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ArticleMetabolic brain disease2023

Late-onset fabry disease due to the p.Phe113Leu variant: the first italian cluster of five families.

Vittoria Cianci, Angelo Pascarella, Lucia Manzo, Sara Gasparini, Oreste Marsico, Anna Mammì, Carmelo Massimiliano Rao, Claudio Franzutti, Umberto Aguglia, Edoardo Ferlazzo

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Vittoria Cianci *Regional Epilepsy Centre, "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli" Great Metropolitan Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2352-5710
Angelo Pascarella *Regional Epilepsy Centre, "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli" Great Metropolitan Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0085-9494
Lucia Manzo *Regional Epilepsy Centre, "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli" Great Metropolitan Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4714-4357
Sara GaspariniRegional Epilepsy Centre, "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli" Great Metropolitan Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6779-435X
Oreste MarsicoRegional Epilepsy Centre, "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli" Great Metropolitan Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3735-7746
Anna MammìDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
Carmelo Massimiliano RaoCardiology Unit, "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli" Great Metropolitan Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy.
Claudio FranzuttiRadiology Unit, "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli" Great Metropolitan Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy.
Umberto AgugliaRegional Epilepsy Centre, "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli" Great Metropolitan Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy. u.aguglia@unicz.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4574-2951
Edoardo FerlazzoRegional Epilepsy Centre, "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli" Great Metropolitan Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3531-8337
Magna Graecia University · ITAzienda ospedaliera "Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli" · IT

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Abstract

backgroundThe GLA c.337T > C (p.Phe113Leu) is a known pathogenic variant associated to late-onset Fabry disease phenotype with predominant cardiac manifestations. A founder effect was demonstrated in a large cohort in the Portuguese region of Guimarães. Herein we report an in-depth phenotype description of a cluster of five Southern Italy families.

methodsFamily pedigrees of five index males with the p.Phe113Leu variant were obtained and all at-risk relatives underwent biochemical and genetical screening test. Carriers of GLA p.Phe113Leu variant underwent subsequent multidisciplinary clinical and instrumental evaluation.

resultsThirty-one (16 M, 15 F) individuals with p.Phe113Leu pathogenic variant were identified. Sixteen out of 31 patients (51.6%) had cardiac manifestations. Notably, myocardial fibrosis was found in 7/8 patients, of whom 2 were under 40 years. Stroke occurred in 4 patients. White matter lesions were detected in 12/19 patients and occurred in 2/10 of subjects under 40 years. Seven females complained of acroparesthesias. Renal involvement occurred in 10 patients. Angiokeratomas were evident in 9 subjects. Eyes, ear, gastrointestinal and pulmonary involvement occurred in the minority of subjects.

conclusionThis study demonstrates that a cluster of subjects with p.Phe113Leu pathogenic variant is also present in Southern Italy. Disease manifestations are frequent in both sexes and may occur early in life. Cardiac involvement represents the core manifestation, but neurological and renal involvement is also frequent, suggesting that extra-cardiac complications deserve clinical attention.

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Fabry DiseaseStrokealpha-GalactosidaseFemaleHeterozygoteHumansMalePhenotypealpha-GalactosidaseGLA protein, humanCardiac phenotypeLate-onset Fabry DiseaseNeurological phenotypep.Phe113Leu (p.F113L) pathogenic variantStroke

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