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The impact of Pompe disease on smooth muscle: a review.


ABSTRACT: Pompe disease (OMIM 232300) is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in the gene encoding acid ?-glucosidase (GAA) (EC 3.2.1.20), the enzyme responsible for hydrolyzing lysosomal glycogen. The primary cellular pathology is lysosomal glycogen accumulation in cardiac muscle, skeletal muscle, and motor neurons, which ultimately results in cardiorespiratory failure. However, the severity of pathology and its impact on clinical outcomes are poorly described in smooth muscle. The advent of enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) in 2006 has improved clinical outcomes in infantile-onset Pompe disease patients. Although ERT increases patient life expectancy and ventilator free survival, it is not entirely curative. Persistent motor neuron pathology and weakness of respiratory muscles, including airway smooth muscles, contribute to the need for mechanical ventilation by some patients on ERT. Some patients on ERT continue to experience life-threatening pathology to vascular smooth muscle, such as aneurysms or dissections within the aorta and cerebral arteries. Better characterization of the disease impact on smooth muscle will inform treatment development and help anticipate later complications. This review summarizes the published knowledge of smooth muscle pathology associated with Pompe disease in animal models and in patients.

SUBMITTER: McCall AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6380904 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The impact of Pompe disease on smooth muscle: a review.

McCall Angela L AL   Salemi Jeffrey J   Bhanap Preeti P   Strickland Laura M LM   Elmallah Mai K MK  

Journal of smooth muscle research = Nihon Heikatsukin Gakkai kikanshi 20180101 0


Pompe disease (OMIM 232300) is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in the gene encoding acid α-glucosidase (GAA) (EC 3.2.1.20), the enzyme responsible for hydrolyzing lysosomal glycogen. The primary cellular pathology is lysosomal glycogen accumulation in cardiac muscle, skeletal muscle, and motor neurons, which ultimately results in cardiorespiratory failure. However, the severity of pathology and its impact on clinical outcomes are poorly described in smooth muscle. The advent  ...[more]

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