Morquio syndrome

Morquio syndrome

Morquio syndrome is inherited via an autosomal recessive manner

DiseasesDB = 30807
Classification and external resources
Specialty endocrinology
ICD-10 E76.2
ICD-9-CM 277.5
OMIM 253000 253010
MedlinePlus 001206
eMedicine ped/1477
Patient UK Morquio syndrome
MeSH D009085
Orphanet 582

Morquio syndrome (referred to as mucopolysaccharidosis IV, MPS IV, Morquio-Brailsford syndrome, or Morquio)[1] is a rare metabolic disorder in which the body cannot process certain types of mucopolysaccharides. This birth defect, which is autosomal recessive, is thus a lysosomal storage disorder that is usually inherited.[2]:544 In the US, the incidence rate for Morquio is estimated at between 1 in 200,000 and 1 in 300,000 live births.[1]

The build-up or elimination of mucopolysaccharides, rather than processing by their usual biochemical pathways, causes various symptoms. These involve accumulation of keratan sulfate.[3]

Signs and symptoms

The following signs are associated with the disease

Patients with Morquio syndrome appear healthy at birth.[1] They often present with spinal deformity, and there is growth retardation and possibly genu valgum in the second or third year of life. A patient with Morquio's syndrome is likely to die at an early age. Symptoms of the disease may include:

Regarding the life span of people with Morquio, some can die as early as 2 or 3 years old, and some can live up to 60 or 70 years old. The oldest known person with Morquio syndrome type IV A was Kenneth D. Martin, who was born in Osage City, Kansas, USA and was 81 years old at the time of his death [4]

Diagnosis

Classification

This syndrome has two forms, A and B, referred to as Morquio A and Morquio B syndrome or MPA IVA and MPS IVB.[5] The two forms are distinguished by the gene product involved; A involves a malfunction in the GALNS gene product (galactosamine-6 sulfatase), while B involves a malfunction of the GLB1 gene product (beta-galactosidase).

Treatment

The treatment for Morquio syndrome consists of prenatal identification and of enzyme replacement therapy. On 12 February 2014, the US Food and Drug Administration approved the drug elosulfase alfa (Vimizim) for treating the disease.[6]

History

The condition was first described, simultaneously and independently, in 1929, by Luis Morquio (1867–1935),[7] a prominent Uruguayan physician who discovered it in Montevideo, and James Frederick Brailsford (1888–1961), an English radiographer in Birmingham, England.[8][9] They both recognized the occurrence of corneal clouding, aortic valve disease, and urinary excretion of keratan sulfate. Morquio observed the disorder in four siblings in a family of Swedish extraction and reported his observations in French.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "MPS IV (Morquio syndrome)". MPSSociety.org. National MPS Society. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  2. ↑ James, William D.; Berger, Timothy G. (2006). Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology. Saunders Elsevier. ISBN 0-7216-2921-0.
  3. ↑ Prat C, Lemaire O, Bret J, Zabraniecki L, Fournié B (May 2008). "Morquio syndrome: Diagnosis in an adult". Joint Bone Spine. 75 (4): 495–8. PMID 18456538. doi:10.1016/j.jbspin.2007.07.021.
  4. ↑ "http://och-c.com/?q=content/kenneth-dean-martin"
  5. ↑ Classification information from OMIM records 253000 and 253010.
  6. ↑ "FDA approves Vimizim to treat rare congenital enzyme disorder" (Press release). US Food and Drug Administration. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  7. ↑ Morquio, L. (1929). "Sur une forme de dystrophie osseuse familiale". Archives de médecine des infants. Paris. 32: 129–135. ISSN 0365-4311.
  8. ↑ synd/2108 at Who Named It?
  9. ↑ Brailsford, J. F. (1929). "Chondro-osteo-dystrophy: Roentgenographic & clinical features of a child with dislocation of vertebrae". American Journal of Surgery. New York. 7 (3): 404–410. doi:10.1016/S0002-9610(29)90496-7.
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