Danon disease

Danon disease
Danon disease
Classification and external resources
OMIM 300257
MeSH D052120

Danon disease (or glycogen storage disease Type IIb) is a metabolic disorder.

Danon disease is associated with heart muscle abnormalities resembling severe hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.[1]

It is associated with LAMP2.[2] The status of this condition as a glycogen storage disease has been disputed.[3]

It was characterized by Moris Danon, a Turkish neurologist in 1981.[4]

The first description of Danon Disease was in 1981 when 2 boys with heart and skeletal muscle disease (muscle weakness) and mental retardation were described. The disease is named after Dr. Danon who first wrote about the disease.

Danon Disease looked initially like another rare genetic condition called 'Pompe' disease. Under the microscope, muscles from the Danon Disease patients looked similar to muscles from Pompe disease patients. However the tests for Pompe disease are normal in Danon Disease patients. This shows that Danon Disease is caused by something different than Pompe disease.

Symptoms

MALES

In MALES the symptoms of Danon Disease are more severe. Features of Danon Disease in MALES are:

  • An early age of onset of muscle weakness and heart disease (onset in childhood or adolescence)
  • Some learning problems or mental retardation can be present
  • The muscle weakness can be severe and can affect endurance and even the ability to walk
  • The heart disease can be severe and can lead to a need for medications. Sometimes the heart disease can require a heart transplant or can lead to death
  • Problems with the electrical conduction in the heart can occur. Sometimes the conduction problem is called Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.
  • The symptoms are usually progressive and the boys tend to gradually get worse
  • Some boys may have problems with their vision or a problem with the pigment in their retinas (in the back of their eyes)
  • Danon Disease is rare and unfamiliar to most physicians. It can be mistaken for other forms of heart disease and/or muscular dystrophies.

FEMALES

In FEMALES the symptoms of Danon Disease are less severe. Common symptoms of Danon Disease in females are:

  • A later age of onset of symptoms. Many females will not have obvious symptoms until late adolescence or even adulthood.
  • Learning problems and mental retardation are usually ABSENT
  • Muscle weakness is often absent or subtle. Some females will tire easily with exercise
  • Heart muscle disease (cardiomyopathy) is often absent in girls: some women will develop this in adulthood
  • Problems with the electrical conduction in the heart can occur. Sometimes the conduction problem is called 'Wolff-Parkinson-White' syndrome
  • Symptoms in females progress more slowly than in males. Heart disease may not be a problem for females until adulthood
  • Some females will have problems with their vision or a problem with the pigment in the back of their retinas (in the back of their eyes)
  • Danon Disease is rare and unfamiliar to most physicians. The milder and more subtle symptoms in females probably make it harder to diagnose females who have Danon Disease

Causes of Danon Disease

The cause of Danon Disease is known, but not well-understood. The genetic defect involves a gene called LAMP2. In persons with Danon Disease the LAMP2 gene is damaged (or 'mutated') and normal LAMP2 proteinis no longer made. While we do not fully understand what the function of the LAMP2 gene is, we do know that LAMP2 protein is located in small structures in our cells called lysosomes

References

  1. ^ Maron BJ, Roberts WC, Arad M et al. (March 2009). "Clinical Outcome and Phenotypic Expression in LAMP2 Cardiomyopathy". JAMA 301 (12): 1253–1259. doi:10.1001/jama.2009.371. PMID 19318653. http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/301/12/1253. 
  2. ^ Lobrinus JA, Schorderet DF, Payot M, et al. (April 2005). "Morphological, clinical and genetic aspects in a family with a novel LAMP-2 gene mutation (Danon disease)". Neuromuscular disorders : NMD 15 (4): 293–8. doi:10.1016/j.nmd.2004.12.007. PMID 15792868. http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0960-8966(05)00019-2. 
  3. ^ Nishino I, Fu J, Tanji K, et al. (August 2000). "Primary LAMP-2 deficiency causes X-linked vacuolar cardiomyopathy and myopathy (Danon disease)". Nature 406 (6798): 906–10. doi:10.1038/35022604. PMID 10972294. 
  4. ^ Danon MJ, Oh SJ, DiMauro S, et al. (January 1981). "Lysosomal glycogen storage disease with normal acid maltase". Neurology 31 (1): 51–7. PMID 6450334. 

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