Inborn Errors of Metabolism

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B. Substance Abuse
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Acute Presentation
 Metabolic crisis
 Sudden onset of
lethargy, vomiting,
irritability, respiratory
compromise, seizures,
encephalopathy
 Typically due to
hyperammonemia,
acidosis, ketosis,
hypoglycemia
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Chronic Presentation
 Indolent course
 Can affect multiple organ
systems
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CNS
Liver
Heart
Kidney
Muscle
Eye
 Dysmorphic features
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Appear normal at birth
 Metabolic intermediate responsible for symptoms is
removed by maternal placenta
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Within days-months (rarely years) will develop a
septic/shock-like picture
Acute onset: lethargy, vomiting, tachypnea (or
apnea), irritability, seizures
Encephalopathic
Workup for infection/sepsis yields normal results
An infant who presented with vomiting is now
lethargic and progressing to a comatose state.
Mom says she just found out the newborn screen
was abnormal. Which two tests are most
important EMERGENTLY so that interventions
may be started?
A. Potassium and brain MRI
B. WBC and ketones
C. Lactate and platelets
D. Glucose and ammonia
E. Cardiac stress test and glucose tolerance test
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Acidosis
 pH <7.3, pCO2<30,bicarb <15
 Can suggest:
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Metabolic disorder
Infection
Dehydration
Intoxication
Anoxia
Elevated lactate
 Measured on blood gas
 Can suggest: hypoxia or poor
perfusion (dehydration)
 Metabolic disorders:
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Glycogen storage disease
Pyruvate defect
Fructose 1,6 biphosphonate deficiency
Mitochondrial disease
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Ketosis
 Ketones are a normal part of physiology, but not when they
generate acidosis
 Organic acidemias
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Hyperammonemia
 Urea cycle defects
 Organic acidemias
 Fatty acid oxidation defects
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Hypoglycemia
 Hyperinsulinism
 Liver failure
 Glycogen storage disease, tyrosinemia, galactosemia, NiemannPick
 Organic acidemias
 Fatty acid oxidation defect
A 3 day old infant was initially vigorous at birth but
now has poor feeding, tachypnea, and lethargy.
Septic work-up is negative. Serum electrolytes,
glucose, and lactate are normal. An ABG shows: pH
7.53, pCO2 20, HCO3 25. Serum ammonia level is
465mcmol/L (elevated). Urine ketones are negative.
What is the most likely diagnosis?
A. Fatty acid oxidation defect
B. Urea cycle defect
C. Organic acidemia
D. Glycogen Storage Disease Type I
E. Renal tubular acidosis
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Urea Cycle Defects
Organic Acidemias
Amino Acid Disorders
Carbohydrate Disorders
Fatty Acid Oxidation Defects
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Classic presentation:
 First few days of life: poor feeding, vomiting,
tachypnea, lethargy  coma
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Late onset:
 Partial enzyme deficiencies
 Recurrent vomiting, developmental delay, learning
difficulties, seizures, brittle hair, protein intolerance
 Failure to thrive
 Precipitating cause for acute hyperammonemic
encephalopathy
 Infection, trauma, fasting, medications (glucocorticoids)
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Hyperammonemia WITHOUT acidosis
 Usually have respiratory ALKALOSIS
 No ketones
 No hepatomegaly
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Types:
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Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency (X-linked)
Carbamoyl phosphate synthase deficiency (AR)
Citrullinemia (AR)
Argininosuccinic acidemia (AR)
Argininemia (AR) (arginase deficiency)
 Does not present with hyperammonemia
 Neurologic manifestations
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Diagnosis: plasma amino acid concentrations
 Urine orotic acid value can help distinguish types
 Enzyme analysis of tissue samples
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Treatment:
 Reduce ammonia! (more on this later)
 Reduce protein intake
 Avoid catabolism
 Arginine supplements can be helpful
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Urea Cycle Defects
Organic Acidemias
Amino Acid Disorders
Carbohydrate Disorders
Fatty Acid Oxidation Defects
A 2 day old newborn presents with feeding
difficulties and lethargy. Septic work-up is
negative and urine organic acid values suggest
an organic acidemia. The following are lab values
which could be seen on initial presentation
EXCEPT:
A. Low pH
B. Hyperammonemia
C. Hyperglycemia
D. Elevated lactate
E. Ketones in the urine
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Organic acids are the intermediates in the
catabolism (break down) of amino acids, lipids
and other compounds
 Products go to Krebs cycle  ATP
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Specific enzyme deficiencies lead to
characteristic urine organic acid profiles
Organic Acids Defects
Isoleucine
Valine
Methionine
Cholesterol
Odd chain fatty
acids
propionic
acidemia
methylmalonic
acidemia
biotin
Propionyl CoA
B12
Methylmalonyl
CoA
Succinyl CoA
Krebs
Cycle
isovaleric
acidemia
leucine
Isovaleryl CoA
3MCC
HMG CoA
Even chain fatty
acids
Lysine
Tryptophan
glutaric
acidemia
Glutaryl CoA
Crotonyl CoA
Acetyl
CoA
ETS
Acetyl
CoA
ATP
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Important features
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High anion gap metabolic acidosis
Ketosis
Elevated lactate
+/- hypoglycemia
+/- hyperammonemia
Typically presents in first few days of life with
introduction of protein into diet
 Irritable, poor feeding, lethargy  coma
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Diagnosis: urine organic acids
 Plasma acylcarnitine profile can help distinguish
between types
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Types (multiple!!)
 Isovaleric acidemia
 Seizures, high incidence of infection, odor of sweaty feet
 Propionic acidemia
 Methlymalonic acidemia
 May respond to vitamin B12
UCD
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OA
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respiratory alkalosis
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urine ketones
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lethargy/coma
vomiting
hyperammonemia
metabolic acidosis
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Urea Cycle Defects
Organic Acidemias
Amino Acid Disorders
Carbohydrate Disorders
Fatty Acid Oxidation Defects
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Other disorders of amino acid catabolism
Similar clinical manifestations to organic
acidemias
 Diagnosed differently
 Plasma amino acids (vs urine organic acids )
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Deficiency of enzyme that converts phenylalanine to
tyrosine
Not typically seen due to newborn screening
Asymptomatic for a few months, then…
 Severe vomiting, irritability, eczema, mousy odor of urine
 Blond hair, blue eyes
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Late signs: profound intellectual disability**
Pregnant woman not treated adequately:
 Fetal risks: miscarriage, SGA, microcephaly, cardiac
defects
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Treatment: low phenylalanine diet (lifelong!**),
frequent monitoring, dietary counseling, adequate
tyrosine intake
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Deficiency of enzyme used to breakdown
branched-chain amino acids
 leucine, isoleucine, valine
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Clinical signs:
 First week of life: poor feeding, tachypnea with
shallow breathing, profound lethargy, hypertonicity
 Maple syrup smelling urine
 Hypoglycemia, acidosis
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Multiple subtypes
 Type I: liver failure,
kidney involvement,
nerve problems
 Type II: oculocutaneous
 Corneal ulcerations leading
to clouding, skin thickening
on palms/soles
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Treatment: low tyrosine
and phenylalaine diet
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Cystathionine synthase deficiency  elevated
methionine levels
2 subtypes: Pyridoxine (B6) responsive and B6
resistant
 Better IQ prognosis in responsive type
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Clinical manifestations:
 Ectopia lentis (posterior), skeletal abnormalities
(marfanoid), cognitive deficits, thromboembolic events
 Light-colored skin, hair, eyes
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Diagnosis: homocysteine in urine
Treatment: pyridoxine
 If no response: diet high in cystine and low in methionine
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Urea Cycle Defects
Organic Acidemias
Amino Acid Disorders
Carbohydrate Disorders
Fatty Acid Oxidation Defects
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Deficiency of galactose-1-phosphate
uridyltransferase
Appear normal until first meal
Develop poor feeding, failure to thrive, vomiting,
lethargy, jaundice, abdominal distension,
hepatomegaly
Labs:
 Hypoglycemia
 +Reducing substances in urine (non-glucose)
Galactose Metabolism
glucose
Breast
milk,
cow’s
milk
Galactose
Lactose
(galactose-glucose)
(cataracts)
galactokinase
Gal-1-P
galactose-1-P
uridyltransferase
(classical)
Glucose-1-P
Glucose-6-P
glycolysis
pyruvate
A 6 day old female who is breast fed is brought
to the emergency room due to poor feeding,
vomiting, hepatomegaly, and jaundice. You
suspect galactosemia. Which of the following
would support this diagnosis?
A. Blood culture positive for E. coli
B. Diabetic mother
C. Serum ammonia > 600 mcmol/L
D. Cherry red spot on retina
E. Microcephaly
Diagnosis: enzyme assay on RBCs
 Complications: Liver disease (cirrhosis with
portal hypertension/ascites), Gram-negative
(E. coli) sepsis, cataracts, MR, speech delay,
ovarian failure
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 Cataracts are reversible with diet change
 Developmental and speech delays are common
despite good dietary control**
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Treatment: galactose free diet,
ophthalmology and developmental follow-up
A 9 year old male is brought to the emergency room due
to vomiting and lethargy shortly after a birthday party.
PMHx is significant for FTT in late infancy which
resolved without determination of a diagnosis. He had
had several bouts of vomiting in the past, usually after
consuming candy or soft drinks. Labs reveal elevated
AST and ALT. What is the most likely diagnosis?
A. Hereditary fructose intolerance
B. Glycogen storage disease Type II
C. Fatty acid oxidation defect
D. Fabry disease
E. Zellweger syndrome
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Deficiency in enzyme to break-down fructose
(aldolase B)
Exposure to fructose results in vomiting, poor
feeding; can see seizures in extreme cases
Continued exposure:
 FTT, hepatomegaly, hypoglycemia, jaundice, renal
dysfunction, liver failure, ascites
 Labs: elevated liver transaminases, elevated direct
bilirubin, clotting abnormalities
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Diagnosis: enzyme assay from liver biopsy
Treatment: remove fructose from diet
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Enzyme converts FDP to F-6-P (part of
gluconeogenesis)
Deficiency of this enzyme  when challenged with
fructose, get buildup of FDP which inhibits
gluconeogenesis decreased glucose production
Labs: hypoglycemia, lactic acidosis, ketosis
Hepatomegaly
Diagnosis: enzyme assay from liver biopsy
Treatment: remove fructose from diet, avoid fasting
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Urea Cycle Defects
Organic Acidemias
Amino Acid Disorders
Carbohydrate Disorders
Fatty Acid Oxidation Defects
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Multiple enzymatic reactions involved in the
degradation of saturated fatty acids
 Release acetyl-CoAs and ketones which are used for
energy production, especially during a FASTING state
 The enzymes involved in breaking down fatty acids are
specific to different fatty acid lengths
 Short, medium, long, and very-long acyl-CoA
dehydrogenases
 SCAD, MCAD, LCAD, VLCAD
 Deficiency in any can lead to fatty acid oxidation defect
 ALL are autosomal recessive
Brain
Fatty acids
VLCAD
LCAD
MCAD
SCAD
fasting
ketones
+
acetyl CoA
Krebs
cycle
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Medium chain acyl CoA dehydrogenase
deficiency(MCAD) is most common defect
 25% risk of death with first episode
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SCAD is typically benign
A 2 month old female becomes comatose after an
upper respiratory illness. Which of the following
lab findings would most suggest a disorder of
fatty acid oxidation?
A. Hypoglycemia with metabolic alkalosis
B. Hypoglycemia with + ketonuria
C. Hyperglycemia with - ketonuria
D. Hyperglycemia with + ketonuria
E. Hypoglycemia with - ketonuria
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Key feature: Hypoketotic hypoglycemia
 Reducing substances are also negative
 +/- hyperammonemia
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Typically presents after recent illness; period of
fasting
Can be associated with hepatomegaly, liver disease,
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, arrhythmias, adult
onset myopathy
• Labs: glucose, electrolytes, ammonia level, LFTs, CPK,
lactate, uric acid, urinalysis for myoglobinuria
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Diagnosis: plasma acylcarnitine profile
 +/- skin biopsy
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Carnitine transports longer chain fatty acids in to the
mitochondria for breakdown
 Defects in the enzymes involved in this process can lead to
similar symptoms of fatty acid oxidation defects
 Hypoketotic hypoglycemia
 Hepatomegaly, elevated transaminases, elevated
ammonia
 Seizures (secondary to hypoglycemia)
 Can typically present in adulthood with muscle weakness,
elevated CPK, myoglobinuria
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Diagnosis: plasma acylcarnitine profile
 +/- skin biopsy
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Prompt recognition of possible inborn error of
metabolism
 Appropriate testing
 Immediate interventions
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Treat hypoglycemia with glucose infusions
Treat encephalopathy due to hyperammonemia
 Sodium benzoate and sodium phenylacetate to remove
ammonia
 Emergent hemodialysis if level is > 600
 Stop all protein intake if urea cycle defect or amino acid
disorder suspected
 Calories supplied with dextrose and intralipids
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Can give large doses of co-factors while waiting
for specific lab tests to come back
 Vit B12, thiamine, biotin, riboflavin, folic acid,
carnitine
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Once diagnosed
 Dietary counseling
 Genetic counseling
You are seeing a new 1 year old patient for
developmental delay. Based on a positive family
history, you are suspecting an inborn error of
metabolism as the cause. What are you MOST
likely to see on exam??
A. Lack of babbling but normal motor exam
B. Inability to sit alone or cruise but says 5-10
words
C. Poor babbling, inability to sit alone, no holding
toys/objects in her hands
D. Normal development
E. You are worried about autism but nothing else
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Difficult to recognize and diagnose
Onset from birth to adulthood
Neurologic abnormalities
 Developmental delay that is typically global
 Seizures, often resistant to medications
 Movement disorders
 Dystonias
 Choreas
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Abnormal tone
Hearing loss
Blindness
Stroke should suggest homocystinuria or the mitochondrial
disorder MELAS
You are convinced that a patient is suffering from a
chronic inborn error of metabolism. Other than
Genetics, who would you MOST likely consult
first during your initial work-up.
A. Orthopedics
B. ENT
C. Urology
D. Heme/Onc
E. Ophthalmology
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Thorough developmental history and assessment
If a metabolic disorder is suspected, initial work-up
could include…
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Glucose, pH, lactate, ammonia level
Plasma amino acids and urine organic acids
VLCFA and acylcarnitine profile
Urinary mucopolysaccharides and oligosaccharides
MRI of the brain
Skeletal survey
 May uncover dysostosis multiplex (seen in lysosomal
storage diseases)
 Ophthalmologic examination
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Results of the initial history and physical exam
should guide which tests can be added or eliminated
Positive results on the initial screening will typically
lead to further, more specific testing
 DNA analysis
 For diagnosis
 For genetic counseling
 Enzyme assays
 Liver biopsy
 Etc…but this would be guided by a friendly Dr. Marble 
A 3 month old female is found to have
hepatomegaly on routine exam. She is
asymptomatic. Lab testing shows
hypoglycemia, lactic acidosis, hyperuricemia,
hyperlipidemia and elevated AST and ALT.
Which type of disorder do you suspect?
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Glycogen storage disorder
Mitochondrial disorder
Lysosomal storage disorder
Peroxisomal disorder
Wilson’s Disease
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Glycogen Storage Disorders
Peroxisomal Disorders and Lipoprotein Disorders
Lysosomal Disorders
Mitochondrial Disorders
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Hypoglycemia with hepatomegaly suggests a GSD.
Often present when an infant begins sleeping through
the night…which results in “prolonged fasting.”
Helpful labs include…
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Glucose
Uric acid
Lactic acis
LFTs
Lipids
A liver biopsy is often necessary, but DNA testing is
becoming more readily available
Glycogen
Glycogen is a storage
form of glucose:
•Liver glycogen releases
glucose into the
circulation
•Muscle glycogen is used
locally
Lactic acidosis
pyruvate
Glucose – 1- P
gluconeogenesis
Glucose – 6- P
Glucose
cytoplasm
Glut 2
plasma
glucose
Acety
l CoA
Malonyl
CoA
glycolysis
Pentose
phosphate
shunt
(hyperuricemia)
Krebs
cycle
Stimulates fatty
acid synthesis
and inhibits fatty
acid breakdown
(Hyperlipidemia)
ER
Glucose-6phosphatase
GSD
types 1a
and 1b
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Autosomal recessive deficiency of hepatic
glucose-6-phosphatase
Clinical manifestations
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Hypoglycemia with lactic acidosis during fasting
Distended abdomen (due to large liver)
Doll-like or cherubic face
Poor growth
Seizures secondary to low glucose
Increased TG and cholesterol
Treatment
 Infusion of glucose continuously, especially at
night until 2
 Cornstarch after 2yo
 Frequent meals and snacks
 Allopurinol if uric acid too high
 Liver transplant (LATER)
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Long-term complications
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Sub-optimal growth velocity and short stature in adulthood
Delayed puberty in poorly-controlled disease
Hepatomegaly, renomegaly
Nephrocalcinosis
Impaired platelet function…bleeding tendency and epistaxis
Hepatic adenomas
 Intrahepatic hemorrhage
 Malignant transformation
 Osteoporosis
 Rickets and anemia
 PCOS
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Deficiency in lysosomal breakdown
of glycogen
Clinical manifestations
 Infant 1 month or younger
 Normal at birth but becomes floppy
 Hypotonia with muscles “hard” on
exam
 Failure to thrive
 Large liver and macroglossia
 Progressive cardiomyopathy
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Eventually, death is due to
respiratory failure
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Glycogen Storage Disorders
Peroxisomal Disorders and Lipoprotein Disorders
Lysosomal Disorders
Mitochondrial Disorders
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Peroxisomes: organelles involved in the betaoxidation of VLCFA
Peroxisomal biogenesis disorders
 Zellweger Sydrome = most severe
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High forehead, flat occiput, Large anterior fontanelle
Epicanthal folds, Broad nasal bridge, anteverted nostrils
Micrognathia
Brain defects, seizures, severe intellectual disability
Liver disease, adrenal insufficiency, renal abnormalities
Death in first year of life
 Refsum Disease, Adrenoleukodystrophy
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Mutations of individual enzymes
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Familial hypercholesterolemia
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Autosomal dominant
Deficiency of LDL receptors
Xanthomas after age 10 years
NOT associated with obesity
Congenital lipodystrophy
 Adipose tissue resistant to insulin
 Newborn that is thin AND long
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Farber’s disease
 Skin nodules and painful joints noted in 1st week of life
 Cherry red spot on retina
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Wolman Disease
 Due to defective lipoprotein metabolism
 Triglyceride and cholesterol esters deposited in body
tissues
 Serum levels are normal!
 FTT, hepatosplenomegaly
 Calcified and enlarged adrenal gland
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Autosomal recessive disorder of copper
transport
Accumulation of copper in tissues,
mainly the liver and brain
Low serum ceruloplasmin
Also affects the eyes and the kidney
 Visual deficits do NOT occur
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Clinical manifestations
 Liver deterioration
 Jaundice
 Hepatomegaly
 Neurologic deterioration
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Diagnosed by liver biopsy!
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X-linked recessive disorder of copper
transport
Copper is poorly distributed to cells in
the body
 Accumulates in some tissues…small
intestine and kidney
 Brain and other tissues have unusually
LOW levels
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Low serum copper and ceruloplasmin
Clinical manifestations
 Usually manifests in infancy
 Brittle, colorless, twisted hairs
 Seizures, dev’t delay, MR, hypotonia
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B.
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D.
E.
Your patient had apparently normal development for
the first 6 months of life but begins to slow down. She
was able to sit unassisted by 1 year. She was very
socially interactive and could grasp objects. She
gradually lost her ability to sit and grasp objects,
became less interactive, lost interest in eating, and
became emaciated. She had splenomegaly.
Ophthalmology exam revealed a cherry red spot
macula. What family of disorders do you suspect
MOST?
Glycogen storage disorder
Mitochondrial disorder
Lysosomal storage disorder
Organic acidemia
Urea cycle defect
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Glycogen Storage Disorders
Peroxisomal Disorders and Lipoprotein Disorders
Lysosomal Disorders
Mitochondrial Disorders
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Lysosomes are organelles that degrade complex
molecules to their building blocks.
Deficient enzymes result in the accumulation and
storage of intermediates.
3 different groups depending on type of glycoprotein
involved
 Mucopolysaccharidoses
 Oligosaccharidoses
 Sphingolipidoses
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Labs
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Urine mucopolysaccharides
Urine oligosaccharide
Enzyme assay
DNA (for genetic counseling and to rule out pseudoalleles)
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A.
B.
A 14 month old female presented with developmental
delay to your clinic. She was reportedly normal at birth but
at 8 months was noted to have mild kyphosis when sitting.
Late in infancy, the parents noticed gradual changes in
craniofacial features including thickening of the eyebrows,
large tongue, prominence of forehead. The patient hand
been pulling to stand but lost this ability and seemed to be
regressing in overall development. On exam, you notice a
scaphocephalic head shape, frontal bossing, relatively
thick eyebrows, cloudy cornea and stiff elbows. Which
type of lysosomal disorder is MOST likely?
Mucopolysaccharidoses
Sphingolipidoses
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Normal at birth but progressive in nature.
Neurologic involvement
 Regression and loss of milestones
 Intellectual disabilities
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Hepatosplenomegaly
Skeletal manifestations
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Coarsened facial features
Joint involvement
Short stature
Dysostosis multiplex…due to accumulation of
glycosaminoglycans in the chondrocytes
Diagnosed by enzyme assay
LABS
Hurler’s
(MPS 1)
Reduced
alpha-Liduronidase
in WBC
Hunter’s
(MPS 2)
Reduced
iduronate
sulfatase
activity in
WBC
Sanfilippo
(MPS 3)
Increased
urine heparin
sulfate
Morquio
(MPS 4)
I-cell Disease
Coarse
Facies
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+
Cloudy
cornea
+
NO
minimal
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+
+
Intellectual
difficulties
Other features
severe
Autosomal recessive;
hirsutism, HSM,
progressive deafness
+
X-linked recessive,
HSM, short stature,
joint contractures,
“pebbly” skin,
progressive deafness
+
Autosomal recessive;
no organomegaly;
later onset
NO
+ skeletal
involvement
severe
Neonate, clubfeet,
hernias, hip
dislocation
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AKA Lipid Storage Diseases
Clinical features that are
present in different diseases
 Hepatosplenomegaly
 Normal development followed by
neurologic regression
 Demyelination
 Normal urine
glycosaminoglycans and
oligosaccharides
 Cherry red spot on
ophthalmologic exam
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Clinical findings
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Organomegaly
Bone pain
Easy bruisability
Short stature
Thrombocytopenia
X-ray
 Osteosclerosis and lytic lesions
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Infantile Gaucher Disease
 Decreased beta glucosidase activity
 Child in 1st or 2nd year of life with proressive HSM and
CNS deterioration
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Autosomal recessive deficiency of hexosaminidase A, which breaks
down GM2 ganglioside
High incidence in Ashkenazi Jews (1/30 is carrier)
Presentation
 Normal development through the first 3-6 months 
 Development of nonspecific signs like lethargy and hypotonia, mild
weakness, myotonic jerks 
 Continued deterioration including blindness and seizures 
 Death by age 5
 Exaggerated startle reflex to loud noise
 Reduced visual attentiveness and abnormal eye movements
 Macrocephaly
 Cherry red spot on retina
Management is primarily supportive
 Adequate nutrition
 Airway protection
 Controlling seizures
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Fabry Disease
 Orange-colored skin lesions
 Opacities of the eye
 Vascular disease of the kidney, heart,
and brain
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Krabbe Disease
 Demyelination Disorder
 Progressive neurologic degeneration
 Death by age 2 years
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Niemann-Pick
 Cherry red spot
 CNS deterioration
 Hepatosplenomegaly*
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B.
C.
D.
E.
Which of the following classes of disorders is
mostly MATERNALLY inherited?
Glycogen storage diseases
Urea cycle defects
Amino acid disorders
Mitochondrial disorders
Sphinogolipidoses
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Glycogen Storage Disorders
Peroxisomal Disorders and Lipoprotein Disorders
Lysosomal Disorders
Mitochondrial Disorders
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Mitochondria are involved in
 Fatty acid oxidation, including carnitine transport, urea cycle,
citric acid cycle
 *Energy production pathway of oxidative phosphorylation
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Mitochondria have their own DNA that encodes
proteins; all are derived from the ovum, so these
disorders are MATERNALLY inherited!!
Mitochondria harboring mutations are less able to
produce energy
 Clinic symptoms become apparent when energy production is
low
 Brain, liver, and kidney are more susceptible to disease
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Symptoms of hypoglycemia usually within the first
hours/days of life
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Poor feeding
Lethargy
Jitteriness
Hypotonia
Macrosomia
 Height, weight, HC typically 95% or greater
 Due to stimulation of IGF1 receptors
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Persistent hypoglycemia
Inappropriately high insulin and C-peptide in the setting
of hypoglycemia
NO ketonuria
 Insulin decreases lipolysis and ketogenesis
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Refractory hypoglycemia is major clue to
diagnosis
 Despite oral feedings glucose remains low
 IV dextrose required but may NOT always work
 Glucagon can sometimes correct the low glucose
 Diazoxide
 Decreases insulin secretion
 Stimulates cortisol release
 Often the “drug of choice” for refractory hypoglycemia*
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