Rapid and long-lasting efficacy of high-dose ambroxol therapy for neuronopathic Gaucher disease : A case report and literature review

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Gaucher disease (GD) is a lysosomal storage disorder caused by a deficiency in the GBA1-encoded enzyme, β-glucocerebrosidase. Enzyme replacement therapy is ineffective for neuronopathic Gaucher disease (nGD). High-dose ambroxol has been administered as an alternative treatment for a group of patients with nGD. However, little is known about the clinical indication and the long-term outcome of patients after ambroxol therapy. We herein report a case of a female patient who presented with a progressive disease of GD type 2 from 11 months of age and had the pathogenic variants of p.L483P (formerly defined as p.L444P) and p.R502H (p.R463H) in GBA1. A combined treatment of imiglucerase with ambroxol started improving the patient's motor activity in 1 week, while it kept the long-lasting effect of preventing the deteriorating phenotype for 30 months. A literature review identified 40 patients with nGD, who had received high-dose ambroxol therapy. More than 65% of these patients favorably responded to the molecular chaperone therapy, irrespective of p.L483P homozygous, heterozygous or the other genotypes. These results highlight the long-lasting effect of ambroxol-based chaperone therapy for patients with an expanding spectrum of mutations in GBA1.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Molecular genetics & genomic medicine - 12(2024), 4 vom: 30. Apr., Seite e2427

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Higashi, Kanako [VerfasserIn]
Sonoda, Yuri [VerfasserIn]
Kaku, Noriyuki [VerfasserIn]
Fujii, Fumihiko [VerfasserIn]
Yamashita, Fumiya [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Sooyoung [VerfasserIn]
Tocan, Vlad [VerfasserIn]
Ebihara, Go [VerfasserIn]
Matsuoka, Wakato [VerfasserIn]
Tetsuhara, Kenichi [VerfasserIn]
Sonoda, Motoshi [VerfasserIn]
Chong, Pin Fee [VerfasserIn]
Mushimoto, Yuichi [VerfasserIn]
Kojima-Ishii, Kanako [VerfasserIn]
Ishimura, Masataka [VerfasserIn]
Koga, Yuhki [VerfasserIn]
Fukuta, Atsuhisa [VerfasserIn]
Tsuchihashi, Nana Akagi [VerfasserIn]
Kikuchi, Yoshikazu [VerfasserIn]
Karashima, Takahito [VerfasserIn]
Sawada, Takaaki [VerfasserIn]
Hotta, Taeko [VerfasserIn]
Yoshimitsu, Makoto [VerfasserIn]
Terazono, Hideyuki [VerfasserIn]
Tajiri, Tatsuro [VerfasserIn]
Nakagawa, Takashi [VerfasserIn]
Sakai, Yasunari [VerfasserIn]
Nakamura, Kimitoshi [VerfasserIn]
Ohga, Shouichi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

200168S0CL
Ambroxol
Case Reports
Chaperone
Gaucher disease
Genotype
Glucocerebrosidase
Journal Article
Molecular Chaperones
Review
Therapy

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Date Completed 01.04.2024

Date Revised 01.04.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/mgg3.2427

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NLM37043434X