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The Korea Society of Inherited Metabolic Disease (대한유전성대사질환학회)
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한국인 좌심실 비대증 환자들에서 파브리병 선별검사의 의의

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  • Published : 2014.12.25
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Abstract

Objectives: Fabry disease (FD) is a lysosomal storage disease caused by the inappropriate accumulation of globotriaosylceramide (Gb3) in tissues due to a deficiency in the enzyme ${\alpha}$-galactosidase A. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is one of the chronic complications of FD. We tried to evaluate the prevalence of Fabry disease in the Korean patients with left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). Methods: A total of 257 patients with LVH were recruited and they were 172 males (mean 56 years, range 30-81 years) and 84 females (mean 66 years, range 45-85 years). Urinary Gb3 was used to screen FD by high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Confirmatory tests were done by alpha-galactosidaseA activity using fluorometric assay and by GLA mutation analysis using sequencing. Results: Four patients were screening positive by urinary Gb3 analysis (cutoff, 25 ug/mmol creatinine). But, one female patient was diagnosed with FD confirmed by enzyme analysis in leukocytes as well as by genetic analysis (1/257 patients, 0.4%). She showed 54.3 ug/mmoL creatinine of Gb3 and 15.5 nmole/hr/mg protein (reference range, $55.2{\pm}12.7nmole/hr/mg$ protein) of alphagalactosidase A activity. And she had a heterozygous GLA mutation of c.796G>A (p.D266N). Her daughter was found to be a carrier for FD confirmed by GLA mutation analysis. Asymptomatic carrier showed 25.5ug/mmol creatinine of Gb3 and 42.5 nmole/hr/mg protein (reference range, $55.2{\pm}12.7nmole/hr/mg$ protein) of alpha-galactosidase A activity. Conclusions: The prevalence of FD in Koran patients with LVH was detected as 0.4%. Although the prevalence seems to be low, screening studies are of great importance for detecting hidden cases as well as for identifying other effected family members.

목적: 파브리병(Fabry disease)은 alpha-galactosidase A의 결핍으로 인하여 리소좀에 globotriaosylceramide(Gb3)가 축적되어 여러 장기에 이상을 일으키는 질병이다. 본 연구에서는 파브리병의 만성 합병증 중 심장 질환을 주로 보이는 환자들, 그 중에서도 좌심실 비대증을 보이는 한국인 환자들을 대상으로 파브리병의 빈도를 알아보고자 하였다. 방법: 좌심실비대증을 진단받은 환자 257명을 연구대상으로 선정하였고, 남성이 172명(평균 56세, 범위 30-81세), 여성이 84명(평균 66세, 범위 45-85세)이었다. 파브리병 선별을 위하여 고성능액체크로마토그래피-탠덤질량분석기를 이용하여 소변 Gb3 농도를 측정하였다. 확진은 형광분석법에 의한 말초혈액의 alpha-galactosidase A 활성도와 염기서열분석법에 의한 GLA 유전자 돌연변이 유무를 검사하여 이루어졌다. 결과: 소변 Gb3 검사에서 cutoff (25 ug/mmoL creatinine)를 초과하는 환자는 4명이었지만, 최종적으로 추가 검사를 통해 진단된 파브리병 환자는 여성 환자 한 명이었다(1/257명, 0.4%). 확진된 환자는 54.3 ug/mmoL creatinine의 Gb3 농도와 15.5 nmole/hr/mg protein (참고범위, $55.2{\pm}12.7nmole/hr/mg$ protein)의 alpha-galactosidase A 활성도를 보였다. GLA 유전자에서는 c.796G>A (p.D266N) 돌연변이가 이형접합체로 관찰되었다. 추가로 시행한 가족검사에서 환자의 딸은 아직 파브리병의 증상을 보이지 않았지만, 엄마와 같은 GLA 돌연변이(c.796G>A)를 가지고 있었으며, alpha-galactosidaseA 활성도는 42.5 nmole/hr/mg protein, 소변 Gb3 농도는 25.5 ug/mmoL creatinine을 나타냈다. 결론: 한국인 좌심실 비대증을 가진 환자들에서 파브리병의 유병율은 0.4%였다. 유병율이 낮아 보임에도 불구하고, 파브리병 진단 전 환자와 가족 구성원을 발견할 수 있는 장점 덕분에 선별검사의 의의가 있는 것으로 사료된다.

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