Migalastat Treatment in a Kidney-Transplanted Patient with Fabry Disease and N215S Mutation: The First Case Report

Pharmaceuticals (Basel). 2021 Dec 14;14(12):1304. doi: 10.3390/ph14121304.

Abstract

Fabry disease is a rare X-linked lysosomal storage disorder caused by mutations in the GLA gene, leading to deficient α-galactosidase A activity and, consequently, to glycosphingolipid accumulation in a wide variety of cells. Fabry disease due to N215S (c.644A>G, p.Asn215Ser) missense mutation usually results in a late-onset phenotype presenting with isolated cardiac involvement. We herein present the case of a patient with N215S mutation with cardiac involvement, namely left ventricular hypertrophy and ventricular arrhythmias, and end-stage renal disease requiring kidney transplantation. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a kidney-transplanted Fabry patient treated with oral pharmacologic chaperone migalastat.

Keywords: Fabry disease; GLA; N215S; cardiac variant; hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; kidney transplant; late-onset phenotype; migalastat.

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  • Case Reports