. At the last visit, her triglycerides, lactic acid, pyruvic acid and uric acid were decreased than before. Her fasting hypoglycemia and metabolic acidosis have been significantly improved. She had a history of upper respiratory tract infections, about once a year.

Genetic analysis

After obtaining the written informed consents, gene sequencing (Beijing MyGenostics Inc.) was performed on the probands and their parents. Our genetic testing strategy is a GSD panel based on target gene capture technology [6], 20 GSD genes reported in OMIM database (GYS1, GYS2, G6PC, SLC37A4, GAA, AGL, GBE1, PYGM, PYGL, PFKM, PHKA2, PHKB, PHKG2, PHKA1, PGAM2, LDHA, ALDOA, ENO3, PGM1, GYG1, PRKAG2) was used for GSDs. We fragmented the genomic DNA which extracted from the sample, and the DNA probes were designed to tile along the exon regions and exon–intron boundaries of the target genes. After enrichment of DNA fragments, Illumina HiSeq X ten sequencer was used for high-throughput sequencing of the captured exon region. Sanger sequencing was finally used to verify co-segregation in the family. Suspected candidate variants were screened by comprehensively considering the genetic pattern and the clinical characteristics of the disease. The pathogenicity of variants was predicted according to the 2015-ACMG Standards and Guidelines.

Five variants of SLC37A4 gene were detected in 3 patients (see Table 1), including 3 missense variants, 1 frameshift variant, and 1 splicing variant, which were c.1016G > A (p.Gly339Asp), c.572C > T (p.Pro191Leu), c.343G > A (p.Gly115Arg), c.680G > A (p.Trp227Ter) and c.870 + 5G > A, respectively. Among them, c.680G > A was a novel variant. According to the ACMG guidelines, all the above gene variants were suspected disease-associated variants. Among them, the c.572C > T variant involved 2 patients (2/3) (see Table 1 and Fig. 1).

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The exome sequencing results of the 3 patients and their parents. A1, patient 1 exon 10 sequencing showed variant c. 1016G > A (p.Gly339Asp) A2, patient 1 exon 6 sequencing showed variant c. 572C > T (p.Pro191Leu); B1, patient 2 exon 10 sequencing showed variant c. 343G > A (p.Gly115Arg), B2, patient 2 exon 6 sequencing showed variant c. 572C > T (p.Pro191Leu); C1, patient 3 exon 7 sequencing showed variant c. 680G > A (p.Trp227Ter), C2, patient 3 exon 7 sequencing showed variant c. 870 + 5G > A; A3, B3, and C3 are the pedigrees of the 3 patients

Discussion and conclusions

Glycogen storage disease (GSD) Type Ib is a group of inherited metabolic disorders caused by variants in the SLC37A4 gene, with an incidence of approximately 1/500 000. Fewer than 250 cases of type Ib patients have been reported, much less than type Ia, with the most reports in China, Japan, South Korea, Iran and Serbia [7, 8].

The human SLC37A4 gene is located on chromosome 11q23, consists of 9 exons, spans approximately 5.3 kb of genomic DNA, and is expressed ubiquitously in liver, kidney, intestine, blood and skeletal muscle [9]. SLC37A4 gene encodes G6PT, G6PT transports G6P from the cytoplasm to the lumen of the endoplasmic reticulum and delivers it to the catalytic site of G6Pase-α or G6Pase-β. G6Pase-α and G6Pase-β are G6P hydrolases in the endoplasmic reticulum membrane, which in turn hydrolyze G6P to glucose and inorganic phosphate [10]. Among them, G6Pase‑α and G6PT are coupled functionally, rather than physically, to maintain the interprandial (between meals) glucose homeostasis. A detrimental variant in the SLC37A4 gene can cause G6PT deficiency or dysfunction, failing to complete the transport of G6P and resulting in disturbed glucose homeostasis, and then leading to hyperlipidemia, lactic acidosis, hyperuricemia, and other metabolic abnormalities. Whereas G6Pase-β couples functionally with G6PT to maintain neutrophil function and homeostasis. Consequently, G6PT is essential to maintain both interprandial glucose homeostasis and myeloid cell energy homeostasis [11]. Although G6Pase-α and G6Pase-β are similar in structure and function, patients with G6Pase-β deficiency do not exhibit the metabolic phenotypes of GSD I patients. In contrast, these individuals only present with severe congenital neutropenia syndrome, reflecting the differences between the presentations of GSD Ia and GSD Ib.

So far, there are 115 pathogenic variants in the SLC37A4 gene that have been identified, including missense variants, nonsense variants, frameshift variants, splice site variants, and deletion variants, etc. There are ethnic variability in variant types and proportions [8, 12]. Previous studies have demonstrated that one of the most common types of variants is c.1042_1043del (p.Leu348Valfs* 53), which has been repeatedly reported in Germans (32%) and mixed Caucasians (27–31%) [2]. In the Korean population, the most common variant is c.443C > T (p.Ala148Val), which is found in 55.6% of GSD Ib patients and 38.9% of alleles. Since it has not been reported in other races, the author speculates that the variant may be unique to Koreans [12]. The common variant type in Japanese is c.352 T > C (p.Trp118Arg), accounting for 37–50% [12]. No strict genotype–phenotype correlation has been determined in previous studies [13,14,15,16]. In our study, 5 variant types of SLC37A4 gene were detected in 3 patients. Among them, c.680G > A is a novel variant, the c.572C > T (p.Pro191Leu) variant is the most common and only reported in the Chinese population [17,18,19]. We speculate that c.572C > T may be a Chinese ethnicity -specific variant.

The typical clinical manifestations of GSD Ib are similar to those of type Ia, including impaired glucose homeostasis such as liver enlargement and growth retardation. By contrast, neutropenia and neutrophil dysfunction are major clinical phenotypes of patients with GSD Ib. GSD Ib patients are often accompanied by neutropenia and are prone to frequent infectious diseases, such as recurrent upper respiratory tract infections, oral ulcers, enterocolitis and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). There are also reports of GSD Ib combined with Crohn's disease [20]. The exact mechanism of recurrent infections and IBD due to neutropenia and neutrophil dysfunction is still unclear. Studies have demonstrated that it may be related to impaired functions such as cell chemotaxis, calcium mobilization, respiratory burst, and leukocyte phagocytosis [21]. In addition, studies have shown that patients with GSD Ib are at increased risk of autoimmune diseases (including IBD, thyroid autoimmune diseases and myasthenia gravis, etc.). Melis et al. found that this may be related to a reduced engagement in T cell glycolysis and an impaired regulatory T cell function [22]. Therefore, GSD Ib caused by SLC37A4 gene variants is both a metabolic and an immune disorder [1].

A decreased number of neutrophils in peripheral blood is an important feature that distinguishes GSD Ib from GSD Ia. It is worth mentioning that not all patients diagnosed with GSD Ib based on metabolic phenotypes and genetic testing develop neutropenia, which may be related to the residual transport activity of G6PT [1]. According to reports from different regions, the prevalence of neutropenia in GSD Ib patients is above 94%, and some patients may develop periodic neutropenia [1, 10, 12, 13]. There are scattered reports of atypical GSD Ib patients without neutropenia or infectious diseases [23, 24]. Neutropenia may also be observed in a subset of GSD Ia patients [25]. Therefore, it is not possible to distinguish between type Ib and Ia based on the decrease in the number of neutrophils alone.

The current treatment of GSD Ib is mainly symptomatic. As a serious metabolic and immune multisystem disorder, if not actively treated, it may cause the patient to be fatal in adolescence. Clinically, diet therapy (raw cornstarch, etc.) can maintain the patient's glucose stability and reduce the early symptoms of the disease [10, 21]. Those with poor diet control compliance often have obvious abnormalities in metabolic indicators, and death is mainly caused by metabolic disorders. Granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) can improve neutropenia and IBD, but the underlying pathological process of the disease has not been corrected, and the specific mechanism is unknown [1, 2]. For type Ib patients with both IBD and neutropenia, G-CSF and 5-aminosalicylic acid can be used in combination [1]. In addition, GSD Ib patients receiving G-CSF treatment may have side effects such as splenomegaly, which is dose-dependent, and a few patients have myelodysplastic/acute myeloid leukemia [21, 26]. There is also a case report of severe hypertriglyceridemia (triglyceride 80 mmol/L) in a GSD Ib infant with a significant decrease in blood lipid levels after plasma exchange [15]. Another way to correct metabolic abnormalities in GSDI patients is liver transplantation or combined liver/kidney transplantation, while correction of bone marrow dysfunction in patients with GSD Ib can be achieved by bone marrow transplantation. However, many researchers believe that liver transplantation is a last resort, because the death rate associated with transplantation is higher than most other medical treatments [1]. Studies have reported that bone marrow transplantation for GSD Ib patients with severe IBD and repeated infections, although their neutropenia persists, neutrophil function and IBD are improved [27]. Although this is a case report, it offers hope for GSD Ib patients with severe myeloid complications. Since protein replacement therapy is not suitable for hydrophobic transmembrane proteins (such as G6PT), somatic gene therapy is a promising treatment for patients with type Ib. Effective use of gene therapy is very promising for correcting the metabolic abnormalities in GSD Ib patients, but to solve the problems of metabolic abnormalities and bone marrow complications at the same time, it may be necessary to construct either a vector with a wider range of tissue transduction specificity or a multivector approach [21].

The 3 patients in our study all had typical clinical manifestations such as elevated liver enzymes, fasting hypoglycemia, hyperlipidemia, hyperlactacidemia, lactic acidosis, and decreased neutrophil count, accompanied by hepatomegaly, growth retardation, and repeated infections. With increasing age, ANC of the 3 patients decreased progressively. Among them, the condition of patient 1 was poorly controlled, G-CSF was used irregularly, and the effect was not good, with secondary IBD and frequent hospitalizations due to infection. The other 2 patients were effectively controlled with age, and the number of infections was significantly decreased. Therefore, the clinical manifestations of patients with GSD Ib have certain heterogeneity.

In summary, GSD Ib patients have various gene variant types and different clinical symptoms. We reported 3 cases with GSD Ib and a novel SLC37A4 variant. When recurrent upper respiratory tract infections or digestive tract symptoms are accompanied by hypoglycemia, dyslipidemia, metabolic disorders, elevated liver enzymes and/or neutropenia clinically, the possibility of GSD Ib should be vigilant.

Availability of data and materials

The SLC37A4 variant can be found in NCBI Nucleotide under the accession number NM_001164277.2. The raw datasets generated and analysed during the current study are not publicly available in order to protect participant confidentiality. The datasets obtained during the current study are available from the corresponding author if the requirements are reasonable.

Abbreviations

ALT:

Alanine aminotransferase

AST:

Aspartate aminotransferase

HDL cholesterol:

High-density lipoprotein cholesterol

LDL cholesterol:

Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol

TC:

Total cholesterol

TG:

Triglyceride

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YL, XPL and CQD designed and organized the study. XPL and YL cared for the patients and supervised the study. ZGL and CZ acquired the clinical data, prepared the samples from the family members and interpreted the genetic analyses. HW, MZ and MHH performed the genetic analyses. YL and CQD wrote the manuscript that was edited by all other authors. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Du, C., Li, Z., Wei, H. et al. Clinical analysis and long-term treatment monitoring of 3 patients with glycogen storage disease type Ib. BMC Med Genomics 14, 81 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12920-021-00936-9

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