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GAA variants associated with reduced enzymatic activity but lack of Pompe-related symptoms, incidentally identified by exome sequencing

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DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgmr.2023.100997

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Glycogen storage disorder; Pompe disease; Exome sequencing; Case report; Variants; Acid alpha glucosidase

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Pompe disease is a rare metabolic myopathy caused by genetic variants affecting the activity of the enzyme GAA. It leads to the accumulation of undegraded glycogen in lysosomes and primarily affects muscle tissues. The severity of the disease depends on the level of residual enzymatic activity.
Pompe disease is a rare metabolic myopathy caused by pathogenic variants affecting the activity of the lysosomal glycogen-degrading enzyme acid alpha-glucosidase (GAA). Impaired GAA function results in the accumulation of undegraded glycogen within lysosomes in multiple tissues but predominantly affects the skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscle. The degree of residual enzymatic activity appears to roughly correlate with the age of onset and the severity of the clinical symptoms.Here, we report four siblings in which the GAA variants NM_000152.5:c.2237G > C p.(Trp746Ser) and NM_000152.5:c.266G > A p.(Arg89His) were identified as an incidental finding of clinical exome sequencing. These variants are listed in the ClinVar and the Pompe disease GAA variant databases but are reported here for the first time in compound heterozygosity. All four siblings displayed normal urine tetrasaccharide levels and no clinical manifestations related to Pompe disease. Nevertheless, GAA enzymatic activity was within the range for late onset Pompe patients.Our report shows an association between a novel genotype and attenuated GAA enzymatic activity. The clinical significance can only be established by the regular monitoring of these individuals. The study highlights the major challenges for clinical care arising from incidental findings of next generation sequencing.

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