Introduction

Congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG) are genetic diseases caused by defective glycosylation of glycoproteins and glycolipids and defective synthesis of glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchors (reviews in Abu Bakar et al. (2018), Ferreira et al. (2018), Jaeken and Péanne (2017), Ng and Freeze (2018); reviews on specific aspects of CDG in Coman et al. (2008) (skeleton), Francisco et al. (2018b), Morava et al. (2009) (eyes), Marques-da-Silva et al. (2017b) (heart), Marques-da-Silva et al. (2017a) (liver), Monticelli et al. (2016) (immune system)). A novel CDG nomenclature was recently introduced that covers all (known and still to be discovered) CDG. It consists of the official gene symbol (unitalicized) followed by “-CDG” (Jaeken et al. 2009). Among the 145 known CDG, 118 are disorders of glycoprotein glycosylation. This CDG group comprises disorders of N-glycosylation, disorders of O-glycosylation, and disorders with a combined N- and O-glycosylation defect. C-Glycosylation defects have not yet been reported. The N-glycosylation pathway encompasses three cellular compartments: the cytosol, the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), and the Golgi. It starts in the cytosol with the formation of the mannose donor GDP-mannose from fructose 6-phosphate, an intermediate of the glycolytic pathway. In the ER, the dolichol-linked oligosaccharide GlcNAc2Man9Glc3 is assembled and subsequently transferred from dolichol to selected asparagines of nascent proteins. Still in the ER, this glycan starts to be processed by trimming off the three glucoses. This processing is continued in the Golgi by trimming off six mannoses and replacing them by two residues each of N-acetylglucosamine, galactose and finally sialic acid. O-Glycosylation is usually limited to the Golgi and has no processing pathway. The O-glycans are linked to the hydroxyl group of selected threonine and serine residues.

The first report on CDG was on patients who were subsequently shown to have an N-glycosylation disorder, phosphomannomutase 2 deficiency (PMM2-CDG) (Jaeken et al. 1980; Van Schaftingen and Jaeken 1995; Matthijs et al. 1997). It is a cytosolic assembly defect and turned out to be, by far, the most frequent N-glycosylation disorder with around 900 patients known worldwide. They show mild to severe neurological disease and variable involvement of many other organs. Dysmorphism ranges from mild and aspecific to a characteristic abnormal subcutaneous adipose tissue distribution with fat pads and nipple retraction. Mortality is about 20% in the first years of life (review in Grünewald 2009). The second most frequent N-glycosylation disorder is an ER assembly defect, glucosyltransferase 1 deficiency (ALG6-CDG). It is mainly a neurological disorder but usually milder than that of PMM2-CDG, with limb anomalies in some 10% of these patients (92 patients reported) (review in Morava et al. 2016). The third most reported N-glycosylation disorder is ALG1-CDG with 58 patients, also a predominant neurological disease (review in Ng et al. 2016). The fourth place is occupied by two CDG, on the one hand MAN1B1-CDG and on the other mannose phosphate isomerase deficiency (MPI-CDG), each with around 40 reported patients. MPI-CDG (review in Jaeken et al. 2014) is a remarkable disorder not only because of its pure hepatic-intestinal presentation but particularly because it is one of only two, more or less efficiently, treatable CDG (with oral mannose). The other is CAD-CDG, a defect in pyrimidine biosynthesis causing a deficiency in uridine diphosphate (UDP) (Koch et al. 2017). UDP monosaccharides are necessary for the transport of monosaccharides into the Golgi.

The protein N-glycosylation disorders can be divided into three groups: (1) defects in nucleotide-sugar biosynthesis (e.g., PMM2-CDG, MPI-CDG), (2) defects in lipid-linked oligosaccharide biosynthesis (e.g., DPAGT1-CDG, ALG1-CDG), and (3) defects in protein-linked oligosaccharide biosynthesis (e.g., MAN1B1-CDG, MGAT2-CDG).

A number of protein N-glycosylation disorders are associated with a protein O-glycosylation defect. These comprise defects in dolichol phosphate biosynthesis (e.g., DK1-CDG, SRD5A3-CDG), in dolichol phosphomannose synthesis (e.g., DPM1-CDG, DPM3-CDG), in dolichol phosphomannose utilization (MPDU1-CDG), in galactosylation (B4GALT1-CDG), in sialylation (SLC35A1-CDG), in fucosylation (SLC35C1-CDG), in ER-Golgi intermediate compartment proteins (SEC23B-CDG), and in other vesicular transport proteins (e.g., COG-CDG, ATP6V0A2-CDG). The latter two groups comprise defects in proteins that are not only involved in glycosylation but also in other functions (such as Golgi pH regulation). It has been proposed to name them “CDG-plus.”

The protein O-glycosylation disorders can be divided on the basis of the monosaccharide which links the glycan to the protein. Seven groups have been described: (1) defects in O-xylosylglycan synthesis (e.g., XYLT1-CDG, B4GALT7-CDG, EXT1/EXT2-CDG, CHSY1-CDG); (2) defect in O-N-acetylglucosaminylglycan synthesis (EOGT-CDG); (3) defect in O-N-acetylgalactosaminylglycan synthesis (GALNT3-CDG); (4) defect in O-xylosyl/N-acetylgalactosaminylglycan synthesis (SLC35D1-CDG); (5) defects in O-mannosylglycan synthesis (e.g., POMT1/POMT2-CDG, POMGNT1-CDG, B3GALNT2-CDG, LARGE-CDG); (6) defects in O-fucosylglycan synthesis (POFUT1-CDG, B3GALTL-CDG, LFNG-CDG); and (7) defect in O-glucosylglycan synthesis (POGLUT1-CDG). Several of these diseases have also a descriptive name, based on their typical clinical presentation: multiple cartilaginous exostoses (EXT1/EXT2-CDG), familial tumoral calcinosis (GALNT3-CDG), Schneckenbecken dysplasia (SLC35D1-CDG), muscle-eye-brain disease (POMGNT1-CDG, POMT1/POMT2-CDG), and spondylocostal dysostosis type 3 (LFNG-CDG).

Most CDG present an autosomal recessive inheritance. ALG13-CDG, ATP6AP1-CDG, MAGT1-CDG, PIGA-CDG, SLC35A2-CDG, and SSR4-CDG are X-linked, and EXT1/EXT2-CDG, GANAB-CDG, POFUT1-CDG, POGLUT1-CDG, and PRKCSH-CDG display an autosomal dominant inheritance.

Essentially two techniques are available for CDG screening: serum transferrin isoelectrofocusing (IEF) detects protein N-glycosylation disorders associated with sialic acid deficiency (Jaeken et al. 1984), and serum apolipoprotein C-III IEF detects core 1 mucin-type O-glycosylation defects (Wopereis et al. 2003). Serum transferrin IEF can be replaced by other techniques such as capillary zone electrophoresis (Carchon et al. 2004). Serum transferrin IEF detects only about 50% of the known CDG. It does not pick up the O-glycosylation disorders that are not associated with an N-glycosylation defect, the lipid glycosylation defects, and the glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor synthesis defects, as well as defects in the N-glycosylation pathway that do not show a deficiency of sialic acid (PMM2-CDG due to a promotor defect, GMPPA-CDG, GMPPB-CDG, TUSC3-CDG, MOGS-CDG, GANAB-CDG, PRKCSH-CDG, FUT8-CDG, GNE-CDG, NANS-CDG, DHDDS-CDG, SLC35A1-CDG, SLC35A3-CDG, SLC35C1-CDG, SEC23B-CDG, PGM3-CDG). In case of an abnormal transferrin IEF profile, first an artifact, a protein polymorphism, and a secondary CDG (fructosemia, galactosemia, alcohol abuse, bacterial sialidase) should be excluded. Two types of abnormal transferrin IEF profiles can be distinguished: a type 1 pattern, characterized by an increase of di- and/or asialoprotein (CDG-I), and a type 2 pattern, characterized by an increase of tri-, di-, mono-, and/or asialoprotein (CDG-II). A type 1 pattern points to an assembly or transfer defect of the dolichol-linked glycan (in the cytosol or the ER). When there is a typical PMM2-CDG or MPI-CDG phenotype, measurement of the phosphomannomutase or mannose phosphate isomerase activity in fibroblasts or leukocytes is the next step, or direct mutation analysis of the involved genes. If there is no typical phenotype, next-generation sequencing (CDG gene panel analysis, WES, or WGS) is indicated. A type 2 pattern indicates a glycan processing defect (in the ER or the Golgi). If this is associated with a typical MAN1B1-CDG, MGAT2-CDG, or PGM1-CDG phenotype, mutation analysis is indicated, preceded or not by structural analysis of serum transferrin glycans. In the absence of a typical phenotype, CDG gene panel analysis, WES, or WGS should be performed. In order to know whether there is an associated O-glycosylation defect, apolipoprotein C-III IEF can be performed. When there is a normal serum transferrin IEF pattern but a strong clinical and/or biochemical suspicion (e.g., fat pads, cerebellar hypoplasia, and decreased coagulation factor XI (PMM2-CDG); intellectual disability with increased serum alkaline phosphatases (GPI anchor synthesis defect)), mutation analysis of the suspected gene or next-generation sequencing (using gene panels, WES, and/or WGS) should be performed (Francisco et al. 2018a).

The nomenclature and signs and symptoms tables are limited in this article to 124 CDG, namely, 30 disorders of N-linked glycosylation, 16 disorders of O-mannosylglycan synthesis, 1 disorder of O-N-acetylgalactosaminylglycan synthesis, 2 disorders of O-N-acetylglucosaminylglycan synthesis, 1 disorder of O-glucosylglycan synthesis, 2 disorders of O-fucosylglycan synthesis, 1 disorder of a galactosyltransferase-specific chaperone, 8 disorders of dolichol metabolism, 4 disorders of monosaccharide synthesis and interconversion, 1 disorders of nucleotide-sugar synthesis, 6 disorders of Golgi transport, 1 disorder of plasma membrane transport, 8 disorders of Golgi homeostasis, 24 disorders of glycosaminoglycan synthesis, and 19 GPI anchor synthesis disorders. N-Glycanase 1 deficiency (68.125) is not a CDG but a congenital disorder of deglycosylation (CDDG).

Nomenclature

No.

Disorder

Alternative names

Gene symbol

Chromosomal localization

Mode of inheritance

Affected protein

OMIM

68.1

PMM2-CDG

Phosphomannomutase 2 deficiency

PMM2

16p13.2

AR

Phosphomannomutase 2

601785

68.2

MPI-CDG

Phosphomannose isomerase deficiency

MPI

15q24.1

AR

Phosphomannose isomerase

602579

68.3

DPAGT1-CDG

UDP-GlcNAc:Dol-P-GlcNac-P transferase deficiency

DPAGT1

11q23.3

AR

UDP-GlcNAc:dolichol-phosphate-N-Acetylglucosamine-1-phosphotransferase

608093

68.4

ALG13-CDG

X-linked recessive UDP-N-acetylglucosamine transferase catalytic subunit deficiency

ALG13

Xq23

XLR

UDP-GlcNAc:dolichol pyrophosphate N-acetylglucosamine transferase (cytosolic)

300884

68.5

ALG13-CDG

X-linked dominant UDP-N-acetylglucosamine transferase catalytic subunit deficiency

ALG13

Xq23

XLD

UDP-GlcNAc:dolichol pyrophosphate N-acetylglucosamine transferase (cytosolic)

300884

68.6

ALG14-CDG

UDP-N-acetylglucosamine transferase anchoring subunit deficiency

ALG14

1p21.3

AR

UDP-GlcNAc:dolichol pyrophosphate N-acetylglucosamine transferase (membrane-bound)

616227, 612866

68.7

ALG1-CDG

Mannosyltransferase 1 deficiency

ALG1

16p13.3

AR

GDP-Man:GlcNAc2-PP-dolichol mannosyltransferase

608540

68.8

ALG2-CDG

Mannosyltransferase 2 deficiency

ALG2

9q22.33

AR

GDP-mannose:Man1GlcNAc2-PP-dolichol mannosyltransferase

607906

68.9

ALG11-CDG

Mannosyltransferase 4–5 deficiency

ALG11

13q14.3

AR

GDP-Man:Man3-4GlcNAc2-PP-dolichol mannosyltransferase

613661

68.10

RFT1-CDG

Flippase of Man5GlcNAc2-PP-Dol deficiency

RFT1

3p21.1

AR

Flippase of Man5GlcNAc2-PP-Dol

612015

68.11

ALG3-CDG

Mannosyltransferase 6 deficiency

ALG3

3q27.1

AR

Dolichol-P-mannose: Man5GlcNAc2-PP-dolichol mannosyltransferase

601110

68.12

ALG9-CDG

Mannosyltransferase 7–9 deficiency

ALG9

11q23.1

AR

Dolichol-P-mannose:α1,2 mannosyltransferase

608776

68.13

ALG12-CDG

Mannosyltransferase 8 deficiency

ALG12

22q13.33

AR

Dolichol-P-mannose: Man7GlcNAc2-PP-dolichol mannosyltransferase

607143

68.14

ALG6-CDG

Glucosyltransferase 1 deficiency

ALG6

1p22.3

AR

Dolichol-P-glucose:Man9GlcNAc2-PP-dolichol glucosyltransferase

603147

68.15

ALG8-CDG

Glucosyltransferase 2 deficiency

ALG8

11q14.1

AR

Dolichol-P-glucose: Glc1Man9GlcNAc2-PP-dolichol- α1,3-glucosyltransferase

608104

68.16

TUSC3-CDG

Oligosaccharyltransferase subunit TUSC3 deficiency

TUSC3

TUSC3

AR

Subunit N33-TUSC3 of the OST complex

611093

68.17

DDOST-CDG

Oligosaccharyltransferase subunit DDOST deficiency

DDOST

1p36.12

AR

Subunit DDOST of the OST complex

614507, 602202

68.18

STT3A-CDG

Oligosaccharyltransferase subunit STT3A deficiency

STT3A

11q24.2

AR

Subunit STT3A of the OST complex

615596, 601134

68.19

STT3B-CDG

Oligosaccharyltransferase subunit STT3B deficiency

STT3B

3p23

AR

Subunit STT3B of the OST complex

615597

68.20

MAGT1-CDG

Magnesium transporter 1 deficiency

MAGT1

Xq21.1

XL

Magnesium transporter 1

300716, 300853

68.21

SSR4-CDG

Translocon-associated protein δ subunit deficiency

SSR4

Xq28

XL

Signal sequence receptor 4 protein of the TRAP complex

300934

68.22

MOGS-CDG

Glucosidase 1 deficiency

MOGS

2p13.1

AR

Endoplasmic reticulum glucosidase I

606056

68.23

GANAB-CDG

Polycyctic kidney disease 3

GANAB

11q12.3

AD

Alpha subunit of glucosidase II

600666

68.24

PRKCSH-CDG

α-1,3-glucosidase II subunit β deficiency

PRKCSH

19p13.2

AD

Protein kinase C substrate, 80-KD, heavy chain

174050

68.25

MAN1B1-CDG

Mental retardation, autosomal recessive 15

MAN1B1

9q34.3

AR

Endoplasmic reticulum 1,2-α-mannosidase

614202, 604346

68.26

MGAT2-CDG

N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase 2 deficiency

MGAT2

14q21.3

AR

Golgi N-acetyl-glucosaminyltransferase II

212066

68.27

B4GALT1-CDG

Beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase 1 deficiency

B4GALT1

9p21.1

AR

Beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase 1

607091

68.28

FUT8-CDG

α-1,6-fucosyltransferase deficiency

FUT8

14q23.3

AR

Fucosyltransferase 8

602589

68.29

POMT1-CDG

Protein O-mannosyltransferase 1 deficiency

POMT1

9q34.13

AR

O-mannosyltransferase 1

236670, 613555, 609308

68.30

POMT2-CDG

Protein O-mannosyltransferase 2 deficiency

POMT2

14q24.3

AR

O-mannosyltransferase 2

613150, 613156, 613158

68.31

POMGNT1-CDG

O-mannose beta-1,2-N-acetyglucosaminyltransferase deficiency

POMGNT1

1p34.1

AR

O-Mannose beta-1,2-N-acetyglucosaminyltransferase

253280, 613151, 613157

68.32

POMGNT2-CDG

O-mannose β-1,4-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase deficiency

POMGNT2

3p22.1

AR

Protein O-mannose beta-1,4-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase 2

614830

68.33

B3GALNT2-CDG

β-1,3-galactosaminyltransferase 2 deficiency

B3GALNT2

1q42.3

AR

Beta-1,3-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 2

615181

68.34

POMK-CDG

O-mannose kinase deficiency

POMK

8p11.21

AR

Protein-O-mannose kinase

616094; 615249

68.35

CRPPA-CDG

Methylerythritol 4-phosphate cytidylyltransferase deficiency

CRPPA

7p21.2

AR

2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate cytidylyltransferase

 

68.36

FKTN-CDG A

Fukutin type A deficiency

FKTN

9q31.2

AR

Fukutin

253800

68.37

FKTN-CDG B

Fukutin type B deficiency

FKTN

9q31.3

AR

Fukutin

613152

68.38

FKTN-CDG C

Fukutin limb-girdle type C deficiency

FKTN

9q31.4

AR

Fukutin

611588

68.39

FKRP-CDG A

FKRP type A deficiency

FKRP

19q13.32

AR

Fukutin-related protein

613153

68.40

FKRP-CDG B

FKRP type B deficiency

FKRP

19q13.33

AR

Fukutin-related protein

606612

68.41

FKRP-CDG C

FKRP limb-girdle type C deficiency

FKRP

19q13.34

AR

Fukutin-related protein

606596

68.42

RXYLT1-CDG

Ribitol β1,4-xylosyltransferase deficiency

RXYLT1

12q14.2

AR

Ribitol β1,4-xylosyltransferase

615041

68.43

B4GAT1-CDG

β-1,4-glucuronyltransferase 1 deficiency

B4GAT1

11q13.2

AR

Beta-1,4-glucuronyltransferase 1

615287

68.44

LARGE1-CDG

β-1,3-glucuronyltransferase/α-1,3-xylosytransferase deficiency

LARGE1

22q12.3

AR

Acetylglucosaminyltransferase-like protein

613154; 608840

68.45

XYLT1-CDG

Xylosyltransferase 1 deficiency

XYLT1

16p12.3

AR

Xylosyltransferase 1

615777

68.46

XYLT2-CDG

Xylosyltransferase 2 deficiency

XYLT2

17q21.33

AR

Xylosyltransferase 2

605822

68.47

B4GALT7-CDG

β-1,4-galactosyltransferase 7 deficiency

B4GALT7

5q35.3

AR

Golgi UDP-galactose:N-acetylglucosamine β-1,4-galactosyltransferase

130070

68.48

B3GALT6-CDG

β-1,3-galactosyltransferase 6 deficiency

B3GALT6

1p36.33

AR

Beta-1,3-galactosyltransferase 6

271640; 615349

68.49

B3GAT3-CDG

β-1,3-glucuronyltransferase 3 deficiency

B3GAT3

11q12.3

AR

Beta-1,3-glucuronyltransferase 3

245600

68.50

EXT1-CDG

Exostosin 1 deficiency

EXT1

8q24.11

AD

Exostosin glycosyltransferase 1

133700

68.51

EXT2-CDG

Exostosin 2 deficiency

EXT2

11p11.2

AD

Exostosin glycosyltransferase 2

133701

68.52

EXT2-CDG

Autosomal recessive exostosin 2 deficiency

EXT2

11p11.2

AR

Exostosin glycosyltransferase 2

616682

68.53

EXTL3-CDG

Exostosin-like glycosyltransferase 3 deficiency

EXTL3

8p21.1

AR

Exostosin-like glycosyltransferase 3

617425

68.54

CHSY1-CDG

Chondroitin sulfate synthase 1 deficiency

CHSY1

15q26.3

AR

Chondroitin sulfate synthase 1

605282

68.55

CHST11-CDG

Chondroitin 4-sulfotransferase 1 deficiency

CHST11

12q23.3

AR

Carbohydrate sulfotransferase 11

610128

68.56

CHST3-CDG

Chondroitin 6-sulfotransferase deficiency

CHST3

10q22.1

AR

Chondroitin 6-sulfotransferase 3

143095

68.57

CHST14-CDG

Dermatan 4-sulfotransferase 1 deficiency

CHST14

15q15.1

AR

Carbohydrate sulfotransferase 14

601776

68.58

DSE-CDG

Dermatan sulfate epimerase deficiency

DSE

6q22.1

AR

Dermatan sulfate epimerase

615539

68.59

CSGALNACT1-CDG

Chondroitin sulfate N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 1 deficiency

CSGALNACT1

8p21.3

AR

Chondroitin sulfate N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 1

616615

68.60

CHST6-CDG

Corneal N-acetylglucosamine 6-O-sulfotransferase deficiency

CHST6

16q23.1

AR

N-Acetylglucosamine 6-O-sulfotransferase

217800

68.61

NDST1-CDG

Heparan sulfate N-deacetylase/N-sulfotransferase 1 deficiency

NDST1

5q33.1

AR

N-deacetylase/N-sulfotransferase 1

616116

68.62

HS6ST1-CDG

Heparan sulfate 6-O-sulfate transferase 1 deficiency

HS6ST1

2q14.3

AD

Heparan sulfate 6-O-sulfotransferase 1

614880

68.63

CANT1-CDG

Calcium-activated nucleotidase 1 deficiency

CANT1

17q25.3

AR

Calcium-activated nucleotidase 1

251450; 617719

68.64

SLC26A2-CDG

Sulfate transporter deficiency

SLC26A2

5q32

AR

Solute carrier family 26 (sulfate transporter), member 2

226900; 222600; 256050; 600972

68.65

PAPSS2-CDG

Phosphoadenosine 5′-phosphosulfate synthetase 2 deficiency

PAPSS2

10q23.2-q23.3

AR

3-Prime-phosphoadenosine 5-prime-phosphosulfate synthase 2

612847

68.66

IMPAD1-CDG

Inositol monophosphate domain-containing protein 1 deficiency

IMPAD1

8q12.1

AR

Inositol monophosphatase domain-containing protein 1

614078

68.67

TGDS-CDG

TDP-D-glucose 4,6-dehydrogenase deficiency

TGDS

13q32.1

AR

TDP-D-glucose 4,6-dehydrogenase

616145

68.68

GALTNT3-CDG

Polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 3 deficiency

GALNT3

2q24.3

AR

Polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 3

211900

68.69

C1GATLT1C1-CDG

Core 1 β-1,3-galactosyltransferase chaperone deficiency

C1GALT1C1

Xq24

XL

C1GALT1-specific chaperone 1

300622

68.70

OGT-CDG

O-linked N-acetylglucosamine transferase deficiency

OGT

Xq13.1

XL

O-linked N-acetylglucosamine transferase

300997

68.71

EOGT-CDG

Adams-Oliver syndrome type 4

EOGT

3p14.1

AR

EGF domain-specific O-linked N-acetylglucosamine transferase

615297

68.72

POGLUT1-CDG

Muscular dystrophy, limb-girdle, type 2Z

POGLUT1

3q13.33

AR

Endoplasmic reticulum O-glucosyltransferase

617232

68.73

POGLUT2-CDG

Dowling-Degos disease 4

POGLUT2

3q13.34

AR

Endoplasmic reticulum O-glucosyltransferase

615696

68.74

POFUT1-CDG

Protein O-fucosyltransferase deficiency

POFUT1

20q11.21

AD

Protein o-fucosyltransferase 1

615327

68.75

LFNG-CDG

O-fucose-specific beta-1,3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase deficiency

LFNG

7p22.3

AR

O-Fucose-specific beta-1,3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase

609813

68.76

B3GLCT-CDG

O-fucose-specific beta-1,3-N-glucosyltransferase deficiency

B3GLCT

13q12.3

AR

O-Fucose-specific beta-1,3-N-glucosyltransferase

261540

68.77

PIGA-CDG

PIGA deficiency

PIGA

Xp22.2

XL

Phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis class A protein

300868; 300818

68.78

PIGC-CDG

PIGC deficiency

PIGC

1q24.3

AR

Phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis class C protein

617816

68.79

PIGQ-CDG

PIGQ deficiency

PIGQ

16p13.3

AR

Phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis class Q protein

618548

68.80

PIGP-CDG

PIGP deficiency

PIGP

21q22.13

AR

Phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis class P protein

617599

68.81

PIGY-CDG

PIGY deficiency

PIGY

1p36.11

AR

Phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis class Y protein

239300

68.82

PIGH-CDG

PIGH deficiency

PIGH

14q24.1

AR

Phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis class H protein

618010

68.83

PIGL-CDG

PIGL deficiency

PIGL

17p11.2

AR

Phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis class L protein

280000

68.84

PIGW-CDG

PIGW deficiency

PIGW

17q12

AR

Phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis class W protein

616025

68.85

PIGM-CDG

PIGM deficiency

PIGM

1q23.2

AR

Phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis class M protein

610293

68.86

PIGV-CDG

PIGV deficiency

PIGV

1p36.11

AR

Phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis class V protein

239300

68.87

PIGN-CDG

PIGN deficiency

PIGN

18q21.33

AR

Phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis class N protein

614080

68.88

PIGO-CDG

PIGO deficiency

PIGO

9p13.3

AR

Phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis class O protein

614749

68.89

PIGG-CDG

PIGG deficiency

PIGG

4p16.3

AR

Glycosylphosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis G protein

616917

68.90

PIGT-CDG

PIGT deficiency

PIGT

20q13.12

AR

Phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis class T protein

615398

68.91

GPAA1-CDG

GPAA1 deficiency

GPAA1

8q24.3

AR

Glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor attachment protein 1

617810

68.92

PGAP1-CDG

PGAP1 deficiency

PGAP1

2q33.1

AR

GPI deacylase

615802

68.93

PGAP3-CDG

PGAP3 deficiency

PGAP3

17q12

AR

PER1-like domain-containing protein 1

615716

68.94

PGAP2-CDG

PGAP2 deficiency

PGAP2

11p15.4

AR

Post-gpi attachment to proteins 2

614207

68.95

PIGS-CDG

PIGS deficiency

PIGS

17q11.2

AR

Phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis class S protein

618143

68.96

DHDDS-CDG

Dehydrodolichyl diphosphate synthase deficiency

DHDDS

1p36.11

AR

Dehydrodolichyl diphosphate synthase

613861, 608172

68.97

NgBR-CDG

Nogo-B receptor deficiency

NUS1

6q22.1

AR

Subunit of cis-prenyltransferase (cis-PTase)

617082

68.98

SRD5A3-CDG

Steroid 5 alpha-reductase 3 deficiency

SRD5A3

4q12

AR

Steroid 5 alpha-reductase 3

612379

68.99

DK1-CDG

Dolichol kinase deficiency

DOLK

9q34.11

AR

Dolichol kinase

610768

68.100

DPM1-CDG

GDP-Man:Dol-P mannosyltransferase subunit 1 deficiency

DPM1

20q13.13

AR

GDP-Man:Dol-P mannosyltransferase subunit 1

608799

68.101

DPM2-CDG

Dolichol-P-mannose synthase-2 deficiency

DPM2

9q34.11

AR

Dolichol-P-mannose synthase-2

615042

68.102

DPM3-CDG

GDP-Man:Dol-P mannosyltransferase 3 deficiency

DPM3

1q22

AR

Dolichol-P-mannose synthase 3

612937

68.103

MPDU1-CDG

Dol-P-Man utilization 1 deficiency

MPDU1

17p13.1

AR

Dol-P-Man utilization 1

609180

68.104

GFPT1-CDG

Glutamine:fructose-6-phosphate transaminase deficiency

GFPT1

2p13.3

AR

Glutamine:fructose-6-phosphate transaminase 1

610542

68.105

PGM1-CDG

Phosphoglucomutase 1 deficiency

PGM1

1p31.3

AR

Phosphoglucomutase 1

614921

68.106

PGM3-CDG

Phosphoglucomutase 3 deficiency

PGM3

6q14.1

AR

Phosphoglucomutase 3

615816, 172100

68.107

G6PC3-CDG

Glucose-6-phosphatase catalytic subunit 3 deficiency

G6PC3

17q21.31

AR

Glucose-6-phosphatase catalytic subunit 3

612541

68.108

GMPPA-CDG

GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase α subunit deficiency

GMPPA

2q35

AR

GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase subunit A

615510

68.109

GMPPB-CDG

GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase β subunit deficiency

GMPPB

3p21.31

AR

GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase subunit B

615350, 615351, 615352

68.110

CAD-CDG

Epileptic encephalopathy, early infantile, 50

CAD

2p23.3

AR

Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase, aspartate transcarbamoylase, and dihydroorotase trifuntional protein (CPSase/ATCase/DHOase)

616457

68.111

SLC35A1-CDG

CMP-sialic acid transporter deficiency

SLC35A1

6q15

AR

CMP-sialic acid transporter

603585

68.112

SLC35A2-CDG

UDP-galactose transporter deficiency

SLC35A2

Xp11.23

XL

Golgi UDP-galactose transporter

314375

68.113

SLC35A3-CDG

UDP-N-acetylglucosamine transporter deficiency

SLC35A3

1p21.2

AR

Solute carrier family 35 (udp-n-acetylglucosamine transporter), member 3

615553

68.114

SLC35C1-CDG

GDP-fucose transporter deficiency

SLC35C1

11p11.2

AR

GDP-fucose transporter

266265

68.115

SLC35D1-CDG

UDP-glucuronic acid/UDP-N-acetylgalactosamine dual transporter deficiency

SLC35D1

1p31.3

AR

UDP-glucuronic acid-UDP-N-acetylgalactosamine dual transporter

269250

68.116

SLC39A8-CDG

Solute carrier family 39 (Zn transporter) deficiency

SLC39A8

4q24

AR

SLC39A8 transporter of divalent cations, including manganese (Mn), zinc (Zn), cadmium (Cd), and iron (Fe)

616721

68.117

ATP6V0A2-CDG

V0 subunit a2 of vesicular H(+)-ATPase deficiency

ATP6V0A2

12q24.31

AR

The multisubunit vacuolar-type proton pump (H(+)-ATPase or V-ATPase)

219200, 278250

68.118

ATP6V1A-CDG

Cutis laxa, autosomal recessive, type IID

ATP6V1A

3q13.31

AR

V-ATPase A subunit 1

617403

68.119

ATP6V1E1-CDG

Cutis laxa, autosomal recessive, type IIC

ATP6V1E1

22q11.21

AR

ATPase subunit E, ATP6E

617402

68.120

ATP6AP1-CDG

Immunodeficiency 47

ATP6AP1

Xq28

XL

Accessory subunit 1 of the vacuolar-ATPase protein

300972

68.121

ATP6AP2-CDG

X-linked mental retardation, Hedera type

ATP6AP2

Xp11.4

XL

ATPase, h + transporting, lysosomal, accessory protein 2

300423

68.122

TMEM199-CDG

TMEM199 deficiency

TMEM199

17q11.2

AR

Transmembrane protein 199

616829

68.123

CCDC115-CDG

CCDC115 deficiency

CCDC115

2q21.1

AR

Coiled-coil domain-containing protein 115

616828

68.124

TMEM165-CDG

TMEM165 deficiency

TMEM165

4q12

AR

TMEM165 (TPARL) protein

614727, 614726

68.125

NGLY1-CDDG

N-glycanase 1 deficiency

NGLY1

3p24.2

AR

N-glycanase 1

615273

Metabolic Pathway

Fig. 68.1
figure 1

Abbreviated scheme of the synthesis of a biantennary N-glycan linked to dolichol pyrophosphate (Dol-PP) and subsequently, in the Golgi apparatus, to proteins (Prot). 68.1, PMM2-CDG; 68.2, MPI-CDG; 68.3, DPAGT1-CDG; 68.4, ALG13-CDG; 68.5, ALG13-CDG; 68.6, ALG14-CDG; 68.7, ALG1-CDG; 68.8, ALG2-CDG; 68.9, ALG11-CDG; 68.10, RFT1-CDG; 68.11, ALG3-CDG; 68.12, ALG9-CDG; 68.13, ALG12-CDG; 68.14, ALG6-CDG; 68.15, ALG8-CDG; 68.16, TUSC3-CDG; 68.17, DDOST-CDG; 68.18, STT3A-CDG; 68.19, STT3B-CDG; 68.20, MAGT1-CDG; 68.22, MOGS-CDG; 68.23, GANAB-CDG; 68.24, PRKCSH-CDG; 68.25, MAN1B1-CDG; 68.26, MGAT2-CDG; 68.27, B4GALT1-CDG; 68.28, FUT8-CDG; 68.96, DHDDS-CDG; 68.97, NgBR-CDG; 68.98, SRD5A3-CDG; 68.99, DK1-CDG; 68.100, DPM1-CDG; 68.101, DPM2-CDG; 68.102, DPM3-CDG; 68.108, GMPPA-CDG; 68.109, GMPPB-CDG; 68.111, SLC35A1-CDG; 68.112, SLC35A2-CDG; 68.113, SLC35A3-CDG; 68.114, SLC35C1-CDG; 68.115, SLC35D1-CDG; 68.116, SLC39A8-CDG; 68.117, ATP6V0A2-CDG; 68.118, ATP6V1A-CDG; 68.119, ATP6V1E1-CDG; 68.120, ATP6AP1-CDG; 68.121, ATP6AP2-CDG; 68.122, TMEM199-CDG; 68.123, CCDC115-CDG; 68.124, TMEM165-CDG. GDP guanosine diphosphate, Man mannose, GlcNAc N-acetylglucosamine, Dol dolichol, P phosphate, Glc glucose, Gal galactose, Sia sialic acid. Dotted arrow indicates multiple steps

Signs and Symptoms

Table 68.1 Phosphomannomutase 2 deficiency PMM2-CDG
Table 68.2 Phosphomannose isomerase deficiency MPI-CDG
Table 68.3 UDP–GlcNAc:Dol-P-GlcNac-P transferase deficiency DPAGT1-CDG
Table 68.4 X-linked recessive UDP-N-acetylglucosamine transferase catalytic subunit deficiency X-linked recessive ALG13-CDG
Table 68.5 X-linked dominant UDP-N-acetylglucosamine transferase catalytic subunit deficiency X-linked dominant ALG13-CDG
Table 68.6 Congenital myasthenic syndrome, without tubular aggregates-15 ALG14-CDG
Table 68.7 Mannosyltransferase 1 deficiency ALG1-CDG
Table 68.8 Mannosyltransferase 2 deficiency ALG2-CDG
Table 68.9 Mannosyltransferase 4–5 deficiency ALG11-CDG
Table 68.10 Flippase of Man5GlcNAc2-PP-Dol deficiency RFT1-CDG
Table 68.11 Mannosyltransferase 6 deficiency ALG3-CDG
Table 68.12 Mannosyltransferase 7–9 deficiency ALG9-CDG
Table 68.13 Mannosyltransferase 8 deficiency ALG12-CDG
Table 68.14 Glucosyltransferase 1 deficiency ALG6-CDG
Table 68.15 Glucosyltransferase 2 deficiency ALG8-CDG
Table 68.16 Oligosaccharyltransferase subunit tusc 3 deficiency TUSC3-CDG
Table 68.17 Congenital disorder of glycosylation DDOST-CDG
Table 68.18 Congenital disorder of glycosylation STT3A-CDG
Table 68.19 Congenital disorder of glycosylation STT3B-CDG
Table 68.20 Magnesium transporter 1 deficiency MAGT1-CDG
Table 68.21 Congenital disorder of glycosylation SSR4-CDG
Table 68.22 Glucosidase 1 deficiency GCS1-CDG
Table 68.23 Polycyctic kidney disease 3 GANAB-CDG
Table 68.24 α-1,3-glucosidase II subunit β deficiency
Table 68.25 Mental retardation, autosomal recessive 15 MAN1B1-CDG
Table 68.26 N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase 2 deficiency MGAT2-CDG
Table 68.27 Beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase 1 deficiency B4GALT1-CDG
Table 68.28 α-1,6-fucosyltransferase deficiency FUT8-CDG
Table 68.29 O-Mannosyltransferase 1 deficiency POMT1-CDG
Table 68.30 O-Mannosyltransferase 2 deficiency POMT2-CDG
Table 68.31 O-Mannose beta-1,2-N-acetyglucosaminyltransferase deficiency POMGNT1-CDG
Table 68.32 Protein O-mannose β-1,4-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase deficiency POMGNT2-CDG
Table 68.33 β-1,3-galactosaminyltransferase 2 deficiency B3GALNT2-CDG
Table 68.34 Protein O-mannose kinase deficiency POMK-CDG
Table 68.35 Muscular dystrophy-dystroglycanopathy type A7 and C7 CRPPA-CDG
Table 68.36 Muscular dystrophy-dystroglycanopathy (congenital with brain and eye anomalies), type A, 4 FKTN-CDG A
Table 68.37 Muscular dystrophy-dystroglycanopathy (congenital without mental retardation), type B, 4 FKTN-CDG B
Table 68.38 Muscular dystrophy-dystroglycanopathy (limb-girdle), type C, 4 FKTN-CDG C
Table 68.39 Muscular dystrophy-dystroglycanopathy (congenital with brain and eye anomalies), type A, 5 FKRP-CDG A
Table 68.40 Muscular dystrophy-dystroglycanopathy (congenital with or without mental retardation), type B, 5 FKRP-CDG B
Table 68.41 Muscular dystrophy-dystroglycanopathy (limb-girdle), type C, 5 FKRP-CDG C
Table 68.42 Muscular dystrophy-dystroglycanopathy (congenital with brain and eye anomalies), type A, 10 TMEM5-CDG
Table 68.43 β-1,4-glucuronyltransferase 1 deficiency B4GAT1-CDG
Table 68.44 β-1,3-glucuronyltransferase/α-1,3-xylosyltransferase deficiency LARGE1-CDG
Table 68.45 XYLT1 deficiency XYLT1-CDG
Table 68.46 XYLT2 deficiency XYLT2-CDG
Table 68.47 Beta-1,4-galactosyltransferase 7 deficiency B4GALT7-CDG
Table 68.48 Beta-1,3-galactosyltransferase 6 deficiency B3GALT6-CDG
Table 68.49 Beta-1,3-glucuronyltransferase 3 deficiency B3GAT3-CDG
Table 68.50 Exostosin 1 deficiency EXT1-CDG
Table 68.51 Exostosin 2 deficiency EXT2-CDG
Table 68.52 Autosomal recessive exostosin 2 deficiency autosomal recessive EXT2-CDG
Table 68.53 Exostosin-like glycosyltransferase 3 deficiency EXTL3-CDG
Table 68.54 Chondroitin sulfate synthase 1 deficiency CHSY1-CDG
Table 68.55 Chondroitin 4-sulfotransferase 1 deficiency CHST11-CDG
Table 68.56 Chondroitin 6-sulfotransferase deficiency CHST3-CDG
Table 68.57 Dermatan 4-sulfotransferase 1 deficiency CHST14-CDG
Table 68.58 Dermatan sulfate epimerase deficiency DSE-CDG
Table 68.59 Chondroitin sulfate N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 1 deficiency CSGALNACT1-CDG
Table 68.60 Corneal N-acetylglucosamine 6-O-sulfotransferase deficiency CHST6-CDG
Table 68.61 Heparan sulfate N-deacetylase N-sulfotransferase 1 deficiency NDST1-CDG
Table 68.62 Heparan sulfate 6-O-sulfate transferase 1 deficiency HS6ST1-CDG
Table 68.63 Calcium-activated nucleotidase 1 deficiency CANT1-CDG
Table 68.64 Sulfate transporter deficiency SLC26A2-CDG
Table 68.65 Phosphoadenosine 5′-phosphosulfate synthetase 2 deficiency PAPSS2-CDG
Table 68.66 Inositol monophosphate domain-containing protein 1 deficiency IMPAD1-CDG
Table 68.67 TDP-D-glucose 4,6-dehydrogenase deficiency—Catel–Manzke syndrome TGDS-CDG
Table 68.68 Polypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 3 deficiency GALTNT3-CDG
Table 68.69 Core 1 β-1,3-galactosyltransferase chaperone deficiency C1GALT1C1-CDG
Table 68.70 O-linked N-acetylglucosamine transferase deficiency OGT-CDG
Table 68.71 EGF domain-specific O-linked N-acetylglucosamine transferase deficiency EOGT-CDG
Table 68.72 Muscular dystrophy, limb-girdle, type 2Z autosomal recessive POGLUT1-CDG
Table 68.73 Dowling–Degos disease 4 autosomal dominant POGLUT1-CDG
Table 68.74 Protein O-fucosyltransferase deficiency POFUT1-CDG
Table 68.75 O-Fucose-specific beta-1,3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase deficiency LFNG-CDG
Table 68.76 O-Fucose-specific beta-1,3-N-glucosyltransferase deficiency B3GALTL-CDG
Table 68.77 PIGA-CDG
Table 68.78 Developmental disability, severe intellectual disability, and drug-responsive epilepsy PIGC-CDG
Table 68.79 PIGQ-CDG
Table 68.80 PIGP-CDG
Table 68.81 PIGY-CDG
Table 68.82 PIGH-CDG
Table 68.83 PIGL-CDG
Table 68.84 PIGW-CDG
Table 68.85 PIGM-CDG
Table 68.86 PIGV-CDG
Table 68.87 PIGN-CDG
Table 68.88 PIGO-CDG
Table 68.89 PIGG-CDG
Table 68.90 PIGT-CDG
Table 68.91 GPAA1-CDG
Table 68.92 PGAP1-CDG
Table 68.93 PGAP3–CDG
Table 68.94 PGAP2-CDG
Table 68.95 PIGS-CDG
Table 68.96 Dehydrodolichyl diphosphate synthase deficiency DHDDS-CDG
Table 68.97 Nogo-B receptor deficiency NgBR-CDG
Table 68.98 Steroid 5 alpha-reductase 3 deficiency SRD5A3-CDG
Table 68.99 Dolichol kinase deficiency DK1-CDG
Table 68.100 GDP-Man:Dol-P mannosyltransferase subunit 1 deficiency DPM1-CDG
Table 68.101 Dolichol-P-mannose synthase-2 deficiency DPM2-CDG
Table 68.102 GDP-Man:Dol-P mannosyltransferase 3 deficiency DPM3-CDG
Table 68.103 Dol-P-Man utilization 1 deficiency MPDU1-CDG
Table 68.104 Glutamine:fructose-6-phosphate transaminase deficiency GFPT1-CDG
Table 68.105 Phosphoglucomutase 1 deficiency PGM1-CDG
Table 68.106 Immunodeficiency-23 PGM3-CDG
Table 68.107 Glucose-6-phosphatase catalytic subunit 3 deficiency G6PC3-CDG
Table 68.108 GDP–mannose pyrophosphorylase B deficiency GMPPA-CDG
Table 68.109 Muscular dystrophy-dystroglycanopathy GMPPB-CDG
Table 68.110 Epileptic encephalopathy, early infantile, 50 CAD-CDG
Table 68.111 CMP–sialic acid transporter deficiency SLC35A1-CDG
Table 68.112 Congenital disorder of glycosylation SLC35A2-CDG
Table 68.113 UDP-N-acetylglucosamine transporter deficiency SLC35A3-CDG
Table 68.114 GDP-fucose transporter deficiency SLC35C1-CDG
Table 68.115 UDP–glucuronic acid/UDP-N-acetylgalactosamine dual transporter deficiency SLC35D1-CDG
Table 68.116 Solute carrier family 39 (Zn transporter) deficiency SLC39A8-CDG
Table 68.117 V0 subunit a2 of vesicular H(+)-ATPase deficiency ATP6V0A2-CDG
Table 68.118 Cutis laxa, autosomal recessive, type IID ATP6V1A-CDG
Table 68.119 Cutis laxa, autosomal recessive, type IIC ATP6V1E1-CDG
Table 68.120 Immunodeficiency 47 ATP6AP1-CDG
Table 68.121 ATP6AP2-CDG
Table 68.122 Congenital disorder of glycosylation, type IIp TMEM199-CDG
Table 68.123 CCDC115 deficiency CCDC115-CDG
Table 68.124 Congenital disorder of glycosylation TMEM165-CDG
Table 68.125 N-glycanase 1 deficiency

Reference Values

*Serum sialotransferrins (isoelectrofocusing) (P3–P97 centiles, n = 96, all ages)

 

Monosialotransferrins

0.0–3.7

Disialotransferrins

2.0–6.1

Trisialotransferrins

5.5–15.1

Tetrasialotransferrins

48.5–65.3

Pentasialotransferrins

14.9–28.7

Hexasialotransferrins

2.3–8.1

*Enzyme analyses

 

Phosphomannose mutase (mU/mg protein)

 

Leukocytes

1.8–3.2 (range); 2.2 (median)

Fibroblasts

3.8 ± 0.9 (mean ± 1 SD)

Phosphomannose isomerase (mU/mg protein)

 

Leukocytes

860–1800 (nmol/h/mg protein, range)

Fibroblasts

6.8 ± 1.0 (mean ± 1 SD)

Pathological Values

Disease

Sialotransferrin IEF pattern (S)

68.1–68.15

Type 1 patterna

68.17–68.21

 

68.96–68.104

 

68.25–68.27

Type 2 pattern°

68.105, 68.111, 68.112

 

68.116–68.124

 

All other CDG

Normal pattern

  1. aType 1 pattern, increase of di- and asialotransferrin and decrease of tetra-, penta-, and hexasialotransferrin; °type 2 pattern, increase of tri-, di-, mono-, and/or asialotransferrin and decrease of tetra-, penta-, and hexasialotransferrin

Disease

Apolipoprotein C-III IEF pattern (S)

68.117–68.124

Cathodal shift

All other CDG

Normal pattern

Diagnostic Flowchart

Fig. 68.2
figure 2

Flowchart for the diagnosis of CDG

Specimen Collection

Test

Precondition

Material

Handling

Pitfalls

Sialotransferrins

 

S

Frozen (−20 °C)

No EDTA plasma

Apolipoprotein C-III

 

S

Frozen (−20 °C)

 

Phosphomannomutase

 

WBC, FB

Frozen (−20 °C)

 

Phosphomannose isomerase

 

WBC, FB

Frozen (−20 °C)

 

Prenatal Diagnosis

Disorder

Material

Timing, trimester

All (68.1–68.125)

CV sampling or cultured AFC

I, II

Prenatal diagnosis is performed by DNA diagnostics on genomic DNA when the genetic defect has been established in a particular family. Maternal contamination has to be excluded by haplotype (CA repeat) testing of the AFC and maternal blood.

DNA Testing

Disorder

Material

Methodology

All (68.1–68.125)

F, WBC

Direct sequencing of genomic DNA

Treatment

Besides the well-established symptomatic and supportive therapies for all CDG, there are very few specific/curative treatments: mannose for MPI-CDG, fucose for some patients with SLC35C1-CDG, benzoate for the neurological symptoms of PIGM-CDG, and uridine for CAD-CDG. Galactose is on trial for several CDG mainly PGM1-CDG, SLC35A2-CDG, and TMEM165-CDG. Also on trial is manganese for SLC39A8-CDG. A minority of patients with PMM2-CDG present recurrent stroke-like episodes, thromboses (probably at least in part due to hyperaggregability of blood platelets), and/or bleeding episodes. Guidelines for the preventive and curative treatment of these features are being established by the Paris MetabERN center. The same center also prepares guidelines for the hormonal treatment of pubertal problems in PMM2-CDG.

Standard Treatment

  • 68.2 Phosphomannose isomerase deficiency

    Mannose circumvents the defective step because it can be directly converted to mannose-6-phosphate by hexokinases. Oral mannose, 0.2 g/kg of body weight per 4 h, is recommended. The clinical symptoms usually disappear rapidly, but it takes several months for the serum transferrin isoform pattern to improve or normalize.

  • 68.114 GDP-fucose transporter deficiency

    Oral fucose, 150 mg/kg of body weight, five times a day, abolishes or prevents infections and normalizes neutrophil counts in some patients (depending on genotype).

  • 68.85 PIGM deficiency

    Oral sodium phenylbutyrate (a histone deacetylase inhibitor), 20–30 mg/kg body weight, three times a day, has been given to three patients with a clearly beneficial effect on seizures and psychomotor development.

Dangers/Pitfalls

  • 68.2 Higher mannose doses can induce osmotic diarrhea. Some patients develop hemolytic jaundice under mannose therapy. The alternative is then liver transplantation.

  • 68.114 Higher fucose doses can induce autoimmune neutropenia.

Experimental Treatment

  • 68.105 Phosphoglucomutase 1 deficiency

    In pilot studies, oral galactose administration (1 g/kg per day) caused an improvement of liver transaminases, antithrombin and factor XI, endocrine parameters (to a variable degree), and glycosylation and a decreased frequency of rhabdomyolysis (review in Witters et al. 2017).

  • 68.110 CAD trifunctional protein deficiency

    Oral uridine administration (100 mg/kg per day) abolished the epilepsy and the anemia, improved psychomotor development, and normalized UDP sugars in fibroblasts (Koch et al. 2017).

  • 68.112 UDP-galactose transporter deficiency

    On oral galactose, seizures tend to improve. In one patient, glycosylation was nearly completely restored, but serum transaminases remained elevated (review in Witters et al. 2017).

  • 68.116 SLC39A8 deficiency

    In two patients, oral MnSO4 administration (15 and 20 mg/kg per day) considerably improved motor abilities, hearing, and other neurological functions and completely normalized enzyme dysfunctions (Park et al. 2018).

  • 68.124 Transmembrane protein 165 deficiency

    In two patients, oral galactose administration caused a substantial improvement of N-glycosylation, endocrine function, and some coagulation parameters (Morelle et al. 2017).