Molecular and clinical description of the first US patients with congenital disorder of glycosylation Ig

Mol Genet Metab. 2005 Jan;84(1):25-31. doi: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2004.09.014. Epub 2004 Nov 11.

Abstract

In this report we describe the first two US patients with congenital disorder of glycosylation type Ig (CDG-Ig). Both patients presented with symptoms indicating CDG, including developmental delay, hypotonia and failure to thrive, and tested positive for deficient glycosylation of transferrin. Labeling of the patients' lipid-linked oligosaccharides suggested mutations in the hALG12 gene, encoding a mannosyltransferase. Both patients were shown to carry previously unpublished hALG12-mutations. Patient 1 has one allele with a deletion of G29, resulting in a premature stop codon, and another allele with an 824G>A mutation yielding an S275N amino acid change. Patient 2 carries two heterozygous mutations (688T>G and 931C>T), resulting in two amino acid exchanges, Y230D and R311C. An adenoviral vector expressing wild type hALG12 corrects the abnormal lipid-linked oligosaccharide pattern of the patients' cells. In addition to common CDG symptoms, these patients also presented with low IgG and genital hypoplasia, symptoms previously described in CDG-Ig patients. We therefore conclude that a combination of developmental delay, low IgG, and genital hypoplasia should prompt CDG testing.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Abnormalities, Multiple / pathology*
  • Adenoviridae
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation / genetics*
  • Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation / pathology
  • DNA Primers
  • Genetic Complementation Test
  • Genetic Vectors / genetics
  • Glycosylation
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / metabolism*
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Mannosyltransferases / genetics*
  • Mutation, Missense / genetics
  • Oligosaccharides / metabolism
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • United States

Substances

  • DNA Primers
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Oligosaccharides
  • Mannosyltransferases