Dolichol kinase deficiency (DOLK-CDG) with a purely neurological presentation caused by a novel mutation
Anders Helander1, Tommy Stödberg, Jaak Jaeken
1Department of Laboratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Karolinska University Laboratory, Stockholm, Sweden.
Abstract:
A 4-month old boy presented with multiple epileptic seizure types including West syndrome. Screening for infectious and structural etiologies showed normal results. A metabolic investigation was undertaken to investigate the cause of his neurological disease. Screening for congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG) by HPLC analysis of serum carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (CDT) showed a type 1 pattern with 18% disialotransferrin (reference < 2%) and 2% asialotransferrin (reference 0). An undiagnosed 10-year old sister with a similar clinical history with infantile spasms at age 4 months, intellectual disability and an autism spectrum disorder, also showed a type 1 CDT pattern. Both siblings lacked dysmorphic features and extra-cerebral symptoms. The boy had cytotoxic edema of the thalamus and mesencephalon on MRI at age 7 months, whereas the girl had normal MRI at age 8 months. Phosphomannomutase (PMM) and phosphomannose isomerase (MPI) activities in cultured fibroblasts were normal, excluding PMM2-CDG and MPI-CDG. Fibroblast lipid-linked oligosaccharide analysis was also normal, suggesting an early defect in glycan assembly. Sequence analysis of the dolichol kinase gene revealed a homozygous new missense mutation (p.M1?; c.2 T > C) in both siblings. In conclusion, two siblings were demonstrated to suffer from DOLK-CDG (MIM 610768) and to be homozygous for a new mutation. They presented with West syndrome and so far show a purely neurological phenotype.
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