背景:NANS-CDG是由NANS中的双等位基因变体引起的一种先天性糖基化障碍(CDG),编码从头唾液酸合成中必不可少的酶。它表现为智力发育障碍(IDD),骨骼发育不良,神经损伤,和胃肠功能紊乱。一些患者患有进行性智力神经系统恶化(PIND),强调需要治疗。在之前的研究中,在敲除nansa斑马鱼中补充唾液酸部分挽救了骨骼异常。这里,我们在NANS-CDG中进行了首次人体产前和产后唾液酸研究.
方法:在这项开放标签观察研究中,5例NANS-CDG患者(0-28岁)口服唾液酸治疗15个月。主要结果是安全性。次要结果是精神运动/认知测试,身高和体重,癫痫控制,骨骼健康,胃肠道症状和生化和血液学参数。
结果:唾液酸耐受性良好。在产后治疗的患者中,没有显着改善。对产前治疗的病人来说,精神运动和神经系统发育优于其他两名基因型相同的患者(一名在出生后接受治疗,一个未经处理)。
结论:唾液酸治疗的效果可能取决于时机,产前治疗可能有利于神经发育结果。然而,证据有限,并且需要对更多的产前治疗患者进行长期随访.本文受版权保护。保留所有权利。
NANS-CDG is a congenital disorder of glycosylation (CDG) caused by biallelic variants in NANS, encoding an essential enzyme in de novo sialic acid synthesis. It presents with intellectual developmental disorder (IDD), skeletal dysplasia, neurologic impairment, and gastrointestinal dysfunction. Some patients suffer progressive intellectual neurologic deterioration (PIND), emphasizing the need for a therapy. In a previous
study, sialic acid supplementation in knockout nansa zebrafish partially rescued skeletal abnormalities. Here, we performed the first in-human pre- and postnatal sialic-acid
study in NANS-CDG. In this open-label observational
study, 5 patients with NANS-CDG (range 0-28 years) were treated with oral sialic acid for 15 months. The primary outcome was safety. Secondary outcomes were psychomotor/cognitive testing, height and weight, seizure control, bone health, gastrointestinal symptoms, and biochemical and hematological parameters. Sialic acid was well tolerated. In postnatally treated patients, there was no significant improvement. For the prenatally treated patient, psychomotor and neurologic development was better than two other genotypically identical patients (one treated postnatally, one untreated). The effect of sialic acid treatment may depend on the timing, with prenatal treatment potentially benefiting neurodevelopmental outcomes. Evidence is limited, however, and longer-term follow-up in a larger number of prenatally treated patients is required.